Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

Many small vendors provide limited scope to grow innovation in organizational ways; they “sweat” the one idea or big challenge. Is that really the sum of innovation? Innovation will be central to this; it will be based more on agility, being highly adaptable, flexible and acting at speed. How feasible is this?

Innovation 189

Innovation Design System Software 189

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

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

Planview

JULY 15, 2022

The paper outlines six key practices for accelerating new product development and innovations based on examples from companies representing various industries. However, our discussion with Dr. Cooper mainly focuses on three of those six practices: Effective Portfolio Management Lean Development Agile Stage-Gate. DOWNLOAD THE DATASHEET.

Product Development 52

Product Development Agile LEAN Survey 52

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

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

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

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

OCTOBER 1, 2020

We can no longer be satisfied with lazy, ponderous, low priority, low risk innovation. The time to invest in innovation agility is now. I just completed a rigorous, month-long, front-end of innovation process with a client — and I’ve never met them face to face. Two Real World Examples.

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

Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

Enhancements with Artificial Intelligence Incorporating artificial intelligence into the stages and gates process can transform new product & service development, making it more agile and data-driven. It allows for a more agile response to market changes and unforeseen disruptions.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Analysis Technical Review 100

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.

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Exercises Creativity Creative Thinking Innovation 243

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

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 8, 2022

That got my interest up as I show here in this adopted visual of the Hype Cycle for Innovation Management. It seems the current peak of expectation and the emerging innovation trigger are in my present research focus. Now that I liked! Back to the AI tool and my “Ecosystem” work .

Innovation 130

Innovation Artificial Inteligence Tools Innovation Management 130

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

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. You might like the idea but will the boss?

Design Thinking 238

Design Thinking Design Creativity Training 238

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

Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

If you don’t know the newer more advanced tools, and some neglected old technologies, including Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, Theory of Constraints, and CPS, you’re missing opportunities. New tools for digital technology integration are presented including GFi’s Digital MoshPit. Innovation Intensive, Beyond Design Thinking.

Course 53

Course Training Brainstorming Design Thinking 53

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

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

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

InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What is the difference between design thinking and agile methodologies? Innovation managers: Innovation managers use design thinking to drive innovation within the organization. This may involve leading design thinking teams, facilitating workshops, and developing innovation processes and strategies.

Design Thinking 74

Design Thinking Design Underperforming Technical Team Ideation 74

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

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.

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Innovation Software Review Design Engagement 222

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

PlanBox Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2023

. #8 – Innovation as a Response to Market Changes The ability to innovate in response to market changes is a critical competitive advantage. 7 – Continuous Learning and Adaptation Innovation is not a static process; it requires continuous learning and adaptation. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Innovation Programs 40

Innovation Programs Learning Technical Review Innovation 40

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 21, 2017

We often can’t seem to break down the rigidity win the organization’s system, to allow innovation to speed up, connect and deliver on its promise. Organizations continue to struggle with obtaining that higher level of agility and flexibility required for innovation speed of response and delivery.

Innovation 145

Innovation Culture Leadership Resources 145

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

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

It includes an overview of key frameworks ( Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, CPS ) and their essential tools. In addition, it covers management mandates, project cycles, resourcing, idea management systems, idea generation, concept development, prototyping, and pitch presentations.

Course 26

Course Training Idea Generation Brainstorming 26

Planview

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

7 Big Threats to Innovation and How to Overcome Them. The skinny: These seven threats to corporate innovation are hampering the agility of your business. Who it’s from: Innovation Management. IdexLabs Presents: Open Innovation Examples. Technology Will Drive a New Innovation Core.

Crowdsourcing 40

Crowdsourcing Technical Review Software Review Open Innovation 40

Imaginatik

JANUARY 13, 2017

Future Building, by contrast, takes an agile and pragmatic approach. Taking a page from Scenario Planning and almost exclusively focusing on the “emblematic events”1 paths, it is a lightweight, yet structured, way for innovation and R&D teams to channel their imagination to productive ends.

Learning 100

Learning Innovation Trends Innovation Programs 100

InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Review what you need to know from the 2019 Innovation Report released by Stanford Professor Bret Waters. Image taken from the 2019 Innovation Trends Report. Creating true innovation within larger, established organizations is notoriously difficult. Innovation is a big influence in business success.

Report 40

Report Trends Design Thinking Technical Review 40

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Presently efforts are highly individual, driven by the belief this might give a competitive edge in the eyes of the consumer but there is this growing need to have a more ecosystem awareness that would be more significant in understanding true cost of impact, and from this understanding, deliver real sustainability credentials.

Collaboration 138

Collaboration Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Industry 138

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

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

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