Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Design thinking always requires the Human Touch. Design Thinking is seen as the essential element that will combine with technology and AI in the future, yet the need for the human touch will still be essential. Critical thinking and empathy are essential within the design process that AI cannot fully capture.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2023

What matters most In IBI’s recent survey , employers stated that cost mitigation, and attraction and retention are the most influential factors in benefit design decision-making. Ensure your employees can afford care, and evaluate plan design decisions and how they affect outcomes.

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Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Capturing Attention in the Digital Age: A Design Thinking Approach In the modern digital landscape, attention is the new currency, surpassing traditional commodities in value. It’s not simply about who shouts the loudest; it’s about who can engage consumers in the most meaningful and memorable way.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design Thinking is a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems, and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. What is Design Thinking? Empathize : Understanding the needs of those you’re designing for.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Employees are more engaged, motivated, and committed to the organization’s success when they feel aligned with its cultural values. 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.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking has become a cornerstone methodology in the worlds of innovation, business strategy, and product development. Design thinking involves five key phases: Empathize : Understanding the human needs involved. It helps teams to observe and develop empathy with the target user.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Shaping Innovation for a Meaningful Change Following on from my initial post, “ Our Need is to Shape Innovation Dynamically, ” this post outlines the eight value-adding points that I can help build out and deliver alongside you in different delivery modules to fit your circumstances and budgets.

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Change Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Agile 173

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 8, 2023

My fun has been piecing these together to lead me to my suggested Vertical and Horizontal Framework for achieving a different innovation management design. Here I offer a different perspective of innovation that leads to proposing such a change. Here I offer a different perspective of innovation that leads to proposing such a change.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

They serve as a catalyst for change, a forum for problem-solving, and a way to foster team unity. Engaging in this practice equips you with a clearer understanding of where your organization stands and where it needs to go, helping to navigate through competitive and rapidly changing markets.

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Roadmap Design Underperforming Technical Team How To 100

Innovating4Energy

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Engagement in the Energy Transition Movement How do you encourage engagement? ” My fifth encouragement point was during the launch of the Innovation Center event, Dietmar Siersdorfer – the Middle East Managing Director at Siemens Energy, added a further important aspect of collaborations, engagement and celebration.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 24, 2022

The three degrees of ecosystem design- the innovating equation. In any ecosystem thinking and design, we do need to find this “sweet spot” for encouraging more innovation. We are increasingly engaged in far greater interactivity with easy access to social and organizational tools than ever before.

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Design Technical Review Software Review Collaboration 182

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 13, 2023

It is primarily dealing with the benefits of collaboration and bringing up to a ‘given point’ a compelling value proposition for potential collaborators in understanding the basic building blocks to consider, for achieving the engagement outcomes required.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 9, 2022

I have been arguing in recent posts about the need to change the way we approach innovation. We need to think about designs around innovation ecosystems. This needs this growing dependent type of complementary innovation that ecosystem design and thinking provides. Beginning to engage with my own network of innovation experts.

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Change Innovation Design Roadmap 182

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from daily operations, you and your team can focus on long-term goals, engage in deep discussions, and forge stronger bonds. These retreats are not merely a change of scenery but a strategic move to foster innovation and alignment among the top decision-makers of your company.

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Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Blueprint for Bouncing Back: A Design Thinking Guide to Unemployment Life’s journey is peppered with unpredictable twists and turns. Sharing and engaging with loved ones or limiting exposure to distressing news can help maintain emotional equilibrium. Maybe it’s time for a career change or to dip your toes into freelancing?

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Embracing the Evolution: AI Meets Design Thinking The intersection of artificial intelligence and design thinking is poised to redefine the landscape of innovation and strategy. What is Design Thinking? Its collaborative nature fosters creativity, leveraging diverse perspectives to uncover innovative solutions.

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Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 7, 2022

Design Thinking Applied to M&A Integration. The failure rate increases due to insufficient integration design and planning or faulty integration planning. Most of the failures point to a lack of design and alignment with people’s needs. This is where Design Thinking can be of tremendous value. It is people centric.

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Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We asked him about how HR professionals can cultivate an engaging environment for employees, even while most of them are still working from home. What is the role of HR in creating engaging environments for employees? HR first needs to understand what the executive stakeholders want from this engagement.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The issue we must tackle today, is how we go about adapting to the changing world? One that will be able to take all the advantages of the changes all businesses are undergoing, how societies will be adjusting and responding. We are in a period of (great) change.

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 24, 2023

The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking In the competitive landscape of modern business, the approach we take to leadership can make or break an organization. Employees become mere executors of orders, leading to a lack of engagement and motivation.

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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 30, 2022

Design Thinking Applied to Re-Organizations. Reorganizing a company to solve complex problems, introduce innovation, improve business operations, and identify market opportunities requires design. Design Thinking can be used as a tool to transform or reorganize a company to identify innovative solutions to current problems.

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Design Thinking Design Development Team Review Collaboration 118

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I have argued in the past that innovation management needs to radically adjust and needs to be designed differently, it needs to be highly adaptive. I’d like to offer some views, partly looking out to the future, partly considering what is potentially within our grasp, if we step back and rethink innovation design.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Design Thinking is seen as the essential element that will combine with technology and AI in the future yet it is still the need for the human touch will still be essential. As we form more around ecosystem thinking and design, design thinking will be essential as the significant enabler to creative input.

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Design Thinking Technical Review Design Technology 97

Tullio Siragusa

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Transforming Your Business with Bottom-Up Management: The Design Thinking Way In the ever-evolving landscape of modern business, a significant shift is occurring from traditional top-down management to a more inclusive and innovative strategy: bottom-up management. Benefits This approach leads to increased engagement and motivation.

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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 23, 2022

Improve Customer Success with Design Thinking. Implementing Design Thinking can help with customer success. . Design Thinking can help better focus on the demands of customers and support people’s needs by providing them with appropriate products and services. . What is Design Thinking? Solve problems. Understand people.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

How can we realize the power of ecosystem thinking and design and its growing value to enterprises? Ecosystem thinking and design require continuous collective learning. Community Engagement: Community Interaction: Consider creating a community or forum where individuals can continue the conversation.

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Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 5, 2023

Orchestrating Design Thinking and AI for a People-Centric Business Future The tapestry of business evolution tells a remarkable story. Products were no longer simply created and sold; they were designed to meet customer needs and solve their problems. From the onset of marketing in the 1950s to today, we’ve seen clear transformations.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 4, 2022

Broader collaborations will become central for future organizations to find ways to cooperate, network and build relationships, that recognize the partnership value, to achieve a sustainable, future business that offers impact and connected design for customers to value, that meets their changing needs.

Design 130

Design Collaboration Innovation Competition 130

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In the fourth conversation between Jeffrey Phillips and myself around parts of the Executive Innovation Work Mat, we took on several different issues around the design, function, structure and process needs for innovation. The ability to manage innovation design, function, structure and process.

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Design Creativity Agile Resources 130

Innovating4Energy

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Designing the Energy Transition with Ecosystem Thinking and Design By fostering greater collaboration and co-creation within the Energy Industry, it is becoming crucial to consider Ecosystems in design and thinking. Ecosystems designed well are robust for navigating the complex landscape of any Energy transition.

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Innovating4Energy

JANUARY 3, 2024

Questioning the need to change how we approach the Energy transition. We do seem to be missing out on broader community engagement for this energy transition – I want to change that. I wrote my final energy post for 2023 asking, “ Can we change accepted practices in any energy transition?

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 30, 2022

We are losing the race to stop our planet’s warming as our innovative human endeavours are not at the level they should be, or we lack the “will” to make the changes we so desperately need to undergo to protect our planet. The sheer scope of the energy transition often pulls me in so many different directions.

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Planview

JANUARY 30, 2024

Read the full report: Bridging the Gap: Turning Strategy into Reality Organizational change is the hidden common denominator in applying the recommendations in the report. However, survey results indicate that many organizations lack the necessary mindset, structures, and culture to affect “the people side” of change.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 3, 2019

To be honest I am not sure if it conveys as much as I would like, to reflect on differences when you come to working in innovation ecosystem designs. To get groups to think more openly about considering innovation in a more ecosystem approach to design and interaction I like to often refer to my mind maps to trigger discussions.

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