Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We do need to ‘lean in’ on many specialists and experts to help us, not just business consultants! Stay flexible, agile and adaptable, and have up-to-date contingency plans in place to adjust course if needed and, in a controlled manner, options to existing business strategy.

LEAN 195

LEAN Industry Agile Analysis 195

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

Course Description: Innovation Intensive is a one day, deep dive, into fundamental and advanced concepts in innovation. It includes an overview of key frameworks ( Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, CPS ) and their essential tools. This is a compelling and informative training course.

Course 26

Course Training Idea Generation Brainstorming 26

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

I have written a fair amount about the new innovation era, offering a view on its future design. One that is jumping to a fresh cycle of innovative design. We are in the middle of it, some of you may not have noticed its impact and change but it is significant on the understanding of innovation, in it’s future design.

Innovation 185

Innovation Radical Innovation Design Big Data 185

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

A “lean” approach amplifies both profits and purpose. The obvious place to turn is innovation approaches such as design thinking , rapid prototyping , and open innovation. Thus, if you hope to move the needle appreciably, you’ll need to design and validate an engine that will accelerate growth over time.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review LEAN Innovation Social Innovation 100

Innov8rs

MARCH 17, 2024

The dilemma is further exacerbated by corporate governance systems designed for operational excellence rather than innovation. By operating somewhat independently from the parent corporation, these ventures can remain agile and adapt quickly to market changes, much like startups. Let’s explore how that works in practice.

Agile 40

Agile Disruption Guidelines Resources 40

Planview

JULY 26, 2022

We have all been taking a crash course in dynamic planning – being ready for, hypothetically, anything: Finding ways to minimize losses and maximize opportunities while moving forward into the unknown. But Agile businesses apply this more frequently (dynamically) and learn from their own delivery performance to inform their next actions.

Agile 97

Agile eBook Disruption Resources 97

mjvinnovation

JUNE 29, 2021

It’s a management format that draws from the same source as Lean and Agile. refers to the third generation of project management models, considered more suited to current business requirements in the context of Digital Transformation – toting more agile, lean, and modern management values. to work so well in agile.

Management 59

Management Agile LEAN Guidelines 59

Gregg Fraley

APRIL 20, 2021

MCPS perfectly complements innovation frameworks like Design Thinking, Agile, and Lean, and quality frameworks like Six Sigma. Nor has the focusing power of projects, or “concept blending” ideation tools designed to achieve breakthrough ideas. They’ve never been included in one overarching model.

Creativity 98

Creativity Training Tools Culture 98

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

When you step back and recognize all the different advancements we have making in designing tools and frameworks, in understanding innovation, it holds promise. Of course, much of what we have will still remain. Now we have to weave them together. This does need a real change but can we achieve it?

Innovation 178

Innovation Design Agile System 178

CorporateIntel

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Sometimes I wonder if the advancing of age and a leaning toward old-fashioned values are a hindrance to relevancy in our contemporary workplace. It was bosses and colleagues advancing in age and leaning toward old-fashioned values. Our economy is cyclical almost by design. Of course things are different.

LEAN 104

LEAN Policies Technical Review Learning 104

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 24, 2019

Without a Clear Purpose, Innovation Drifts Off Course. If everyone else is jumping off the Design Thinking bridge shouldn’t we? Just kidding, Design Thinking can be a good choice, as can Agile, or Lean, or your own blended system. Do Purpose First, Select a Framework, Then Do Projects. Which is best?

Project 70

Project Idea Generation Innovation Design Thinking 70

Open Innovation EU

MARCH 30, 2016

During a course we developed at Avans University this winter, we asked students to gather relevant business cases on innovation and entrepreneurship in order to analyse them and prepare discussions around organization design. Source: www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/operations/our-insights/when-toyota-met-e-commerce-lean-at-amazon.

Entrepreneurship 70

Entrepreneurship LEAN Case Study Agile 70

IM Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Elijah Eilert speaks to Andy Cars , the founder and CEO of Lean Ventures International, about the ISO standards for innovation management. 01:09) Introducing Andy Cars owner of Lean Ventures International AB. (03:52) Innovation Accounting Course. About the Episode. Topics and Insights . (01:09) Show Transcript. contact-form-7].

Innovation Management 52

Innovation Management Management Entrepreneurship LEAN 52

Moves the Needle

APRIL 10, 2023

The term originated in the United States lean manufacturing movement of the 1980s and 1990s. The idea behind lean manufacturing was to maximize customer value while minimizing waste, resulting in increased efficiency and profitability. Of course, there are layers of activities that must be done in order to get these states functional.

LEAN 40

LEAN Agile Marketing Case Study 40

Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Innovation Session Designs Don’t Engage. Facilitators need to adopt experiential learning tools in their sessions designs. Innovation Session Designs Need More Variety. When you design innovation sessions: Use a variety of experiences. Experiential Learning Accelerates Innovation. And there is a lot of sitting.

Learning 45

Learning Underperforming Technical Team Training Innovation 45

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 6, 2016

I know the feeling, there has been such a considerable investment that has gone into previous innovation processes to get them established but much of this is actually out of date, it has become today a real ‘legacy’ issue but there is, of course, a real reluctance to challenge it. Well you should!

System 113

System Innovation Design Agile 113

Gregg Fraley

JUNE 15, 2019

There are laughs of course, but that’s incidental to the ideas being furiously written down in notebooks. ” What I mean is you could use Improv problem solving tools with Agile, Lean, Design Thinking, or CPS. Light bulbs going off all over the place. It’s Not About Comedy.

Team Building 53

Team Building LEAN Design Thinking Agile 53

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 6, 2016

I know the feeling, there has been such a considerable investment that has gone into previous innovation processes to get them established but much of this is actually out of date, it has become today a real ‘legacy’ issue but there is, of course, a real reluctance to challenge it. Well you should!

System 113

System Innovation Design Technical Review 113

Moves the Needle

DECEMBER 17, 2015

His very lean progressive assembly process was the result. The Toyota Production System largely grew out of this dilemma, attempting to leverage the “leanness” of Ford’s production system is a world of increasing complexity and market differentiation. This is Lean Startup. The result is choice. Let’s do it! Go scope it out.”

Management 61

Management Innovation Management LEAN Design Thinking 61

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 1, 2016

Design is increasingly to the fore in many organizations. We need to explore, experiment, prototype, adapt, become more agile, keep it lean, pivot on new learning and anything else that helps us to speed up the process and keep learning and churning. • Innovation design needs both. •

Innovation 100

Innovation Design LEAN Marketing 100

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Of course I also have to report results of the current business, revenue numbers, market share, etc. and of course they want to see a positive trend here, but above all they want to know how we as a company want to respond to major trends in the market, how we want to compete, where we want to invest new capital. Any idea?”.

Course 52

Course Innovation Marketing Trends 52

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Of course I also have to report results of the current business, revenue numbers, market share, etc. and of course they want to see a positive trend here, but above all they want to know how we as a company want to respond to major trends in the market, how we want to compete, where we want to invest new capital. Any idea?”.

Course 52

Course Innovation Marketing Trends 52

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Of course I also have to report results of the current business, revenue numbers, market share, etc. and of course they want to see a positive trend here, but above all they want to know how we as a company want to respond to major trends in the market, how we want to compete, where we want to invest new capital. Any idea?”.

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Course Innovation Marketing Trends 52

Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I've written before but it bears repeating, innovation, that is, thinking up, designing and creating something new and different that drives value for customers, isn't going to happen in your day to day business as usual environment. It isn't designed or constructed to conduct discovery of new ideas.

Innovation 100

Innovation Agile Disruption Product Development 100

Moves the Needle

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This, of course, flies in the face of Clayton Christensen’s Innovator’s Dilemma, the misapplication of Horizon Planning , and the mythology of the ambidextrous organization. The exploration expertise brought by innovation teams is designed to overcome such uncertainty.

Disruption 40

Disruption Innovation LEAN Competition 40

IM Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

13:00) Why it is hard to Pivot in a system that is designed for execution with siloed teams and different KPI’s. (15:30) Jael Kong is a Certified Professional Co-active Coach and accredited by the International Coach Federation and a certified Agile Team Coach. Get the Cheatsheet Topics and Insights . (00:50) learn more.

Data 52

Data Report LEAN Learning 52

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Of course, this greatly depends on what I am working on, for others and, or for myself. The practice of lean thinking, design thinking, visual thinking have increasingly started to dominate our “innovation thinking.” I know wretched theory on a Sunday or any day come to think of it, but it does inform.

System 147

System Innovation Design Resources 147

Moves the Needle

AUGUST 14, 2018

Lean Innovation Definition At Moves The Needle, we define lean innovation as “reducing waste in the discovery, creation, and delivering of new value to customers." We base Lean Innovation principles upon the 3 E’s of Lean Innovation : Empathy, Experiments and Evidence. What is Design Thinking?

LEAN 105

LEAN Examples Agile Design Thinking 105

Moves the Needle

MAY 16, 2016

To start, they need to be closer to their customers, be more agile, act bolder. At Intuit, MTN Co-Founder Aaron Eden started the snowball by running “LeanStartIN” workshops under the radar to teach lean startup to small handfuls of colleagues. Of course not. At the core of Lean Innovation is customer empathy.

LEAN 75

LEAN Company Underperforming Technical Team How To 75

Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

It can augment, Lean, Design Thinking or Agile approaches. Gregg Fraley has designed and lead team training workshops for two decades. This is offered for one organization at a time (not a public course) but the workshop can accommodate more than one team. Master Trainer Gregg Fraley of GFi.

Underperforming Technical Team 40

Underperforming Technical Team Training Software Review Collaboration 40

Boxes and Arrows

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Teams moving to agile often struggle to integrate agile with best practices in user-centered design (UCD) and user experience (UX) in general. Fortunately, using a UX Integration Matrix helps integrate UX and agile by including UX information and requirements right in the product backlog. The feedback loop is broken.

Software Review 107

Software Review Agile Software Design 107

Acuvate

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Below, we’ll have a look at some of the innovative use cases of AI, automation, and analytics that automotive companies must consider to become more agile and resilient and set the stage for continuous improvement in operations. Drive agility and efficiency with low-code app development. Enhance in-vehicle driver experiences.

Industry 52

Industry Artificial Inteligence Analysis Data 52

Inceodia

MARCH 20, 2017

Of course we’ll tackle these efforts eventually, because we need our business to succeed. Every step was designed for repeatable, perfect output, so once the products came off the manufacturing line, they were final. They’re the ones that are daunting in scale of effort and scope of impact.

How To 45

How To Agile System LEAN 45

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 15, 2021

Workshops Customized EAD courses Organization of events Hackathons. Data-Driven Personas Design Sprint Phygital experiences (physical and digital) Omnichannel / cross-channel experiences Review and creation of the user journey Redesign of experiences and interfaces. Design Thinking’s immersion stage is perfect for that.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Innovation Entrepreneurship Analysis 52

mjvinnovation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Here are some tips to help you stay the course on this journey. Involve approaches such as Design Thinking, User Experience (UX), Open Innovation, and Agile Practices. Adhering to user-centric business models and frameworks like Lean and Agile eliminates waste and bureaucracy. Digital Transformation.

Change 52

Change Artificial Inteligence Tips Data 52

Innovation Architecture

OCTOBER 9, 2017

” The workshops are designed to help people explore what it means to embrace a spirit of inquiry in meaningful ways within their organization and, ultimately, within themselves. Over the course of a dozen or so workshops, I have heard participants make a couple common observations. Design thinking. Great Question!

Culture 56

Culture Exercises Leadership Groups 56

Moves the Needle

MAY 12, 2016

To start, they need to be closer to their customers, be more agile, act bolder. At Intuit, MTN Co-Founder Aaron Eden started the snowball by running “LeanStartIN” workshops under the radar to teach lean startup to small handfuls of colleagues. Of course not. At the core of Lean Innovation is customer empathy.

Company 64

Company Underperforming Technical Team LEAN How To 64