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Overwhelmed, underwhelmed at the Web Summit, Lisbon

Paul Hobcraft

I am taking the opportunity to review the Web Summit, held in Lisbon last week of 5th (evening) to 8th November 2018. The Web Summit, originally Dublin Web Summit, is a technology conference held annually since 2009. The company was founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly, and Daire Hickey. Overhype is an understatement.

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Barriers to innovation, the cause and effect.

Paul Hobcraft

Many of these barriers to innovation lie in attitudes and perceptions at the leadership level but also can run through the organization’s design. Applying technology across a connected platform environment begins to change that. Enabling technology and processes. Let me outline many of these here.

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 2

Tim Kastelle

On top of this, from an incumbents’ point of view, there are legitimate reasons for rejecting a new technology. But incumbents would be willing to make changes if a new technology proves to be truly disruptive and the long-term benefits are worth it. Digital Transformation. Even fewer are actually investing in them. (…).

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7 Habits of Highly Innovative Companies

ITONICS

Even though it took 7 months for the founders to persuade Bosch leadership that their vision is doable, the startup developed a software with machine learning and analytics integrated within the networks of the retailer and the IoT application. Often, it’s due to the speed at which they can innovate and this has a lot to do with their size.

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The Challenges being Faced by Innovation Consultants

Paul Hobcraft

There is this sense that consultants are resolutely staying very internally driven, self-promoting, still trying to convey the story of innovation mastery, when clearly this is lacking in rapidly changing market and technology conditions and due to this staying ahead of the knowledge curve are actually failing the client.

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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

Accelerating dynamics and pace of disruption in most industries, in particular triggered by the pervasion of new technologies, lead to decreasing life times of existing business models. Leadership through vision and influence, rather than command and control, is required. Let’s remind: One size does not fit all.

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Innovation Tours: Find Solutions Wherever You Go

Yet2

The Power of Innovation Tours Despite the upward trend of online conferences and digital communications, there is definitely power in being in-person. In one afternoon, our client’s senior R&D leadership obtained a prioritized list of 12 external technology and partnership opportunities with leadership agreement on the next steps!