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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Qmarkets

MARCH 18, 2020

Although we are inevitably seeing the cancellation of business gatherings and events, along with increasingly severe “social distancing” restrictions concerning movement and the sharing of public spaces, this doesn’t mean that innovation at your company needs to be stifled.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 11, 2022

Many of our innovative approaches or systems are based on very often just an internal perspective, restricted in available resources and limited knowledge and insights, often constraining the evolving new solutions and then limiting the impact and outcome. The four interwoven catalysts to approaching innovation are discussed here.

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Strategos

JUNE 19, 2019

What is Innovation Management? Innovation Management involves all activities that provide the right conditions for innovation to repeatedly deliver value for customers, competitive advantage and growth for the business as well as benefits for employees and all other stakeholders.

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Be-novative

DECEMBER 12, 2018

We have a particular key learning to share along with an open innovation success story. In a nutshell, she studied the world’s most innovative and creative companies and came to a particular discovery. A crowdsourcing open innovation challenge was launched. First, let’s briefly go over Collective Creativity.

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eZassi

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Innovation Day – Challenge the Status Quo & Reach for Innovative Solutions Every year, the world of innovation pushes boundaries and reshapes our lives. February 16 A similar commemoration found on many calendars is “Innovation Day,” often set for February 16.

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Yet2

MAY 28, 2019

A conference highlight was a presentation by yet2 client, Janssen PMP. Geoffroy de Chabot-Tramecourt , director, R&D and Business Development, Janssen gave a stellar presentation, “ Janssen PMP: An Evolution in Innovation Management.” They also had the opportunity to sit in on a number of other sessions.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

To put this into perspective, this figure is almost $10 billion more than the gross domestic product of present day Morocco. The alternative which I’m referring to is innovation management software. How Can Innovation Management Help? Open Innovation - Looking Outside of the Company. Customer Input.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

To put this into perspective, this figure is almost $10 billion more than the gross domestic product of present day Morocco. The alternative which I’m referring to is innovation management software. How Can Innovation Management Help? Open Innovation - Looking Outside of the Company. Customer Input.

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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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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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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

Thinking in different horizons prompts you to go beyond the usual focus of fixing innovation just in the present it provides the connections of the present with the desired future. In my view, we must go way beyond “open innovation” as we practice it today. This 3H thinking helps break down complex issues.

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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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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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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 11, 2015

This is part two of an extended series on my thoughts on “ moving towards a new way of managing innovation ” that explores the potential for changing the management of innovation. Take a look at this list, far from exhaustive but it covers many of the problems we still face on innovation management.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 8, 2019

It would be naive to suggest that there’s only one definitive innovation example from retail titan Amazon that enterprizes could benefit from emulating. A report from BCG highlighting the critical importance of development times for securing innovation ROI. Philip Morris International (PMI) presents a prime example of this.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 9, 2016

After a fairly detailed exploratory working through crowdsourcing in this mini-series, I wanted to offer my ‘take’, to help our thinking though in formulating clearer positions in this, to see its increasing value as contributing into an innovation management system. They all are working within the crowd economy.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 4, 2019

It would be naive to suggest that there’s only one definitive innovation example from retail titan Amazon that enterprizes could benefit from emulating. A report from BCG highlighting the critical importance of development times for securing innovation ROI. Philip Morris International (PMI) presents a prime example of this.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Who it’s from: Innovation Management. 15 Examples of Open Innovation between Big Companies and Startups. Who it’s from: Innovation Upgrade. IdexLabs Presents: Open Innovation Examples. How Can Your Company Innovate Faster? Is Innovation More About People or Process?

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Many of the company’s engineers were not comfortable presenting their big ideas to the senior staff. A manager would work with them to develop the business case. Managers often co-presented with the idea champion to the senior staff. Idea champions are rarely recognized and rewarded for their efforts.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Project Technical Review 189

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 9, 2016

After a fairly detailed exploratory working through crowdsourcing in this mini-series, I wanted to offer my ‘take’, to help our thinking though in formulating clearer positions in this, to see its increasing value as contributing into an innovation management system. They all are working within the crowd economy.

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Crowdsourcing Engagement Open Innovation Management 100

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 18, 2016

We need to open up our thinking about risk and innovation management. We should aim for a really healthy construct that does help all involved or associated with innovation and managing risk, that gives a better chance of pushing beyond the incremental innovation that avoids most risk and disappoints those seeking real growth.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 18, 2016

We need to open up our thinking about risk and innovation management. We should aim for a really healthy construct that does help all involved or associated with innovation and managing risk that better chance of pushing beyond the incremental innovation that avoids most risk and disappoints those seeking real growth.

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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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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

I think with the recognition that innovation occurs across the whole organization the innovation management (IM) providers have to radically alter their business model or recognize they need to broaden out their target market inside organizations as innovation is occurring in all corners of the organization today.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 6, 2023

The different studies presented here so far showed that playing offensive and investing in innovation, is in fact the winning strategy. Facing financial struggles can bring a series of constraints, but as mentioned before, these can be opening doors to new opportunities.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Open up lines of communication between employees and top management by optimizing corporate communication channels, holding company wide events/brainstorming sessions, or by allowing employees to submit ideas digitally through an employee submission box. Innovation happens when people feel their ideas are valued.

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eZassi

JULY 30, 2017

That is why Ezassi offers a unique profiling component as part of the Innovation Software platform that allows you to profile your entire team with quick uploads including: patents, white papers, presentations and social media links. Again, you have managed to find the needle in the haystack and made the most of your innovation budget.

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eZassi

JULY 30, 2017

That is why Ezassi offers a unique profiling component as part of the Innovation Software platform that allows you to profile your entire team with quick uploads including: patents, white papers, presentations and social media links. Again, you have managed to find the needle in the haystack and made the most of your innovation budget.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network is one of fifteen AHSNs in England which lead collaboration between academia, industry and the National Health Service (NHS) - England’s publicly funded health system - across the West Midlands region. QM: What led you to search for a crowdsourcing/innovation management solution ?

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Open up lines of communication between employees and top management by optimizing corporate communication channels, holding company wide events/brainstorming sessions, or by allowing employees to submit ideas digitally through an employee submission box. Innovation happens when people feel their ideas are valued.

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Qmarkets

MAY 11, 2017

The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network is one of fifteen AHSNs in England which lead collaboration between academia, industry and the National Health Service (NHS) - England’s publicly funded health system - across the West Midlands region. QM: What led you to search for a crowdsourcing/innovation management solution ?

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Qmarkets

JULY 13, 2023

The second thing that occurred to me was that each of these ABCs are roles that we proactively embed within organizations through innovation management software. Innovation management software provides the technological infrastructure to make that happen. At Qmarkets, our ‘catalyst network’ performs a similar function.

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Be-novative

DECEMBER 17, 2018

We have talked about the most important aspects of organizing a successful hackathon with Henrik, Open Innovation Specialist in Be-novative on the second day of the Aegon Hackathon. Let people collaborate and ideate from different backgrounds and watch how they get inspiration from unlikely industries or places.

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Qmarkets

JULY 20, 2022

Margaret Heffernan – Entrepreneur, CEO and writer Few would disagree with the notion that innovation is driven by the sharing of good ideas. Where open innovation and closed innovation models differ is the question of who should be included in these conversations. Or is a more collaborative approach more effective?

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. How is innovation best performed? Can guidelines for innovation be created? FORMALIZED INNOVATION MANAGEMENT.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. How is innovation best performed? Can guidelines for innovation be created? FORMALIZED INNOVATION MANAGEMENT.

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