Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 26, 2023

I have written on this site alone, www.paul4innovating.com, by just coming up to a milestone of 700 posts focusing on innovation thoughts and opinions, so I just wanted to pause and think about all the different places I have tried to get the innovation message(s) out. I have doubled down on innovation more to prompt others.

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Qmarkets

JUNE 2, 2021

Ideas can result in new revenue streams, product improvements, enhanced employee engagement, and more. Yet to reap the true benefits of innovation, organizations must create a structured process whereby ideas are systematically collected, evaluated, and implemented on scale. What is it? How does it work?

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

We need an Innovation Mandate calling for a Radical Re-design of how we undertake innovation management, it is needed to bring innovation management into the 21st century in design and approaches. Platform Components : Business model canvas software, financial modeling tools, and pricing strategy software.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence 147

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

I see great synergies between us not only due to our complementary offering, but also in terms of client base, where we already have many customers in common.” The focus lies on the integrative design of strategy, business processes, business models, innovation, and culture.

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Technical Review Innovation Management Management Software Review 98

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

I see great synergies between us not only due to our complementary offering, but also in terms of client base, where we already have many customers in common.” The focus lies on the integrative design of strategy, business processes, business models, innovation, and culture.

Technical Review 98

Technical Review Innovation Management Management Software Review 98

Qmarkets

JULY 31, 2023

Qmarkets’ innovation management software facilitates idea generation, evaluation and implementation, collaboration, and data analysis. OmniStrada will support businesses in tailoring the platform and implementing innovation management programs and processes. But it doesn’t have to be so hard.

Culture 98

Culture Technical Review Software Review Roadmap 98

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

To look forward, I would argue we always need to look back and account for the progress made in managing innovation over the years. To look forward, I would argue we always need to look back and account for the progress made in managing innovation over the years. The transformation journey is still part way complete.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Agile Innovation 182

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

• How does our innovation team compare to innovation teams at other companies? To help meet these challenges, this report provides you with a meaningful understanding of some of the critical topics related to innovation: Budget and Resources, Collaboration and Spaces, Focus and Activities, and Challenges and Enablers.

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Report Innovation Technical Review Software Review 225

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The Whitepaper called “ Product Complexity, Digital Transformation, and the Innovation Imperative- The race to reinvent how complex products are developed is here “ This made me a little jealous and a little wishing that ‘we’, across the whole of innovation management , could not have one of these platforms available today.

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Product Innovation Underperforming Technical Team Software Review System 221

Wazoku

MAY 12, 2020

Forrester Reveals The 13 Most Significant providers in Innovation Management “Wazoku has a differentiating vision for idea sharing and innovation collaboration.” Wazoku featured as one of the 13 Most Significant providers in Innovation Management in “The Forrester Wave : Innovation Management Platforms, Q1 2020”.

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Innovation Management Management Software Review Analysis 52

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

I am on a personal mission to convince innovation software providers, corporations and innovators to change how they undertake innovation. In some recent posts, I argued that we need to adopt a broader innovation ecosystem thinking and design. How far has innovation management and its capacities come?

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Software Review Innovation Design Technical Review 162

eZassi

AUGUST 29, 2023

With Innovation Management In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, staying ahead of the competition requires embracing Industry 4.0 and leveraging the power and adaptability of Innovation Management and strategy. They’ll engage with subject matter experts from external sources for best practices.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Innovation is struggling to really perform and unleash breakthrough products due to many ‘inbuilt’ inhibitors. We need a radical redesign of the innovation process and that is becoming full connected up and have a distinct digital thread running through it.

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Software Review Software Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 222

Leapfrogging

JUNE 3, 2020

It makes sense: The consulting industry is plagued by a stagnant business model ill-suited for today’s innovation-driven digital world. Consulting is labor intensive, revenue is almost entirely based on billable hours, and most knowledge in the form of tools and templates have become commodities due to SlideShare and other platforms.

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eZassi

JANUARY 4, 2023

This year is full of potential for innovative growth in your organization. Ezassi is your partner in measurable and achievable business goals with the help of our innovation software and services. Who will take action to prioritize the project which will best grow our innovation portfolio?

Culture 40

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Acuvate

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In less than a decade, innovation management got recognized as one of the most powerful strategies an organization can use to streamline internal processes and boost their business productivity. What is innovation management? Importance of innovation management.

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Innovation Management Examples Management Software Review 53

eZassi

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Invest in Intrapreneurs – Innovation Management Supports Your Organization’s Greatest Change Makers Intrapreneurs are those important team members with the optimism, intellect, initiative, and discipline to champion bright ideas and drive new project pipelines, establishing innovative change across the business.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 28, 2018

I was catching up with my collaborate and sparring partner on “all things innovating”, Jeffrey Phillips and within our recent conversation, some of our discussions sort of triggered a reflection back to some fundamental work we undertook some years back. So we need to begin to build an Innovation Management Understanding.

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Software Review Software Technical Review Innovation 166

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Preparing for Launch Plans to launch BIG began in 2019 after the company identified the need for an effective innovation management solution. To innovate better, Croitoru recognized the need for greater collaboration between teams and divisions across the business.

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Ideation Software Review Idea Management Technical Review 105

Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A new partnership between Qmarkets and boutique management consultancy SteepConsult will enable enterprise companies across Europe to benefit from a 360-degree service combining SteepConsult’s extensive innovation expertise with our own innovation management software solutions. That’s where we come in.

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eZassi

APRIL 25, 2022

The back end of innovation is everything following strategy development and ideation. This includes resource allocation, collaboration, task assignment and project pipeline creation, in addition to product and service development prior to finalizing new offerings. What type of Ideation and Collaboration Solutions can Ezassi provide?

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review Ideation Innovation 52

Leapfrogging

JUNE 3, 2020

It makes sense: The consulting industry is plagued by a stagnant business model ill-suited for today’s innovation-driven digital world. Consulting is labor intensive, revenue is almost entirely based on billable hours, and most knowledge in the form of tools and templates have become commodities due to SlideShare and other platforms.

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Software Review Change Technical Review Disruption 100

Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

At the beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts. Tip: Tim Kastelle has posted a worthwhile series on how to implement lean startup for innovation initiatives.

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Innovation Management Management LEAN Technical Review 100

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

The Winds of Change- Innovation Software facing the Innovators’ Dilemma In my research, I am getting a real sense that the current Innovation Management Software model is about to be upended and disrupted as per Clayton Christensens’ “Innovators Dilemma.”

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Software Review Software Technical Review Innovation 211

Qmarkets

AUGUST 5, 2020

Iowa DOT has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets’ innovation management software, with the launch of their Research Ideas Website. Their goal is to crowdsource ideas from their stakeholders, both internal and external to DOT, to increase engagement and transparency throughout the agency.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Implementation is a challenge shared by all innovation managers. Of those people who wish to engage in decisions, consider how you can engage them efficiently and then ask yourself “when is the appropriate time to engage each of them?” And follow-through on the decision to deliver results.

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Software Review Crowdsourcing Ideation Engagement 100

Qmarkets

AUGUST 5, 2020

Iowa DOT has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets’ innovation management software, with the launch of their Research Ideas Website. Their goal is to crowdsource ideas from their stakeholders, both internal and external to DOT, to increase engagement and transparency throughout the organization.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 5, 2020

Iowa DOT has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets’ innovation management software, with the launch of their Research Ideas Website. Their goal is to crowdsource ideas from their stakeholders, both internal and external to DOT, to increase engagement and transparency throughout the organization.

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Hutch Carpenter

AUGUST 5, 2015

Innovation efforts come in a variety of forms: innovation and design labs, jobs-to-be-done analysis, corporate venturing, distributed employee experiments, open innovation, TRIZ, etc. In this post, I want to focus on another type of innovation initiative: Collaborative Innovation. Decisioning.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 16, 2018

Another example I like to present is Nintendo, originally a purveyor of handmade playing cards, attempted to enter a number of new markets due to the fact that consumer interest in playing cards had decreased substantially. Thus, began the distinguished history of Tiffany & Co.

Innovation Management 69

Innovation Management Change Management Technical Review 69

Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Sivan Leshem joined Qmarkets in 2011 as a project manager, before going on to manage the product delivery department during a period which would see Qmarkets grow into a leader within the idea management market. QM: What were some of the limitations of the previous version of Qmarkets software, and how have these been overcome?

Crowdsourcing 52

Crowdsourcing Innovation Management Creativity Management 52

Qmarkets

JUNE 8, 2018

Schindler has partnered with idea and innovation management software company Qmarkets to leverage the collective intelligence of their German workforce. However due to Qmarkets’ responsive mobile interface and dual-login functionality, over 60% of these employees were engaged within the first week. About Qmarkets.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 21, 2019

SCM Group – a major global industrial technology organization – has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets innovation management software across their workforce. SCM Group’s decision to drive innovation with Qmarkets resulted from a highly-successful pilot with the software in 2018.

Technical Review 53

Technical Review Industry Software Review Groups 53

Qmarkets

JULY 1, 2020

Attention all innovation project leaders, moderators, and campaign managers. Qmarkets’ latest product release is here to give you unprecedented flexibility and control over your innovation management system. Qmarkets latest product gives power users almost total control over their innovation management system.

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Report Software Review System Innovation Management 52

hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Understanding Innovation Management. Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. Like any business function, innovation can be managed. Roland Ortt and Patrick A.

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Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Understanding Innovation Management. Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. Like any business function, innovation can be managed. Roland Ortt and Patrick A.

Innovation Management 40

Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 6, 2020

Qmarkets’ software has been chosen by LEAD Innovation Management GmbH to support a groundbreaking initiative – designed to leverage the collective wisdom of global businesses against the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. LEAD Proactive makes use of Qmarkets’ extensive idea collaboration and co-creation features.

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