Why Companies That Are Great at Innovation Still Fail - with Stanford Professor Charles O'Reilly

Why Companies That Are Great at Innovation Still Fail - with Stanford Professor Charles O'Reilly

August 5, 2026 · 44 min · Episode 77

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Stanford Professor Charles O'Reilly discusses why successful companies struggle to adapt in the face of rapid change driven by AI.

Charles O'Reilly, Stanford Graduate School of Business professor and a leading expert on innovation and organizational change, joins Beyond the Prompt to explore why successful companies so often struggle to adapt. As AI accelerates change across every industry, Charles explains why the challenge isn't coming up with new ideas. It's building organizations that can keep exploring what's next while continuing to execute what's already working.

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