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

MAY 9, 2024

Collaboration, Idealization and the enabling of innovation I have have been looking back at innovation and how it has changed over the last twenty-five years. In a series of three posts, I have asked Google’s Gemini to answer five questions to track and trace the progress innovation has made and where it seems to be heading.

Collaboration 147

Collaboration Artificial Inteligence Agile Ideation 147

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

I proposed a new Framework for managing innovation this week, called the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework. 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.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

I have called this the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework – here is why and what went into this proposal that I feel should be adopted for managing innovation in the future. We need to shift our innovative thinking from static to dynamic.

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Software Review Software Innovation Design 246

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 20, 2024

Combining Ecosystems, technology and GenAI to unlock innovation The concepts of ecosystem innovation and generative AI has arrived at the point where we need to question workflows have the real poential openness has become central to our process of thinking and development building.

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Engagement Generative AI Innovation Data 162

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I have argued in the past that innovation management needs to radically adjust and needs to be designed differently, it needs to be highly adaptive. I’d like to offer some views, partly looking out to the future, partly considering what is potentially within our grasp, if we step back and rethink innovation design.

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Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

AI Meets Design Thinking: Crafting a People-Centric Business Future Imagine this — a customer service agent can deeply empathize with a frustrated customer because an AI assistant analyzed the customer’s tone and background to provide insights ahead of time. The Renaissance of Empathy: Design Thinking Design Thinking emerged from this shift.

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Design Thinking Design Meeting Artificial Inteligence 118

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

In my view any new approach to innovation needs to aim to achieve interdependent and interlocking innovation, solving problems that have not been addressed before and offering sustainable value, impact, and returns to all involved or significantly improving on the existing solutions. Nothing can work in isolation.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence 147

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

APRIL 27, 2017

Digital technologies are beginning to have a real impact on the methods, approaches, and rates of our innovation outputs. Social technologies are giving us real-time understanding. 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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Technology Change Agile Innovation 178

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

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. Each stack “sits” on a technology platform.

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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. We relate this specifically within our Executive Innovation Work Mat.

Design 130

Design Creativity Agile Resources 130

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Shaping Innovation for a Meaningful Change Following on from my initial post, “ Our Need is to Shape Innovation Dynamically, ” this post outlines the eight value-adding points that I can help build out and deliver alongside you in different delivery modules to fit your circumstances and budgets.

Change 173

Change Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Agile 173

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. Example: Kodak, a once-dominant player in the photography industry, struggled to innovate and adapt to the digital age.

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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.

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Collaboration Design Innovation Agile 195

Imaginatik

JANUARY 10, 2019

Planbox, the pioneering provider of AI-Powered Agile Innovation Management software, and Imaginatik, the #1 ranked leader in Corporate Innovation Management according to Forrester Research, will join forces to seize on the innovation boom. Imaginatik has an incredibly talented team and product with a lot of potential.

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Agile Innovation Management Software Innovation 124

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Embrace the future if AI-driven innovation. As he points out, “Today, Generative AI stands as a testament to the power of human imagination and technological innovation. As he points out, “Today, Generative AI stands as a testament to the power of human imagination and technological innovation.

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ChatGPT Technical Review Generative AI Innovation 182

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Hierarchy Of Ecosystem Needs- A Blueprint View Several vital considerations come into play in developing a blueprint to thrive and find solutions amidst growing complexity and uncertainty that argues for a different business approach, with Ecosystem thinking and design being central.

Artificial Inteligence 147

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 19, 2023

How difficult would it be to embrace this Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework, as it is often argued that most people want to keep innovation management and its process simple? 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.

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Case Study Innovation Design Collaboration 147

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 8, 2023

Within the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework lies the core, the different innovation stacks, and the learning components. Here, I want to briefly talk about the importance of the learning components that support the innovation design and especially the different innovation stacks.

Learning 130

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, the ability to build a strong case, stay informed, and think critically is the key to unlocking success and driving innovation. Here, market trends evolve, new technologies emerge, and consumer preferences shift lightning-fast. For me, this landscape is marked by its dynamism.

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mjvinnovation

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Where DT can’t reach, Agile can compensate and vice versa. Design Thinking: Think of solutions, solve situations and problems, close the gaps that need filling in. It is Design Thinking that will pave the way to traveling assertively. Agile: Make Tangible and build. Agile: you do not make Agile; you become Agile.

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Design Thinking Agile Design Technical Review 69

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2023

Developing the innovation stack takes the view that innovation is a series of building blocks stacked on top of each other with different layers to work through. Combining these “building blocks” modularly in innovation stacks creates a unique design that adapts to your specific needs and goals.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Software Review Innovation Design 130

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 22, 2022

I want to find a new way of approaching innovation, a new positioning, and these are my opening statements to be questioned and built upon. The need is the bringing together of many strands of thinking, ideally in a “living and dynamic” designed way” Aspiring to achieve. Innovation touch and value maps.

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Innovation Agile Design Thinking Design 189

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Intersection of Corporate Growth and Startup Innovation Defining Corporate Venture Capital Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) is the investment of corporate funds directly in external startup companies. Corporations can leverage this innovation to drive growth, remain competitive, and enter new markets.

Collaboration 147

Collaboration Innovation Agile Technical Review 147

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

Why have we not embraced innovation? I will not apologize here; this will partly be a “rant” and then begin to suggest a way forward on embracing innovation fully. I was thinking of having the headline “Innovation as our eternal doom or shame” or “innovation groundhog day” Let me begin in why.

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Innovation Design System Software 189

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. Environmental Factor: The ability to adapt quickly is often facilitated by open communication channels, collaborative decision-making, and agile organizational structures.

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Agile Collaboration ChatGPT Technical Review 130

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2024

In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, the ability to build a strong case, stay informed, and think critically is the key to unlocking success and driving innovation. Here, market trends evolve, new technologies emerge, and consumer preferences shift lightning-fast. That requires a real dynamism.

Trends 162

Trends Innovation Collaboration Industry 162

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

So often innovation struggles to be recognized for what it is. Innovation is a critical source of future competitive advantage. To get to a consistent performance of innovation and creativity within organizations you do need to rely on a process, structure and the consistent ability to foster a culture of innovation.

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Innovation Programs Technical Review Innovation Policies 189

Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Digital transformation - a "third wave" of information technology that creates an entirely new way to capture real time data and perhaps make sense of that data on the fly, could radically change how businesses operate, how they make money and how they interact with customers, consumers and suppliers. What's next?

Technology 171

Technology Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence 171

Ecosystems4Innovating

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Marketplace Design can drive bottom-up Ecosystem designs. Do Marketplace designs drive the adoption of platforms and ecosystems? Marketplace designs can indeed drive the adoption of platforms and ecosystems. So, do Marketplace designs drive the adoption of platforms and ecosystems?

Design 52

Design Agile Collaboration Engagement 52

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 11, 2022

Choosing new innovative approaches to counter the fear of Business Contagion. 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 need to put to use a different innovation model or approach. In my first post.”

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Innovation Design Collaboration Engagement 189

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 6, 2018

It is not just for innovation application, that can determine innovation activities. 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. This 3H thinking helps break down complex issues.

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Design Innovation Agile System 138

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I have been struggling for quite some time with innovation’s increasing difficulties in influencing growth and achieving real impact. 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. ” constrained them.

Technical Review 208

Technical Review Innovation Software Review Engagement 208

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Having an innovating passion. So many multiple strands constantly need to be pulled together to build a complete innovation picture. Innovation ‘speaks to us all in different ways and has multiple meanings. Innovation needs to speak to us. I like to think of myself as an innovation journeyman.

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