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The InnovationAnswers app: a question with a validated answer, anchored to the FORTH method

The difference

Most AI gives you an answer.We give you a validated one,grounded in 25 years of proven methods.

Every reply is anchored to a chapter, a model, and a real-world case from Gijs van Wulfen’s body of work. Not a guess dressed up as confidence. A direction you can defend.

How it works

Every answer comes with evidence.

Ask in plain language. Get a confronting, useful answer plus the chapter it stands on, an image from the method, and three next moves.

01

When should we stop ideating and start executing?

You are likely past the point of useful divergence. The signal is a clear go / kill decision, not more ideas.

FORTH Innovation Method · Stage 5
What are my go / kill criteria?How do I close a FORTH project?
02

How do I win management buy-in for this idea?

Buy-in is engineered, not pitched. Map the decision-makers, then remove their specific reasons to say no.

Breaking Innovation Barriers · 15 Strategies
Who blocks this decision?Which barrier is mine?
03

Is this idea commercially viable enough to test?

Test the riskiest assumption first, cheaply. Viability is a sequence of small bets, not one big reveal.

Innovation Maze · Chapter 4
What is my riskiest assumption?Design a 1-week test
Gijs van Wulfen, keynote speaker on design thinking innovation, founder of the FORTH innovation methodology, ranked #1 Innovation Thinker 2026 by Thinkers360.

The method behind the answers

“AI is trained on the internet. InnovationAnswers is built on 25 years of innovation practice.”

Gijs van Wulfen, creator of the FORTH Innovation Method, distilled into answers you can stand on.

  • #1 Design Thinking thought leader, Thinkers360
  • 310,000+ LinkedIn followers
  • TEDx speaker, Why People Reject Ideas
  • FORTH method, 6 continents since 2006
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