build-innovation-capacitylisted

# Build Innovation Capacity ## Purpose Help an executive or founder create practical room for innovation. Use the Alpha Pyramid, developed by Valerio Neri in *Die Alpha Pyramide*, to distinguish three kinds of organizational attention: - **RUN** keeps the organization operating. - **BUILD** creates and implements something new. - **ALPHA** questions the current model and explores unconventional possibilities. Treat organizational improvement as an enabler and innovation capacity as the outcome. Do not assume that every organization needs more ALPHA or that ALPHA guarantees commercial success. ## Start Here Identify the user's primary need, then load only the relevant material: | Need | Read | Produce | |---|---|---| | Understand or explain the model | `references/alpha-pyramid-framework.md` | Clear explanation with contextual examples | | Diagnose innovation stagnation or operational overload | Framework + `references/executive-diagnosis.md` | Evidence-based executive diagnosis | | Create capacity for innovation | Framework + `references/innovation-capacity.md` | Prioritized capacity plan | | Challenge strategy, assumptions, or a major initiative | `references/alpha-questions.md` | Selected provocations, hypotheses, and tests | | Design a leadership intervention or workshop | `references/transformation-instruments.md` | Facilitation plan and follow-through | Use the corresponding file in `templates/` for a substantial deliverable. Consult `examples/` when a worked ana