Put future-focused concepts into practice with Growth Signals’ AI-Native Stage-Gate Workshop. For more than forty years, the Stage-Gate process has been the dominant framework for moving new products from idea to launch. It was built for a world in which evidence was scarce, expensive, and time-consuming to gather. Today, AI is fundamentally changing those assumptions. When research, voice-of-customer synthesis, competitive analysis, and financial modeling can be completed in hours at minimal cost, the challenge shifts from generating information to making effective decisions.
While many organizations are simply adding AI tools to existing processes and achieving only incremental improvements, this workshop explores a different path: redesigning innovation processes from the ground up with AI at the center. Drawing on Dr. Robert Cooper’s recent work on Stage-Gate Agentic and lessons from early adopters, participants will learn what an AI-native Stage-Gate process looks like—including compressed stages, AI-prepared deliverables, continuous evidence streams, and human decision-makers focused on strategy and risk. Attendees will leave with practical ideas and first steps for applying these concepts within their own organizations. If you have any questions, please contact Lee Green (lgreen@nam.org).
This workshop is designed for current IRI members. If you are not a member, please contact Clayton Warnke (cwarnke@nam.org).
