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Applying the Three Horizon Thinking to a Fresh Perspective of Innovation Design

Paul Hobcraft

Thinking in different horizons prompts you to go beyond the usual focus of fixing innovation just in the present it provides the connections of the present with the desired future. I recently applied the three horizons thinking to ‘frame’ a new innovation design.

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Constructing the innovation mandate

Paul Hobcraft

That group should possess a deep understanding of the existing organization’s strategy, business models, operations and culture and a wider appreciation of the innovation landscape, the “fields of opportunity” and the emerging practices of innovation management.

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Why we should focus on Innovation Governance

Paul Hobcraft

Any governance design needs to be clean, robust, open and transparent , not opaque and closed to a selected few as this opens up to criticism, cynicism or favouritism. Governance always has guidelines and measurements, I would argue these need to be sensible and adaptive , not just restrictive and prescriptive.

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Organizations suffer constantly from unhealthy Innovation tension

Paul Hobcraft

.” It follows on from a recent post I wrote on “ peeling away the layers of your innovation reality.” There is always a stated “we must be innovative to survive,” but we very rarely what to give that some framing, some guidelines. Innovation gets caught up in this.

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Treating Innovation Risk Differently, Dealing with Uncertainty

Paul Hobcraft

We need to open up our thinking about risk and innovation management. We should aim for a really healthy construct that does help all involved or associated with innovation and managing risk, that gives a better chance of pushing beyond the incremental innovation that avoids most risk and disappoints those seeking real growth.

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Fusion, Flow and Fluidity are needed in our Management Practices

Paul Hobcraft

There are growing concerns centered around how we need to adapt our management practices to manage in a digital world, we are grappling with the consequences and we need to find new solutions and approaches. We need a new management practice to deal with our digital world. In summary.

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Treating Innovation Risk Differently, Dealing with Uncertainty

Paul Hobcraft

We need to open up our thinking about risk and innovation management. We should aim for a really healthy construct that does help all involved or associated with innovation and managing risk that better chance of pushing beyond the incremental innovation that avoids most risk and disappoints those seeking real growth.