Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

A few years back, experts noted that the changes associated with the 4IR would come at an unprecedented rate yielding incredible results for those who truly embraced them. The biggest reason is dealing with the fear of the unknown – a lesson in 4IR change management. trillion in value to global manufacturing.

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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. Going forward, our customers and other stakeholders will be more receptive to change in how we engage with them and what we offer. This can be problematic in a time that demands change. Readiness for Change?

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Innovation 360 Group

JANUARY 5, 2017

But times have changed, and this could be clearly seen in the CES exhibition 2017, which included major players like BMW, who last year bought the map service ‘Here’ along with arch-rivals Audi and Daimler and also cooperates with Toyota on fuel cells; furthermore, just a few days ago, Intel acquired a 15 per cent stake in the company.

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Innovation 360

JANUARY 6, 2017

But times have changed, and this could be clearly seen in the CES exhibition 2017, which included major players like BMW, who last year bought the map service ‘Here’ along with arch-rivals Audi and Daimler and also cooperates with Toyota on fuel cells; furthermore, just a few days ago, Intel acquired a 15 per cent stake in the company.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Innovation — a necessary component of any successful business in the modern world. Without it, our companies would fail to grow and evolve with the ever-changing markets that we are serving. While innovation is pertinent, it is often misunderstood and as a result, many companies fail to reap the benefits of it at its best.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Innovation — a necessary component of any successful business in the modern world. Without it, our companies would fail to grow and evolve with the ever-changing markets that we are serving. While innovation is pertinent, it is often misunderstood and as a result, many companies fail to reap the benefits of it at its best.

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Strategy Strategy Idea Generation Comparison 98

Innovation 360 Group

MAY 21, 2020

Understanding your external context and the global key drivers impacting your organization prepare you for change. PESTLED illuminates current influences, but more importantly, it alerts you to rapidly approaching changes and market dynamics across industries. Support management in seeing what is coming and prepare for change.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

You know they are nowhere at the point of really understanding the potential of the changes that could take place within adopting a broader view on all aspects of innovation. The thinking through on the contribution around innovation needs to be changed. You breed risk adversion.

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

At the helm of this radical evolution stand leaders who are pioneers, visionaries, and, most importantly, adept at catalysing novel ideas into reality. Above all, fostering the culture that innovation requires is an arduous undertaking, potentially the most demanding a leader may face.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

From our point of view, all of the issues pinned down at that time have gained significant importance, are being intensively debated and can still be considered cutting-edge for companies to stay ahead in managing innovation. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts.

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Innovation 360 Group

MAY 21, 2020

Understanding the external context and the global key drivers prepare you for change. PESTLED can illuminate current influences, but more importantly, it can alert you to rapidly approaching changes and market dynamics across industries. This is what we call incremental innovation. You are always part of the ocean you swim in.

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Innovation 360 Group

APRIL 1, 2016

By studying over 1,000 companies in 62 countries and all continents over the past years, we have not only built the largest 360-database with multiple respondents in each company (external and internal stakeholders as respondents for a full 360°) but we have also been able to refine and develop our methods for analysis and management of innovation.

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Innovation 360

APRIL 1, 2016

By studying over 1,000 companies in 62 countries and all continents over the past years, we have not just built the largest 360-database with multiple respondents in each company (external and internal stakeholders as respondents for a full 360°) but we have also been able to refine and develop our methods for analysis and management of innovation.

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Innovation 360 Group

JUNE 25, 2020

Freeing resources from non-productive busy work opens you up for more radical innovation, which is often put on the back burner when an organization is overloaded. Incremental projects can often be valued based on knowledge and experience, while radical projects suffer from being executed toward the unknown. Is it worth doing?”

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

Every company says that innovation is important, and that they value the ideas of their people. In fact, creativity is becoming a core skill which companies know they need in the future. However, there are more effective ways to innovate, as you will see further down this list. So what can you do about it?

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hackerearth

MARCH 28, 2018

However, businesses soon understood that innovation cannot take place in a vacuum and it requires different points of view, diverse skill sets, and collaboration. Open innovation replaces closed innovation to allow businesses to use both internal and external ideas to bring advancements in their technology. Source: Hitachi.

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Innovation 360 Group

OCTOBER 10, 2019

It turns out many of the findings are possible to adopt for innovation efforts across your company. In a recent article in HBR, Simone Bhan Ahuja summarizes his experiences with corporate innovation labs: [link]. Pitfalls for innovation labs according to Simone: Lack of alignment with the business. the connectivity.

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ITONICS

JULY 30, 2018

So why is it so very important to take this upstream step in the innovation process? Having only one good idea won’t help companies to survive. If a company focuses on incremental innovation and simple stage-gate ideation processes only, it won’t keep up in the long run. The Innovator’s Dilemma.

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Integrative Innovation

APRIL 4, 2017

Modern Dual Corporate Innovation Management approaches encompass two complementary directions of impact : Transforming the Core (by largely changing or even disrupting the existing operating model). Creating the New (by largely changing or even disrupting the existing business model).

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Innovation 360 Group

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Three actions you can take to improve your innovation ROI. Too many companies see ‘innovation’ as something abstract from solving real problems and creating real value. Linking innovation investment to value is easier when companies know where to look. The innovation process can be unwieldy and costly to operate.

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Strategos

MARCH 1, 2018

Metrics help managers make informed decisions based on objective data, which is especially valuable given the long-term nature and risk associated with some innovation projects. Maintaining and posting an “innovation dashboard” keeps innovation progress front and centre for employees and executives.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

As such, it would be natural to regard both education and innovation as mutually compatible. It's surprising, therefore, that many academic institutions still lag when it comes to implementing well-structured innovation processes. The older an organisation is, the harder it can be to implement change within it.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

What besets today’s companies? Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Or, is it the incompetence that underlines the failure to anticipate change and stay ahead of the curve? The rules of the game have changed. For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999).

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

What besets today’s companies? Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Or, is it the incompetence that underlines the failure to anticipate change and stay ahead of the curve? The rules of the game have changed. For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999).

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Innovation 360 Group

MAY 18, 2020

The fastest growing companies interpret innovation through multiple lenses. What happens is that both continuous improvement (H1: incremental and safe) and transformational (H2/3: radical and uncertain) change projects are pushed through the same funnel, creating a traffic jam.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 5, 2016

Venture Capital is a driving force behind entrepreneurship and innovation. It fuels the economy, creates growth opportunities for companies large and small and, it funds the business development strategies of major corporations. Developing the agility to quickly react to changes, effective and decisive intent.

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Innovation 360 Group

OCTOBER 29, 2017

The perception of a gang of wired people in white coats doing the “innovation thing” is widespread, but nothing, based on data from 6,000+ companies in 62 countries, could be more wrong. Innovation360 was built to boost the odds in favor of innovators, the true heroes of our time.

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Innovation 360

OCTOBER 29, 2017

The perception of a gang of wired people in white coats doing the “innovation thing” is widespread, but nothing, based on data from 6,000+ companies in 62 countries, could be more wrong. Innovation360 was built to boost the odds in favor of innovators, the true heroes of our time.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 25, 2024

It’s natural to consider education and innovation as mutually compatible. It’s surprising, then, that many academic institutions still lag when it comes to implementing well-structured innovation processes. Innovation in Education: A Proud History DNA, Genetic Fingerprinting, CDs, Computers, and the Internet.

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Tim Kastelle

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Recently, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has published key findings of their latest “ Most Innovative Companies 2014 ” survey. Beside the annual ranking, headed by the top three companies Apple, Google and Samsung, some insightful outcomes with regard to organizational and cultural requirements have striked my eye.

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Integrative Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2016

From my point of view, all of the issues pinned down at that time have gained significant importance, are being intensively debated and can still be considered cutting-edge for companies to stay ahead in managing innovation. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts.

Underperforming Technical Team 40

Underperforming Technical Team Big Data Innovation Technical Review 40

Integrative Innovation

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

Recently, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has published key findings of their latest “ Most Innovative Companies 2014 ” survey. Beside the annual ranking, headed by the top three companies Apple, Google and Samsung, some insightful outcomes with regard to organizational and cultural requirements have striked my eye.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 28, 2016

It just all depends on our luck in rolling the dice, a serendipity with a darker twist that many companies seem to be playing with their innovation capability building. The game came to mind as I read through a recent survey on Innovation. We should be getting worried that many bigger companies are losing the innovation game.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 14, 2022

How much time should you spend improving your existing processes as opposed to innovating new ones? There are two types of companies: those who innovate and those who improve. Regardless of size or scale though, many businesses struggle to decide whether they should invest their resources in innovation or improvement.

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Idea Drop

JULY 30, 2017

“We’re too big to innovate” Success can be the death of innovation – or at the very least an inhibitor. Many large companies find themselves in a comfortable, profitable position, where a ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ attitude is adopted. Markets are ever changing oceans. Of course, innovation works both ways too.

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Innovation 360 Group

JUNE 19, 2018

We will outline which structures which will be required by your unique innovation footprint. That starts by working outward from a thorough assessment of your organization’s aspiration and abilities, including an investigation of your company culture, leadership styles, and potential capabilities.

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Innovation 360

JUNE 20, 2018

We will outline which structures which will be required by your unique innovation footprint. That starts by working outward from a thorough assessment of your organization’s aspiration and abilities, including an investigation of your company culture, leadership styles, and potential capabilities.

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