Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The building blocks of open innovation building towards Business Ecosystem design. Crowdsourced Innovation Challenges: Description: Design and launch innovation challenges that involve a broader network, inviting external contributors to solve specific business problems or contribute novel ideas.

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 29, 2019

What is the Agile Innovation Process, and what are best practices, tools and online templates for teams and organizations? Today, everyone wants to be agile. It’s seen as sexy and cool to be agile, but most people don’t know what the term really means. There’s little surprise that the agile framework has taken off.

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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. The ability to manage innovation design, function, structure and process.

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 24, 2023

The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking In the competitive landscape of modern business, the approach we take to leadership can make or break an organization. Hinders Responsiveness to Change In a rapidly changing business landscape, agility and adaptability are crucial.

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Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack Transformation and change initiatives are usually designed as strategic interventions, intending to advance an organization’s growth, deliver increased shareholder value, build competitive advantage, or improve speed and agility to respond to fast-changing industries.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

” With the argument, we need to change the innovation narrative and significantly update the innovation approach and processes to meet today’s and tomorrow’s business challenges. We are moving innovation along but not at a pace or design that reflects the need to connect “it ” into one comprehensive process.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

To delve further into the developmental aspects of organizational culture and how it can be shaped, explore our article on develop executive leadership to drive organizational culture change. Furthermore, in the rapidly changing business landscape, the agility and resilience provided by a strong culture are invaluable.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking has become a cornerstone methodology in the worlds of innovation, business strategy, and product development. Design thinking involves five key phases: Empathize : Understanding the human needs involved. It helps teams to observe and develop empathy with the target user.

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Planview

APRIL 6, 2023

This debunks the perspective that business agility and successful transformation are limited to companies of a certain profile. I am not just referencing improvements via Agile and DevOps, although they are a piece of the puzzle. They designed intentionally for the success of their transformation.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 21, 2024

We increasingly need to consider ecosystems in our thinking and design. Yet the real potential when each layer is strategically integrated brings a more interconnected vision and value, building the impact and effect of Ecosystem design for collaboration and co-creation. Agile Responses: Why Ecosystems?

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 5, 2020

I was pondering some thoughts around the quest for growth, the demands for change, and the need to become nimble, agile, and more dynamic in what we do. We continuously want to change what we have, even when it patently does the jobs we need ‘it’ doing. Much of our quest for change is caught up in the search for new products.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 19, 2023

I wonder if that is the current incumbents, be these current innovation management software providers or individuals inside the organizations resisting change, as it brings significant uncertainty of change and disruption to the (inadequate) process, one that I feel is not fit for today’s and tomorrow’s innovation purpose.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 21, 2023

The potential returns, including increased agility, improved innovation outcomes, enhanced collaboration, and long-term competitiveness, make this radical change worthwhile for organizations aspiring to thrive in today’s dynamic business environment. You need a systematic approach and project staging plan.

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New Markets Advisors

MAY 29, 2019

For years, Columbia Business School professor Rita McGrath has been telling us that the traditional strategy of finding and exploiting a sustainable competitive advantage is becoming outdated. The world is evolving too quickly for competitive advantages to last for a meaningful amount of time. Or so the argument goes.

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Transformation and change initiatives are usually designed as strategic interventions, intending to advance an organisation’s growth, deliver increased shareholder value, build competitive advantage, or improve its speed and agility to respond to fast-changing industries, in a disruptive business environment.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 27, 2017

This ‘knowledge is becoming out of date before we can learn from it and sometimes highly dangerous to follow or believe in some rapidly changing times. We need to change our thinking and design in the digital insight part more specifically within and along the innovation process.

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Planview

APRIL 26, 2022

One thing has become clear for organizations in this pandemic era – change is hard, and if you don’t have a transformation plan, you’re more likely to fall victim to one of these common Agile transformation challenges. At the start of 2020, the need for Agile transformation was already knocking on the door of most major organizations.

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Integrative Innovation

JULY 16, 2020

Both capabilities may exhibit some overlap, yet can basically be considered independent from each other: a company can be highly agile while lacking ambidexterity and vice versa.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Our mindset or conditioning was fairly hard-wired, we felt unable to justify “permission” to change or felt the impact of being remote, and many simply walked away. The ability to rethink global competitiveness and if it was really needed for our business.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

I am suggesting a vertical and horizontal design applying innovation stack and building block approaches, all “housed” on a technology platform. We need an Innovation Mandate calling for a Radical Re-design of how we undertake innovation management, it is needed to bring innovation management into the 21st century in design and approaches.

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Leapfrogging

MAY 8, 2024

It allows these emerging leaders to navigate complex business landscapes with agility and confidence. They can anticipate changes, foster a culture of learning and adaptability, and drive sustained organizational growth. In a rapidly evolving business environment, leaders with high experiential intelligence are invaluable.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We used AI to identify the most frequently asked questions about design thinking. Here are your design thinking FAQs and answers. You can also see our “human” responses to the big question: what is design thinking ? Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1. Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

I recently applied the three horizons thinking to ‘frame’ a new innovation design. So the thinking intent of searching for a new innovation design had some framing assumptions that can leverage where we are to move towards a new future. This is a useful way to think about the initial 3H outcome.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 4, 2017

Let me summarize where we are today in design thinking. In the past couple of weeks, I have been spending a fair amount of time on investigating design thinking. This is part one of my thoughts that came out of investigating and researching design thinking in the past couple of weeks.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In today’s business landscape, where change is the only constant, businesses that can adapt quickly and effectively will be the ones that thrive. Within our successful management of ecosystems, those agile and highly responsive will survive and have higher chances of thriving in the face of uncertainty.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 7, 2020

Having a well-strategized innovation strategy is the key to maintaining your company’s competitive advantage. The competition of the rapidly globalizing marketplace expands daily and staying innovative will help your organization stand out from the crowd. Agile Training Breeds Innovation. Innovation and training?

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Ecosystems4Innovating

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

It plays a pivotal role in shaping the overall ecosystem; I would argue it is the unique essence of this design. Achieving any dynamics within the system generates the potential for change. Significance : Adapting to change and promoting continuous learning are crucial for sustaining excellence.

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mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Around here, we are champions in promoting changes and taking ideas off the drawing board … but it wasn’t always like that. Before Agile, MJV’s marketing team encountered many difficulties in dealing with its routine challenges. The need for change was clear, so we decided to rethink the way we did things.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I see many comments on the failure of innovation, in its inability to be at the core of an organization’s ambitions for growing and changing. For me, ecosystem thinking and design are accelerating mutual learning, and through this innovation, outcome potential for sharing and knowledge building. ” constrained them.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 11, 2022

What has been changing in how we approach innovation, and have we taken the opportunity to radically revise the innovation system and process accordingly? We are at the cusp or already into significant changes to how the world, society and we as individuals will manage or engage going into the future.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Thinking of innovation as an innovation ecosystem in design. What we see increasingly is the need to change to a different thinking, one of what “ innovation ecosystems.” For me, ecosystem thinking and design are accelerating mutual learning, and through this innovation, outcome potential for sharing and knowledge building.

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mjvinnovation

AUGUST 6, 2020

We have no way of answering that question, but we know that the truth is this: the rules of the financial market are changing, and it’s no surprise. We have already mentioned the importance of the cycle of Run the Bank to Change of Bank and how urgent it is to monitor these transitions to remain competitive. Follow along!

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Ecosystems4Innovating

OCTOBER 19, 2023

These are connecting value creation, knowledge transfer, co-creation and competitive positioning. Competitive Positioning : Realizing an organisation’s standing within the ecosystem can significantly impact its competitive advantage.

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Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A well-designed organization attracts and retains top talent, just as better-designed products and services attract customers. Yet organizations resist change and lack the courage to re-design themselves and adapt to uncertain socio-economic conditions. What Is Business Design? Why Business Design?

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Importance of Startup Innovation in Corporate Growth In today’s rapidly changing business environment, startup innovation is often at the forefront of technological advancement and market disruption. Corporations can leverage this innovation to drive growth, remain competitive, and enter new markets.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

By investing in startups, corporations can access new technologies, products, and services that can significantly enhance their competitive edge. Moreover, through CVC, corporations can tap into the startup ecosystem , leveraging agility and innovative mindsets.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Technical Review Agile 100

Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Design Thinking for Startup Sales Success: A Step-by-Step Guide. Other challenges that startups may face when it comes to sales include competition from larger companies, limited brand recognition, and difficulty in differentiating their products or services from those of their competitors.

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