● the Novum Society
Working on what's next in large organizations is exciting.
And yet... by its very nature, it's not the easiest job.
To succeed, don't go alone... Go together. The Society is your professional home, a place where you connect and collaborate with fellow practitioners.
Faster moves. Fewer mistakes. And a bit more fun along the way.
● The situation
The field moves fast. Generic tools won't keep you ahead.
You have access to more information than ever but no time to figure out what actually matters. Generic AI tools miss the nuance of your specific context. Your social network is broad but thin — not the people you call when you face a difficult decision. And there's no shortage of content: webinars, articles, podcasts — almost none of it speaking to the messy, complex work of leading innovation inside a large organization.
Most of the time, you don't know what a better answer would have looked like — or how much further it would have taken you.
The Society fills that gap. Join a collective of practitioners, where you can easily tap into the experience and expertise of others, to optimize your approach, accelerate your progress, and achieve your objectives. This is not just a passive social network with fluffy content — another thing to consume alongside your work. You join one or more dedicated tracks curated around the themes we're hearing from our members — where you actively work on addressing your actual challenges with other members. Ask questions. Compare notes. Get feedback. All to keep moving forward. Beyond the tracks, you have an AI companion trained on 15 years of practitioner insights at your fingertips. Plus easy and direct access to peers who have done what you're trying to do. And live sessions and best-in-class content that go deep on what actually matters.
You'll be surrounded with others working on what's next too. This is your professional home. This is where you belong.
● Who's in
What members have in common isn't necessarily the job title... it's the nature of the work. Acting on what's happening on the outside, driving change from the inside. Under pressure, with high expectations and no simple playbook.
The Society is for professionals working at the intersection of innovation, strategy, growth, technology, venturing and transformation inside large organizations. Broad enough, but focused. And deliberately diverse across industries, functions and seniority levels. If that's your world, you'll find your people here. If it isn't, this isn't for you.
Members hold roles like
Chief Innovation Officers
VP, Head and Director-level innovation leads
Strategy & Growth leads
Corporate strategy, business development, growth functions
Intrapreneurs & Venture Leads
Running new business units or ventures inside large orgs
Technology & Transformation
AI, digital, IT and transformation leaders driving change
R&D and Product
Building the next generation of products and capabilities
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● How it works
Four pillars to build on. Eight topics to focus on.
Most memberships are passive and generic. The Society isn't. You work on what's on top of your to-do list. Each moment of interaction is designed to be useful today and more valuable a year from now. Get a critical question answered before your next meeting. Find the person who's already solved what you're working on. Stay on top of what other companies are doing so you can move quicker. Immediate value. Accelerating returns.
GET ANSWERS
Ask a question about your challenge and get a relevant, contextual answer immediately from your AI companion Nova — trained on 15 years of practitioner knowledge.
Prepare for a board presentation. Benchmark your approach. Find out how others have handled what you’re facing — immediately, not after three weeks of searching. And when you want a human perspective, it’s easy to ask fellow members for you direct, unfiltered input.
STAY SHARP
Speaker sessions with practitioners doing the work — not polished keynotes. Group discussions on topics that are trending right now. Workshops that go deep on methods, tools and approaches.
Plus 800+ hours of on-demand content, curated and personalised to your role and where you are in your journey.
CONNECT
The right people, not just more people. Relationships that compound over time.
AI-powered matchmaking that finds exactly who else has navigated what you’re working on — based on actual experience and shared challenges, not title or geography. Networking sessions across industries and titles, as well as in-person meetups and socials.
ADVANCE
Mentoring from peers who’ve navigated the terrain ahead of you. A community-based job board where roles circulate within the network first.
And the visibility that comes from being active in a community your peers respect. The network you build here travels with you.
The Society is structured around 8 tracks — curated topic areas reflecting where innovation leaders are focusing right now.
You choose the track(s) most relevant to your work. Everything that follows — sessions, content, peer connections, Nova's recommendations — centers on what you're actually doing.
Each Track runs on a monthly rhythm:
- A challenge call — one member’s challenge addressed by the group live
- Up to three dedicated interactive speaker sessions, group discussions and peer sharing
- Curated insights relevant to where the field is moving
- A monthly progress report — members share a win, a lesson, a failure, a question.
Learning in public, with peers who get it.
Besides this monthly rhythm, 3 x per year you join an online co-working sprint, where we take stock of current specific challenges (within the broader topic areas), exchange possible solutions and define experiments to run and actions to take, together.
AI FOR INNOVATION
Changing workflows, tools and capabilities for innovation teams in an AI-first environment.
AI IMPLEMENTATION
Applying the innovator’s toolkit to lead AI adoption inside established organizations.
SHORT-TERM RESULTS
Fulfilling our new mandate to drive growth and cost savings under pressure.
EXTERNAL SOLUTIONS
Tech scouting, venture clienting and open innovation as a business problem-solving approach.
FORESIGHT & INSIGHT
What signals actually matter in an AI-accelerated world — and how to act on them.
GOVERNANCE & PORTFOLIO
Translating dynamic strategy into a governance framework and portfolio that performs across time horizons.
CULTURE & CHANGE
Creating a culture where employees across the business are empowered and enabled to innovate.
PROCESSESS & PROGRAMS
Optimizing the journey from initial idea to substantial top- or bottom-line impact.
● Let's get started
Your people are already here.
The Society is where those working on what's next in large organizations, come to get answers, sharpen their thinking, build real relationships, and advance their careers. This is where you belong too. Get started today and you'll be ahead already tomorrow.
Individual
Choose your track. Show up to the sessions. Ask for feedback. Action what you learn. Share your progress. And repeat.
- Join topical track(s) of choice incl challenge calls, interactive speaker sessions, group discussions and peer sharing, curated insights and a monthly progress report. Plus, 3 co-working sprints per year.
- Work with Nova — AI companion trained on 15+ years practitioner knowledge
- 800+ hours of on-demand content, curated to your role
- AI-powered peer matchmaking as well as live networking sessions
- Community job board and mentoring connections
- In-person meetups where available
€1000
per year. Or €100 per month. Annual membership saves two months. Cancel anytime.
Team
Shared membership, increased momentum.
When your colleagues are plugged into the right insights, the right conversations and the right people, the whole team moves faster. Each member joins the track most relevant to their work. Imagine having eight people across all eight tracks — all feeding back to the same table. Different peer networks, different signals, different windows into what comparable organisations are actually doing. Beyond individual benefits:
- Support by dedicated success concierge to make sure you stay on track
- Bespoke sessions for your team only
- Share your approach as a speaker or in our newsletter.
- Promote jobs or opportunities, if you're expanding
- Include internal knowledge and content into Nova AI, for a customized experience
starting at
€500
per member per year, depending on number of seats.
● Why Novum?
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. Novum is built around a simple idea: when peers who face the same challenges share what's actually working, everyone moves faster.
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+