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Recognizing the Building Blocks of Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

I think of the Gartner Hype Cycle here as we have gone through each of the stages of recognition of the application and the learning from this; we have the innovation triggers first, then a peak or inflated expectations, followed by troughs of disillusionment and finally by the slope of enlightenment, to give a new plateau of productivity.

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The future interplays between design thinking, technology and AI

Paul Hobcraft

This shift has prompted innovation to develop tools and design approaches that support these changes in several critical ways based on four global aspects: Learning from real-time data : Traditional analytics models and past performance data may not be entirely relevant in today’s ever-changing business landscape.

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Smart Factory 101 A Data, AI, Cloud and Workforce Revolution in the Making

Acuvate

However, the development of technologies like RPA, AI, and the Internet of Things is making up for these constraints, making production and supply chains more agile and bringing manufacturing well and truly into the era of Industry 4.0. technologies to build a fully connected and integrated industrial ecosystem.

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Smart Factory 101 A Data, AI, Cloud and Workforce Revolution in the Making

Acuvate

However, the development of technologies like RPA, AI, and the Internet of Things is making up for these constraints, making production and supply chains more agile and bringing manufacturing well and truly into the era of Industry 4.0. technologies to build a fully connected and integrated industrial ecosystem.

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Parkinson’s Law and the Peter Principle – are they relevant to innovation?

Idea to Value

This is why “lean” and “agile” have become buzzwords today. There are assessments for nearly everything and big data will probably provide more on the less tangible things like creativity and likeability. Their power structures and jobs are threatened and they mobilize to deny or resist the new developments.

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So Where Is Innovation Heading?

Paul Hobcraft

These are big data analytics, the fast adoption of new technologies, mobile products and capabilities and digital design.See the above for the complete list on where innovation is heading, it makes interesting viewing. This agility needs the tools of testing, feedback, and adaptation to accelerate the innovation process.

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Jumping to a fresh cycle of innovation design

Paul Hobcraft

It adjusts and you learn. Can we find ways to be highly adaptable, agile and fluid in grabbing and taking the parts of the innovation system and constructing them into that design and process that works for that specific challenge? Learning to work and listen more with the outside of our organization.

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