Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 6, 2023

Introduction : Mapping out the relationships within an innovation management system is a challenging task. It requires understanding how individuals, data, and communications connect to contribute to innovation at every stage, from discovery to execution. Section 1: Understanding Innovation Stack Components A.

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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. Nothing can work in isolation.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 28, 2023

Establishing the right innovation process to deliver on your enterprise company-wide strategy can be a real challenge, but it is crucial to the success of any innovation program. In this article, I’ll go through the key points to consider to help you develop the most effective innovation process for your organization.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I have argued in the past that innovation management needs to radically adjust and needs to be designed differently, it needs to be highly adaptive. I’d like to offer some views, partly looking out to the future, partly considering what is potentially within our grasp, if we step back and rethink innovation design.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

I think with the recognition that innovation occurs across the whole organization the innovation management (IM) providers have to radically alter their business model or recognize they need to broaden out their target market inside organizations as innovation is occurring in all corners of the organization today.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

” 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. To look forward, I would argue we always need to look back and account for the progress made in managing innovation over the years.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 14, 2023

Here I want to summarize the posts that were part of this build-up, that build the compelling business case for the need to change our thinking about innovation. It suggests that innovation software might be facing a dilemma due to the pace of technological advancements. ” emphasizes the importance of an innovation ecosystem.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 19, 2023

How difficult would it be to embrace this Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework, as it is often argued that most people want to keep innovation management and its process simple? Any enterprise-enabled framework will require serious change management thinking. Why change?

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 27, 2023

After a series of posts introducing and explaining the thinking and design behind the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework, I thought it would be a good idea to put this into a sequence of visuals that should take you through this to provide a decent understanding of its make-up and logic.

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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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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Together they combine over 200 years of experience in consulting and management. This partnership will offer access to Qmarkets’ leading innovation management software ecosystem to RevelX’s global customer base, to provide them with best-in-class tools to reach their innovation goals.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We used AI to identify the most frequently asked questions about design thinking. Here are your design thinking FAQs and answers. You can also see our “human” responses to the big question: what is design thinking ? Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1. Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 26, 2023

Innovation application and practice seem to have stayed stuck, largely due to how it is organized. Even with all the countless advice, ideas and concepts written by many, innovators still stay marooned on individual islands, lacking insights, alternative opinions and broader diversity in thinking. I learn from the ask.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

The Intersection of AI and Innovation Management Defining Innovation Management with AI Innovation management refers to the process and activities that organizations use to manage and nurture new ideas into marketable products and services.

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Qmarkets

JULY 13, 2023

One was that its core message so closely aligns with our own belief at Qmarkets: that innovation leadership is most effective when it develops the culture and tools to promote participation in the innovation process right across the organization itself and beyond. At Qmarkets, our ‘catalyst network’ performs a similar function.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For me, the last six months or so I have been spending increasing time working with ChatGPT to gain different ways to look at focus areas I spend in advising and mentoring and where innovation links into my different work. Recently, I have been looking specifically at the way the (traditional) innovation management process will change.

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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. They need a more fluid, highly adaptive design.

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PlanBox Innovation

MAY 10, 2022

This article originally appeared on Innovation Leader. Launching an innovation management system does not have to be guesswork, and it is a lot easier than most organizations imagine it to be. Innovation by definition is very different from typical business processes, and it should be in a constant state of flux.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

Thinking in different horizons prompts you to go beyond the usual focus of fixing innovation just in the present it provides the connections of the present with the desired future. I recently applied the three horizons thinking to ‘frame’ a new innovation design.

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Qmarkets

MAY 2, 2024

From centralizing idea collection to enhancing collaboration and accelerating the innovation process, these benefits demonstrate why enterprises are increasingly turning to idea management software to fuel their innovation engines. What is an Idea Portal?

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Qmarkets

APRIL 26, 2024

From centralizing idea collection to enhancing collaboration and accelerating the innovation process, these benefits demonstrate why enterprises are increasingly turning to idea management software to fuel their innovation engines. What is an Idea Portal?

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Qmarkets

APRIL 26, 2024

From centralizing idea collection to enhancing collaboration and accelerating the innovation process, these benefits demonstrate why enterprises are increasingly turning to idea management software to fuel their innovation engines. What is an Ideas Portal?

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 9, 2019

Throughout the past couple of years, I have been constantly arguing about the need to put innovation management on a digital platform. These have come in different thoughts on digital platforms, ready for cross-industry and having in place, a rapid digital innovation process that scales and evolves on new technology and insights.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 27, 2019

True innovation requires diverse perspectives and confidence in everyone’s ability to add value to the innovation process. Define Roles and Processes. An innovation department needs a leader with a clearly defined role. Likewise, everyone else on the innovation team should have a defined role.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

I want to offer some thoughts that need us all involved in innovation to think about as we finish out 2018. If you are frustrated with your current innovation process then read on. Much of the current innovation process you are currently working with is a Dinosaur, it should have disappeared long ago. I think not.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

The market for investing in innovation management tools remains fragmented. Many small vendors provide limited scope to grow innovation in organizational ways; they “sweat” the one idea or big challenge. Is that really the sum of innovation? We are all operating in a different era. I am only partly there.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I have written extensively, certainly over the past eighteen months, about our need to take innovation into a new era, designed for today and tomorrow’s “fit for purpose” Below you will see my view of how I see this sketched out, as my suggested concept outline. Does it make sense?

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Strategos

JUNE 19, 2019

What is Innovation Management? Innovation Management involves all activities that provide the right conditions for innovation to repeatedly deliver value for customers, competitive advantage and growth for the business as well as benefits for employees and all other stakeholders.

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PlanBox Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2024

Mark your calendar; 2024 is the year when Innovation Management takes a giant leap forward with the introduction of ISO 56001. This long-anticipated standard is set to revolutionize how organizations conceive and bring innovations to market. Instead, it’s a framework designed to enhance the innovation process.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 8, 2024

Michael's journey through academia and his role in teaching an MBA course offered him insights into the innovation processes of over fifty global companies. A common thread among these companies was the presence of an innovation process but a lack of a culture prepared to embrace it.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 10, 2017

Leaders have the responsibility to ensure effective, innovative architecture is created, understood, and widely shared throughout their enterprise. An integrated innovation system covers the full end-to-end innovation process and ensures the practices and tools are aligned and flow easily from one to the other.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 10, 2017

Leaders have the responsibility to ensure effective, innovative architecture is created, understood, and widely shared throughout their enterprise. An integrated innovation system covers the full end-to-end innovation process and ensures the practices and tools are aligned and flow easily from one to the other.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 9, 2024

From streamlined campaign creation to enhanced collaboration tools and game-changing integrations, we’re here to supercharge your innovation efforts. Read on to discover how Qmarkets is revolutionizing the way you innovate in 2024 and beyond. Catalyst Network Toolkit 2.0

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Qmarkets

MARCH 14, 2024

It offers a straightforward way to understand, design, and pivot your business model. By mapping out each component, companies can identify areas for innovation and explore how changes in one area may impact others.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 26, 2017

We have never ‘cracked’ the full innovation management system. Many of those innovation tools that have been emerging in recent years have now built up a powerful body of validation, and they become necessary to know and practice yet often miss the basic building block needs of innovation.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 7, 2020

To maximize the ROI of your innovation initiatives, it’s vital to gain input from as many sources as possible and ensure all departments take part in a culture of ideation. In this article, we explore the concept of Total Innovation Management (TIM) and how you can leverage it at your enterprise.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 19, 2020

One of the challenges to innovation in government is a lack of insight into what citizens have to offer in the way of innovative strategies. Governments are aware of the increasing need to capture perspectives and insights of citizens to spark the innovation process. Recognize the Challenges.

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