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Deepening the Thinking Around the Innovation Mandate – part two

Paul Hobcraft

The innovation mandate should clearly define the value goals for the innovation program and how they will be measured and tracked over time. The innovation mandate should articulate the organization’s innovation policy and how it will be implemented. Addressing both makes good sense.

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Gaining a Different Perspective on Innovation through Platforms, Blocks, and Stack Designs

Paul Hobcraft

Innovation is a complex process that requires effective connections and collaborations among individuals and teams. To build an effective innovation ecosystem, it is crucial to identify the key components that make up the ecosystem, including products, services, channels, partners, regulations, policies, and technology.

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Accelerating Sustainable Energy Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

It was from a white paper “ Accelerating Sustainable Energy Innovation , released in May 2018 and prepared in collaboration with KPMG. Innovation drives the changes in the Energy transition. If we take the suggested Energy Innovation System outlined in this Whitepaper.

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How Government Stakeholders Identify and Embrace Innovation

IdeaScale

Diffuse Sources of Innovation: Any government has a wide variety of sources for innovation , from a state’s university system to national think-tanks offering white papers on abstract policy concerns. Overcoming Government’s Innovation Challenges.

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Barriers to innovation, the cause and effect.

Paul Hobcraft

Innovation is one of those activities that constantly “swim against the currents of the dominating culture of the organization” We cripple our creative process as it is often not visible or transparent; the innovative process can be seen as a “black box” by many in the organization; they only can judge the end result.

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Checking for the global pulse of innovation

Paul Hobcraft

I can certainly understand that but as a barometer of the health and investment going into innovation, it will eventually filter through to you and has more relevance than you first imagine. Yet the innovation message is for us all. Both of these policy issues are very much part of the incumbent innovator’s dilemma to resolve.

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The Day the Enterprise Stood Still

PlanBox Innovation

Stakeholder Collaboration Platforms: It offers tools that enhance collaboration and improve stakeholder communication and decision-making, crucial for project success. What’s more, 90% anticipate ramping up their innovation budgets, with nearly all increasing by more than 10%! The result? times faster than their counterparts.