Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 24, 2022

The platform’s ability to offer multiple values will influence many of the client’s adoption decisions over the choices their business will engage with. They can add value through collaborations that can add more to the internal efficiency options through learning and sharing. The five stages for business platform adoption.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

It shapes the work environment, influences decision-making, and ultimately drives employee engagement and satisfaction. A culture that is adaptable, innovative, and collaborative can better withstand market fluctuations and respond to challenges swiftly and effectively.

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Be-novative

MARCH 17, 2021

So the most voted topic of our latest ‘Spark Creativity’ session was on: How to engage C-level managers to collaborate better and break the silos to create a more engaging workplace for employees? FIND A COMMON ISSUE: In the Problem definition Phase find the Issue, that they can not solve alone.

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Be-novative

MARCH 17, 2021

So the most voted topic of our latest ‘Spark Creativity’ session was on: How to engage C-level managers to collaborate better and break the silos to create a more engaging workplace for employees? FIND A COMMON ISSUE: In the Problem definition Phase find the Issue, that they can not solve alone.

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Groups Engagement Management Leadership 52

Be-novative

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Collaborative learning - the Core of the Hub We are excited to turn the wheel to interactive use-case driven ‘Spark Creativity’ sessions and dive deep into identifying success factors of remote facilitation techniques with our Partner Hub Members based on their projects, methods and use cases? We contribute to a better, more creative Earth.

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Be-novative

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Collaborative learning - the Core of the Hub We are excited to turn the wheel to interactive use-case driven ‘Spark Creativity’ sessions and dive deep into identifying success factors of remote facilitation techniques with our Partner Hub Members based on their projects, methods and use cases? We contribute to a better, more creative Earth.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Learning Creativity Technical Review 52

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Markets are changing significantly, and collaboration and partnerships are rapidly forming and coalescing around the concept of Ecosystem thinking and Platform design. These might already be happening around you, changing the accepted market space or definition. It is highly collaborative and interactive.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In the fifth of a series, I am working with Jeffrey Phillips , a long-term collaborator on “all things concerning innovation” we have been discussing the different domains of the Executive Innovation Work Mat we propose as a framework to provide a great chance to bring all the various aspects of innovation together.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This report provides a definitive innovation benchmarking document for leaders in strategy, R&D, design, and other innovation roles inside large organizations. With regard to a physical, prototyping, or collaboration space dedicated to innovation…How frequently does your organization use its innovation space(s)?

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IdeaScale

JULY 28, 2022

These web-focused brainstorming innovation tools will allow you and your team to put together more ideas and collaborate smoothly regardless of distance. Lucidchart is a brainstorming web app that offers practical solutions to help streamline ideation processes by letting users collaborate in real-time. MindMeister. Hypercontext.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Beginning to engage with my own network of innovation experts. we have to build scalable learning and different skills dealing in partnerships and collaborations and 3, work out how to fuse and share new value creation. This needs this growing dependent type of complementary innovation that ecosystem design and thinking provides.

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Change Innovation Design Roadmap 182

Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The days of boardrooms and R&D departments keeping innovation under lock and key are waning, as companies are increasingly preferring a more collaborative approach with startups and other external parties. There are a few different definitions of open innovation out there, could you tell us how you see it at Accel IQ?

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 11, 2019

A detailed report for the World Economic Forum in 2018 “ Towards a Reskilling Revolution: Industry-led action for the future of work” , in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group, investigated viable and desirable job transition pathways on the Future of Jobs. Have you noticed everyone has a different definition of innovation?

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Last week was diverse in the Brainzooming world, as we were engaged in serving clients across many different aspects of what we do. Thursday included working with a local non-profit to develop the strategic foundation for an important initiative, along with developing initial themes from the Carbondale community collaboration workshops.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

We do need to recognize innovation carries more risk and uncertainty and should have a much “higher share of voice” in the organization for constant awareness, engagement and being informed. ” We need to recognize how ineffective the innovation process is, in its often isolation, robustness in definitions, and execution.

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Software Review Innovation Design Technical Review 162

Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The days of boardrooms and R&D departments keeping innovation under lock and key are waning, as companies are increasingly preferring a more collaborative approach with startups and other external parties. There are a few different definitions of open innovation out there, could you tell us how you see it at Accel IQ?

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2022

” Innovation fits with a designer’s definition of design: the ability to move from the existing to the preferred. It’s about leadership, organizational structure, knowledge management, corporate purpose and values, norms regarding collaboration, and strategic foresight processes. The Innovation Pathway.

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Wazoku

APRIL 10, 2017

Engagement is a current hot topic and one of the solutions that’s being presented to organisations that want to be innovative. Engaging employees is great and can yield results, but it’s come to a point where organisations have to expand their communities to include external members. You don’t need a crystal ball…. …to

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 22, 2017

It can’t continue in a world of greater networking and collaboration. We need to appreciate always its terms, its definitions (and limitations) and the related performance values that can help to improve our performance and in our achievements of working increasingly with others. It holds innovation back significantly.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 22, 2016

I debuted a presentation on “Results – Creating Strategic Impact,” our mini-book on employee engagement ideas to boost an organization’s strategic thinking. The question was whether it makes sense to try and engage employees in the ways I discussed when they aren’t likely to be around for very long. The answer was easy: Yes!

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 1, 2015

In nearly every Brainzooming community collaboration workshop, we conclude with a Plus-Minus-Interesting-Recommendation-Question exercise (a PMIRQ for short). 41 Surprising Things about Community Collaboration Done Well. New People Coming Together Collaboratively and Effectively. Small unknown group collaboration”.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 7, 2023

Teams and their leaders should collaborate to define their missions, outcomes, and metrics that measure progress toward the desired result. Understanding these will help set the foundation for increased collaboration, improved productivity, and ultimately, growth. A major new feature release might be out of scope.

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Qmarkets

JUNE 3, 2021

Ideas can result in new revenue streams, product improvements, enhanced employee engagement, and more. What is Idea Software: The Definition Idea software, otherwise known as Idea/innovation management software, allows companies to systemically collect ideas relating to specific challenges or goals.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 20, 2019

His performances were, to say the least, innovative, but his approach to innovation was definitely proactive. Collaboration. Listening is fundamental to any form of leadership, but innovation requires not just hearing what people are saying, but engaging with it even, or especially, if it’s tough to hear.

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InnovationTraining.org

OCTOBER 27, 2020

More people than ever before are relying on remote software tools to collaborate and innovate with their teams. Video conferencing software Zoom is definitely near the top of that list – and they’ve just added a new feature that makes connecting your various virtual tools even easier. What is Zapps?

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

With many emerging technologies, applications for intelligent automation, blockchain, and immersive virtual AR/VR tools, there are better ways to address pressing communication and collaboration gaps between internal and external users. Let’s talk about open innovation.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

Definition of Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence refers to the capability to recognize and understand personal emotions and the emotions of others. Leaders can develop empathy by genuinely engaging with team members, actively listening to their concerns, and making an effort to understand their challenges and motivations.

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Hutch Carpenter

AUGUST 5, 2015

In this post, I want to focus on another type of innovation initiative: Collaborative Innovation. While it seems straightforward, Collaborative Innovation is actually a fairly sophisticated activity. The practice of Collaborative Innovation is a rich realm, with solid results for those who apply it thoughtfully.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2019

For corporations looking to collaborate with startups, the following factors need to be considered: Corporations should be aware of their problems (both internal and external) and focus on optimizing for quality over quantity. This will allow the corporate to more rapidly apply the benefits of the collaboration and develop the business.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 31, 2020

Facing a complete business shutdown, our team used a combination of strategic thinking and real-time course correction to stay engaged with and attempt to re-win the customers we couldn’t currently serve. We’ve always preached that the definition of strategic doesn’t include a time component. Engage and Re-Engage Customers.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Its collaborative nature fosters creativity, leveraging diverse perspectives to uncover innovative solutions. For instance, AI-driven chatbots can engage with users to collect first-hand feedback, while machine learning algorithms can analyze usage patterns within an application to discern user preferences and difficulties.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Starting with a simple definition of D, F, S & P. The idea needs to “form, from observation, listening, engaging and data insights. what you do needs to cover the entire “end to end” process of innovation, its workflows and all the associated roles required to achieve successful outcomes.

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100%Open

JULY 7, 2020

They are spaces where fascinating and accomplished individuals in the innovation world can come together to make new friends as well as strike up partnerships or find collaborators. This can make it a jarring and unproductive manner of presenting where the aim is to collaborate and bounce ideas off one another.

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Brainstorming Innovation Collaboration Report 69

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Jeffrey Phillips and I have collaborated over a number of years and I have always felt these have been highly productive, original in thinking and truly valuable. One such collaboration was around the interplay of innovation with business models and change. The critical interplay among innovation, business models and change.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2016

A definition of crowdsourcing that does seem right to me. I like this extract from the New York Times: “ Crowdsourcing is the practice of engaging a ‘crowd’ or group for a common goal- often innovation, problem-solving or efficiency. What do you gain that is additional to what you are currently doing?

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 19, 2017

Partly it seems executives don’t engage with their brand or business in the way that their customers do” The difference between DMAIC, DMADV, and Innovation Management (tackling a critical part of Six Sigma). Some contributions here were actually around my own framework or my specific focus of innovating work.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 4, 2018

The reason that they won this award is, because they were able to collaborate with other crowdsourcing platform TopCoder to test and prototype promising solutions right away – a great use of crowd resources. QED : Winning this award is definitely up there! This year, QED won the Innovation Management award for best innovation realized.

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