CADRE INNOVATION
INNOVATION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE
Complex challenges
require activated networks.
CADRE Innovation assembles the expertise, relationships, and operating systems organizations need to move ambitious ideas into implementation.
WHAT WE BUILD
From ambition to durable outcomes.
Innovation Systems
We design the structures, processes, and incentives that enable sustained innovation at scale.
Institutional Transformation
We help organizations reimagine how they operate, govern, and deliver impact in a changing world.
Partnerships & Commercialization
We connect capabilities, align interests, and accelerate the path from idea to market and mission.
THE ACTIVATED NETWORK
The right expertise
activated around the challenge.
SELECTED WORK
Global Innovation
Ecosystems
Designing connected ecosystems that attract talent, capital, and ideas.
Advanced manufacturing
infrastructure
Building the physical and digital foundations for future-ready industries.
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Workforce and
credential innovation
Aligning learning, skills, and opportunities with the needs of tomorrow.
AI-enabled organizational transformation
Embedding AI and data capabiities to improve decisions and outcomes.
Nina Means
FOUNDER & INNOVATION SYSTEMS ARCHITECT
Nina Means brings more than two decades of experience designing and activating innovation systems across sectors and geographies. She founded CADRE Innovation to help organizations navigate complex change with clarity, rigor, and the right network.