Paul Hobcraft

JULY 19, 2022

Applying the three horizon framework to innovation and change. To explain the impacts of innovation and the change it creates, we’ll use an accepted framework ( the Three Horizons ) to consider the impact innovation has on change capabilities and business models. There’s little change required for external constituents.

Change 173

Change Technical Review Disruption Innovation 173

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

With generative AI, the technology game has changed — suddenly everyone is a potential programmer. But as we travel these technological leaps forward, there’s still a fundamental, longstanding capability every organization will need to realize AI’s true potential: judgment.

Competition 133

Competition Generative AI Technology System 133

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

The Age of AI and Business Strategy Understanding AI-Driven Rapid Change In the current landscape, AI-driven technologies are reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace. Artificial Intelligence is not just a tool but a revolutionary force, catalyzing fundamental changes in how businesses operate, compete, and deliver value.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Change Underperforming Technical Team 100

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

CVC units often focus on securing a competitive advantage by investing in startups with innovative technologies or business models that align with the corporation’s strategic goals. By engaging with and investing in startups, companies can gain insights into emerging technologies, trends, and business practices.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Engagement Marketing Competition 100

Planview

MARCH 15, 2024

But while the increasing number of companies adopting VSM has changed how teams build from project to product, a new innovative approach hits the spotlight: generative AI (genAI). With text-based generation comes more multi-dimensional advanced technology that, as one can imagine, produces a multitude of content formats. What is genAI?

Technical Review 64

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review Management 64

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

A culture that embraces change and is open to new ideas will naturally drive innovation, leading to greater business growth and the development of competitive advantages. A culture that is flexible and adaptive to change will enable your organization to navigate challenges and capitalize on opportunities more effectively.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Culture Change 100

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

With technology advancing at breakneck speeds and market dynamics shifting unpredictably, it’s crucial for you as a business leader to embrace strategic thinking. Having a robust strategy helps you anticipate and respond to changes, whether they come from emerging technologies, evolving customer preferences, or competitive pressures.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The critical interplay among innovation, business models and change. One such collaboration was around the interplay of innovation with business models and change. Innovators often act as if they can create innovations that affect the customer and the market, but the innovator is somehow immune from the impacts and potential changes.

Change 130

Change Technical Review Disruption Innovation 130

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Imperative of Culture Change Understanding the Stakes: Innovation and Business Growth Culture change within an organization is not just about altering the workplace environment; it is a strategic imperative. Initiating a culture change demands courage, vision, and a steadfast commitment from the leadership team.

Culture 130

Culture Change How To Agile 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

From its inception to the current state, the processes governing the development of new products and services have continuously evolved to incorporate new methodologies and technologies. At these gates, decision-makers review progress and determine the feasibility of moving forward to the next stage.

Generative AI 113

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Product Development 113

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

When looking at radically different thinking and design in business, where Ecosystems become central, you need to ask yourself what industries would benefit from such an alternative design and thinking due to the changing complexities and challenges they are facing. Markets today are radically changing and are more demanding.

Design 147

Design Technical Review Collaboration ChatGPT 147

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2023

To remain competitive, restaurants need to change the way they approach business decisions; they need to shift focus from food cost to revenue management and exploit opportunities for scaling up. Based on their research, the authors offer six strategies to guide strategic and operational decisions.

Competition 112

Competition Data Resources Management 112

Planview

APRIL 6, 2023

My Thoughts Based on 25 Years Working With Transformations Having worked on enterprise transformations for the past 25 years, it’s not surprising to me that the majority of enterprises have not yet transformed to a product model within the last five years and achieved value delivery at a speed we’d associate with digital natives and tech giants.

Competition 52

Competition Technical Review Software Review Agile 52

eZassi

AUGUST 22, 2022

Budget Planning for Innovation During Changing Economic Times. From the Harvard Business Review article “ An Agile Approach to Budgeting for Uncertain Times ,” here are the curated questions your team should ask while planning for projects in the year ahead: What are the outcomes that will be most important for strategic success?

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review Innovation Ideation 52

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Greater Flexibility Teams that collaborate well can adapt to changes quickly. Responding to Modern Work Trends The modern workplace is characterized by rapid technological advancements, distributed teams, and a shift towards more agile and dynamic work structures. Improved Productivity Synergy among team members enhances performance.

Collaboration 113

Collaboration Technical Review Agile Trends 113

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Role of a Keynote Speaker in Corporate Innovation A keynote speaker can be a powerful catalyst in corporate settings, sparking innovation and inspiring change within an organization. A focus on innovation helps companies to adapt to rapidly changing markets, embrace new technologies, and stay ahead of the competition.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Trends Innovation Engagement 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Nurturing Innovative Team Collaboration In the rapidly evolving business landscape, innovative team collaboration has become a cornerstone for companies seeking to remain competitive and adaptive. Increased Agility: Teams that collaborate well can adapt more quickly to changes in the business environment, maintaining a competitive edge.

Underperforming Technical Team 113

Underperforming Technical Team Collaboration Creativity Software Review 113

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 24, 2023

Energy innovation systems need a really much stronger and more effective push to deliver a broad range of technologies and solutions to the market faster than what is happening today. The Energy Industry can be deemed as a laggard in adoption along the five stages of technology adoption.

Technical Review 200

Technical Review Innovation System Collaboration 200

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 24, 2022

This set of dynamic interactions enables both an increased intensity of purpose from cooperations to seek out different levels of competitive advantage. Ecosystems create stronger barriers for competition to duplicate due to the inherent complexity within the network.

Design 182

Design Technical Review Software Review Collaboration 182

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

By investing in startups, corporations can access new technologies, products, and services that can significantly enhance their competitive edge. Competitive Advantage Gaining a leading edge in the market by leveraging startup agility and creativity. Market Expansion Entering new markets or segments through partnerships.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Technical Review Agile 100

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2024

In the face of competitive threats, managers are tempted to do something, because being active feels better than being passive. This is especially true in industries facing a big technological change, when going “all in” on a nascent technology may have larger long-term costs than benefits.

Competition 119

Competition Technology Industry Change 119

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

” With the argument, we need to change the innovation narrative and significantly update the innovation approach and processes to meet today’s and tomorrow’s business challenges. So this post reviews many great contributors to advancing innovation over the years. The transformation journey is still part way complete.

Artificial Inteligence 182

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Agile Innovation 182

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

These young companies thrive on adaptability, a drive for growth, and often, a technology-based solution that disrupts existing markets or creates new ones. Engaging with the startup ecosystem enables corporates to tap into novel ideas and technologies, staying ahead of industry curves and often leapfrogging conventional R&D limitations.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Agile Collaboration Engagement 113

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I see many comments on the failure of innovation, in its inability to be at the core of an organization’s ambitions for growing and changing. Firstly, we need to ask, “Why change the innovation narrative? Today we live in a more connected world, technology has enabled this. ” constrained them.

Technical Review 208

Technical Review Innovation Software Review Engagement 208

Qmarkets

JUNE 20, 2023

This synergy will enhance our powerful technology scouting tool Q-scout and empower our clients to supercharge their open innovation initiatives.” We bring business and technical expertise and a deep network of resources across North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. But it doesn’t have to be so hard.

Open Innovation 98

Open Innovation Technical Review Management Innovation Management 98

Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

AI technologies offer unprecedented capabilities in data analysis, pattern recognition, and predictive modeling, which can significantly enhance the efficacy of the Stages and Gates process. AI technologies include machine learning, natural language processing, robotics, and computer vision.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Management Management Generative AI 100

Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2019

The corporate landscape is changing drastically, and for a corporate brand to stay relevant, they must innovate in order to change with the market. Such innovations can come in the form of adopting new technologies, but also by adapting the business practices typically associated with startup culture.

Change 180

Change Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Innovation 180

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 26, 2015

Mashing up for explosive change. It will be how and where a business or entities of business come together and see where ‘people, things and their business offering’ can come together for mutual value based on the unique combinations of the different technologies available. Innovation is caught up in this transformational change.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Technology Internet of things Innovation 100

IdeaSpies

APRIL 16, 2019

In 1985, a relatively unknown professor at Harvard Business School named Michael Porter published a book called Competitive Advantage , which explained that by optimizing every facet of the value chain , a firm could consistently outperform its competitors. The book was an immediate success and made Porter a management superstar.

Competition 121

Competition Collaboration Technical Review Policies 121

ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Transformation and change initiatives are usually designed as strategic interventions, intending to advance an organisation’s growth, deliver increased shareholder value, build competitive advantage, or improve its speed and agility to respond to fast-changing industries, in a disruptive business environment.

Change 52

Change Technical Review Agile Creativity 52

Brunner

OCTOBER 6, 2023

An ‘Internet Tech’ Career Path: Dumb Luck or Planned Destiny? And what is motivating me still today to stay on top of this cutting-edge changing tech world we live in today? “For those of us who made a career out of internet tech, was it dumb luck to be in the right place at the right time?”

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Marketing Software Review Artificial Inteligence 52

Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

With the advent of the internet and digital technology, the traditional office-centric work environment has shifted towards a more flexible model, allowing people to work from anywhere with an internet connection. Time Zone Differences: Global teams may struggle with scheduling and synchronizing due to different time zones.

Collaboration 100

Collaboration Software Review Technical Review Tools 100

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Technological advances and increasingly sophisticated ways of gathering and analyzing data are changing both the kinds of products and services companies can offer and are increasing competitive pressures. To meet the moment, this article argues that organizations may need to change the way they operate to innovate.

Competition 136

Competition Meeting Innovation Data 136

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

I am suggesting a vertical and horizontal design applying innovation stack and building block approaches, all “housed” on a technology platform. We have the capacity through technology and human interactions for them to come together, exchange, and increase and accelerate innovative concept value. Nothing can work in isolation.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence 147

PlanBox Innovation

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A participant, usually shy in boardroom settings, might surprise everyone with a game-changing idea under the guise of their avatar. It’s important to note that, while avatars can offer a mask during an innovation event , every idea should be credited back to its real-world genius, melding innovative thinking with due recognition.

Strategy 93

Strategy Strategy Change Guidelines 93