● the Novum Suite | Peer advisory for innovation leaders
Most of your colleagues respect what you do and what you're aiming for.
Very few understand what it actually takes.
Very few understand what it actually takes.
The Suite is the room where everyone gets it. Peer advisory for leaders who know they think better, decide faster, and go further with the right people around them. Curated groups of 8–12 non-competing innovation leaders, matched by seniority and context.
● The situation
Innovation leaders are among the most isolated executives in large organizations.
You operate at the intersection of strategy, culture, politics, and uncertainty. There's no obvious playbook. And the hardest moments — when you're genuinely unsure, when the pressure is high, when you need a real conversation — there's often no one around who fully understands what you're dealing with. CEO forums have existed for decades precisely because the most effective leaders know that external peer dialogue is not a luxury. It's how the hardest decisions get made, and made well. The Suite brings that same logic to the people leading what's next inside large organizations.
● What the Suite offers
Not a networking group. Not a learning program. Infrastructure for better decisions and results.
The Suite is where the real conversations happen — because everyone in the room knows exactly what you're talking about.
SHARPER DECISIONS
Input from people who understand your context Bring your hardest challenge to peers who've faced comparable situations — and get the direct, unfiltered perspective that's impossible to get inside your org.
REAL BENCHMARK
What's actually working elsewhere Not curated case studies or conference presentations — honest accounts of what's working, what isn't, and what others would do differently if they could.
CLEARER THINKING
The question that reframes everything A peer who's been where you are asks one question — and suddenly you see your situation differently.
STEADY GROUND
People to call when things get hard Over time, these are the people you reach out to when a high-stakes situation needs a fast, trusted perspective from someone who genuinely understands the terrain. Always just a text away.
CAREER CAPITAL
Build the network before you need it The relationships compound over time — into opportunities that travel with you. You build a network not when you need it, but before. So that when things change, as they inevitably do, you're not starting from scratch.
UNEXPECTED COLLABORATIONS
Find your next co-innovation partner Members have found co-innovation opportunities and partnerships across the value chain — connections that would never have surfaced otherwise.
● Why it works
Nothing beats a deep conversation among people who live the same reality.
The model goes back to Benjamin Franklin's Junto Club in 1727 — a small group of practitioners meeting regularly to share knowledge, challenge each other's thinking, and hold each other accountable. Nearly three centuries later, the mechanism is still as effective. It works because the people in the room have lived a version of what you're dealing with. No context needed. No translation. And because they're outside your organization, they can say things no one inside it can — and you can too.
#1
benefit named by peer advisory members: catching the mistake before it happens — saving time, budget, and credibility.
2.2×
faster revenue growth among CEO peer group members vs comparable non-members.
70%
of people who committed goals to a peer and reported back achieved them — vs 35% who kept goals to themselves.
Innovation leaders operate in a state of permanent uncertainty and rapid change. That's precisely when having a trusted external peer group matters most.
● How it works
Monthly hotseat. Ongoing access. Results that compound over time.
The Suite runs as a monthly facilitated conversation — 90 minutes with your core group of 8-12 members. Each session includes the hotseat opportunity: a member brings their most pressing challenge, the group asks clarifying questions before offering any input, then responds directly. You leave with a committed next step — and report back the following month. It's a disciplined process. Not a talking shop.
MONTHLY · 90 MIN
Hotseat sessions 2–3 hotseats per call. Bring your challenge, the group asks before it advises, you leave with a committed next step.
AS NEEDED
Between-call access A private channel to your peer group — for a quick perspective on a decision, or the urgent situation that can't wait until next month.
WHEN RELEVANT
Guest contributors When the group wants to go deeper on a topic, we bring in the right practitioner — driven by the group's needs, not a fixed program.
INCLUDED
Stay fresh. Engage in the Society, our wider community of innovation professionals — topical speaker sessions, AI-powered knowledge base, and our annual summit.
"But... I am not sure I have time for this...?"
We hear you. The Suite is one more thing on your calendar — 90 minutes a month. It’s also the one item that makes everything else on it easier. Members consistently tell us it’s not about time spent, it’s about time recovered — in decisions made faster, mistakes avoided, and months of circling on a problem that one conversation could have cut short.
● Who's in the room
Carefully matched. Genuinely comparable.
Groups are curated — not random. We carefully match members by seniority, organizational context, mandate type, and current priorities. The goal is a room where everyone is navigating terrain that's recognizably similar — different enough to bring fresh perspective, close enough that no one needs to explain the basics.
We don’t match on title alone. An innovation lead at a 2,000-person industrial company and one at a 50,000-person FMCG have very different realities. We look at organizational maturity, mandate scope, reporting lines, and current priorities. Groups are also composed so that no two members come from competing organizations — what gets said in the room stays in the room.
The Suite operates under the Chatham House Rule: participants are free to use information from discussions, but may not reveal the identity or affiliation of those involved. That’s the foundation of the candor that makes the format work.
Members include:
VP of Innovation
Global FMCG (Fortune 500)
VP of Innovation
Global FMCG (Fortune 500)
VP of Innovation
Global FMCG (Fortune 500)
VP of Innovation
Global FMCG (Fortune 500)
VP of Innovation
Global FMCG (Fortune 500)
VP of Innovation
Global FMCG (Fortune 500)
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● Take the first step
The clarity that comes from being in the right room.
To make sure every group is worth everyone's time, participation in the Suite is offered after a short application process. Here's what it looks like.
1 – Apply online (5 min)
A short form — your role, organizational context, and what you’re hoping to get from the Suite. You can indicate whether you’re applying for yourself or also for your team.
2 – We’ll talk (30 min)
We schedule a short call to discuss your mandate, your current priorities, and where you are in your innovation journey. Not an interview— a mutual conversation about fit.
3 – You’re confirmed
If there’s a group that’s the right match, we’ll tell you. If not, we’ll say so clearly and explain why. We’d rather be honest than place you in a group that isn’t right.
4 – You’re introduced
Once confirmed, you’ll meet with your group facilitator before the first session, and then you’ll be introduced to the group — so you walk in knowing who’s in the room.
The Suite is offered at a yearly membership fee, discussed during the application conversation.
Individual
One group. One year. The external perspective that changes how you think, decide, and lead.
Your seat at the table.
- Monthly 90-minute facilitated hotseat session
- Curated group of 8–12, matched by seniority and context
- Structured peer methodology — not just conversation
- Between-call access to your peer group
- Guest sessions driven by group needs
- Membership of wider community with topical speaker sessions, AI-powered knowledge base and yearly summit
Team
Joining as an individual is valuable. Bringing your team multiplies it.
It's even more powerful when your whole team is in.
Each member joins their own matched group. What comes back to your function isn't one person's external perspective, but multiple. Different peer groups, different windows into what's happening elsewhere.
Less echo chamber, more external intelligence.
● Why Novum?
The Suite is built on the same foundation as everything else at Novum: peer dialogue among a curated group of people who actually do this work, effectively facilitated to be worth everyone's time.
In the age of AI, having genuine human-to-human conversations is crucial. Technology accelerates access to information—but it doesn't replace the kind of nuanced, experience-based judgment that emerges when peers think through complex issues together. Novum provides that space: structured, confidential dialogue among equals, leading to better outcomes and stronger leadership.
Because when it's all about speed, the best thing you can do is pause, take a step back, and focus on what really matters.
To make sure you're actually heading in the right direction, not just moving fast. With others, chasing similar objectives and facing similar challenges.
15+
years of experience bringing innovators together, since 2011.
35+
in-person conferences in innovation hubs around the world, always welcoming a curated group of 250+ innovation professionals.
5,000+