Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The need for transformational innovation. Transformational innovation is increasingly needed to cope with the change needed in many organizations to find a new or repositioned value proposition. Transformational innovation is one of the hardest, if not the hardest, to achieve.

Innovation 311

Innovation Disruption Leadership Change 311

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

It serves as a cornerstone for innovation and drives superior business outcomes. Enhancing Innovation and Business Results Effective team collaboration is a catalyst for innovation. Enhancing Innovation and Business Results Effective team collaboration is a catalyst for innovation.

Collaboration 113

Collaboration Technical Review Agile Trends 113

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Achieving alternative perspectives enables a level of discovery that enables innovation it is the need to embrace new organizational design that Ecosystem thinking needs to be considered for building a different approach to the new business needs based on the recognition that the way we approach management in markets is going through radical change.

Learning 130

Learning Engagement Design Trends 130

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 24, 2020

Often innovation succeeds or fails by the personal involvement and engagement of a ‘selected’ few. Recognizing the types of innovation leadership might help you manage the innovation work a little better. So can you recognize the traits of your innovation leader? Are they a front-end or back-end innovation leader?

Leadership 246

Leadership Innovation Comparison Software 246

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 1, 2020

They provided an outstanding virtual showroom packed full of innovations, product presentations and use cases are exhibited in an exciting real 3D environment. It opened my eyes to the changes within factories that are being currently undergone to get to the factory of the future. It delivered a lot.

Artificial Inteligence 320

Artificial Inteligence Industry System Agile 320

Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A new partnership between Qmarkets and New York-based innovation and venture strategy firm Arable Ventures will provide a specialized innovation solution for enterprises across North America comprising both strategic consultancy services and dedicated software. About Qmarkets Managing innovation in large organizations is never easy.

Software Review 105

Software Review Software Technical Review Crowdsourcing 105

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Embrace the future if AI-driven innovation. As he points out, “Today, Generative AI stands as a testament to the power of human imagination and technological innovation. As he points out, “Today, Generative AI stands as a testament to the power of human imagination and technological innovation.

ChatGPT 182

ChatGPT Technical Review Generative AI Innovation 182

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Effective collaboration harnesses the collective intelligence of the team, leading to innovative solutions and a competitive edge in the market. Managers and leaders must understand the dynamics of team collaboration strategies to foster high performance and innovation within their teams.

Collaboration 100

Collaboration Software Review Tools Technical Review 100

IdeaScale

MARCH 18, 2020

We’re partnering up to help you drive your innovation strategy further. Ideascale and Betterific announced at the end of January that they were teaming up to bring the latter’s strengths in crowdsourced open innovation to Ideascale’s industry-leading innovation management platform.

Crowdsourcing 259

Crowdsourcing Brainstorming Open Innovation Innovation 259

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Undirected curiosity has the potential to derail you from your work and keeps you from ending up where you want to go. Third, improve your work relationships by thinking through their situation with openness and empathy. Second, use your curiosity to solve problems.

Creativity 120

Creativity How To Innovation Management 120

Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

One of the biggest questions I am getting from businesses at the moment is what the potential impact of a recession or the slowdown of the economy might have on their innovation efforts. And according to a new report by Innovation Leader and KPMG USA called “ Benchmarking Innovation Impact, from InnoLead.”

Technical Review 298

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Report Innovation 298

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business environment, crafting and leading an effective executive team offsite has emerged as a pivotal strategy for fostering alignment, stimulating innovation, and bolstering organizational resilience. What do you aim to achieve by the end of this gathering?

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Technical Review Groups 130

IdeaScale

MARCH 18, 2020

We’re partnering up to help you drive your innovation strategy further. Ideascale and Betteriffic announced at the end of January that they were teaming up to bring the latter’s strengths in crowdsourced open innovation to Ideascale’s industry-leading innovation management platform.

Crowdsourcing 231

Crowdsourcing Brainstorming Open Innovation Innovation 231

Digital Tonto

JULY 9, 2023

If we are truly at an “end of history,” then decisions don’t really matter. As Warren Berger explains in "A More Beautiful Question," questions are more valuable than answers because, while answers tend to close a discussion, questions help us open new doors and can lead to genuine breakthroughs. That’s the value of big ideas.

Disruption 143

Disruption Marketing Innovation Management 143

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 4, 2022

Making Sustainability central to our future innovation capability building will be through the adoption of taking on a new open ecosystem approach. It is through continued open learning, that capabilities become stronger and more difficult for competitors to understand and imitate.

Design 130

Design Collaboration Innovation Competition 130

Innovating4Energy

MARCH 17, 2024

The importance of innovation at the front end of the Energy Transition For me, the front end of the Energy Transition is vital. What I mean by the front end is that link where innovation, ingenuity and creativity get created.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Technical Review Creativity Innovation 52

Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Importance of Effective Communication in Virtual Teams Effective communication in virtual teams is the linchpin of productivity, innovation, and a cohesive work environment. By acknowledging the challenges and implementing strategic measures, you can navigate these waters successfully to uphold a productive and innovative virtual team.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Collaboration Technical Review 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

By cultivating an environment that promotes well-being, collaboration, and growth, you pave the way for enhanced performance and innovation. By cultivating an environment that promotes well-being, collaboration, and growth, you pave the way for enhanced performance and innovation.

Culture 100

Culture Underperforming Technical Team Collaboration Leadership 100

Idea to Value

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A lot of innovation teams think that in order to be innovative, to be really creative, you have to be completely original. That means, that you need to create everything yourself. Even if it means starting from zero, where parts of what you need already exist in the market and can be used freely.

Innovation 215

Innovation Creativity Groups Study 215

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 22, 2023

Innovation has the power to unlock the Energy Transition, Innovation thinking and design are needed everywhere within the energy system. Innovation needs to be everywhere in transforming our existing energy systems. Innovation takes a long time to push existing knowledge and find new solutions.

Design 130

Design System Innovation Collaboration 130

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This report provides a definitive innovation benchmarking document for leaders in strategy, R&D, design, and other innovation roles inside large organizations. This report provides a definitive innovation benchmarking document for leaders in strategy, R&D, design, and other innovation roles inside large organizations.

Report 225

Report Innovation Technical Review Software Review 225

Innovating4Energy

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

What contribution does fresh innovation provide? So besides “latest posts” I raise relevant issues and offer solutions to help traverse differences and individual company needs by suggesting a more open, ecosystem thinking and design in different structured ways to assist in the energy transformation we urgently need.

Collaboration 59

Collaboration Open Innovation Design Disruption 59

Ecosystems4Innovating

APRIL 25, 2024

Hannover is seemingly emphasizing the power and need of Ecosystems, platforms, marketplaces, end-to-end processes, and sustainability to set up so as to gain value and impact from all the data and AI coming towards us. Crossing the chasm into a new way of doing business through Ecosystem thinking and design is upon us all.

Industry 59

Industry Design Resources Competition 59

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The Whitepaper called “ Product Complexity, Digital Transformation, and the Innovation Imperative- The race to reinvent how complex products are developed is here “ This made me a little jealous and a little wishing that ‘we’, across the whole of innovation management , could not have one of these platforms available today.

Product Innovation 221

Product Innovation Underperforming Technical Team Software Review System 221

Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

I've been writing about innovation for close to 20 years. During most of that time, I've had the good fortune to lead innovation projects for clients as well. There are kids out there, getting ready to graduate from college, who were just being born when I started doing innovation work. Innovation.

Innovation 264

Innovation Change Project Marketing 264

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 26, 2023

You need to discover your innovation pathway. I started posting my thoughts on innovation in August 2010. This is a post about the sources of my knowledge that feeds my innovation passion. I have followed a number of great innovation thinkers and read different books on the areas of innovation. Let me start.

Software Review 182

Software Review Technical Review Innovation Collaboration 182

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. ” I do think we need to restate the current barriers to innovation.

Software Review 162

Software Review Innovation Design Technical Review 162

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 5, 2020

We are facing greater disruption and an increasing innovation pace. 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. Innovation is the unlocking mechanism.

Industry 289

Industry Collaboration Innovation Design 289

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2021

A story has limited value; for me, it is the more powerful narrative that drives innovation, inspiring and gaining identification in multiple ways. So defining stories and narratives, you see the growing potential of having a good narrative for your innovation activities. Stories can inspire and spark even greater ideas.

Innovation 318

Innovation LEAN Engagement Innovation Processes 318

IdeaScale

APRIL 23, 2020

Want a place to share ideas that will help you achieve global innovation? The ideas are evaluated and implemented, making IdeaScale a powerful innovation engine. This occurred in tandem with President Barack Obama’s Open Government Initiative. IdeaScale’s customer base is concerned with digital transformation and innovation.

Idea Management 200

Idea Management Company Management Software 200

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Finding opportunities for Innovation and Growth is hard work. 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? Workshops can mean different things to different people.

Design 243

Design Engagement Creativity Collaboration 243

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 22, 2021

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.

Design 130

Design Creativity Agile Resources 130

100%Open

JULY 3, 2023

Today, we delve into inclusive innovation, where diversity and collaboration drive remarkable outcomes. In today’s world, the leading edge of innovation is becoming a collaborative and inclusive process, benefiting from user involvement s and collective intelligence.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Crowdsourcing Innovation Ideation 52

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The linkages of innovation purpose. Whenever I get into conversations about innovating, we always hit difficulties on the question, “how can I build this well and be sustainble?” ” Hence, I often try to build an extended narrative for what makes up the innovation capability building and understanding for the future.

Innovation 182

Innovation Design Resources Change 182

Christensen Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

It may be immigrants without working permits or people without school degrees who work to make ends meet. To effectively pull in people from the independent economy into the formal one, innovators need to make it profitable to join honest and transparent markets, and to do so, they may need to create these markets first.

Policies 85

Policies Innovation Report Marketing 85

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

These are essential steps in any transformation work, in any innovation undertaken to take discovery through to commercialisation. Applying the innovation lense to the energy transition requires a significant need for innovation in all it does to undertake the transformation needed.

Innovation 228

Innovation Innovation Processes Resources Design 228