At Innovators Alliance, the most valuable insights don’t come from outside experts — they come from each other. All year long, members traded the tools, ideas, and frameworks that helped them navigate a fast-shifting entrepreneurial landscape. Those real-world exchanges shaped conversations, sparked experiments, and led to meaningful wins across our network.
This year’s Innovation Resources Wrapped captures the resources that created real traction in 2025 — the ones that kept showing up in chapter discussions, power meetings, and peer-to-peer problem-solving. They reflect the big themes that defined the year: intentional scaling, responsible AI adoption, deeper leadership capacity, and designing organizations that stay adaptable no matter what the market throws their way.
What Innovators Alliance Members Reached for in 2025
A curated roundup of the member favourites that fuelled growth, clarity, and smarter decisions this year.
Leadership Essentials
The Accidental Entrepreneur: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom Through Successful Business Acquisitions, by James Shanahan
It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy, by Abrashoff, Captain D. Michael
The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last by Jimmy Wales, Dan Gardner
Venture Meets Mission: Aligning People, Purpose, and Profit to Innovate and Transform Society by Arun Gupta, Gerrard George, Thomas Fewer
Entrepreneurs on Fire Podcast
AI & Technology
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI by Karen Hao
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares
The AI Daily Brief Podcast
Member Classics & High-Impact Deep Dives
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review
The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention by William Rosen
The Diary of a CEO Podcast
Founders Podcast
A Year Fuelled by Shared Intelligence
If there was one defining factor in 2025, it was this: members showed up for one another again and again. They didn’t just share what worked — they shared the experiments that flopped, the pivots that saved time, and the insights that reshaped strategy.
That openness compressed learning curves and strengthened leaders across industries. It’s the core advantage of this community: real-time, real-world intelligence that translates into impact for all.
Let’s carry that energy into 2026 – with even more innovation, clarity, and connection driving what we do next.
Enjoyed this list? Check out our Spring round-up for even more inspiration. Got a favourite of your own? We’d love to hear it, great ideas are better when shared.
Stefanie is a leader, collaborator, and consultant with over 20 years of executive experience spanning healthcare, education, international development, and financial services. As Executive Director of Innovators Alliance, she works closely with CEOs and business leaders to foster growth, peer learning, and innovation across Canada’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.A Professional Certified Coach (PCC) accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) through the Co-Active Training Institute, Stefanie brings a deep commitment to helping leaders grow with purpose. Her work blends strategy, connection, and curiosity to create environments where leaders and organizations thrive.
