Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

To support you in building out your innovation competencies, capabilities and capacity that requires a deeper investment in skill development in a culture of continual learning. A landscape and the navigation skills that provide the adaptability and agility needed for successful innovation in the current business landscape.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

The agility to adapt to AI advancements is now a vital component of surviving and thriving in the modern marketplace. To foster a strategic mindset among your leadership team, consider the insights from 10 ways to get your leadership team thinking strategically and building the best business strategies.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

As you plan your next conference or leadership program, understanding the value of these speakers is crucial. When you invite an innovation keynote speaker to your event, you’re not just getting a presentation; you’re accessing a wealth of knowledge shaped by real-world experience and success.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 3, 2020

We are all presently learning a new practice. We need to ditch much of the endeavors that make up a legacy of past practice, and think forward, to which the term next practice becomes the learning spot. Agility, adaptability & innovation. Agile product development. Best practices ‘pre-connectivity’. IT systems.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Instead, a more holistic approach to leadership intelligence is required—one that includes Experiential Intelligence (XQ). XQ refers to the ability to draw from past experiences, learnings, and insights to make better decisions, solve complex problems, and navigate the uncertainties of the corporate world.

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ImagineNation

AUGUST 3, 2021

I was privileged to attend one of the first Theory U; Presencing Leadership for Profound Innovation and Change Workshops presented by the Sloane School of Management, in Boston in 2008. Intentional change and learning.

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ImagineNation

JUNE 1, 2021

This means that every organisation, regardless of its size and specialisation, requires its leaders, and teams paradoxically, to be both competent and confident, to be both human-centred and customer-centric, in effectively managing both the future and the present. Unlearn, relearn, reskill and upskill. Both Human and Customer-Centric.

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Wazoku

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

At this year's Innovation Roundtable Summit in Copenhagen, I moderated a roundtable discussion on some of the challenges businesses face when trying to build a more agile organisation, grow a culture of innovation and navigate leadership and mindset. There was a presentation earlier which explored the topic and importance of trust.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Dynamic ecosystems are not just about the present but about the future. Within our successful management of ecosystems, those agile and highly responsive will survive and have higher chances of thriving in the face of uncertainty. Dynamic ecosystems are not just about the present. They are about the future.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Importance of Team Collaboration in Today’s Workplace In the contemporary workplace, characterized by rapid technological advancements and a shift towards more agile and remote working conditions, fostering team collaboration has become indispensable. Video conferencing Connecting remote team members and detailed visual presentations.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For me, ecosystem thinking and design offer fresh ways for accelerating mutual learning, and through this innovation, outcome potential for sharing and knowledge building. What is needed is something more radical and cohesive than we presently have. Finding the new building blocks of innovation ecosystem design and thinking.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 15, 2024

This model is particularly beneficial for startups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that require strategic leadership but may not have the resources to support a full-time executive position. Generative AI refers to algorithms that can learn from data and generate original content, be it text, code, or strategic plans.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 5, 2017

They came to discuss how crowdsourcing ideas is changing their organizations and to learn best practices from each other. IdeaScale connects the workforce directly to senior leadership , aligning the organization around a common purpose. To tide you over until next year, you can view presentations from Open Nation 2017 here.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Here are a few things we can learn: We can discover if being relieved of corporate overhead really matters to the individual businesses. As change accelerates and there's an increasing need to be agile or nimble, getting smaller and faster is key. All business must be fast, agile and innovative.

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PlanBox Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This post delves into key learnings that have reshaped how businesses approach innovation, setting the stage for continual growth and adaptability. 7 – Continuous Learning and Adaptation Innovation is not a static process; it requires continuous learning and adaptation. A structured approach to innovation is critical.

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ImagineNation

JUNE 3, 2019

In the same way, new platforms, products and services, business models and other emerging creative surprises are, disrupting the learning game. To also develop the skills required to surmount future challenges, so what then, is the role of continuous learning? Who presented a new model of education, launching soon in Victoria.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 13, 2022

2023 could turn out to be one of the hardest for innovation and leadership teams in decades… … or, with the right focused effort, it could be one of the best. Innovation projects often fail because innovation teams, management, leadership and operations are not aligned on what success actually looks like.

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ImagineNation

MAY 9, 2019

With a national election for a new Australian government about to take place in less than a weeks’ time, it raises key questions around the impact of collaborative, autocratic or competitive leadership styles. Many voters, like myself, to question as to what leadership style might be best for our country’s future.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Introduction to the Hierarchy: The Hierarchy of Business Ecosystem Needs is a construct of collaborative ecosystems, navigating complexity with agility, openness, and shared vision. The Building of a dynamic resilience network of collective learning and mitigating risks. We are navigating complexity in a rapidly changing environment.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

For me, ecosystem thinking and design are accelerating mutual learning, and through this innovation, outcome potential for sharing and knowledge building. We are shifting critical capabilities that are growing the agility to trial, pilot and learn quickly as information flows in. It is knowledge-based and well-grounded.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

By mastering this aspect of leadership, you can orchestrate complex projects across time zones, leverage the diverse expertise of team members, and harness the full potential of digital technology. The agility to respond quickly to market changes and customer needs. Cost savings on overheads such as office space and utilities.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

By mastering this aspect of leadership, you can orchestrate complex projects across time zones, leverage the diverse expertise of team members, and harness the full potential of digital technology. The agility to respond quickly to market changes and customer needs. Cost savings on overheads such as office space and utilities.

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Project Management Software Review Technical Review 100

Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

Which means they do not believe small changes over time, failing, learning and adjusting can or will have a meaningful impact. If we don’t have clarity on our present state (i.e., One of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership. Twitter: johnsonwhitney.

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Daniel Burrus

MAY 20, 2020

Take Anticipatory Action, Not Agile Reaction. This COVID-19 global pandemic we presently find ourselves in is the perfect example. No matter how agile or clever you are, repeatedly reacting to problems and issues will eventually be a never-ending cycle. What transformative opportunity does that foster for your organization?

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Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. I first encountered Agile Development in 2005, when a team I supported was chosen to help pilot Scrum development methodology at Yahoo!

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Transformation and change initiatives are usually designed as strategic interventions, intending to advance an organisation’s growth, deliver increased shareholder value, build competitive advantage, or improve its speed and agility to respond to fast-changing industries, in a disruptive business environment.

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Innovating4Energy

AUGUST 31, 2023

Adaptive Strategies: Stay agile, adjusting strategies based on real-time feedback and emerging opportunities. Networked Learning: Foster continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the community for ongoing improvement.

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Collaboration Ideation Engagement Design 78

ImagineNation

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This is reinforced by Adam Grant, in his book “Think Again” (the power of not knowing what you don’t know) where he states that we are living in a time vital for re-thinking to help us become adaptive and agile, and develop our future fitness to thrive in a disruptive, uncertain world. Critical art of re-thinking.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 1, 2020

I wanted to go back to one of my favorite frameworks, the Cynefin framework for partly thinking through the “ known-unknown-unknowable ” in our present world. In any chaotic situation, as we presently are, the overriding need is to stabilize and determine the constraints to quickly establish some level of order.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

This synergy is particularly crucial when navigating the challenges presented by disruptive technologies, artificial intelligence, and shifting market demands. Managers and leaders are recognizing that fostering team collaboration practices can yield a more agile and responsive organization.

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Underperforming Technical Team Collaboration Creativity Software Review 113

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

It needs bold leadership. 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.

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Innov8rs

MAY 7, 2024

As Paige Halam-Andres, Managing Director of Innovation at Highline Beta, remarked in her recent Innov8rs Learning Lab session, the blank cheque era for innovation units is now coming to an end. So how can innovation teams adapt to the changing expectations of leadership and align their work to business strategy?

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Planview

JULY 15, 2022

In this post, you will find questions and answers from an incredibly timely and informative webinar that provided crucial new product development best practices based on lessons learned from the pandemic. After the presentation, to our happy surprise, attendees posed a ton of questions to the panel. DOWNLOAD THE DATASHEET.

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ImagineNation

AUGUST 30, 2020

It also increases their emotional agility, confidence, and competence in responding to Covid-19 and future challenges. Glued together via a team charter (ground rules for communications, decision making, and problem-solving) in much the same way that the individuals on a single team are able to be effective, agile, and collaborative.

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ImagineNation

JANUARY 4, 2023

We stated that innovation-led growth is absolutely critical and that people need to be enabled and equipped to adapt, connect and collaborate in new ways to kickstart change in agile, constructive, equitable, and sustainable ways to innovate in uncertain times. Improving both customer centricity and the customers’ experience. Strategy #6.

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ImagineNation

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Both of these are causing disruptive and unpredictable workforce changes, the need for new working practices, and a different set of mindsets and behaviours founded in cultivating an independent will, mental toughness, and emotional agility. Cultivating discomfort resilience, mental toughness, and emotional agility.

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ImagineNation

MAY 8, 2023

At the same time, I allowed my mind to wander and wondered how this visually stunning and unrivaled British ceremony would impact the nations and realms’ culture and leadership, today and in the future, wondering if, indeed, it is at a cultural tipping point.

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