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About this PowerPoint template

The Business Strategy Innovation PowerPoint Template is a complete 20-slide presentation: create lasting value through deliberate choices, distinctive capabilities, and learning. Every slide is fully editable in PowerPoint and Google Slides, so you can change the text, colours, charts and icons to fit your brand in minutes.

Inside, the slides walk through topics such as “Market shifts make incremental thinking insufficient”, “The marketing mix turns strategy into customer choices” and “Strong innovation strategy keeps choices explicit”, with ready-made layouts for each step. It is part of our Digital Transformation & Change presentations.

What's included

  • 20 professionally designed 16:9 widescreen slides
  • 100% editable text, shapes, icons, tables and charts (no flat images)
  • Works in Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows and Mac) and Google Slides
  • Clean, consistent layout that follows your theme colours and fonts
  • Delivered as a single ZIP file containing the .pptx presentation

What to include in an innovation presentation

A simple structure that works for most audiences, mapped to the slides in this deck:

PartWhat goes thereSlide in this deck
Innovation goalsWhat innovation must deliver for the businessUse any content slide
ProcessFrom ideas to launch: stages and gatesUse any content slide
PortfolioIdeas and projects by horizon or riskUse any content slide
Selection criteriaHow ideas are scored and stoppedSlides 9, 20
MeasuresMetrics for the whole processUse any content slide

Key numbers: Innovation

Research figures you can quote on your slides. Each one names the study it comes from, so your audience can check it.

FindingFigureSource
Executives who say innovation is very or extremely important to growth84%McKinsey Global Survey
Executives satisfied with their innovation performance6%McKinsey Global Innovation Survey
Executives who say people and culture are the top drivers of innovation94%McKinsey Quarterly
Executives good at stopping ideas at the right time26%McKinsey Global Survey (2010)

Sources: McKinsey, Innovation and commercialization 2010 · McKinsey, Leadership and innovation. Figures are from the editions named; check for a newer edition before you present.

Slide-by-slide outline

SlideWhat it covers
1Title slide: Business Strategy Innovation
2The strategy moves from insight to execution
3Effective innovation strategy creates customer value through distinctive capabilities. It makes choices…
4Market shifts make incremental thinking insufficient
5Assess these forces before choosing where innovation can create lasting value.
6New players can challenge established positions.
7Innovation begins with a customer problem worth solving
8Strategic innovation sits where three choices meet
9Use market insight to define where growth can come from before selecting an innovation.
10Ansoff clarifies four routes to growth
11How should we access the capability this innovation needs?
12The marketing mix turns strategy into customer choices
13Four pillars make innovation strategy actionable
14Innovation advances through continuous learning
15Turn strategic choices into offerings through focused validation and delivery.
16Test the riskiest assumptions before scaling
17Cross-functional ownership connects learning to delivery
18A balanced approach protects innovation from tradeoffs
19Strong innovation strategy keeps choices explicit
20Select one opportunity, test its critical assumption, and learn.

Tips for an innovation presentation

  • Tie innovation to growth goals; most executives say it matters but few are satisfied.
  • Show clear stage gates, including when to stop an idea.
  • Balance the portfolio across short and long-term bets.
  • Measure the whole process, not just launches.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Idea collection with no selection
  • No kill criteria
  • Only measuring outputs

Checklist before you present

  • Are goals linked to growth?
  • Is the process clear?
  • Are selection criteria defined?
  • Is the portfolio balanced?
  • Are measures in place?

Great for

  • Change management programmes
  • Digital transformation strategy
  • Innovation workshops
  • Future-state and improvement planning

How to customise it

  1. Download the ZIP file and unzip it to get the .pptx presentation.
  2. Open it in PowerPoint, or upload it to Google Drive and open it with Google Slides.
  3. Replace the sample text and numbers with your own; charts update from their data sheets.
  4. Change the theme colours once to recolour the whole deck, then delete any slides you don't need.

Questions about an innovation presentation

What is a stage-gate process?

A method that splits innovation into stages separated by decision points (gates), where ideas are continued, changed or stopped.

How do I present an innovation portfolio?

Plot ideas by risk and time horizon (or value and feasibility) and show how budget is split across them.

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Template details

TemplateBusiness Strategy Innovation PowerPoint Template
CategoriesStrategy, Digital Transformation & Change
File formatPowerPoint (.pptx), delivered as a .zip file
Number of slides20 fully editable slides
File size2.4 MB
Slide size16:9 widescreen
Preview images20
EditableYes: text, colours, shapes, icons and charts
Works withPowerPoint 2010 and later, PowerPoint for Mac, Google Slides
LicenceRoyalty-free, yours to keep using after your plan ends (terms of use apply)
PriceIncluded in every SlideVilla plan
Added22 Feb 2025

Questions about this template

Can I edit the Business Strategy Innovation PowerPoint Template?

Yes. Every part of the Business Strategy Innovation PowerPoint Template is made with native PowerPoint shapes and text boxes, so you can change the wording, colours, fonts and sizes, move or delete elements, and swap icons without losing quality.

Does the Business Strategy Innovation PowerPoint Template work in Google Slides?

Yes. Download the .zip file, unzip it to get the .pptx, upload it to Google Drive and open it with Google Slides. The layout, shapes and text stay editable there too.

Is the Business Strategy Innovation PowerPoint Template free?

It is a premium template, included in every SlideVilla plan together with the rest of the library. See plans and pricing.

What size and format is it?

It is a PPTX file in 16:9 widescreen format with 20 slides, 2.4 MB (downloaded as a .zip; unzip it to get the presentation), with 20 preview images shown above.

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