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Recognizing the Building Blocks of Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

Many tools, techniques, frameworks, mechanics, and emerging methodologies have allowed different parts of the innovation process to be explored and exploited. We are moving innovation along but not at a pace or design that reflects the need to connect “it ” into one comprehensive process.

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Technology leads, innovation exploitation is lagging

Paul Hobcraft

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.

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Jumping to a fresh cycle of innovation design

Paul Hobcraft

In my opinion, it needs to be based on the thinking around the shift from products to solutions, from transactions to building far more value-adding ongoing relationships, from a supplier of product services into highly valued network partnerships, exploring innovation across all options. We “pull down” what is needed.

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So Where Is Innovation Heading?

Paul Hobcraft

They point out that since 2014, only four types of innovation and that are all related to digital, have grown increasingly in importance in their pursuit by companies. So the need to innovate comes from digital as the source. It will fundamentally change the type of resources innovation requires.

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Valuing digitization alongside innovation

Paul Hobcraft

We all see around us increasing disruption caused by digitalization. We are seeing a very distinctive advantage in embracing digitalization into innovation. We need to digitize our innovation activities fully. These all rely on connected technology. All this new complexity challenges the speed to the market concept.

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Spotting Innovation Opportunities

ITONICS

So why is it so very important to take this upstream step in the innovation process? If a company focuses on incremental innovation and simple stage-gate ideation processes only, it won’t keep up in the long run. Is there a pattern for disruption & breakthroughs?

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Applying the Three Horizon Thinking to a Fresh Perspective of Innovation Design

Paul Hobcraft

I would argue this fits within a constellation of partners all working towards delivering innovation that is highly valuable, radical, disruptive and distinctive. This needs designing in unique ways, not in rigid processes and structures. Innovation today conflicts with much of our existing organizational designs.

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