Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 20, 2016

All too often strategy is not influencing the behaviours and outcomes around innovation, it is simply allowing them to be left to chance. Innovation is being ‘pushed down’ the organisation for others to interpret and offer their answers. This poor strategic understanding creates a lack of alignment and directing innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 20, 2016

All too often strategy is not influencing the behaviours and outcomes around innovation, it is simply allowing them to be left to chance. Innovation is being ‘pushed down’ the organisation for others to interpret and offer their answers.That is plainly wrong, it is one of the principle causes of innovation failure.

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Cris Beswick

MAY 8, 2024

Innovation has often been treated as a cyclical phenomenon, eagerly embraced during prosperous times and relegated to the sidelines during economic downturns. More than 70% of senior executives regularly acknowledge that innovation will be among their companies’ top three growth drivers in the next three to five years.

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ImagineNation

JANUARY 4, 2023

In our last blog , we described why innovation is transformational, and why, at this moment in time, it is more important than ever to innovate, to take advantage of living in a globalised world, interconnected through technologies and values and within an interrelated structure of reality. Strategy #1. Strategy #2.

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Anaqua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

With client-led software development, we partner closely with our clients to develop a long-term strategic roadmap where we identify opportunities and gaps (such as functional capabilities), and then determine what elements Anaqua should build, buy, or partner that will best support our platform, AQX®, and most importantly the needs of our clients.

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IdeaSpies

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This is clearly not one dimensional nor the same for everyone, but here are our ten broad key strategic benefits: 1. Enabling Innovation In our experience you will get there quicker (problem solving), and cheaper, when working with a partner who’s already solving the problem. new tech, hardware, thinking, business model, etc.)

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IM Insights

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Elijah Eilert is talking to Susie Braam about what keeps innovators within large organisations going and what makes it really hard for them. Susie shares what good leadership behaviour looks like, the problems with short-term thinking and how to carve out the necessary space for a strategic approach to innovation.

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BrainZooming

MAY 1, 2017

Emma Gibson forwarded an article from Harvard Business Review addressing four factors that distinguish top chief executive performers in creating strategic impact. They identified important profile differences between top performers and laggards. 4 Critical Factors for Successful Executives in Creating Strategic Impact.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

Someone downloaded a free Brainzooming strategy eBook, noting his biggest strategy challenge is “how to do a strategic planning process when you are new.” ” That question relates to something we do all the time: walk into a new client in an unfamiliar industry to design and facilitate a strategic planning process.

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ImagineNation

MAY 30, 2023

Requiring us to make sense of and navigate the paradoxical nature of innovation leadership, by developing multiple perspectives to re-think how to respond positively and creatively to the high levels of tension and range of massive disruptions we collectively face in our current high-speed, constantly changing, global operating environments.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 11, 2017

We wanted a strategic target to align IT strategy and innovation initiatives to support the organization in realizing its overall vision. We instead used previous exposure, strategic thinking exercises with the IT team and others, and strategic business sense to describe what it seemed a corporate target would encompass.

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PlanBox Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Unifying the PMO and Innovation Team through ISO 56001 to Move the Business Forward. Indeed, in this age of relentless change, the last thing any enterprise wants is a free-falling portfolio of innovative projects. Oh, the horror! And, 19% crash land —either abandoned halfway or completed but left unused. That’s concerning.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Innovation — a necessary component of any successful business in the modern world. Regardless of the industry your business falls in, innovation can keep your team ahead of the trends and competitors and foster stability and consistency within your strategy. Building a Robust Innovation Strategy: The 5 Innovation Misconceptions 1.

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Innovation 360 Group

MAY 21, 2020

Are you confident in your strategic thinking, and your organization’s internal innovation competencies and skills? Innovation 360 has used this framework in many assignments. Have you identified what is coming in your business environment and have you prepared for it? No organization exists in isolation from its surroundings.

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

It’s no secret that in today’s dynamic business landscape, for some, innovation is still just a buzzword – but for others, it’s the lifeblood of their organisation and an antidote to remaining relevant. Undoubtedly, transformation in pursuit of innovation within established corporations is a significant challenge.

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Cris Beswick

OCTOBER 10, 2022

You might think that’s the job of the executives. But whilst the executive team can strategize and lead, they are rarely in touch with the day-to-day challenges, the people, or the customers. In the process, energising the organisation into getting behind the innovation agenda.

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Tim Kastelle

MAY 8, 2016

As reiterated by Tim Kastelle in the previous post , it’s imperative to distinguish discovery from execution when it comes to startup and innovation activities – bearing in mind that both are equally important. This suggests following a dual approach for balanced corporate innovation management.

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Innovation 360 Group

JUNE 9, 2020

In this blog post we talk about receptivity to change in Financial Services and some thoughts on how to move forward. Dealing with uncertainty demands innovative ideas. Combatting uncertainty demands innovative ideas. Innovative ideas are purchased externally and often not well integrated.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 30, 2017

The folks at Armada Corporate Intelligence profiled a Bloomberg Businessweek story on Fanatics , the sports apparel manufacturer and marketer, in its Inside the Executive Suite. Fanatics introduced disruptive innovation to its marketplace with an agile strategy. via Shutterstock. Developing an Agile Strategy.

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PlanBox Innovation

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Build Innovation Communities. Through its association with Kings London, it’s also looking to drive innovation and create a culture that makes it happen naturally. Empowering all stakeholders to have a voice is so important. This article originally appeared on Forbes. Scale And Commercialize Ideas.

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Acuvate

JUNE 5, 2022

Let’s explore the leading strategic priorities for digital transformation in the public sector and how modern digital transformation journeys enable these. Let’s explore the leading strategic priorities for digital transformation in the public sector and how modern digital transformation journeys enable these.

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BrainZooming

MAY 17, 2016

While there’s more to come in the months ahead, here are highlights of a couple of innovation strategy presentations this week to very different groups. Innovation Strategy in Your Organization – An Innovative Workplace Culture. Encouraging and supporting organizational change. – Mike Brown.

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 31, 2021

Agile remains an important part of the equation, but a highly fluid, shape-shifting and fast-moving future needs a distinct mindset — one that can diverge or converge at a moment’s notice. This article originally appeared on Forbes. In 2001, the Agile movement suggested a new way of approaching that work more efficiently.

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Innovation 360 Group

JUNE 25, 2020

Assume that you have a number of projects that you want to execute, and you have a number of resources that can be used to execute them (resources such as innovation managers, or programmers). If the resources can be organized so all projects can be optimally executed without any interdependencies (i.e.,

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The BMI Lab Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

Over the last years, we have been involved in several business model innovation projects worldwide to implement innovative business ideas. Building innovation teams is an intensive mission and a cultural change too. Business model innovation projects require different mindset characteristics depending on the development stage.

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Moves the Needle

MARCH 4, 2021

It is important to recognize the size of the changes going on in the world. These departments market, sell, distribute, and support the product. A growing startup is consistently balancing execution work with exploring new ways to grow.”. A growing startup is consistently balancing execution work with exploring new ways to grow.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 14, 2018

To be honest I am struggling with social media in innovation, struggling to get my head around it for my business, for me for a long time. My daily bread is innovation. I focus 100% on innovation- I research, I advise, I coach, I mentor, I consult around it. There I’ve said it, it is out in the open, “ I suffer from SMRD”.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 14, 2016

There are management tools that have become ‘enshrined’ in organizations and many of the executives become settled on the ones they have bothered to learn or seemingly do the job. We all are caught up in handling and understanding different management tools. Tracking the trends on Management Tools. The latest one for 2015 is here.

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2021

Collaborative innovation software brings purpose, focus, and structure to collaboration to help you turn ideas into commercial value. Understanding the importance of collaboration really is a no-brainer: people and business units alike need to share information and work together. What does that mean exactly? . It’s mission-specific.

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The BMI Lab Blog

MARCH 19, 2020

Gallen Business Model Navigator have led to a state where companies are now well equipped to generate many innovative ideas. Gallen Business Model Navigator have led to a state where companies are now well equipped to generate many innovative ideas. The increasing popularity of creativity methods such as Design Thinking and the St.

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ImagineNation

MAY 2, 2021

Seeing the world with fresh eyes – unlearning, re-learning, creativity and innovation. Focus on developing a new future-fit focus that unleashes purposeful, speed, simplicity, and growth through unlearning, re-learning, creativity and innovation. What is a future-ready organisation? Letting go to let come.

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Wazoku

AUGUST 17, 2018

Idea management is the process of generating, collating, analysing and implementing ideas that solve real business problems, as part of a wider innovation strategy. Ideas can degrade quickly so to be an innovator, you need to move fast. Innovation should be managed with a long-term view; it’s not about overnight success.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 20, 2016

Are certain reasons for launching this new program more important than others? for their support, for optimum coordination, and for successful transition ultimately into implementation? What opportunities exist to modify the initiative if it makes smart, strategic sense to do so? Want More Help?

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KindlingApp

JANUARY 6, 2016

Because a new year is a time for reflection as well as planning, we’re introducing a new blog series “Sincerely Sima” which takes a look back at the most frequently asked innovation management questions our customer success team encountered in 2015. As an innovation program leader, how do I keep executives engaged?

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IdeaSpies

MARCH 6, 2019

There are three key reasons: Established organisations are focused on execution. An innovative culture- what is it? An innovative culture- what is it? Innovative cultures offer jobs that promote teamwork and offer opportunities to make a contribution so talented people can learn and progress.

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IdeaSpies

MARCH 5, 2019

There are three key reasons: Established organisations are focused on execution. An innovative culture- what is it? An innovative culture- what is it? Innovative cultures offer jobs that promote teamwork and offer opportunities to make a contribution so talented people can learn and progress.

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ImagineNation

JULY 7, 2019

Innovation consulting can be a lonely place for a woman to play, especially in a conventional, male-oriented, and competitive marketplace like Melbourne is today. Networking is not only a powerful way of cultivating strategic & synergistic relationships, with peers, potential clients and also with professional and social communities.

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