Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The building blocks of open innovation building towards Business Ecosystem design. By incorporating Open Innovation Strategies as the next building block, businesses can create a dynamic and expansive innovation ecosystem beyond internal and partnership and certain collaborative boundaries.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Exploring the interplay between Humans, Technology and AI for design thinking Why is design thinking regarded as so crucial to the future of innovation in a world of accelerating interplays between humans, technology and generative AI? Moving to the edge : Organizations are becoming more agile by adopting an “edge” approach.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Finding the new building blocks of innovation ecosystem design and thinking. Why change our thinking and designing around innovation ecosystems?“. For me, ecosystem thinking and design offer fresh ways for accelerating mutual learning, and through this innovation, outcome potential for sharing and knowledge building.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Innovation thinking in Ecosystem and Gen AI design I believe there is a real need to construct a different innovation process. Innovation is undergoing a radical change, in opening up to technology, collaborative thinking and the value of generative AI thinking. Encourage collaboration between AI and human experts.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

To get the outcomes the executives are expecting from innovation, they’d need to build an agile organization where innovation happens at scale. As so many organizations are embarking on this journey towards becoming more innovative and agile, there’s unfortunately a lot of fake agile and innovation theater out there.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that combines empathy, creativity, and rationality to meet user needs and drive successful business outcomes. Defining Design Thinking Design thinking involves five key stages: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

This is approaching innovation and its management in more of a holistic, technology-enabled way based on the use of a cloud-enabled Platform and Ecosystem thinking and design. By dynamically assembling and reconfiguring innovation processes and resources, companies can quickly adapt their strategies , products, and services.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 3, 2024

Designing the Business Ecosystem Approach I have been looking at different ways to pitch Business Ecosystems recently for some evolving and hopefully sustaining work. Extending into Collaborative Innovation: Why Ecosystems? Ecosystems foster collaboration and innovation by bringing together diverse entities.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 11, 2024

Environmental Factor: The ability to adapt quickly is often facilitated by open communication channels, collaborative decision-making, and agile organizational structures. There’s a balance between autonomy and collaboration. Participants should have confidence in each other’s abilities and intentions.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 13, 2024

Ecosystems have emerged as powerful catalysts for driving transformative change and fostering collaborative solutions in today’s complex and interconnected business landscape. By combining a diversity of experiences, knowledge and insights, you realize the combined power of ecosystem collaboration.

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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. Collaborative Innovation: Why Ecosystems?

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

We need to approach innovation differently through connected agility, have speed and automation more central, and provide roles for a great diverse set of participants. The principles of this Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework are the recognition and value of having a building block and innovation stack design.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

JULY 26, 2023

The value is in developing them out and here is why By embracing the power of ecosystems, we can tap into the collective intelligence and resources of diverse partners, leading to breakthrough solutions and sustained growth. I believe that innovation ecosystems transform how we approach and manage innovation.

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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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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

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Transforming Your Business with Bottom-Up Management: The Design Thinking Way In the ever-evolving landscape of modern business, a significant shift is occurring from traditional top-down management to a more inclusive and innovative strategy: bottom-up management. Benefits This approach leads to increased engagement and motivation.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

I am working through what I think this should become in design and application, involving providing the key innovation building blocks as components of the innovation stack, using the innovation stack to guide platform development and the platform to support this innovation stack.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 23, 2018

There has been an awful lot to absorb when it comes to skills and how organizations need to be designed for the future. This report has been part of a broader ‘agile’ series from them but this one specifically gave me my necessary anchor point, to move forward with my own design thinking for agility and innovation.

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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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Ecosystems4Innovating

APRIL 12, 2023

In a series exploring cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations, this is the third post discussing different aspects and the approach to this that needs to be taken as my suggested starting point. Defining roles and responsibilities : The next stage is to define the roles and responsibilities of each partner in the collaboration.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

AUGUST 3, 2023

So the challenges in the past year have been highly focused on supply chain disruptions , plugging gaps in technology solutions that can provide a higher flexible, agile, and advanced planning and production environment and continue to keep moving towards securing a more sustainable future that reflects the need to become carbon neutral, net zero.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

APRIL 4, 2023

Collaborations form the essence of discovery, relationships, innovation and new knowledge exchange. Sharing in collaborative arrangements enables the potential for improved operational productivity, and shared application development, tapping into a wider ongoing customer engagement and skill enhancements for all involved to gain from.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Innovation’s power lies in the ability to adapt, evolve, and collaborate, and our need is to make this as much of a dynamic ecosystem as possible to tackle the growing complexity and challenges we are facing today and in the future. Dynamic ecosystems are not just about collaboration and innovation.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This alignment can result in a myriad of collaborative opportunities, from product development to new market entry. By integrating the agility and fresh perspectives of startups, established companies can adapt more quickly to industry changes and consumer demands.

Collaboration 147

Collaboration Innovation Agile Technical Review 147

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. This could include customers, partners, suppliers, or other ecosystem participants.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 21, 2023

Completing transitions through innovation, ecosystems and sustainability thinking Today, our innovation activity needs to transition through collaborating and co-creating, applying ecosystem thinking and platform designs for business. Capabilities grow through use and application in increasingly intensified ways.

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Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As AI and sophisticated systems become the norm, it’s essential for organizations to retain their creative spirit, agility, and grit. This ability to adapt and innovate in a scrappy, resourceful way is often the fuel behind revolutionary ideas and game-changing products. Don’t let your tech stack undermine your agility.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Agile 118

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 30, 2016

The management of human resource (HRM) needs to be replaced with the management of human creativity and ingenuity, as this is the triggering point to innovation success and delivering longer-term sustaining success. Who is to drive the human change required here within our business organisations?

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 30, 2016

The management of human resource (HRM) needs to be replaced with the management of human creativity and ingenuity, as this is the triggering point to innovation success and delivering longer-term sustaining success. Who is to drive the human change required here within our business organisations?

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InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 26, 2022

Agile” and “Waterfall” offer us very different approaches to project management. We might begin with a requirements gathering process in order to understand resources and parameters, and stay within the scope of the Project Charter that emerges from that process. Core Elements of Agile. Core Elements of Waterfall.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 19, 2023

So how to set about making this change and who should be involved as it is a more radical design of a holistic nature is what I am outlining in this post. Here I will offer up some thoughts on how to make this change and who should be involved, as it is a more radical design of a holistic nature. Does this solution offer a pathway?

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. In this post, we’ll share some tips and hints centered around innovation and design thinking frameworks to help you deliver an engaging and impactful experience. Implementation: 6 Questions to Help You Design Innovative Meetings.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

It is our ability to consistently capture, build and develop new ideas within organizations or in open collaborations with others that have a direct effect on revenue growth and the ability to provide future sustainability. So often innovation struggles to be recognized for what it is.

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Innovation Programs Technical Review Innovation Policies 189

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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IdeaSpies

APRIL 16, 2019

We no longer compete in a resource economy, but a semantic economy where firms that can build, manage and widen connections win out. Yet today, success is not driven by the resources you control, but those you can access. A Radical Shift Toward Design. In truth, neither view fully represents today’s business environment.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

To work through these we are all being asked to transform but there has to be a clear end, a return for all this energy and resources it requires, that we are being asked to spend? We are facing tough challenges within the business world. How and where does innovation fit will clearly depend on this transforming effect.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 8, 2023

Here, I want to briefly talk about the importance of the learning components that support the innovation design and especially the different innovation stacks. We need to approach innovation differently through connected agility, have speed and automation more central, and provide roles for a great diverse set of participants.

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