Leapfrogging

JANUARY 2, 2023

Agility, the ability to think fast and move quickly, is an imperative for every team this year. That’s because there’s never been more uncertainty – around technology, the economy, global-political turmoil, and just about everything else. Three Steps to Strategic Agility. I’ve built new teams.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We need to transform, be disrupted or certainly re-imagine and this is where knowing your ecosystem comes in. Our existing organization needs to envisage a changing world full of disruption that calls for radical change. Technology offers them the transforming means but can they, as leaders, take their people with them?

Collaboration 273

Collaboration Innovation Technical Review Disruption 273

Planview

JANUARY 28, 2025

In Agile environments, leadership often comes without formal authority. Agile coaches are tasked with guiding teams through complex transformations, but they must do so without the traditional power to enforce changes. The following are key roles and responsibilities that define an effective Agile coach.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We need to transform, be disrupted or certainly re-imagine and this is where knowing your ecosystem comes in. Our existing organization needs to envisage a changing world full of disruption that calls for radical change. Technology offers them the transforming means but can they, as leaders, take their people with them?

Collaboration 273

Collaboration Innovation Disruption Technical Review 273

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

We need to be highly adaptive and that comes from a greater technology understanding. Can we find ways to be highly adaptable, agile and fluid in grabbing and taking the parts of the innovation system and constructing them into that design and process that works for that specific challenge? It adjusts and you learn.

Design 232

Design Technical Review Innovation Agile 232

Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Using the Wrong Management Framework: Some projects require a fully planned approach, others need a more agile method, and still others benefit from validating with fewer resources before investing more heavily. process automation, and agile methodologies can drastically improve success rates. for Document Preparation and review: A.I.

Underperforming Technical Team 138

Underperforming Technical Team Project Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT 138

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 2, 2016

This past weekend I had an extended period of re-reading about the effects of disruption that seems to be occurring across all points of business, our politics, our governments, it seems across our lives. All good plans sometime get disrupted. Everything invented seems to have been disrupted or seems about too.

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Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

AUGUST 2, 2024

In this edition, we speak with Matthew Lieberman who is the Chief Marketing Officer of PwC US/Mexico and an innovative executive at the crossroads of marketing, media, and technology. ML: I am so excited about utilizing emerging technologies—these are key to our transformation. How we then apply this to our marketing strategy is key.

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Technical Review Generative AI Marketing Tools 59

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

So this post reviews many great contributors to advancing innovation over the years. Agile Development : This approach involves having a flexible and iterative development process, where cross-functional teams work together to deliver software or products in short iterations.

Artificial Inteligence 182

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Innovation Agile 182

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The typical goals of this sort of collaboration are better solutions and disrupting economic development — ultimately, it’s an early pipeline of new technologies. In exchange for financing and mentorship, an established business can be at the forefront of new products, models, and technologies.

Collaboration 174

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

To do this, technology adoption and diffusion across the ecosystem needs to improve dramatically. There also continues today that industry disruption is increasing, by those spotting both opportunity and weakness in present market players. We are facing greater disruption and an increasing innovation pace.

Industry 213

Industry Technical Review Innovation Design 213

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

Sopheon is delivering the right “on-market” message that they “provide support for speed, agility, and adaptability – all critical enterprise capabilities in the digital era” They are claiming they are actively building business partner ecosystems. They want to navigate the new world order of digital disruption.

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Innovation Management Software Review Management Technical Review 200

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 26, 2015

I recall reading that up to now, each digital technology change was a separate era of change, to absorb and adapt towards, yet today we are facing something seemingly different, a collision, a whole mash-up of disparate technologies and systems, that seem to be heading for such an explosion of change, a post-digital transformation.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Technology Innovation Internet of things 100

Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

As one of the world’s top experts on innovation and growth, Rita’s work is regularly published in the Harvard Business Review. I think it’s also a concern when I hear about innovation being used purely in reference to technical developments, as that is just one potential application. Twitter: rgmcgrath. Tiffani Bova.

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Innovation Technical Review Creativity Leadership 263

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2018

They survive and thrive due to that uniqueness and attraction. Ecosystems that ultimately produce new business models rest on a large capacity for agility within the participating organizations. Burning platforms will be all around us, as we continue into the age of disruption. No easy task. In Summary.

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Innovation Collaboration Design Technical Review 241

Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

No matter what they attempted, the company was doomed to fail due to a combination of internal inertia and external disruption. The Harsh Reality: Why Most Companies Fail Disruption is inevitable. Yet most companies fail to transition due to denial, slow decision-making, or misaligned incentives. And yet, we still failed.

Marketing 52

Marketing Technical Review How To Agile 52

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

These young companies thrive on adaptability, a drive for growth, and often, a technology-based solution that disrupts existing markets or creates new ones. Startups: The Drivers of Innovation Startups are at the heart of the ecosystem, often characterized by their innovative solutions and disruptive potential.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Agile Collaboration Engagement 113

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

We fail to constantly review and re-engineer the innovation process and tend to layer more upon it, without a consistent reassessing what we are trying to achieve. It is this ‘raw’ power of technology that is transforming much. This often needs different perspectives to form the final position.

Innovation 174

Innovation Technical Review System Change 174

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 15, 2024

Dynamic Ecosystems provide the agility to reconfigure partnerships, leverage emerging technologies, and pivot swiftly to changing market conditions, ensuring lasting competitiveness and relevance. By tapping into the ecosystem’s collective intelligence, you can stay ahead of the curve and respond rapidly to market shifts.

Roadmap 130

Roadmap Agile Collaboration Technical Review 130

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 29, 2018

While most large companies want to become more agile and innovative, many of them fail to turn this wish into a reality. We fail to invest in foresight and insight, continually not adapting and adjusting our organizational skill set around a more agile, adaptive, highly responsive innovating and creative organization. Investment.

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Qmarkets

JULY 11, 2024

However corporate innovation is often the most complex and challenging due to its scale and scope. Many organizations face difficulties in establishing effective innovation programs, often due to misaligned strategies, unclear processes, and inadequate tools. What emerging trends or disruptions could your company capitalize on?

Software Review 104

Software Review Technical Review Strategy Strategy 104

mjvinnovation

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Where DT can’t reach, Agile can compensate and vice versa. Agile: Make Tangible and build. Since you have a well-defined idea (through Design Thinking), Agile will clear a path towards your idea by removing obstacles that stand in your way. Agile: you do not make Agile; you become Agile.

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Design Thinking Agile Design Technical Review 69

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Introduction to New Product Development In an era marked by rapid technological advancements and shifting consumer preferences, the ability to innovate and execute new product development (NPD) effectively is a cornerstone of business success.

Product Development 100

Product Development Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence 100

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

When looking at radically different thinking and design in business, where Ecosystems become central, you need to ask yourself what industries would benefit from such an alternative design and thinking due to the changing complexities and challenges they are facing. Manufacturing: Challenges: Industry 4.0

Design 147

Design Technical Review ChatGPT Collaboration 147

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Introduction to Strategic Thinking in Business The Importance of Strategy in a Disruptive World In today’s business environment, disruption is the new norm. With technology advancing at breakneck speeds and market dynamics shifting unpredictably, it’s crucial for you as a business leader to embrace strategic thinking.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

They are different due to the circumstances and needs of each organization, but let me provide a suggested one to get the thinking you might have a need to validate or a need to revisit yours if you have one and begin to revise it. What should be in a “typical” innovation mandate?

Innovation 189

Innovation Technical Review Innovation Programs Collaboration 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. Agile Infrastructure and Processes: Establish agile organizational structures and processes that allow for quick decision-making, adaptation, and iterative development.

Agile 130

Agile ChatGPT Collaboration Technical Review 130

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.

Innovation 147

Innovation Agile Collaboration Technical Review 147

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 15, 2018

The most impressive presentation I reviewed in 2017 was the one from Munich Re, held on 21st November 2017 under their investor day event. I can simply touch on it here, I suggest you do your own drawing of conclusions.

Innovation 82

Innovation Agile Technical Review Roadmap 82

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A ccelerate Innovation : Tap into diverse knowledge pools across ecosystems to drive breakthrough innovations and stay ahead of disruption. Driven by technology, data analytics, and real-time responsiveness. Bidirectional Flows: From Dynamic Core to Other Ecosystems : • Pushing adaptations, new technologies, and market insights.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Resources System Design 147

Qmarkets

DECEMBER 2, 2020

From nascent technologies to emerging innovation strategies, we have identified 4 of the key corporate innovation trends to help you get ahead, so that your business will be ready for whatever next year may bring. It allows us to deliver the resilience and agility that these interesting times demand.”

Trends 83

Trends Disruption Agile Innovation 83

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2023

We can mix and match different emerging or established innovation approaches but sometimes miss valuable points and due to this lack of “being connected up” we lose flexibility, sometimes meaning and miss some of the potential value as the parts are not as well interlinked or dynamic; we screen out more than we add-in.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Software Review Innovation Design 130

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

CVC units often focus on securing a competitive advantage by investing in startups with innovative technologies or business models that align with the corporation’s strategic goals. By engaging with and investing in startups, companies can gain insights into emerging technologies, trends, and business practices.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Engagement Trends Competition 100

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Those of dealing with greater ambiguity, of building in the needs of agility, higher levels of flexibility, curiosity and the willingness to explore and experiment and take increasing risk. The risk of being highly scaled is fast becoming a point of disruption for others. It needs to be more agile and flexible.

Innovation 222

Innovation Software Review Design Software 222

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

The Age of AI and Business Strategy Understanding AI-Driven Rapid Change In the current landscape, AI-driven technologies are reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace. Embracing AI means more than just implementing new technologies; it involves rethinking entire business operations from the ground up.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence Change 100

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 15, 2016

Following on the heels of reading and then reviewing reports from Accenture on how US big business was treating their innovation as left to chance in cloudy execution, it felt not so good for my beliefs that we were actually not making progress. Both reports, as I was reviewing them, left me a little depressed to say the least.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Company Report Disruption 100

BrainZooming

MARCH 30, 2017

Fanatics introduced disruptive innovation to its marketplace with an agile strategy. It employs technology, focused creative teams, new manufacturing processes, and communications to remove time and waste when creating post-sporting event apparel featuring the winners and exciting story lines. Developing an Agile Strategy.

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