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Innovation needs the power of completing the 4th Industrial Revolution

Paul Hobcraft

The prospect of new innovation potential will eventually work through into the world of Industry 4.0 Innovation is ready for those accelerating and being fully committed to their 4IR journey. Then innovation can finally play its true part in discovering, leveraging and delivering new value and impact.

Industry 289
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Designing Unique Workshops is hard work

Paul Hobcraft

I believe any design of workshops must meet your needs, to push the thinking and to generate new returns in innovation understanding. Which end of the innovation spectrum do we need to go? Find ones that are 100% focused on engaging with and accelerating innovation. Workshops can mean different things to different people.

Design 243
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Innovation cannot expand without the 4th Industrial Revolution

Paul Hobcraft

We are a long way away from fully capturing the benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4I)R in an inclusive and holistic way. In a recent report, jointly from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey called the “ The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the factories of the future ” t hey made a number of observations.

Industry 213
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Can We Have One of These? A Product Innovation Platform

Paul Hobcraft

So as I read about the solution that Aras provides to the designers within Manufacturing to manage PLM complex systems and products, you have to wonder why this cannot be extended into all innovation’s management. Aras PLM Product Innovation Platform. Now think of the whole innovation management need.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival? Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process.

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Exploring the Role of the C-Suite in Product Innovation

IdeaScale

One of the many problems with the “lone genius in the garage” view of innovation is that too often, the C-suite is stylized as the people who say “no” to a brilliant idea, only to regret it later. Highlight innovative ideas and approaches you find and ask the rest of your team to consider their own ways of applying those ideas.

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Product Innovation the Easy Way: 3 Real World Examples

IdeaScale

The company set up a unique, flexible community designed to let anyone submit ideas. The result wasn’t just some better products the community was interested in, but more effective approaches to problems the entire industry had struggled to solve. The lone innovator can sometimes be useful.