Companies have never placed a higher priority on innovation—yet they have never been as unready to deliver on their innovation aspirations. And GenAI is coming.
Each year, we assess the current state of the art in corporate innovation and examine how the most innovative companies are reshaping, directing, organizing, and fueling their innovation engines. We also survey the changing landscape of innovation trends and challenges as well as of supporting technologies—and delve into their implications for product, service, and business model innovation.
You can explore the collection below.
Most Innovative Companies 2025: In Disruptive Times, the Resilient Win
How has the innovation landscape evolved over two decades? And how should leaders prepare for what comes next?
Explore Recent Most Innovative Companies Reports
Report
May 23, 2023
What does it take to build a resilient innovation engine? And how are leading innovators using AI?
Report
September 15, 2022
Companies have plenty of “will” but much less “way” when it comes to climate and sustainability innovation readiness.
Report
April 15, 2021
More companies say innovation is a top-three CEO priority. Many are allocating the resources to prove it. But are they prepared to deliver?
Explore Earlier Most Innovative Companies Reports
Our Most Innovative Companies research began in 2004 and has since covered a broad range of topics relevant to innovation leaders, from digital to downturns.
2020 | The Serial Innovation Imperative
2019 | The Rise of AI, Platforms, and Ecosystems
2018 | Innovators Go All In on Digital
2016 | Getting Past “Not Invented Here”
2015 | Four Factors That Differentiate Leaders
2014 | Breaking Through Is Hard to Do
2013 | Lessons from Leaders
2012 | The State of the Art in Leading Industries
2010 | A Return to Prominence
2009 | Making Hard Decisions in the Downturn
2008 | Is the Tide Turning?
2007 | Innovation 2007
2006 | Innovation 2006
2005 | Innovation 2005
2004 | Innovation 2004
2020 | The Serial Innovation Imperative
2019 | The Rise of AI, Platforms, and Ecosystems
2018 | Innovators Go All In on Digital
2016 | Getting Past “Not Invented Here”
2015 | Four Factors That Differentiate Leaders
2014 | Breaking Through Is Hard to Do
2013 | Lessons from Leaders
2012 | The State of the Art in Leading Industries
2010 | A Return to Prominence
2009 | Making Hard Decisions in the Downturn
2008 | Is the Tide Turning?
2007 | Innovation 2007
2006 | Innovation 2006
2005 | Innovation 2005
2004 | Innovation 2004
Meet the Most Innovative Companies Team
