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Balancing Function, Design, Process and Structure for Creative Tension

Paul Hobcraft

In the fourth conversation between Jeffrey Phillips and myself around parts of the Executive Innovation Work Mat, we took on several different issues around the design, function, structure and process needs for innovation. We relate this specifically within our Executive Innovation Work Mat.

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Connecting innovating value comes from Ecosystem thinking

Paul Hobcraft

The innovative design has become paramount to these new offerings. Ecosystem design will create new business opportunities. The need for radical innovation changes the present position. Boards and Senior Management have a lack of time, as they are often too busy, focusing on the day-to-day.

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12 Types of Innovation You Should Know in 2021

IdeaScale

Closed Innovation. Before being “open” as in open innovation, research is conducted internally within a company to privately create and manage inventions and new advancements before sharing them with the world. It includes both the development of new products and changes in the design of established products.

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8 Types of Innovation in Business: A Comprehensive Guide

Qmarkets

Radical & Disruptive Innovation On the flip side, radical and disruptive innovation challenges the status quo by introducing new concepts, products, or models that shift market dynamics. Radical innovation is about making significant leaps forward, often creating new industries or reshaping existing ones.

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Innovation needs the power of completing the 4th Industrial Revolution

Paul Hobcraft

Then innovation can finally play its true part in discovering, leveraging and delivering new value and impact. We have to recognize the days of simple product innovation are dwindling. Innovation is benefitting from the 4 th Industrial Revolution. It shifts our thinking and the management of innovation dramatically.

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Seeking more Energy Transition Ecosystem Success Stories in 2024

Ecosystems4Innovating

There have been so many success stories, specifically in industry and the energy transition, that are so reliant on collaborations and co-creations, coming from essential ecosystem design and thinking. This is partly why I focus on the Energy Transition and Industrial Transformation for my innovation and ecosystem work.

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Building Capacity for Breakthrough Innovation

Innov8rs

This distinction is crucial because the management systems, support structures, and resources required to nurture breakthrough innovations differ significantly from those needed for more incremental changes. Organizations must develop a capability for breakthrough innovation that goes beyond traditional R&D functions.