Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Technological innovation has a central role to play in the Energy Transition currently being undertaken throughout the world. The economics of powering the energy system with renewables has got to the point where there is real competitiveness. Lastly, innovation needs to achieve an affordably decarbonize industrial transition.

Technology 215

Technology System Innovation Design 215

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The building blocks of open innovation building towards Business Ecosystem design. By incorporating Open Innovation Strategies as the next building block, businesses can create a dynamic and expansive innovation ecosystem beyond internal and partnership and certain collaborative boundaries.

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Open Innovation Collaboration Innovation Design 147

ITONICS

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Technology reporting is crucial for shaping company strategy, acting as a crucial link between intelligence and action amidst the accelerating pace of technological advancement.

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Report Technology Tools Management 36

Phil McKinney

JULY 11, 2023

Have you ever stopped to wonder how ready you are for the inevitable future of technological advancements? We live in unprecedented technological advances, and with these advances come disruptions that can significantly impact our lives and businesses. The Impact of Not Preparing for Disruptions.

Disruption 80

Disruption Technology Artificial Inteligence Trends 80

Christensen Institute

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Disruptive innovation is commonly misunderstood. Disruption, a theory of competition Recently, one of my colleagues framed disruption in a way that truly helped me better understand the theory. She called it a theory of competition. To determine if your innovation is disruptive it must meet certain criteria.

Competition 59

Competition Disruption Tips Marketing 59

IdeaScale

MARCH 10, 2024

Strategic marketing innovations are crucial for businesses looking to stay ahead of the curve and succeed in today's highly competitive market. With the constant changes in technology and consumer behavior, it's essential to keep up with the latest trends and adopt new strategies that can help your business grow.

Marketing 130

Marketing Change Trends Competition 130

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

I proposed a new Framework for managing innovation this week, called the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework. This is approaching innovation and its management in more of a holistic, technology-enabled way based on the use of a cloud-enabled Platform and Ecosystem thinking and design.

Agile 182

Agile Collaboration Innovation Competition 182

InnovationManagement

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Enterprises need to innovate to stay relevant amidst technology advancements, a competitive business environment and demanding customer expectations. The post Design Thinking: A Social Technology That Fosters Innovation appeared first on Innovation Management. Design Thinking shows the way.

Design Thinking 124

Design Thinking Design Technology Competition 124

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 16, 2023

Energy is a vital part of any country’s ability to be competitive, and we need to recognize that to innovate is the critical enabler to a clean energy future. We must nurture innovation and continuously look for ways to facilitate its pathway in the Energy Transition we are presently travelling.

Innovation 130

Innovation System Design Technology 130

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Intersection of Corporate Growth and Startup Innovation Defining Corporate Venture Capital Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) is the investment of corporate funds directly in external startup companies. Corporations can leverage this innovation to drive growth, remain competitive, and enter new markets.

Collaboration 147

Collaboration Innovation Agile Technical Review 147

Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Digital transformation - a "third wave" of information technology that creates an entirely new way to capture real time data and perhaps make sense of that data on the fly, could radically change how businesses operate, how they make money and how they interact with customers, consumers and suppliers. What's next?

Technology 171

Technology Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence 171

IdeaScale

APRIL 14, 2021

What are the different types of innovation? With so many types of innovation and even more definitions, it can be confusing to discuss innovation in your organization. It seems like new innovation types arrive at the scene all of the time, leaving people reaching for Google to get up to speed. Open Innovation.

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Radical Innovation Open Innovation Innovation Social Innovation 264

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

What’s the secret to a winning business model and long-term competitive advantage? It’s not just about technology, products and services. Your customer experienc e may just be the ultimate competitive advantage. Try these connected strategies. Customer “journey maps” have been around a long time.

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Competition Strategy Strategy Learning 100

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 27, 2017

Digital technologies are beginning to have a real impact on the methods, approaches, and rates of our innovation outputs. Social technologies are giving us real-time understanding. We need to change our thinking and design in the digital insight part more specifically within and along the innovation process.

Technology 178

Technology Change Agile Innovation 178

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

I finished my last post, “ Are we EVER going to embrace innovation? ” With the argument, we need to change the innovation narrative and significantly update the innovation approach and processes to meet today’s and tomorrow’s business challenges. The need today is not to dispense with this but to link it fully up.

Artificial Inteligence 182

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Agile Innovation 182

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 24, 2022

The three degrees of ecosystem design- the innovating equation. In any ecosystem thinking and design, we do need to find this “sweet spot” for encouraging more innovation. This set of dynamic interactions enables both an increased intensity of purpose from cooperations to seek out different levels of competitive advantage.

Design 182

Design Technical Review Software Review Collaboration 182

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2021

“Without a major acceleration in clean energy innovation, reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 will not be possible.” The role of innovation has a crucial one to play. But in 2050, almost half the reductions come from technologies currently only at the demonstration or prototype phase today.

Report 345

Report Innovation Technology Policies 345

ITONICS

MARCH 5, 2024

Companies can increase their competitiveness by reaching beyond their own four walls and becoming more collaborative. Forging relationships with technology partners through open innovation techniques is an effective way to access external competencies and integrate new technologies.

Technology 36

Technology Open Innovation Competition Collaboration 36

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 28, 2022

Innovation requires a more dynamic, systematic approach. All companies talk about innovation and its growing importance, but why is it that still so few succeed in actually doing it on a repeatable scale? What inhibits innovation? What would drive innovation success? There are so many challenges in managing innovation.

Innovation 147

Innovation Competition Resources Technology 147

ITONICS

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Technology reporting is pivotal in the daily work of R&D experts, technology scouts, and research analysts. It enables the continuous monitoring of emerging trends and innovations, ensuring the company remains at the forefront of industry advancements.

Report 36

Report Technology Strategy Strategy 36

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Technological advances and increasingly sophisticated ways of gathering and analyzing data are changing both the kinds of products and services companies can offer and are increasing competitive pressures. To meet the moment, this article argues that organizations may need to change the way they operate to innovate.

Competition 138

Competition Meeting Innovation Data 138

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Understanding Team Collaboration Collaboration within a team setting is a cornerstone of modern organizational success, driving innovation, problem-solving, and efficiency in today’s complex workplace. For those aiming to drive innovation through team efforts, our article on innovative team collaboration may offer valuable guidance.

Collaboration 113

Collaboration Strategy Strategy Guidelines 113

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

It serves as a cornerstone for innovation and drives superior business outcomes. Enhancing Innovation and Business Results Effective team collaboration is a catalyst for innovation. For a deeper understanding of enhancing business through teamwork, explore our insights on innovative team collaboration.

Collaboration 113

Collaboration Technical Review Agile Trends 113

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Nurturing Innovative Team Collaboration In the rapidly evolving business landscape, innovative team collaboration has become a cornerstone for companies seeking to remain competitive and adaptive. When teams collaborate innovatively, they leverage individual strengths and compensate for weaknesses, leading to improved outcomes.

Underperforming Technical Team 113

Underperforming Technical Team Collaboration Creativity Software Review 113

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 8, 2023

Innovation is a complex process that requires effective connections and collaborations among individuals and teams. My fun has been piecing these together to lead me to my suggested Vertical and Horizontal Framework for achieving a different innovation management design. I will go into the final proposed components in my next post.

Design 182

Design Innovation Collaboration Innovation Management 182

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It is a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems, and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. AI complements human creativity, enabling teams to translate complex data into meaningful insights and innovative solutions.

Design Thinking 140

Design Thinking Artificial Inteligence Design Analysis 140

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 24, 2023

It was from a white paper “ Accelerating Sustainable Energy Innovation , released in May 2018 and prepared in collaboration with KPMG. Energy innovation systems need a really much stronger and more effective push to deliver a broad range of technologies and solutions to the market faster than what is happening today.

Technical Review 200

Technical Review Innovation System Collaboration 200

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Shaping Innovation for a Meaningful Change Following on from my initial post, “ Our Need is to Shape Innovation Dynamically, ” this post outlines the eight value-adding points that I can help build out and deliver alongside you in different delivery modules to fit your circumstances and budgets.

Change 173

Change Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Agile 173

Digital Tonto

JUNE 11, 2023

These days, innovation has become, far too often, solipsistic and self-referential, pursued for the glory of the innovators themselves rather than for the benefit of anyone else and there is increasing evidence the venture-funded entrepreneurship model is crowding out more productive investments.

Entrepreneurship 195

Entrepreneurship Innovation Disruption Collaboration 195

Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

The Evolution of Innovation Management Innovation management has undergone significant transformation over the years. From its inception to the current state, the processes governing the development of new products and services have continuously evolved to incorporate new methodologies and technologies.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Product Development 113

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Much of the innovative disruptions seem so obvious; you wonder why we were not doing these before. Many of these are defined today as marketplaces, where innovation has pushed the boundaries and stretched thinking to combine aspects of multiple transactions into connected and seamless ones. Think Amazon, Airbnb, Uber.

Disruption 290

Disruption Innovation Technology Creativity 290