Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2021

” A groundbreaking report, “ Net-Zero by 2050: a roadmap for the global energy system “(referred to as NZE here) by the Internation Energy Agency (IEA), has been emphasising that this decade is pivotal to reaching net-zero by mid-century. In present-day reality, this doesn’t happen. doing and economies of scale.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Equally, the more you fail to project something into a situation you have observed, the more you ignore the opportunity for change or at least challenging a situation. If we don’t sit down and think through issues and implications of our present performance around innovation, how can we close the gaps and improve it?

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Artificial Inteligence Roadmap Technology Analysis 276

Planview

OCTOBER 27, 2021

On the jam-packed agenda were several presentations, customer stories, and roundtable discussions aimed at supporting Agile leaders at all levels of the organization. Agile typically starts in pockets, with teams organizing around key initiatives or projects that the organization needs to deliver more rapidly.

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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. Fostering a Culture of Continuous Learning A culture of continuous learning is integral to maintaining high performance.

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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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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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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Engaging in exercises that visually and mentally push your limits is important to flex your creative muscles, but also help highlight details or changes in a project that you wouldn’t have noticed before. Creative thinking exercises enable you to move away from these solutions and find new ones that meet the specific needs of your project.

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Exercises Creativity Creative Thinking Innovation 243

Planview

MAY 3, 2023

The world of project management is rapidly evolving, with an increasing emphasis on the role of the PMO in enterprise transformation. Which begs the question—how can today’s project managers leverage automation to drive maximum value for their organizations? Register for the webinar , and learn all about their insights below.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Here’s what I’ve learned about designing at an innovation management company so far. This presents a challenge to my work process because design is an iterative process, and constructive criticism is crucial in order to make progress. Can we look at our roadmap and answer: Why us, why now, why this?

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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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Technical Review Industry Technology Policies 207

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

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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Leadership Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Case Study 100

Be-novative

MARCH 17, 2021

We voted which story to work with based on the most learning potential for ourselves. However, purpose projects are not possible to be surfaced nor implemented with silo-thinking and without fostering a collaborative space among the senior leadership team. Here is a collection of our best practices: A.)

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Be-novative

MARCH 17, 2021

We voted which story to work with based on the most learning potential for ourselves. However, purpose projects are not possible to be surfaced nor implemented with silo-thinking and without fostering a collaborative space among the senior leadership team. Here is a collection of our best practices: A.)

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Groups Engagement Management Leadership 52

Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

MARCH 22, 2024

During my meetings with tech buyers, I learn about their challenges with technology adoption and how they’d like to evolve their business. Some weeks, I spend 2-3 days with technology vendors in private NDA industry analyst sessions learning about the current technology and upcoming roadmaps. I read constantly.

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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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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

In years of presentations working at an agency, I learned to sense the tension building before a design was revealed. We all sketch before we design, but too often the sketches go in a drawer when the project starts, often never to be seen again. The roadmap is a collection of prototypes showing what each release will look like.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Roadmap Design 94

Strategos

JUNE 19, 2019

Practices such as project management and total quality were introduced decades ago and have matured over time. There are good examples of organisations who approach innovation strategically and systemically such as Shell and DSM but many more still view innovation as a project and as a result, it falls in the nice to have category.

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Innovation Management Management Innovation System 86

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

They present an opportunity for you to reassess the company’s direction, realign with the core values, and ensure that every leader is committed to a shared vision. This plan will serve as a roadmap for your organization and a benchmark to measure progress against. The logistics of the offsite also require careful planning.

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Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Design Exercises 100

The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2018

For many, “future” is in fact a continuation of the immediate past and projections of near-term forces and trends that are easy to see and understand. Contain cohesive vignettes – present sensible stories based on plausible trends. Include trajectories back to the present – provide insights into what you should do today.

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Technical Review Trends Underperforming Technical Team Disruption 45

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. What hardware or service needs to be upgraded or decommissioned?

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

brand, Jason’s Lean Change Management book and workshops, and Learning 3.0’s Because of this, he was able to build his own company Workshop Butler which solves this problem and three of the other funders were some of its first customers, providing candid feedback in return for helping to steer the product roadmap.

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Innovation in Practice

AUGUST 8, 2016

A simple Reinvention Formula* and Reinvention Roadmap* (for both individuals and organizations), and assorted tools that can create breakthrough results, overcome resistance and inertia, and ensure that every change made reinforces and aligns to the end goal. His projects have received prizes in the areas of leadership and change.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Shifting from project to product and implementing value stream management requires buy-in across the organization, including senior executives. How Their Project to Product Journey Began. Five years ago, Moss started leading the shift from Project to Product at HCSC. It was] presented to us at exactly the right moment,” he adds.

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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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Innovation Design Collaboration Roadmap 299

Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. Be present in the life of the scrum team. Trust and earned respect. “One of my teams has a lot of ideas and contributes a lot to the UX of the product.

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Agile Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review 111

ITONICS

MAY 14, 2018

But we have good news for all those who have not yet taken the step into the right direction: Although every innovation has something new and unique, we can learn significantly from the companies that get it right and create a first how-to-plan based on their workflows, structures, and practices. Top Model Principle.

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Company Technical Review Software Review Innovation 57

Information Playground

OCTOBER 8, 2015

I learned  the reasons behind certain acquisitions. There were several dozen technologists presenting advanced development and research projects that they have been working on in their division. The handout led me to an internal website containing more information on the project. Learn how to barter.

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CTO Technical Review Software Review Meeting 28

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Through a blend of pattern recognition, predictive analytics and exploring cognitive computing we can change much with innovation” “We have been steadily learning to adapt what we knew inside an organization with what we should increasingly listen to outside it. These are encouraging us all to have more expeditions of discovery.

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Engagement System Innovation Design 205

Planview

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Quantifying the Disconnect Between Business Leaders and Technology Teams Consider one of the most startling findings from The 2023 Project to Product State of the Industry Report. I bring up Planview, which has Roadmaps, Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), and Flow Metrics tailored to exactly what I am interested in.

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Artificial Inteligence Data Roadmap Tools 72

hackerearth

MARCH 31, 2017

It can also provide good clues on design sensibilities, presentation skills and team collaboration ability of the engineer," says Ravi Gururaj, chairman of the Nasscom Product Council. People can get all fired-up when they realize they aren’t going to be putting the company at risk by implementing avant-garde ideas in their everyday projects.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Fractional CTO Engagement 51

Eddielogic

OCTOBER 26, 2015

I recently wrote a post about my workshop from hell and what I learned from it. It was given to the central strategy team when all relevant product managers and market managers were present and had agreed to conduct this workshop. Development of a preliminary roadmap for next steps.

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Idea to Value

MAY 4, 2016

Piggybacking upon this fundamental framework, the newly published Robert’s Rules of Innovation II: The Art of Implementation provides a roadmap for success through innovation by demarcating the elements that must be present to properly execute the ten imperatives to innovation. Your moment is now; don’t let it slip away.

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Moves the Needle

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Their key responsibilities are to make sure that must-have features are prioritized, that project milestones are being hit, and that the project is staying on budget. Using a tool like this can help you conceive a product roadmap that includes all of the must-have features that an early adopter of a product might want.

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Underperforming Technical Team How To Roadmap Tools 80

hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In one of its papers on innovation management, Deloitte has presented a great chart for the four aspects of a successful program: Source: Deloitte. The following table shows processes that enable innovation in this stage: Sponsoring and funding innovation projects. Communicating learnings from the innovation.

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