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The building always the Innovation Business Case offers a unique approach to tackle one of the real problem areas within innovation- making the case compelling. One of the toughest aspects within Innovation is making the Business Case. MORE
We need to shift from scalable efficiency to scalable learning but how can we liberate creative energy, how can we achieve higher engagement? MORE
Visual source; [link]. We need to think about a choice-cascade integrative model for innovation. Often we fail to understand our role in contributing to innovation; we need a cascading effect. MORE
East and West- the different meeting points in understanding. I lived for about fifteen years in Asia and the before, and in the in-between period, I travelled around the region a fair amount. MORE
Siemens Digital Enterprise SPS Dialog Results. Last week, Siemens had a really valuable virtual event called their “ Digital Enterprise SPS Dialog “ Those that missed it you can watch previous sessions on-demand at any time via “Recordings”. MORE
Should innovation be this boring? You get this increasing sense that the ‘fizz’ has gone out of the innovation bubbly, we are seemingly in a trough of innovation disillusionment. The innovation party presently feels a little flat. MORE
Confronting Your Darwin Effect through innovation. It is so hard to let go! It is so often harder to carry on, but determination prevails! MORE
part Image credit Knowledge @ Wharton. Disruption is all around us; it never seems to go away; it simply appears in a different and often entirely new form. The result is the same; it disrupts what we know and often in how we suddenly need to set about doing it differently. MORE
I do believe the value of working the seven domains of this framework, named the Leadership Alignment Workmat has significant value within and across any organization. MORE
Delivering Future Impact on Performance. As demand is more volatile today what becomes more important is the work to be done , not the work done. Surprisingly Adam Smith identified this important difference back in 1776. MORE
Sustainability is one of the hottest topics in the business world at present. There is a hunt to find a new growth engine for a business and fundamentally show the pathway to a sustainable future. MORE
Credit Chrisnaton, Flickr. I was recently working through a set of older presentation files today and came across this extract concerning innovation again and thought I must share this. Sadly, it rings true as much as it did those (many) years back. MORE
No energy transition will be achieved without invention and innovation, yet we are failing badly at present to fund research, development and in deployment. MORE
The Gordian Knot We Are All Facing. I can honestly say I have been back at school for the past months. This remote learning stuff has been hard, challenging but stimulating. Let me tell you about this as it recognises how things are changing in our world and certainly in my world, in particular. MORE
The accelerating need to build a sustainability pathway. Sustainability is rising to be top or close to the top of a boards agenda. MORE
I see the front end of energy as the critical feeding-in point for the energy transition. So what does this means exactly? The front end of energy for me is the point of discovery and validation. It is the place I feel I can make the best contribution within the energy transition. MORE
I keep coming back to the dilemma often faced in innovation- do we practice “creative destruction” or “destructive creation? We are entering some perilous times in climate change and what this will mean in destruction in what we know, what we value and what we are used to. MORE
There are so many places where innovation is essential within the Energy Transition, due to the magnitude, size, and complexity of the change needed to achieve a decarbonized world. There is a world of innovating possibilities. MORE
Whatever we do, we do far better when we become emotionally connected. Often understanding a good story builds this emotional connection or simply puts you off. Stories can inspire and spark even greater ideas. MORE
Tackling Societal Challenges with Ecosystem collaborations. MORE
Paul Hobcraft and Jeffrey Phillips in conversations around innovation. I have just finished the first of a planned series with one of my favourite long-term collaborators Jeffrey Phillips. Here is the link to the recording. MORE
Linking innovation needs constant evolving and recognizing. I have been working through my innovative points of focus, those that have, for me, my innovating purpose that needs constant referencing back and adapting to the future needs of innovation. MORE
The Tower Of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563). MORE
The Executive Innovation Work Mat as a compelling business case. MORE
“Without a major acceleration in clean energy innovation, reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 will not be possible.” MORE
I have been reading a report written by Stephen J Ezell of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) along with a guru of innovation, John Kao, of ILSi on their concerns that something is amiss with the U.S. innovation system. MORE
I always find it interesting when different though-strands seem to collide. You can put that down to serendipity, fate, luck or just being in the right spot at that time. MORE
Ecosystems can offer so much connecting value out there to ‘form’ around. We are witnessing a very radical change, driven by technology, increasingly disrupting and breaking down past traditional boundaries, partly built to defend positions so as to achieve economic scale. MORE
Making Sustainability central to our future innovation capability building will be through the adoption of taking on a new open ecosystem approach. MORE
Image Atos [link]. Atos is a global leader in digital transformation. Atos employees 110,000 across 73 countries with annual revenue of Euro 12 billion. MORE
I recently wrote a post, “ Affordability versus Sustainability – a cause to be addressed.” ” That post looked at the shifts that I felt were underway in moving from a society that accepts where it is heading in expecting “affordability” is changing. MORE
I have just finished the second of a planned series with one of my favourite long-term collaborators Jeffrey Phillips. The link to this conversation is here , it is just over 15 minutes long. as a conversation between us, where we emphasise the important linkage between innovation and strategy. MORE
“Why do we always seem to have internal difficulties to self-disrupt?”. Now that is an interesting question. My quick and simple answer is to look at all the internal constraints you can see, or those around you can add to your list or the ones you place on looking outside your own organization. MORE
The critical interplay among innovation, business models and change. Jeffrey Phillips and I have collaborated over a number of years and I have always felt these have been highly productive, original in thinking and truly valuable. MORE
I am working with Jeffrey Phillips , a long-term collaborator on “all things concerning innovation.” ” We have just had our third short conversation of a five-part series on Innovation Governance. MORE
Today we are facing many current disruptions where we need to react fast and intelligently. There are many situations we are facing that are a race against time. MORE
Paul Hobcraft
MAY 16, 2022
Linking innovation needs constant evolving and recognizing. I have been working through my innovative points of focus, those that have, for me, my innovating purpose that needs constant referencing back and adapting to the future needs of innovation.
Paul Hobcraft
JANUARY 1, 2022
The Executive Innovation Work Mat as a compelling business case.
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Paul Hobcraft
DECEMBER 15, 2021
I have just finished the second of a planned series with one of my favourite long-term collaborators Jeffrey Phillips. The link to this conversation is here , it is just over 15 minutes long. as a conversation between us, where we emphasise the important linkage between innovation and strategy.
Paul Hobcraft
MARCH 8, 2022
I always find it interesting when different though-strands seem to collide. You can put that down to serendipity, fate, luck or just being in the right spot at that time.
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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.
Paul Hobcraft
MAY 9, 2022
Credit Chrisnaton, Flickr. I was recently working through a set of older presentation files today and came across this extract concerning innovation again and thought I must share this. Sadly, it rings true as much as it did those (many) years back.
Paul Hobcraft
OCTOBER 6, 2021
part Image credit Knowledge @ Wharton. Disruption is all around us; it never seems to go away; it simply appears in a different and often entirely new form. The result is the same; it disrupts what we know and often in how we suddenly need to set about doing it differently.
Paul Hobcraft
MAY 19, 2021
“Without a major acceleration in clean energy innovation, reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 will not be possible.”
Paul Hobcraft
MAY 6, 2022
Should innovation be this boring? You get this increasing sense that the ‘fizz’ has gone out of the innovation bubbly, we are seemingly in a trough of innovation disillusionment. The innovation party presently feels a little flat.
Paul Hobcraft
JULY 27, 2021
East and West- the different meeting points in understanding. I lived for about fifteen years in Asia and the before, and in the in-between period, I travelled around the region a fair amount.
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Paul Hobcraft
DECEMBER 29, 2021
The Tower Of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563).
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Paul Hobcraft
APRIL 17, 2022
Delivering Future Impact on Performance. As demand is more volatile today what becomes more important is the work to be done , not the work done. Surprisingly Adam Smith identified this important difference back in 1776.
Paul Hobcraft
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Paul Hobcraft and Jeffrey Phillips in conversations around innovation. I have just finished the first of a planned series with one of my favourite long-term collaborators Jeffrey Phillips. Here is the link to the recording.
Paul Hobcraft
AUGUST 4, 2021
Sustainability is one of the hottest topics in the business world at present. There is a hunt to find a new growth engine for a business and fundamentally show the pathway to a sustainable future.
Paul Hobcraft
MAY 2, 2022
Tackling Societal Challenges with Ecosystem collaborations.
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Paul Hobcraft
JULY 7, 2021
I keep coming back to the dilemma often faced in innovation- do we practice “creative destruction” or “destructive creation? We are entering some perilous times in climate change and what this will mean in destruction in what we know, what we value and what we are used to.
Paul Hobcraft
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
The critical interplay among innovation, business models and change. Jeffrey Phillips and I have collaborated over a number of years and I have always felt these have been highly productive, original in thinking and truly valuable.
Paul Hobcraft
JUNE 3, 2021
The accelerating need to build a sustainability pathway. Sustainability is rising to be top or close to the top of a boards agenda.
Paul Hobcraft
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
No energy transition will be achieved without invention and innovation, yet we are failing badly at present to fund research, development and in deployment.
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The question for sales pros is this: Are you ready for the challenge, and opportunity, of selling to the C-suite? The following 12 tips can help ensure that you and your team are.
Paul Hobcraft
MARCH 28, 2021
There are so many places where innovation is essential within the Energy Transition, due to the magnitude, size, and complexity of the change needed to achieve a decarbonized world. There is a world of innovating possibilities.
Paul Hobcraft
APRIL 6, 2021
Whatever we do, we do far better when we become emotionally connected. Often understanding a good story builds this emotional connection or simply puts you off. Stories can inspire and spark even greater ideas.
Paul Hobcraft
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
The Gordian Knot We Are All Facing. I can honestly say I have been back at school for the past months. This remote learning stuff has been hard, challenging but stimulating. Let me tell you about this as it recognises how things are changing in our world and certainly in my world, in particular.
Paul Hobcraft
JANUARY 25, 2021
“Why do we always seem to have internal difficulties to self-disrupt?”. Now that is an interesting question. My quick and simple answer is to look at all the internal constraints you can see, or those around you can add to your list or the ones you place on looking outside your own organization.
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Paul Hobcraft
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Confronting Your Darwin Effect through innovation. It is so hard to let go! It is so often harder to carry on, but determination prevails!
Paul Hobcraft
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
The building always the Innovation Business Case offers a unique approach to tackle one of the real problem areas within innovation- making the case compelling. One of the toughest aspects within Innovation is making the Business Case.
Paul Hobcraft
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
Image Atos [link]. Atos is a global leader in digital transformation. Atos employees 110,000 across 73 countries with annual revenue of Euro 12 billion.
Paul Hobcraft
AUGUST 22, 2021
I see the front end of energy as the critical feeding-in point for the energy transition. So what does this means exactly? The front end of energy for me is the point of discovery and validation. It is the place I feel I can make the best contribution within the energy transition.
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Paul Hobcraft
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Siemens Digital Enterprise SPS Dialog Results. Last week, Siemens had a really valuable virtual event called their “ Digital Enterprise SPS Dialog “ Those that missed it you can watch previous sessions on-demand at any time via “Recordings”.
Paul Hobcraft
AUGUST 19, 2020
We need to shift from scalable efficiency to scalable learning but how can we liberate creative energy, how can we achieve higher engagement?
Paul Hobcraft
DECEMBER 20, 2021
I am working with Jeffrey Phillips , a long-term collaborator on “all things concerning innovation.” ” We have just had our third short conversation of a five-part series on Innovation Governance.
Paul Hobcraft
APRIL 19, 2021
Today we are facing many current disruptions where we need to react fast and intelligently. There are many situations we are facing that are a race against time.
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Paul Hobcraft
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Ecosystems can offer so much connecting value out there to ‘form’ around. We are witnessing a very radical change, driven by technology, increasingly disrupting and breaking down past traditional boundaries, partly built to defend positions so as to achieve economic scale.
Paul Hobcraft
JULY 13, 2021
Visual source; [link]. We need to think about a choice-cascade integrative model for innovation. Often we fail to understand our role in contributing to innovation; we need a cascading effect.
Paul Hobcraft
MARCH 18, 2021
I do believe the value of working the seven domains of this framework, named the Leadership Alignment Workmat has significant value within and across any organization.
Paul Hobcraft
MAY 5, 2021
I have been reading a report written by Stephen J Ezell of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) along with a guru of innovation, John Kao, of ILSi on their concerns that something is amiss with the U.S. innovation system.
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