Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Today most organizations have barriers towards creativity, ideas and innovation. Many of these barriers to innovation lie in attitudes and perceptions at the leadership level but also can run through the organization’s design. Innovation is far too linear in its approach; it can be different.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that combines empathy, creativity, and rationality to meet user needs and drive successful business outcomes. AI complements human creativity, enabling teams to translate complex data into meaningful insights and innovative solutions.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Regardless of the industry your business falls in, innovation can keep your team ahead of the trends and competitors and foster stability and consistency within your strategy. While innovation is pertinent, it is often misunderstood and as a result, many companies fail to reap the benefits of it at its best.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Even if heightened sensory profiles were a universal characteristic among innovators, it wouldn’t be the sole factor driving innovation. Other cognitive abilities, such as critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving skills, and the ability to connect disparate ideas, also play significant roles in the innovative process.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Regardless of the industry your business falls in, innovation can keep your team ahead of the trends and competitors and foster stability and consistency within your strategy. While innovation is pertinent, it is often misunderstood and as a result, many companies fail to reap the benefits of it at its best.

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Strategy Strategy Idea Generation Comparison 98

IdeaScale

JANUARY 14, 2020

Isn’t innovation supposed to be about tapping the potential of your employees while engaging with them on a creative level? Sometimes it takes an outsider to kickstart the creative process. Why Should I Outsource Innovation? There’s a lot of reasons to outsource innovation work.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Taking your “suggestion box” online covers a few crucial points for any effective innovation strategy. A transparent innovation process makes this particularly effective. If it regularly fills up or doesn’t, that says something about employee engagement. Don’t forget to make sure everyone has a chance to win.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking has become a cornerstone methodology in the worlds of innovation, business strategy, and product development. As a methodology, it is open to adopting new tools and technologies that enhance the process, including the integration of artificial intelligence in design thinking.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

The thrust of the framework is “ Organizations can create a more comprehensive and effective innovation ecosystem by utilizing building blocks as components of the innovation stack, guiding platform development using the innovation stack, and supporting the innovation stack with a platform.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 26, 2020

A while back, one of my consulting partners from another office asked me to review their client’s innovation process. Their team had been engaged to review why their innovation process was not delivering results. What most companies get wrong about innovation processes.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Innovation culture is characterized by an environment where employees feel motivated to challenge the status quo, explore new territories, and are not deterred by the possibility of failure. This, in turn, can lead to the development of groundbreaking products, services, and processes that drive the organization forward.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

IdeaScale is offering innovators from around the world an extra week to complete their submission for the Innovation Management Awards. This is our fifth annual award series and we honor winners in three categories: best innovation engagement strategy, best innovation process, and best innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

In my view any new approach to innovation needs to aim to achieve interdependent and interlocking innovation, solving problems that have not been addressed before and offering sustainable value, impact, and returns to all involved or significantly improving on the existing solutions.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

By sharing their expertise and experiences, a keynote speaker can challenge conventional thinking, encourage creative solutions, and stimulate a culture of innovation. The impact of an effective keynote address can resonate long after the event, influencing corporate strategies and individual initiatives alike.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Embracing the Evolution: AI Meets Design Thinking The intersection of artificial intelligence and design thinking is poised to redefine the landscape of innovation and strategy. Its collaborative nature fosters creativity, leveraging diverse perspectives to uncover innovative solutions.

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IdeaScale

MAY 26, 2021

It can come in many different forms and styles, but regardless of the methods you use, innovation cannot be ignored. However, when working in a digital workspace, creating lasting innovative solutions is much more difficult than usual. Innovation doesn’t only result from alignment.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For me, the last six months or so I have been spending increasing time working with ChatGPT to gain different ways to look at focus areas I spend in advising and mentoring and where innovation links into my different work. I am going into new versions of PAH-1 , but let me share this opening design for AI-driven innovation.

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Be-novative

DECEMBER 15, 2020

We contribute to a better, more creative Earth. How to engage and motivate people to be open in sharing their ideas and solve challenges your organisation is facing? This process resulted in 23 patentable solutions which is insanely great. We share knowledge, inspire people and actively co-create new methods.

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Be-novative

DECEMBER 15, 2020

We contribute to a better, more creative Earth. How to engage and motivate people to be open in sharing their ideas and solve challenges your organisation is facing? This process resulted in 23 patentable solutions which is insanely great. We share knowledge, inspire people and actively co-create new methods.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 14, 2024

Adobe: Originally selling packaged software, the company shifted to a subscription-based cloud service with its Adobe Creative Cloud. 5 Frameworks for Business Model Innovation To effectively navigate the complexities of business model innovation, adopting proven frameworks and methodologies can provide a structured and strategic approach.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It also allows those who aren’t trained as designers to use creative tools to address a vast range of challenges. The Five Stages of Design Thinking The process of Design Thinking is divided into five stages that guide the problem-solving process. What is AI-Powered Design Thinking?

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Qmarkets

MAY 18, 2021

Amer Sports’ employees sharing their ideas at one of the various ‘idea stations’ They implemented a strategy that would allow them to engage their office-based workers via digital channels, their local intranet, and emails etc. Bottom-up innovation is where ideas come from anywhere in the organization.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

These are the backbone of innovation and can deliver amazing value, however they are ultimately only one aspect of innovation. In this blog, we will share the additional ‘innovation assets’ that many companies are yet to include in their business innovation strategy. Top 3 Alternative Innovation Assets 1.

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Planview

APRIL 28, 2019

As organizations seek to add value to customers and develop new, differentiated products and services, innovation is at the heart of strategy. It starts with creating a culture of innovation from within by tapping into the wisdom of employees. And they did it through a complete lifecycle process from strategy to delivery.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 27, 2024

Innovation isn’t just about the next big idea; it’s a multifaceted strategy that businesses employ to navigate through the twists and turns of today’s dynamic markets. Whether it’s tweaking a product to perfection or revolutionizing an industry standard, innovation comes in many flavors.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The best way for people to understand new ideas is through a visual medium, and because of this it only makes sense for businesses and innovators to begin adopting visualization tools. In this article, we will discuss why visual collaboration is so important to innovation and we’ll reveal the best tool to implement new innovation strategies.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A speaker’s ability to captivate, engage, and inspire the audience sets the tone and leaves a lasting impression. On the other hand, an ill-suited speaker may lead to disinterest, a lack of engagement, and a negative perception of the event’s value.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

These are the backbone of innovation and can deliver amazing value, however they are ultimately only one aspect of innovation. In this blog, we will share the additional ‘innovation assets’ that many companies are yet to include in their business innovation strategy. Top 3 Alternative Innovation Assets 1.

Strategy 52

Strategy Strategy Crowdsourcing Trends 52

Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

How do you make innovation important to an executive team? Most of them already say that innovation is important. You need to demonstrate that innovation is not "a" strategy, but is a way to accomplish strategies - growth, differentiation, new line extensions and so on.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This partnership will combine the extensive functionality of the Qmarkets platform with the expertise and services of RevelX’s team of growth entrepreneurs, to power the innovation efforts and strategies of companies around the world. About RevelX We are a strategic innovation professional services firm.

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eZassi

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Invest in Intrapreneurs – Innovation Management Supports Your Organization’s Greatest Change Makers Intrapreneurs are those important team members with the optimism, intellect, initiative, and discipline to champion bright ideas and drive new project pipelines, establishing innovative change across the business.

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Peter Drucker once said, “Above all, innovation is work rather than genius. Can innovation be managed like a business process? Does “managing” innovation limit creativity, thus stifling innovative ideas? There are times, places, and conditions under which innovation flourishes.”. Conclusion.

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PlanBox Innovation

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It almost sounds like an oxymoron, but with the help of generative AI systems like ChatGPT—OpenAI’s advanced AI language model that’s all the rage these days—you can take a lot of weight off your shoulders by streamlining your innovation processes, so you can have a bit more structure and creativity without the headaches.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 15, 2023

A sustainability workshop applying design thinking and an innovation process to create vision, strategy and action Recently we’ve had a number of requests for our design thinking sprints, innovation workshops, interactive training sessions, and strategy hackathons applied for the purpose of environmental sustainability.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Open innovation is a core strategy for transformative growth amongst a growing number of enterprise companies around the world. The days of boardrooms and R&D departments keeping innovation under lock and key are waning, as companies are increasingly preferring a more collaborative approach with startups and other external parties.

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Cris Beswick

DECEMBER 1, 2023

To build repeatable capability, organisations need an innovation system made up of innovation strategy, innovation processes, innovation governance, innovation culture and leadership for innovation. In their absence, innovation won’t be a repeatable and sustainable growth capability.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Large-scale product runs are being adapted to meet more specific opportunities; response rates and customer engagement are being hugely advanced by technology and constant exploring the full customer journey with data and analytics helping the understanding. Hierarchy and delegation are flattening out and seeking engagement.

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