Leapfrogging

MARCH 16, 2021

When you focus on the customer in everything you do, innovation moves from an ambiguous concept into a concrete way to change the world. If you want to see how you can build tools & resources to support your organization’s innovation efforts, sign up for a free beta account on upBoard.

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IdeaScale

JULY 14, 2023

What is Process Innovation? Process innovation is defined as the process of development and implementation of new or improved processes, methods, or systems within an organization to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and value creation.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

Traditional Phases and Gates Processes Traditionally, the phases and gates model has been a cornerstone in structuring innovation management. This model segments the innovation process into distinct phases, each culminating in a gate. Reduce time-to-market for new innovations.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 27, 2017

This ‘knowledge is becoming out of date before we can learn from it and sometimes highly dangerous to follow or believe in some rapidly changing times. We need to change our thinking and design in the digital insight part more specifically within and along the innovation process.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

In my view any new approach to innovation needs to aim to achieve interdependent and interlocking innovation, solving problems that have not been addressed before and offering sustainable value, impact, and returns to all involved or significantly improving on the existing solutions.

Technical Review 147

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 19, 2023

I wonder if that is the current incumbents, be these current innovation management software providers or individuals inside the organizations resisting change, as it brings significant uncertainty of change and disruption to the (inadequate) process, one that I feel is not fit for today’s and tomorrow’s innovation purpose.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

The principles of this Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework are the recognition and value of having a building block and innovation stack design. The principles of this Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework are the recognition and value of having a building block and innovation stack design.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In the past few months, I have been writing consistently on the need to change our innovating process, thinking and designs into Innovation Ecosystem ones. This will be my initial view of how this needs to be shaped as the overriding architecture of an Innovation Ecosystem. Source: tmforum.org.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

I finished my last post, “ Are we EVER going to embrace innovation? ” With the argument, we need to change the innovation narrative and significantly update the innovation approach and processes to meet today’s and tomorrow’s business challenges.

Artificial Inteligence 182

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eZassi

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As a gentle reminder, the definition of acceleration is a change in velocity over time. External innovation groups seldom receive adequate internal resourcing to effectively drive enough innovation initiatives to be sustainable. When velocity is constant – acceleration equals zero. Outreach (Campaigning).

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 7, 2024

25 years looking back at Innovation’s evolution I decided to hold a conversation with Google’s Gemini about how innovation had changed and hopefully progressed since I first became involved 25 years ago, when I lived in Singapore and was heavily involved in my MBA, which had innovation as an elective.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They bring stories of success and failure that can humanize the innovation process and make it more relatable. Their talks can be a catalyst for change, encouraging your team to pursue innovation with renewed vigor. They share insights that can reshape the way your organization approaches creativity and problem-solving.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Innovation thinking in Ecosystem and Gen AI design I believe there is a real need to construct a different innovation process. We are rapidly seeing the past of innovating simply in terms of operating on our own. Adopting ecosystem thinking combined with Generative AI will augment, automate and rapidly scale innovation.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 7, 2022

Where should innovation resources actually exist in an organisation? It might seem like a straightforward question, but it is fundamental to whether a company will end up succeeding at innovation or failing. After all, if innovation is so important, should it not get its own department? Positives: Simple.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 8, 2023

My fun has been piecing these together to lead me to my suggested Vertical and Horizontal Framework for achieving a different innovation management design. Here I offer a different perspective of innovation that leads to proposing such a change. I will go into the final proposed components in my next post.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 27, 2023

Organizations in today’s business environment need to adapt rapidly and dynamically, have the need to bring the innovation management process into a constant technological advancement, and be more tailored in its design by their own specific needs and not “offered” as a rigid set of solutions.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Overview : Innovators face a number of challenges, as detailed in our choose-your-own-adventure infographic , including leadership buy-in, resources, and team-building. The first step in building an innovation culture in any organization is to develop the idea of innovation as a priority. Leadership. Team Building.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

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. These speakers cover a range of topics, from the innovation process to the creation of a culture that nurtures creativity and collaboration.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 1, 2023

How do we know the critical skills, competencies and capabilities for innovation? Also, what are the additional dependencies for sustaining innovation capabilities that are becoming vital to understand so an organization can place the appropriate resources behind them, build upon a sustainable future and leverage these innovation dynamics?

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 14, 2023

The post was my “ The Final Perspective: A Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework “ This recommendation had been built out over the past three months toward this final conclusion. The challenge faced by innovation software : The post “ Innovation Software, is it Facing the Innovators Dilemma?

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2023

Combining these “building blocks” modularly in innovation stacks creates a unique design that adapts to your specific needs and goals. Today, innovation processes are partly designed this way but are more rigid and hold knowledge often as “islands” within a possible solution.

Technical Review 130

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 26, 2023

This part of the document provides the guardrails and guidance and the essential encouragement to bring risk evaluations into all innovation conversations. I provide below a couple of post links where I have written on different aspects of Governance that have relevance to any strategic (integrated) design for Innovation.

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Qmarkets

JULY 20, 2022

What is Open Innovation? In a nutshell, open innovation takes place within an ecosystem that extends far beyond the boundaries of a single organization. Mercedes A key advantage of open innovation is that the company can benefit from external resources when internal ones might be limited.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 8, 2023

Learning is a constant, ongoing process that moves us through the complete innovation discovery to commercialization stages. I plan to add another element of Sustainability , both social and corporate value, later as it should run through our innovation thinking throughout.

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Qmarkets

MAY 29, 2024

Technology scouting continuously scans for emerging tools and solutions to enhance products, services, and processes, improving efficiency and creating unique value propositions. Cross-functional teams can work together on innovation projects, sharing knowledge and resources to achieve common goals.

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IM Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2023

She shares her approach to explaining innovation to her own children, emphasizing change as a fundamental aspect. She discusses the importance of tying innovation to specific outcomes or goals to facilitate acceptance and adaptation. [04:03] 05:40] Sustaining Innovation: An effort to maintain market position.

Change 52

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 28, 2022

In short, innovation is the engine of change and in today’s fiercely competitive environment resisting change is dangerous. The key driver of the organization’s ability to change is innovation. However, deciding that the organization has to be innovative is insufficient. Resources are scarce.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 28, 2023

Overall the software will help companies to manage and improve their innovation process and to get insights from the data generated by it. From < [link] > What holds Innovation software back for companies to adopt more? There are a few factors that may hold companies back from adopting innovation management software.

Software 182

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

I am on a personal mission to convince innovation software providers, corporations and innovators to change how they undertake innovation. In some recent posts, I argued that we need to adopt a broader innovation ecosystem thinking and design. Seeing the barriers, the causes and effects.

Software Review 162

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

Organizations need balance, and innovation tends to constantly push to upset this need; that’s its nature as it seeks to change. The providers of these solutions have them reasonably refined and offered in all shapes and sizes, but is that REALLY the sum of our innovation programs needed? How feasible is this?

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 17, 2019

A repeatable innovation process is a key driver for its business. “I However, she explains, it’s all about the process. Spotless uses a detailed, repeatable process with innovation to identify ideas and guide corporate culture toward innovation. What did innovation mean for the company?

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2021

Growing faster by changing your innovation narrative. So let’s explore these four primary levels of growth-lead innovators to develop and maintain such an innovation narrative. .” So narratives attract, engage, motivate and call people to push and achieve their potential.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Impact of Innovation on Organizational Growth Innovation is the driving force behind sustained organizational growth and competitive advantage. It propels companies forward, allowing them to adapt in rapidly changing markets and to respond effectively to evolving customer needs.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 26, 2022

Even if you cannot change the individuals’ opinions right away, you may convince them to let the project proceed on the basis of the value it creates. Most innovation projects require a change. This may be easier for a Status Quo supporter to deal with, since it doesn’t necessarily change the way they do their work.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 21, 2023

The potential returns, including increased agility, improved innovation outcomes, enhanced collaboration, and long-term competitiveness, make this radical change worthwhile for organizations aspiring to thrive in today’s dynamic business environment. The ability to build the context and show its (ongoing) value makes the difference.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 13, 2023

Showcase successful collaborations : Share examples of successful cross-sector innovation collaborations in similar domains, and how they have created value for all parties involved. Emphasize how collaboration can create mutual benefit and value for all parties involved, and how it can help build long-term partnerships and relationships.

Collaboration 147

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 30, 2020

Putting more resources behind the likely winners, rather than on projects that simply stay ‘blue sky’ or conceptual, then get picked up by others to commercialize. You unblock the roadblocks, you unlock the mind, and you change the dynamics. Go blaze the path as you are actually making and leading the changes.

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