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Deepening the Thinking Around the Innovation Mandate – part two

Paul Hobcraft

Resource allocation: The innovation mandate should outline how resources, including funding, personnel, and technology, will be allocated to support innovation initiatives and where these will be drawn down from and the “equity of resources” shared so this is a collaborative endeavour. Addressing both makes good sense.

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Constructing the innovation mandate

Paul Hobcraft

It is our ability to consistently capture, build and develop new ideas within organizations or in open collaborations with others that have a direct effect on revenue growth and the ability to provide future sustainability. Future collaborations will build on a network of relationships and an ecosystem of design and thinking.

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Strategic Thinking: Short-Term Weakness, Long-Term Strength

BrainZooming

We mentioned how frequently we’re being asked to incorporate uncertainty into Brainzooming creativity and strategic thinking presentations. Considering that, I added new strategic thinking content on flexibility into my presentation at The Leadership Institute. 5 Ideas for Reducing Dependency on What Seems Critical.

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How To Change The Way Local Government Works From The Inside Out

Moves the Needle

Over the past couple years working with cities around the country to increase their community impact by adopting Lean Innovation principles, we have noticed four key learnings about changing the way local government can work. This collaborative process starts with pausing for one day. Permalink.

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Specific skills and toolkits are needed for cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations.

Paul Hobcraft

This month I am completing a series on cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations. This is the second post that I am sharing on both my dedicated ecosystem thinking site and also through my paul4innovating posting site , which has different audiences to discuss this with.

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Innovations linkages to Strategy is vitally important

Paul Hobcraft

I have just finished the second of a planned series with one of my favourite long-term collaborators Jeffrey Phillips. The establishing of innovation within any Strategic thinking is becoming even more important today than ever. The link to this conversation is here , it is just over 15 minutes long.

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Understanding cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations

Paul Hobcraft

To get to a good understanding of cross-sector innovation ecosystems collaborations, you need to take a very considered holistic view of what is needed in any collaboration, let alone cutting across sectors to generate a successful outcome. My second post identified specific skills and toolkits to be considered.