Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 5, 2020

Suddenly we are stopped from traveling; we are advised to work from home to keep us safe from this coronavirus and catching it. I was pondering some thoughts around the quest for growth, the demands for change, and the need to become nimble, agile, and more dynamic in what we do. To learn a language, we have to keep practicing.

Change 265

Change Agile System Innovation 265

Innovation in Practice

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The report also found direct links between learning and innovation, diversity and inclusion (D&I) training with revenue growth, and an increase in revenues coupled with increasing investment in L&D. Staying Agile Drives Innovation. But, agility is a two-way street. Experimentation Requires Recalibration.

Training 52

Training Learning How To Culture of Innovation 52

Tullio Siragusa

JULY 24, 2023

Employees become mere executors of orders, leading to a lack of engagement and motivation. Hinders Responsiveness to Change In a rapidly changing business landscape, agility and adaptability are crucial. Example: Airbnb, the global travel community, employed Design Thinking to turn around its struggling business.

Design Thinking 108

Design Thinking Culture Design Underperforming Technical Team 108

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 31, 2020

Unlock and seek out opportunities to learn, to be trained in new thinking, different techniques and methods. Set about your own organized training and education program, understanding that this moves in steps of learning, so take this in stages of absorbing the lessons and then find creative ways to apply them.

Creativity 257

Creativity Learning Change Training 257

Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Reduce operational costs associated with physical office spaces, travel, and associated logistics. By integrating online collaboration platforms , you can ensure that your team remains connected, engaged, and aligned with your organization’s goals. Be user-friendly to encourage widespread adoption and minimize the learning curve.

Collaboration 100

Collaboration Tools Guidelines Video 100

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Just stop and think about how we undertake transactions around our homes, cars, jobs, travel, deliveries, and how we can all become freelancers. I concluded ” There is a lot to learn and understand in exploring the approaches that the Chinese are taking in their thinking about what makes their Ecosystems and Platforms work.

Disruption 291

Disruption Innovation Technology Creativity 291

The Human Factor

APRIL 14, 2021

Curiosity: a strong desire to know or learn something; a willingness to explore and seek new opportunities and solutions. We learn to stop asking, to go along, to follow others without question. We get consumed with being busy, engaging in activity vs. using our brains well. Hire for curiosity and learning agility.

Agile 69

Agile Exercises Learning Engagement 69

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The structure of our business today cannot afford to try and stand alone, it needs to extend beyond its traditional supporting partners, it needs to learn to collaborate with a whole new range of partners, even some previously competitors, to radically adapt to the different world we live in. It needs bold leadership.

Collaboration 273

Collaboration Technical Review Disruption Innovation 273

Faisal Hoque

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Here’s what an agile mind-set’s made of. AGILITY: IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD. But while business leaders often use the term “agility” to describe their business plans and strategic initiatives, it’s often little more than a buzzword—and a fervent wish. HOW TO PRACTICE AGILITY.

Video 52

Video Disruption Agile Entrepreneurship 52

Faisal Hoque

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Here’s what an agile mind-set’s made of. AGILITY: IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD. But while business leaders often use the term “agility” to describe their business plans and strategic initiatives, it’s often little more than a buzzword—and a fervent wish. HOW TO PRACTICE AGILITY.

Video 52

Video Disruption Agile Entrepreneurship 52

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The structure of our business today cannot afford to try and stand alone, it needs to extend beyond its traditional supporting partners, it needs to learn to collaborate with a whole new range of partners, even some previously competitors, to radically adapt to the different world we live in. It needs bold leadership.

Collaboration 273

Collaboration Disruption Innovation Technical Review 273

Planview

AUGUST 16, 2022

As such, they have the capacity to work in an Agile manner, and as necessary tweak or re-invent business processes that replace complexity with simplicity — and ultimately improve customer experiences. Naturally, employees who are happier and more engaged are also more productive and efficient! Improved Revenue. ASC606 and IFRS15 ).

Resources 52

Resources eBook Engagement Culture 52

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Just stop and think about how we undertake transactions around our homes, cars, jobs, travel, deliveries, and how we can all become freelancers. I concluded ” There is a lot to learn and understand in exploring the approaches that the Chinese are taking in their thinking about what makes their Ecosystems and Platforms work.

Disruption 130

Disruption Innovation Technology Creativity 130

Acuvate

MARCH 13, 2020

have been canceling their events and implementing travel restrictions and work-from-home policies. In addition to enhancing internal communications, modern intranets are also key to boosting productivity, engagement, and efficiencies – especially when people are working remotely. 3) Enable Seamless Networking.

Collaboration 111

Collaboration Guidelines Tools Video 111

BrainZooming

MAY 17, 2016

I have been traveling more recently for speaking than at any time during history of The Brainzooming Group. Meaningfully engaging employees when inviting them to share ideas. Staying agile through focusing on what’s important for creating results. 10 Employee Engagement Ideas to Improve Strategic Results.

Strategy 70

Strategy Strategy Innovation Collaboration 70

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 29, 2015

Asking these questions offsets that attitude of simply accepting the established approach from the very beginning.Speed, scale and agility are required and many of our existing innovation practices do not adapt to these increasing demands. This is the tough ground to travel through and over. What are we capable of? What is viable?

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Innovation Design LEAN 100

ImagineNation

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

If entangled things send signals to each other instantly, then the message might seem to travel faster than even the speed of light — which, of course, is the speed limit of the universe. She says, “It’s a road less traveled but a journey that I look forward to every day.” So that cannot possibly happen! Find out more.

Creativity 111

Creativity Innovation Artificial Inteligence Learning 111

Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

Recent research has confirmed successfully disrupting as well as outperforming companies to be significantly more engaged in business model innovation. Uber is a current prime example: they are attempting to expand into healthcare and travel. Culture of experimentation (and speed).

Innovation Management 100

Innovation Management Management LEAN Technical Review 100

IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

One supporter collaboration that has come out of our community is the Agile Uprising which looks to build a community around the agile mindset and includes four Happy Melly members as founders. brand, Jason’s Lean Change Management book and workshops, and Learning 3.0’s Working in silos is proven to be unsuccessful.

Collaboration 100

Collaboration Crowdsourcing Agile LEAN 100

Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

During our recent Innov8rs Learning Labs on Foresight & Business Design, we discussed these topics with Dr. Angèle Beausoleil (Assistant Professor at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management). In other words, Business Design is an agile approach to design-driven innovation. How can it be applied in our organizations?

Design 52

Design Meeting Data System 52

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 21, 2017

Organizations continue to struggle with obtaining that higher level of agility and flexibility required for innovation speed of response and delivery. The culture within organizations still is rather more closed-up into the silo mindset and not encouraged to be more open, engaging across functions in collaborating ways.

Innovation 145

Innovation Culture Leadership Resources 145

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 2, 2016

A more opening out, forming more connections into customers, engaging them in appreciating their needs is leading us to recognize the value and power in the seamless customer experience. As we learn the value and power of these tools we become more fluid, more flexible and agile but equally more influenced.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Innovation Collaboration Software Review 100

Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Similar tools have been around for ages, by the way; used in lean manufacturing processes, Agile, kanban, scrum, etc. By documenting what you must measure tied to customer behavior, the tool is then useful in creating a dashboard for your validated learning. The digital versions will come — well, they’re already here.

Examples 58

Examples LEAN How To Tools 58

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

They are utilizing omnichannel and digital communication mediums to engage their customers and offer them what they want. Plus, they can utilize predictive analytics to learn about the intentions of each customer and predict their future needs. Customer Centric Approach.

Trends 67

Trends Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 67

IdeaSpies

AUGUST 19, 2019

Education related travel services are our largest service export (and third largest export item behind iron and coal). to produce more rounded, agile graduates. Medicine and engineering are the most obvious, although interestingly these are also the domains which have most aggressively adopted problem based learning.

Technical Review 86

Technical Review Learning Competition Marketing 86

Qmarkets

JUNE 9, 2017

They are utilizing omnichannel and digital communication mediums to engage their customers and offer them what they want. Plus, they can utilize predictive analytics to learn about the intentions of each customer and predict their future needs. Customer Centric Approach.

Trends 60

Trends Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 60

Gregg Fraley

MAY 22, 2019

Companies are investing in innovation training, mostly learning frameworks like Lean, Agile, or Design Thinking. Engaged support for strategic and tactical innovation initiatives developed by others. She wondered, could the vibrations from the train travel that far? And that’s a good thing. — and their jobs.

Training 45

Training Innovation Technical Review Culture 45

The Human Factor

APRIL 15, 2019

Next came Internet-enabled pods where people can engage in work without being disturbed. When traveling for business, we have to deal with crowded airports, sitting shoulder to shoulder on airplanes and other public situations that make it hard to focus on work. All of which are clear signs that employees crave more alone time.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Meeting Creativity Trends 62

Be-novative

APRIL 21, 2021

By pretty much every measure of employer and consumer brand health, we are more likely to be engaged , even try the online versions of in-person services, stay loyal, pay more and advocate for brands whose stories we know and remember, who broadens our perspectives and that genuinely do good.

Trends 52

Trends Project Design Thinking Ideation 52

The Human Factor

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Schools must learn how to teach online. Companies where employees can work at home must figure out how to keep them productive, connected, and engaged. Other industries, such as dining, leisure, travel, entertainment, and sports, may need to develop entirely new business models in order to survive. . Learn More.

Policies 28

Policies Data Management Change 28

The Human Factor

JUNE 18, 2020

Instead of welcoming change and easily adapting to it, our brains prefer to travel the same well-worn mental pathways. What have we learned? What do we need to learn? Learning enables us to gather data, balance emotion, understand implications, develop insights, and identify strategic alternatives. What must we do now?

Data 36

Data Change System Learning 36

Qmarkets

AUGUST 16, 2020

The main difference in continuous improvement is that much of the workflows are automated, with clearly structured and defined processes – unlike the agile and dynamic methods required in innovation management. Contact us to learn more.

Software Review 52

Software Review Ideation Innovation Disruption 52

Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

When should it be used: Any company which has or is thinking of building an Innovation Team / Department / Lab / Skunkworks should be aware of this concept of Dual Innovation and make sure your teams have the skills and permission to engage in it. It can significantly reduce the perceived risk associated with doing innovation projects.

Company 248

Company Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming Design Thinking 248

Innovation 360 Group

JANUARY 14, 2016

More than 30 percent of the global population now uses social media platforms to connect, learn, and share information. These new platform businesses are rapidly multiplying into many new services, ranging from laundry to shopping, from chores to parking, from massages to travel.

Analysis 40

Analysis Industry Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 40

Innovation 360

JANUARY 24, 2016

More than 30 percent of the global population now uses social media platforms to connect, learn, and share information. These new platform businesses are rapidly multiplying into many new services, ranging from laundry to shopping, from chores to parking, from massages to travel.

Industry 40

Industry Analysis Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 40