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.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Challenges Faced by Remote Teams While remote work offers numerous benefits, it also presents a unique set of challenges that can impact team dynamics and productivity. Distractions: Home environments can introduce various distractions that are not present in a traditional office.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Challenges Faced by Remote Teams While remote work offers numerous benefits, it also presents a unique set of challenges that can impact team dynamics and productivity. Distractions: Home environments can introduce various distractions that are not present in a traditional office.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 16, 2018

Another example I like to present is Nintendo, originally a purveyor of handmade playing cards, attempted to enter a number of new markets due to the fact that consumer interest in playing cards had decreased substantially. Rising competition from Apple and Google caught Nokia out of position and led to near-bankruptcy in 2012.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This shift presents a unique opportunity for SMEs, whose inherent agility gives them an edge in adopting and innovating with AI. Generative AI has the potential to close content, insight, and technology gaps that large corporations typically have over their smaller counterparts.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

The Evolution of Innovation Management Innovation management has undergone significant transformation over the years. Traditional Phases and Gates Processes Traditionally, the phases and gates model has been a cornerstone in structuring innovation management.

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Planview

JULY 26, 2023

In its conventional sense, project management has been marked by rigorous methods and stringent controls. But in the wake of generative AI technology, we’re on the brink of a transformative change in how projects are managed. This post details a sampling of the technology transforming project management today and its advantages.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The new partnership will integrate these areas of expertise with Qmarkets technology scouting software and other best-in-class innovation management tools to provide an end-to-end solution for enterprise customers. About Qmarkets Managing innovation in large organizations is never easy. But it doesn’t have to be so hard.

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eZassi

MAY 17, 2017

Whether the focus is on product development, service delivery, customer satisfaction, or market share capture, competition drives a company to improve its performance. Internal Competitions. Creating an internal competition is an excellent way to motivate your workforce to develop innovative solutions and new business opportunities.

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Qmarkets

JULY 31, 2023

This will increase productivity, improve customer experiences, streamline workflows, and reduce costs, resulting in long-term competitive edge. Qmarkets’ innovation management software facilitates idea generation, evaluation and implementation, collaboration, and data analysis. But it doesn’t have to be so hard.

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Leapfrogging

MAY 2, 2024

By working together, team members can complement each other’s abilities, leading to more innovative solutions and a competitive edge in the marketplace. Their presentations are designed not just to educate but also to motivate your team to aim for synergy in their daily interactions.

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Planview

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Value Stream Management Consortium (VSMC) has become, over the past three years, a pivotal entity in championing the principles and practices of Value Stream Management. To delve even deeper and gain a holistic understanding of the VSM landscape, the Forrester Wave : Value Stream Management, Q4 2022 is an invaluable resource.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Gains Gains for Building a Business Case for Change : Mergers and Acquisitions : Apply your business case skills to identify potential targets, conduct due diligence, and present compelling reasons for mergers or acquisitions to complement internal innovation developments.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The journey has forced me into terrain that presented diverse challenges to achieve fresh insights and traversed many a rugged landscape to get closer to my goal of offering organizations their innovation fitness and future landscape design, one designed to alter their present capabilities and capacity to innovate radically.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

APRIL 4, 2024

However, it’s important to note that building and managing partner ecosystems can be challenging. This can lead to cost savings and improved competitiveness. Quantify the potential benefits : Present data-driven insights and projections that illustrate the potential benefits of a partner ecosystem.

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Huub Rutten

MARCH 18, 2021

For me this picture presents the scope of Innovation Management. I gave a presentation there. The DTIM audience consists very much of Front End people and many presentations had this kind of romantic character. For me Innovation Management covers the complete, holistic picture. Why do I tell you this?

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Huub Rutten

MARCH 18, 2021

For me this picture presents the scope of Innovation Management. I gave a presentation there. The DTIM audience consists very much of Front End people and many presentations had this kind of romantic character. For me Innovation Management covers the complete, holistic picture. Why do I tell you this?

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Huub Rutten

MARCH 18, 2021

For me this picture presents the scope of Innovation Management. I gave a presentation there. The DTIM audience consists very much of Front End people and many presentations had this kind of romantic character. For me Innovation Management covers the complete, holistic picture. Why do I tell you this?

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 7, 2021

Presently our Governments are obsessed with innovation- it sometimes feels it is the only game in town for future growth. The problem is we seem to be destroying more than we can build at present, yet a ‘few’ gain from these seeds of “destructive creation” while a majority don’t. How will we manage the old and sick?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Many managers view strategy as a complex subject, but at its essence it boils down to three questions: Where are we now? Once a company understands its present situation, it can chart a path to creating a truly differentiated offering that can create economic value. Where do we want to go? What is a credible path to get there?

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Dynamic ecosystems are not just about the present but about the future. Within our successful management of ecosystems, those agile and highly responsive will survive and have higher chances of thriving in the face of uncertainty. Dynamic ecosystems are not just about the present. They are about the future.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 28, 2022

The difficulty for many is that innovation is a complex process that has many intangibles within the total mix to manage. Management today is far happier managing the ‘harder’ aspects of business, the current physical ones of everyday organization, not the ‘softer’ more intangible ones, where innovation often lies or emerges from.

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IM Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2023

We’ll also uncover the secrets to sustaining funding, managing corporate venturing portfolios, and fostering an agile ecosystem. Kumuda presents various subcategories of strategic entrepreneurship, such as strategic renewal, sustained regeneration, domain redefinition, organizational rejuvenation, and business model reconstruction.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 18, 2020

The former concerns itself with the interactions within the organization; the latter is the way individuals or managers deal personally with complexity. Complexity, the authors argue, should be seen as a challenge to be managed, managed well , and its full potential exploited, not as a problem to be reduced or eliminated.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 19, 2017

We are caught in a real tug of war within much of what we do in business today; in our responses and reactions to many of the dramatic business conditions we are facing, many deteriorating or being challenged by greater global competition. We need a new management model, one where we are pushing to seek increasing new knowledge.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 27, 2023

And while several obstacles are still in the way, the business-management consultants at Insight Sourcing Group are seeing a continual upsurge in demand for telehealth services — and they have recommendations on how to make them work within the patient-care models of hospitals, doctors’ offices, and various clinics.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 24, 2021

Knowledge Management is here to help! Read ahead to understand what Knowledge Management is, how it works, and how to start implementing it in your business today! What is Knowledge Management? While that is partially true, Knowledge Management goes far beyond that. How does Knowledge Management work?

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IdeaScale

APRIL 27, 2021

Successful innovation requires strategic planning and idea management. In the latest episode of the Idea Nation podcast, hear how one South African company’s past innovations inform their present and future. Robert Mulder is Stratnovation’s managing partner. In the private sector, it is a critical tool to remain competitive.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

CVC units often focus on securing a competitive advantage by investing in startups with innovative technologies or business models that align with the corporation’s strategic goals. Market Potential : An analysis of the startup’s target market size, growth rate, and competitive landscape.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 4, 2022

It is by applying these through consistent application and measurement, that sustaining these within your activity, leads to a greater potential to increase innovation potential and then lead to the sustainable competitive advantage we all need to find.

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ITONICS

MARCH 25, 2021

COFIM is the ideal innovation management framework for organisations looking to successfully develop sustainability-focused innovation solutions. COFIM’s value is in exposing vulnerabilities in an organization’s innovation management process; helping businesses become industry disruptors in the fight against climate change.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 14, 2016

We all are caught up in handling and understanding different management tools. There are management tools that have become ‘enshrined’ in organizations and many of the executives become settled on the ones they have bothered to learn or seemingly do the job. Tracking the trends on Management Tools.

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Be-novative

MARCH 17, 2021

So the most voted topic of our latest ‘Spark Creativity’ session was on: How to engage C-level managers to collaborate better and break the silos to create a more engaging workplace for employees? USE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS and create a group level competition about the results between the teams.

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Be-novative

MARCH 17, 2021

So the most voted topic of our latest ‘Spark Creativity’ session was on: How to engage C-level managers to collaborate better and break the silos to create a more engaging workplace for employees? USE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS and create a group level competition about the results between the teams.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 15, 2024

Enhanced Communication AI-powered tools can draft emails, create presentations, and even generate market analyses, allowing fractional executives to communicate more effectively with their teams and stakeholders. This frees up significant time for fractional executives to focus on more strategic aspects of their roles.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 7, 2021

Presently our Governments are obsessed with innovation- it sometimes feels it is the only game in town for future growth. The problem is we seem to be destroying more than we can build at present, yet a ‘few’ gain from these seeds of “destructive creation” while a majority don’t. How will we manage the old and sick?

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