Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Innovation “fights” to attract resources, gain management attention or understand its difficulties in the time it takes, its potential risks and its need for a more ambitious and bold commitment of support. We are shifting critical capabilities that are growing the agility to trial, pilot and learn quickly as information flows in.

Technical Review 208

Technical Review Innovation Software Review Engagement 208

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. Equally nearly all our larger business organizations are still locked in the past, or attempting to catch up to the present but in random ways.

Innovation 178

Innovation Design Agile System 178

IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Innovation is a process that relies heavily on creativity and individual thinking, and these are things that don’t come easily. In order to get your creative juices flowing it can be important to engage in creative thinking exercises and practice ways you can improve your innovation process. Brainwriting.

Exercises 243

Exercises Creativity Creative Thinking Innovation 243

IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

70% of Open Nation’s Presenters are Women. We all know that women play a crucial role in innovation , but it’s great to see it take center stage this year at Open Nation as these women talk about some of the most intricate and exciting challenges and solutions when it comes to crowdsourced innovation. Innovation you can eat.

Crowdsourcing 133

Crowdsourcing Ideation Agile Innovation Management 133

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Businesses that innovate can respond to shifts in consumer behavior, leverage emerging technologies, and enter new markets with agility. The integration of AI amplifies these capabilities by improving design thinking with AI , thus accelerating the innovation process.

Design Thinking 140

Design Thinking Artificial Inteligence Design Analysis 140

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

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. Where is innovation within this? Innovation today conflicts with much of our existing organizational designs.

Design 138

Design Innovation Agile System 138

Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As global technology innovation advisors, we are non-traditional consultants who combine our C-level operational experience and technology founders’ know-how for on-demand digital innovation, tackling pressing business problems or opportunities for improvement. Our advisors are present in the USA, Brazilian, and Asian regions.

Open Innovation 105

Open Innovation Collaboration Innovation Technology 105

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 8, 2022

We look to engage in issues and challenges that give value and impact, sometimes it works, other times less so! Storyroom provides a set of unique datasets and AI to meaningfully connect concepts, ideas or thoughts, to drive awareness and engagement. In this group are different voices bringing in their expertise and insights.

Innovation 130

Innovation Artificial Inteligence Tools Innovation Management 130

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 28, 2022

Although innovation cannot be touched, heard, tasted or seen, it can be felt. It is probably best described as a pervasive attitude that allows businesses to see beyond the present and create the future. In short, innovation is the engine of change and in today’s fiercely competitive environment resisting change is dangerous.

Innovation 147

Innovation Competition Resources Technology 147

Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The time to invest in innovation agility is now. My consultancy has been maxed out during Covid19 with two primary engagements. As you may know, I’m an innovation facilitator. I just completed a rigorous, month-long, front-end of innovation process with a client — and I’ve never met them face to face.

Roadmap 98

Roadmap Technical Review Technology Innovation Processes 98

Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As global technology innovation advisors, we are non-traditional consultants who combine our C-level operational experience and technology founders’ know-how for on-demand digital innovation, tackling pressing business problems or opportunities for improvement. Our advisors are present in the USA, Brazilian, and Asian regions.

Open Innovation 94

Open Innovation Collaboration Innovation Technology 94

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Less than 30% of manufacturing companies are actively rolling out Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies at scale” No wonder we presently have trouble attracting many businesses onto platforms when they are still very much behind in deciding or deploying a strategically thought-through IIoT digital design, that is connecting everything up.

Industry 213

Industry Technical Review Design Innovation 213

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 26, 2015

The new combination is the new connections through people and things (IoT) that we can achieve a new innovation potential. We will obtain increasing more powerful insights that have the real potential of being turned into new innovation outcomes, through the connected businesses we are presently needing to build.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Technology Internet of things Innovation 100

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Past experience can be enough to assist complicated but complex becomes more problematical as it is ambiguous, uncertain and presents a uniqueness in its challenges. This growing complexity to manage is increasingly moving organizations towards the very traits innovation also requires. This is where innovation comes into play.

Innovation 222

Innovation Software Review Design Engagement 222

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 4, 2017

Within two posts, I want to provide my outcomes, bridging the present and pointing towards a better design thinking future, in my opinion urgently needed. The ‘product of my work’ itself is presently being worked through to be available as an e-book in the coming weeks.

Design Thinking 238

Design Thinking Design Creativity Training 238

Phil McKinney

AUGUST 17, 2023

Even if we are aware of the potential innovation, it's difficult to recognize because our current knowledge and experience may not provide us with the context or perspective to identify it. Accept that failure is a part of the innovation process. Thirdly, adopt a risk-taking mindset.

How To 78

How To Technical Review Innovation Trends 78

PlanBox Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2023

10 – The Power of Employee Engagement Employee engagement is a goldmine of innovation. When employees at all levels are encouraged to contribute ideas, it not only leads to a diverse array of innovations but also fosters a sense of ownership and pride in the organization’s achievements.

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Innovation Programs Learning Technical Review Innovation 40

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 7, 2015

There is this growing redundancy of idle assets that are struggling to be reconfigured to take on new challenges and new purpose and failing to be agile, flexible and adaptive. Equally are innovation consultants engaged across the whole innovation process, or participating in ever-increasing specialized niches of discreet work?

Innovation 100

Innovation Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Processes 100

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 21, 2017

Organizations continue to struggle with obtaining that higher level of agility and flexibility required for innovation speed of response and delivery. The culture within organizations still is rather more closed-up into the silo mindset and not encouraged to be more open, engaging across functions in collaborating ways.

Innovation 145

Innovation Culture Leadership Resources 145

Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Adapting to the use of AI not only enhances creativity and productivity but also leads to more informed decision-making and ultimately, better outcomes in new product development, service innovation, and business strategy. Sentiment Analysis AI measures the mood and engagement of team members. Optimizes team performance.

Design Thinking 100

Design Thinking Artificial Inteligence Tools Design 100

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. The excitement of ‘breaking innovation’ is in the pioneering, experimenting, discovering, sharing and exchanging.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Innovation System Change 174

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

” We need to leverage technology in significant ways to automate the process and capitalize on the power of data, intelligence, and flexible design, delivered in highly adaptive ways. In my view I visualize a new integrated innovation engagement platform to be like this shown below. Does it make sense to you?

Engagement 205

Engagement System Innovation Design 205

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

We need to engage differently. For instance, earlier engagement with governments, with research institutes, publishing new findings in more open ways, less restrictive on a sharing data all might allow the communities to search for a different model of discovery to commercialization. We need to engage differently.

Collaboration 138

Collaboration Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Industry 138

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 25, 2015

If they get the factors right, hit the needs of customers in their design, understanding, agility in responding to learning and adapting, ability to be fast to market and capable of scaling up really fast, then they transform spaces, leaving the established players desperately struggling to find answers and catch up.

Industry 100

Industry Technical Review Collaboration Technology 100

Acuvate

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Progressive employee engagement. At this moment, the enterprise world is buzzing with new technological advancements influencing employee engagement and experience in the workplace. Take the time and make the investments needed to balance employee expectations with business needs to ensure they are equally satisfied and engaged.

Trends 90

Trends Artificial Inteligence Fractional CTO Data 90

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2016

I like this extract from the New York Times: “ Crowdsourcing is the practice of engaging a ‘crowd’ or group for a common goal- often innovation, problem-solving or efficiency. 6) it can create breakthrough innovation. Firstly we have the bigger “meta” trends or present phenomena driving much of our thinking.

Crowdsourcing 113

Crowdsourcing Engagement Collaboration Resources 113

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 28, 2016

” – We have been renovating our innovation process until it becomes unrecognizable by all the patches we have been applying and is it really providing the results we want? Innovation today disappoints. We are not achieving the impact from all our innovation endeavors that we should.

Innovation 100

Innovation Technical Review Disruption Change 100

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 28, 2018

presently to connect and link manufacturing in a more “globalized” world. So we need to begin to build an Innovation Management Understanding. As I said, on my recent re-visit it seems to stand a test of time and forms a fundamental bedrock of collaborative innovation in all its different dimensions and guises.

Software Review 166

Software Review Software Technical Review Innovation 166

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2016

I like this extract from the New York Times: “ Crowdsourcing is the practice of engaging a ‘crowd’ or group for a common goal- often innovation, problem solving or efficiency. 6) it can create breakthrough innovation. Firstly we have the bigger “meta” trends or present phenomena driving much of our thinking.

Crowdsourcing 100

Crowdsourcing Engagement Collaboration Resources 100

Moves the Needle

JANUARY 8, 2019

BECOMING PROACTIVE ABOUT CUSTOMER NEEDS NCARB’s programming teams, already skilled in using agile work prioritization techniques , took part in Moves the Needle’s Lean Innovation Sprint to learn how to determine what work should be on its list, based on proactive and deep understanding of their customer.

Marketing 65

Marketing LEAN Case Study Study 65

Innovation 360 Group

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The best practices that we’ve developed indicate that the very first choice you make should be to select a strategic objective for the innovation project — one that is directly linked to the growth strategy of the organizations leadership. Blocker # 2: Lack of Purpose. Motivation and productivity go hand in hand.

How To 45

How To Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Engagement 45

hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

This special team needs to be strategic, tactical, agile and fast. Depending on companies’ innovation readiness, the responsibility areas of the ‘innovation team’ may include the following: Set the strategy, define success. The strategy and the roadmap towards the desired innovation-driven mode are critical.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review How To Software Review Ideation 68

mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Some of the most important principles of Design Thinking are: Use of analytical, intuitive, and empathic thinking Problems are examined very precisely Interdisciplinary collaboration Failing fast Rapid prototyping Thoughts are visualized to promote a common understanding There are no good or bad ideas, only starting points for innovation. ?

Design Thinking 40

Design Thinking Design Culture How To 40

Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

They can then submit, collaborate, and evaluate ideas to assess whether they present value for implementation. By establishing a clear process that allows people to share their ideas, it creates an opportunity for creativity. More ideas alongside more user engagement, means a higher chance of successful ideas!

Strategy 52

Strategy Strategy Crowdsourcing Trends 52

Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

They can then submit, collaborate, and evaluate ideas to assess whether they present value for implementation. By establishing a clear process that allows people to share their ideas, it creates an opportunity for creativity. More ideas alongside more user engagement, means a higher chance of successful ideas!

Strategy 52

Strategy Strategy Crowdsourcing Trends 52

InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. You can host more innovative innovation meetings that inspire. Agile Stand-Up.

Meeting 106

Meeting Design Examples Brainstorming 106

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2017

A more opening out, forming more connections into customers, engaging with them. It is becoming the innovation network economy, to bring all the parts together. For some time we have recognized the present innovating was simply not working. so as to fully appreciate their needs and working with them to find solutions.

Innovation 299

Innovation Design Collaboration Roadmap 299