Productivity Press · Available November 2026

Innovation isn't a spark.
It's a system.

Todd spent 15+ years deeply studying and working on turning innovation into transformation at GE, Intermountain Healthcare, Advocate Health, and while being the CEO of Accuryn Medical. The Innovator's Journey is the documented learning and practical guide that organizations can use to improve organizational performance.

168 pages · 19 illustrations · 1st edition
The Innovator's Journey — book cover by Todd Dunn
The route to this book
GEFast Works INTERMOUNTAINDesign for People ADVOCATE HEALTHDesign for Impact ACCURYN MEDICALCEO THE INNOVATOR'S JOURNEY LLCFounder & CEO, present day
About the book

The playbook behind the practice.

Innovation drives growth, competitiveness, and long-term sustainability — but most organizations struggle to move it from talk to execution. Employees hesitate. Leaders balance risk against short-term results. Good ideas stall for lack of a system.

The Innovator's Journey is Todd Dunn's account of building that system from the inside — from his dual role in operations and innovation at GE, through leading innovation at Intermountain Healthcare and Advocate Health, to founding and leading The Innovator's Journey LLC today. It's part memoir, part field manual, for anyone responsible for turning a culture toward innovation.

10Chapters
168Pages
2026Copyright
01Edition
Table of Contents
WP-01

The Spark

WP-02

Culture and Leadership

WP-03

The Need for a System and Playbook

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Crafting the Innovation Toolbox

Essential tools and methodologies for transformation

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Team Solve

Funding mechanisms for innovation

WP-06

Using the Business Model as the Unit of Analysis and Competition

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Demand-Driven Innovation

Utilizing the Jobs to Be Done theory

WP-08

Picking a Partner: The Handbook

Over 70% of business partnerships fail — why?

WP-09

Assumptions Blind

A hypotheses guide

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Final Thoughts

The journey, the need for a system, and dynamic leaders

Inside the system

Five frameworks, field-tested at scale.

A preview of the operating tools that carry the book's argument from theory into execution.

01

Run & Reinvent

Running today's business while building tomorrow's — the core tension every innovation leader has to manage.

02

Business Model Portfolio

Using the business model, not just the product, as the unit of analysis and competition.

03

Investment Readiness Levels

A structured way to evaluate and fund innovation bets before committing full resources.

04

Jobs to Be Done

Demand-driven innovation grounded in what customers are actually trying to accomplish.

05

Partnership Playbook

Why over 70% of business partnerships fail — and how to pick the right partner.

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Modern Healthcare Top 25 Innovators, 2023 Featured with Steve Blank Competing Against Luck
About the author

Todd Dunn

Todd Dunn grew up in the deep South in family-owned businesses, where he learned the value of hard work, teamwork, integrity, and frugality. He holds an undergraduate degree in marketing from the University of Utah and an MBA in supply chain management from Michigan State University.

Todd's career spans Cisco, Siemens, McKesson, GE, Intermountain Healthcare, Advocate Health, and Accuryn Medical, where he led the design and deployment of enterprise innovation systems — including a dual role in operations and innovation at GE that helped shape what became GE FastWorks. He is now Founder & CEO of The Innovator's Journey LLC.

In 2023, Modern Healthcare named Todd one of Healthcare's Top 25 Innovators. He has been featured alongside Steve Blank, included in Clayton Christensen's Competing Against Luck, and has consulted with and led investments in numerous startups.

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