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. Innovation design does need a comprehensive solution to address the complexities of modern innovation. The build-up and validation in the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Involve the Right People : Ensure that all critical stakeholders are involved in the planning process and will be present at the offsite. For guidance on designing a successful offsite, refer to our article on designing leadership team offsites for strategic planning. Step Description Define Objectives Set clear, S.M.A.R.T

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 21, 2020

Innovation has been central to this for twenty years, but this has ‘funneled down’ into recognizing the value of ecosystems as the business design for innovation to thrive and delivering more significant value creation. But truth be told, we don’t really want to respond with preexisting roadmaps or checklists.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Seeking synergies, harmonies and orchestration Strategic alliances and sharing networks Dynamic Ecosystems : Core themes of adaptability, agility, resilience, and continuous learning. 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

JULY 5, 2017

When you step back and recognize all the different advancements we have making in designing tools and frameworks, in understanding innovation, it holds promise. Equally nearly all our larger business organizations are still locked in the past, or attempting to catch up to the present but in random ways.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If you haven’t implemented design thinking or creative thinking exercises into your workspace, it’s time to start. By repeatedly drawing an object they will begin to notice features that were not present in their initial drawing and will see steady improvements over time. Advantages of Creative Thinking Exercises. Conclusion.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

We are seeing many digitally aware organizations like Apple, Amazon, Salesforce all recognizing their future innovation is reliant on innovation and digital to be tied at the hip, wedded together in a design that builds towards satisfying customer needs. Embedded software is becoming more important in value than the physical product.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 11, 2019

Look at the skills predicted to decrease in 2022, many of which are still being taught in our schools, and many that we continue to traditionally focus on within our present work. Working in the innovation space offers you the opportunity to grow and learn what this means and how it works for you.

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Planview

MARCH 28, 2024

Acquiring such comprehensive skills presents a formidable and resource-intensive endeavor. Here’s how this objective can be realized: Integrate the Software Development Toolchain : By integrating software toolchains, companies can unify value streams across the entire production lifecycle—from design to launch.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Fortunately, there’s no shortage of brilliant people working on tomes to help you think about the present, and just as importantly, the future, of innovation and where your industry is heading. Khan offers a detailed roadmap to avoid this pitfall. Here are a few that particularly stand out. Stian Westlake .

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Well, statements like this at the very moment of acquisition, always are designed to catch our attention, I mean why else do we have a thriving M&A for businesses than not to claim the inherent sense of the takeover or merger is going to be paved with bold intentions? Personal agenda’s get pushed, IT viewpoints are far to narrow.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 15, 2020

The conversation triggered several questions that I decided to find out about, research, and learn and covered in two posts, this one and one specifically on Electroyzers over on my dedicated Energy Transition site of [link]. He pointed out the PEM technology is presently not mature enough, and this needs more robust solutions.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

This massive shift from our present reliance on fossil fuels projects to renewables (regarded as clean energy) can account for two-thirds of our primary energy supply by this 2050 mark. Today, renewables (wind, solar, hydropower, biofuels) is presently only supplying around 16-18%. At present there is indifference.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Why Psychological Safety is the Bedrock of Innovation In an environment where psychological safety is present, individuals are more likely to share their unique perspectives and contribute innovative ideas. They are not held back by the fear of criticism or failure.

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Innov8rs

APRIL 7, 2024

During a recent Innov8rs Learning Lab, Gina O'Connor's offered a compelling roadmap for companies seeking to navigate the complexities of fostering innovation that transcends incremental improvements to achieve radical, market-shifting outcomes, based on decades of research with large multinational organizations, as summarized below.

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

From start-ups to banks, design has never been more central to business. Yet at conference after conference, I meet designers at firms talking about their struggle for influence. Why is that fabled “seat at the table” so hard to find, and how can designers get a chair? Is design just a service, or can designers* lead?

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 15, 2018

The most impressive presentation I reviewed in 2017 was the one from Munich Re, held on 21st November 2017 under their investor day event. It is so refreshing to see how Munich Re are venturing out, exploring and exploiting in multiple ways to learn a new innovation pathway. This updating is in sales, retention and service outlooks.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Empathy can be fostered through active listening, being present in interactions, and showing genuine concern for the well-being of others. Improving social skills can involve practicing clear communication, engaging in team-building activities, and learning negotiation techniques. Daily Reflection (e.g., Daily Reflection (e.g.,

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

Training and Development Programs Once the assessment phase is complete, leaders can engage in tailored training and development programs designed to enhance specific emotional intelligence competencies. These programs often include a mix of workshops, seminars, and practical exercises that focus on real-world applications.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

We all need to learn to swim along this new digital transformation road. Recently I was asked to complete a review of digital transformation, to gauge where it presently is, to take a look at the leading emerging practices and ‘professional ‘wisdom’ and turn these insights into a report due out before the end of the year.

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Be-novative

MARCH 17, 2021

We voted which story to work with based on the most learning potential for ourselves. IN A DESIGN THINKING JOURNEY FOR C-LEVEL LEADERSHIP: like in one of the success stories about a similar challenge a Global Council of CEOs had a monthly 90 minute session Design Thinking Journey 1. And what about the case presenters?

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Be-novative

MARCH 17, 2021

We voted which story to work with based on the most learning potential for ourselves. IN A DESIGN THINKING JOURNEY FOR C-LEVEL LEADERSHIP: like in one of the success stories about a similar challenge a Global Council of CEOs had a monthly 90 minute session Design Thinking Journey 1. And what about the case presenters?

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Groups Engagement Management Leadership 52

Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 1, 2018

The problem is, we live in an uncertain world, and because of the high levels of uncertainty we all face, people of all ages and careers are finding it difficult to know what new skills to learn, what courses to take, and what degrees to get that will provide them with the most opportunity going forward.

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Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 31, 2010

I built a team with a dedicated user researcher; information architect; interaction and visual designers and we even made a guerilla usability lab and had regular test sessions. This required the design team to work a “Sprint&# (month long iteration) ahead of the development team. Where did Agile come from?

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Strategos

MARCH 28, 2018

As you survey your company landscape, you may see that a variety of well-intentioned teams such as “Lean Startup,” “Design Thinking,” or “Crowdsourcing” are within pockets, preaching practices. Build a blueprint and roadmap: Keep the innovation life cycle in mind and build a blueprint of preferred approaches for each element of it.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

These mobile-first moments play out in common scenarios when someone is intent to do, buy, or learn something. Despite all of this, just 20% of digital transformation leaders are studying the mobile customer journey and/or designing for real-time micro-moments in addition to customer journey work.

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Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 30, 2014

The process of designing any sort of human experience, regardless of purpose or platform, is centered around reaching a desired outcome, ideally with as little fuss and as much joy as possible. Designing adult learning experiences that take place either online or in a classroom has always traditionally been about defining a curriculum.

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Planview

APRIL 28, 2019

We still as an industry have a lot to learn from other industries in terms of how to put the customer at the center of what we do. Iron Chefs consisted of 14 to 15 employees selected for their specific skill sets in areas such as product design, product development, customer service, and marketing.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2017

For some time we have recognized the present innovating was simply not working. Our present poor performance in growth lies often within our existing innovation systems and their design. We have the constant need to “refresh, rebuild and redesign” many of those innovation parts as we learn we change and improve.

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Strategos

JUNE 19, 2019

It provides a coherent view of the system design, linkages between different elements, the current and future state. It will help you to learn what works and what doesn’t and use these insights to finetune your innovation system. Step 4: Design all the system elements. Strategy & Leadership. Values & Behaviors.

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The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2018

At the time, there were no widely recognized market research reports, customer insights, or technology roadmaps (except perhaps inside Apple) that projected what the world might conceivably look like in 2017. Contain cohesive vignettes – present sensible stories based on plausible trends. Technology roadmapping?

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Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

But, while team members may be offered training or even certification on Agile development practices, the training rarely discusses best practices for integrating UX design into the development process. Both designers and user researchers shared techniques for keeping product owners and developers informed and aware of their progress.

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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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Qmarkets

JANUARY 5, 2018

Welcome back to Qmarkets’ Innovation Standard Operating Procedures (SOP): In this series, we will present different guidelines on how to bring innovation theory to practice. Create a broad roadmap: From where you are to where you want to reach.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

It’s about imagining, mobilizing, and competing in new ways,” says Idris Mootee, author of Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation. They design their strategy based on context. In architectural innovation, the core design concepts are reinforced but the interactions between the core components change. Marketing Innovation.

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