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Connecting innovating value comes from Ecosystem thinking

Paul Hobcraft

The increasing need for collaborating and extracting external expertise contains increasing cost and investment. The need for radical innovation changes the present position. We need to find the capacities to experiment and explore far more, building the diversity into our thinking that partners and collaborators can bring.

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The New Innovation Need: Organizing within a Networks of Collaborators

Paul Hobcraft

To meet different challenges, to be highly adaptive it needs to begin to organize around ecosystems to deliver on a vision that recognizes it has to be part of a greater collaborating network to thrive in this highly connected world. Adapting to collaborating never fully in control can be unnerving. Either they adapt or die.

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The New Innovation Need: Organizing within a Networks of Collaborators

Paul Hobcraft

To meet different challenges, to be highly adaptive it needs to begin to organize around ecosystems to deliver on a vision that recognizes it has to be part of a greater collaborating network to thrive in this highly connected world. A tantalizing prospect, full of innovation. Either they adapt or die.

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We are searching for new pathways

Paul Hobcraft

Ecosystems have suddenly become of age, as they can be formed around common concepts fairly rapidly, they can enable cross-cutting innovation to be delivered in highly collaborative ways. This calls for some radical rethinking of the existing business and deciding the design of the future business.

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Has innovation changed over the last ten years?

Paul Hobcraft

From linear to systemic : Innovation used to be seen as a linear process where ideas were generated, tested, and implemented in a sequential manner. Today, innovation is recognized as a systemic phenomenon, where multiple actors interact and collaborate across different domains and levels 1.

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12 Types of Innovation You Should Know in 2021

IdeaScale

Social innovation refers to both the new strategies, concepts and ideas innovated to meet the social needs of society (including, but not limited to, working conditions, education, health, and community development) as well as the social processes of innovation, including open innovation techniques. Process Innovation.

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Building Capacity for Breakthrough Innovation

Innov8rs

They represent a radical departure from existing products, services, or processes, paving the way for new markets, industries, and value networks. It contrasts sharply with incremental innovation, which refers to minor improvements or upgrades to existing offerings. Radical innovation is full of surprises.