Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We seem confronted with rapid change, and it is primarily within the business world related to technology and market uncertainty that is driving this. We do need to ‘lean in’ on many specialists and experts to help us, not just business consultants! As well, and ask, are we really interested?

LEAN 195

LEAN Industry Agile Analysis 195

Leanstack

MARCH 5, 2021

Getting to product/market fit (aka the inflection point in the hockey-stick curve when a product's traction starts rapidly growing) is one of the most significant milestones for a startup. The challenge, of course, is that product/market fit takes roughly 2 years on average to achieve and 80% of products never make it.

Roadmap 145

Roadmap LEAN Marketing Course 145

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

A “lean” approach amplifies both profits and purpose. Mission-driven organizations have an equal opportunity to apply the principles and practices of innovation to maximize their impact–but few take it. When companies build a business strategy, they start with the addressable market and decide where to play.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review LEAN Innovation Social Innovation 100

Christensen Institute

JANUARY 4, 2024

Despite these growing proof points, efforts to improve education lean on mental models, theories of change, and investment strategies that routinely ignore the social side of opportunity. I think that’s because in most conversations about education innovation today, skills are the “what”, and tech-enabled efficiency is the “how.”

Policies 131

Policies Innovation ChatGPT Tools 131

Moves the Needle

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Why do R&D labs succeed in creating new technology, but fail at bringing these innovations to market? R&D labs don’t bring new innovations to market typically because they are charged with inventing new technology, but not the commercialization of those inventions. Innovation requires creating value.

Marketing 68

Marketing Innovation Technology Management 68

Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Lean Startup Week - this year known as Lean Startup Conference - has traditionally been a staple in the innovation industry for bringing both startups and enterprise companies alike into the same sphere in order to discuss advancements in strategy, tactics, ideas, and social impact. Warm-Up Week: November 5th, 6th and 7th.

Conference 56

Conference LEAN Leadership Entrepreneurship 56

Moves the Needle

AUGUST 2, 2018

You can use Lean Innovation techniques -- Empathy, Experiments, and Evidence to ensure the driving force is sustained through the integration. Using M&A as a Successful Innovation Play A common question is “Should we do acquisitions to be more innovative?” Let’s get into it.

LEAN 40

LEAN Technical Review Innovation Culture 40

IM Insights

AUGUST 23, 2022

Oliver is sharing insights from his accomplished career in corporate innovation. This episode is a bit different from others as it focuses less on specific lessons for innovation teams and leaders and more on personal experiences. 16:30) The influence Lean Startup had on our lives and careers. (20:30) What didn’t go well?

LEAN 52

LEAN Entrepreneurship Course Learning 52

Moves the Needle

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Anyone who has ever attended Lean Startup Conference (previously known as Lean Startup Week) in the past knows that this annual event regularly features invigorating speakers that divulge the newest insights and innovations in modern management for a wide array of industries and company types. Click to Tweet.

Conference 45

Conference LEAN Culture Learning 45

Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 13, 2016

It's almost inevitable that innovation will grow to become an amorphous blob of ideas, techniques, processes, "experts", software and a host of other things. Unfortunately, we are reaching peak innovation offering, which means we'll soon see the dreaded hypenated innovation offering. Most are already lean, but not intentionally.

LEAN 100

LEAN Agile Innovation Software 100

Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

There are a few things I'd like to comment on about this announcement, but what is really interesting (at least from an innovator's point of view) is that we get to have a live experiment about the innovation capabilities and capacities of three sister businesses, all entering the market at the same time. We've got a doozy.

Agile 144

Agile Innovation Culture Leadership 144

Tim Kastelle

JANUARY 4, 2016

Part 2 in The Lean Startup Series Why do new ventures fail? Market(or customer) risk: does anyone want it? This is a mistake – market risk is by far the biggest. Here is what the Lean Startup team says : If you’re wondering which kind of risk you face, let me help you out: It’s customer risk.

LEAN 100

LEAN Development Team Review Tools Marketing 100

Boxes and Arrows

AUGUST 13, 2013

Overall I found Lean UX to be an incredibly insightful and helpful compilation of principles and suggestions for practice/improving process and collaboration as outlined in my review of the book. Are there ways of, for instance, breaking into smaller teams for Lean UX while still tackling larger solutions that you have seen work well?

LEAN 78

LEAN Software Review Software Project 78

IdeaSpies

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Have a view on the future Startups are eyes and ears on what’s changing in markets, customers, regions, tech, culture and other factors that are impossible to stay across yourself. Enabling Innovation In our experience you will get there quicker (problem solving), and cheaper, when working with a partner who’s already solving the problem.

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Culture LEAN Marketing 69

IM Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Elijah Eilert speaks to Andy Cars , the founder and CEO of Lean Ventures International, about the ISO standards for innovation management. The aim is to create a long-term innovation strategy and transform an organisation’s culture into a value creation mindset. Topics and Insights . (01:09) Realization of value.

Innovation Management 52

Innovation Management Management Entrepreneurship LEAN 52

IM Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Elijah Eilert speaks to Tristan Kromer about the fundamentals of a VC-like funding approach for corporate innovation that releases resources over time in exchange for specific evidence. Applying traditional stage-gate funding models for innovation projects come with a set of issues on their own. Topics and Insights . (02:00)

LEAN 52

LEAN Innovation Project Design 52

Tim Kastelle

MAY 5, 2016

“Why aren’t they market entry problems?” The program was originally designed as part of Wharton’s marketing program – so the projects were conceived as market entry problems, exactly as Steve said. Paul Hobcraft just wrote a great post on building innovation metrics. ” he replied.

LEAN 100

LEAN Project Innovation Marketing 100

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

I have written a fair amount about the new innovation era, offering a view on its future design. One that is jumping to a fresh cycle of innovative design. We are in the middle of it, some of you may not have noticed its impact and change but it is significant on the understanding of innovation, in it’s future design.

Innovation 185

Innovation Radical Innovation Design Big Data 185

Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

As part of our recent The Innovator’s Handbook 2023 launch event, we discussed this (and more) with Frank Mattes (CEO at Lean Scaleup), Sean Sheppard (Managing Partner at U+), and Susana Jurado (Head of Wayra Builder at Telefónica). Of course, there are some cons we need to consider. Here’s a summary of the conversation we had.

Innovation Management 52

Innovation Management Management Handbook LEAN 52

Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Many employees and executives alike experienced and vividly remember the recession following the housing market crash in the mid to late 2000s. But as I have mentioned to clients and colleagues many times over the course of my career: Agility will never set you ahead of disruption; it will only give you momentary peace of mind.

Agile 79

Agile LEAN Trends Disruption 79

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Joe’s company is listed and he reports on a regular basis about the progress of the company to both the financial markets and his non-executive Board. Of course I also have to report results of the current business, revenue numbers, market share, etc. The market expects “smart” products, and even for a cheaper price.

Course 52

Course Innovation Marketing Trends 52

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Joe’s company is listed and he reports on a regular basis about the progress of the company to both the financial markets and his non-executive Board. Of course I also have to report results of the current business, revenue numbers, market share, etc. The market expects “smart” products, and even for a cheaper price.

Course 52

Course Innovation Marketing Trends 52

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Joe’s company is listed and he reports on a regular basis about the progress of the company to both the financial markets and his non-executive Board. Of course I also have to report results of the current business, revenue numbers, market share, etc. The market expects “smart” products, and even for a cheaper price.

Course 52

Course Innovation Marketing Trends 52

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 1, 2016

Are we entering 2016 with an innovating mind-set? As we look to enter into 2016 what is top of mind for innovation to take hold and become the real core within our business organizations? Moving innovation from just being symbolic to essential. Moving innovation from just being symbolic to essential.

Innovation 100

Innovation Design LEAN Marketing 100

Innov8rs

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Innovation is evolving, and so is the role of the Chief Innovation Officer. A few decades ago, innovation was just a matter of inventing new products. To stay competitive, the entire organization needs to become more innovative and innovation can’t be delegated and/or relegated to the Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) alone.

Innovation 52

Innovation Tools Competition LEAN 52

Moves the Needle

MAY 16, 2016

” “We acquire innovation.” Although every organization faces unique challenges, we see the same excuses repeatedly why established enterprises can’t do “real” innovation. Go ask some of your co-workers who they think is responsible for innovation. Innovation is somebody else’s job. Of course not. It’s not my job.”

LEAN 75

LEAN Company Underperforming Technical Team How To 75

Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2021

You’ve probably heard the term ‘business innovation’ being hailed as a practice to drive business success and to sustain growth during turbulent times – but what does it actually mean? We’ll also dive into how innovation helps drive business success and longevity. What Exactly is Business Innovation?

Innovation Programs 98

Innovation Programs Innovation Technical Review Open Innovation 98

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 15, 2021

Innovation has become a buzzword in all market segments, but many companies invest in innovation consulting to remain at the forefront. This is because these organizations create innovation departments, aiming for quick results. Where to start: what is innovation? What does an innovation consultancy do?

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Innovation Entrepreneurship Analysis 52

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

I firmly believe we are on the cusp of a new innovation era. When you step back and recognize all the different advancements we have making in designing tools and frameworks, in understanding innovation, it holds promise. Of course, much of what we have will still remain. Now we have to weave them together.

Innovation 178

Innovation Design Agile System 178

Open Innovation EU

MARCH 30, 2016

During a course we developed at Avans University this winter, we asked students to gather relevant business cases on innovation and entrepreneurship in order to analyse them and prepare discussions around organization design. Source: www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/operations/our-insights/when-toyota-met-e-commerce-lean-at-amazon.

Entrepreneurship 70

Entrepreneurship LEAN Case Study Agile 70

Moves the Needle

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Doing so means a new kind innovation management because the management most of us learned in school won’t quite do the trick. Henry Ford’s great insight was that if he could reduce the cost of cars such that his decently-paid employees could afford to buy the automobile they made, he’d have a massive market. The result is choice.

Management 61

Management Innovation Management LEAN Design Thinking 61

Innov8rs

MARCH 17, 2024

Innov8rs | Corporates often grapple with the "Innovator's Dilemma," where the gravitational pull of the core business's existing processes, incentive structures, and risk models stifles the pursuit of groundbreaking innovation.

Agile 40

Agile Disruption Guidelines Resources 40

Planview

JUNE 3, 2022

But the real challenge isn’t in setting the strategy – it’s in keeping the ship on course, over time, especially as conditions change. Strategic drift is different from experimentation, which is essential for innovation. Drift, however, is different: It’s not agreeing to steer off course – it’s steering off course without realizing it.

Course 52

Course LEAN Agile Strategy 52

InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What is the difference between design thinking and Lean UX? Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that involves empathy for the user, creative ideation, and experimentation to create innovative solutions. This can lead to more creative and innovative solutions. How can I apply design thinking to my business?

Design Thinking 74

Design Thinking Design Underperforming Technical Team Ideation 74

Innovation 360 Group

JULY 10, 2018

Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, which is the highest level of expertise for a consultant, coach and master trainer for improving organization culture of problem solving, continuous improvement and innovation to achieve lower cost, faster delivery time and high customer satisfaction. Sales & Marketing. Leadership.

LEAN 40

LEAN Leadership Strategic Thinking Training 40

Moves the Needle

APRIL 10, 2023

This includes all the activities done to develop, market, sell, deliver, and support the product outside of product creation, like manufacturing. The term originated in the United States lean manufacturing movement of the 1980s and 1990s. Product-Market fit is not a hurdle that once you cross it you’re done.

LEAN 40

LEAN Agile Marketing Case Study 40

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 6, 2016

I know the feeling, there has been such a considerable investment that has gone into previous innovation processes to get them established but much of this is actually out of date, it has become today a real ‘legacy’ issue but there is, of course, a real reluctance to challenge it. Well you should! Where do we start?

System 113

System Innovation Design Technical Review 113