Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

Many tools, techniques, frameworks, mechanics, and emerging methodologies have allowed different parts of the innovation process to be explored and exploited. We are moving innovation along but not at a pace or design that reflects the need to connect “it ” into one comprehensive process.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

When you invite an innovation keynote speaker to your event, you’re not just getting a presentation; you’re accessing a wealth of knowledge shaped by real-world experience and success. These speakers cover a range of topics, from the innovation process to the creation of a culture that nurtures creativity and collaboration.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

When you select a speaker whose expertise aligns with your company’s goals, you create a unique opportunity for growth and learning. They bring stories of success and failure that can humanize the innovation process and make it more relatable. Demonstrating how to embrace failure as a learning opportunity.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Innovation thinking in Ecosystem and Gen AI design I believe there is a real need to construct a different innovation process. We are rapidly seeing the past of innovating simply in terms of operating on our own. Earlier this year, I proposed a different framework for the innovation process and thinking.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 27, 2023

In a series of posts, I have first explained why we should change , then introduced the concepts of the building block s, followed by an introduction to the innovation stack thinking. The Learning Components are how we should work through each stage of the innovation process.

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Discover our guide to human-centered design books, articles, tools, and other resources. One up-and-coming innovation framework is human-centered design, an approach centered around the end user and their unique problems and needs. What is Human-Centered Design? Four Principle of Human-Centered Design.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 19, 2023

We cannot afford to avoid changing our innovation processes as we deal with a far more complex and challenging world. We seem to be keeping innovation as a disappointing and often frustrating outcome for many leaders of organizations. Indeed our existing innovation processes are doing an (adequate) job. Why change?

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Curious : Exhibiting a strong desire to learn and understand more. By identifying these traits, organizations can pinpoint the individuals most likely to succeed in roles that require innovative thinking and leadership. Encouraging a Mindset of Continuous Learning Continuous learning is the bedrock of innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2021

“We need to seek the opportunity to learn and grow, the possibilities of things to be discovered, not the certainties to be recovered.” Let me outline these here and some of their observations of why the innovation narrative is so important. They help us to orientate and can profoundly inspire us to shape the future.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 23, 2023

Do you believe that failure is a necessary part of the innovation process? How much do you prioritize learning and growth? Do they provide resources and support for innovation initiatives? Category 3: Process Is there a formal process for submitting and evaluating new ideas in your organization?

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2023

These stacks follow an established logic, such as working through idea discovery, relating to given problems, exploring solutions, and determining the final model or design and the execution delivery to achieve this. It is by leveraging the platform; organizations can create a more seamless and efficient innovation process.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 15, 2021

This guest article on innovative teaching shares ideas and strategies from the The Startup Teacher Playbook: Turn Your Ideas Into Actions, Personalize Professional Development, and Create Innovative Learning Experiences for You and Your Students. We live in a system where ‘innovation’ is usually only permitted from the top.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 29, 2023

Now, we’d like to offer a live virtual workshop that will help our participants learn ChatGPT and how to use this tool (and other similar generative AI tools) in their work for their own unique projects and programs. We will guide them through the learning and doing of innovating with ChaptGPT as a professional.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2014

One of the conundrums is why does innovation take so long to happen in corporations? Previously Hank Chesbrough and I have written about some of the strategic issues that impede innovation inside large corporations here and here. Customer Development versus Design Thinking.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I see many comments on the failure of innovation, in its inability to be at the core of an organization’s ambitions for growing and changing. Our innovation processes stay islands of knowledge stubbornly not flowing across organizations, informing others and giving the right levels of insights, support, or collaboration needed. .”

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 5, 2021

Templates to help you conquer this innovative meeting format. The Lightning Decision Jam (LDJ) is a short design sprint exercise advanced by the team at AJ&Smart that has since gained popularity across the design thinking and innovation space. Looking for more resources and guides? Remote Jam Template.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 14, 2024

Lean Startup Methodology The Lean Startup methodology , created by Eric Ries, emphasizes the importance of rapid prototyping, validated learning, and other iterative product and service development techniques. It involves empathy, ideation, prototyping, and testing to explore innovative business models that deeply resonate with customers.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 28, 2022

The key is knowing what are the critical factors for your innovation activities and their dependencies for sustaining innovation success? The question is, which are critical, which naturally occur when others begin to be put into place, and which seem to have limited or no real effect on changing the dynamics of innovation?

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

The ultimate manifestation of this is to figure out how to disrupt yourself inside the safety of an innovation process before a competitor (existing or new) does it for you. By dedicating resources to these horizons, organisations can future-proof their businesses and stay ahead of industry disruptions.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2021

“We need to seek the opportunity to learn and grow, the possibilities of things to be discovered, not the certainties to be recovered.” Let me outline these here and some of their observations of why the innovation narrative is so important. They help us to orientate and can profoundly inspire us to shape the future.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2021

“We need to seek the opportunity to learn and grow, the possibilities of things to be discovered, not the certainties to be recovered.” Let me outline these here and some of their observations of why the innovation narrative is so important. They help us to orientate and can profoundly inspire us to shape the future.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 5, 2020

This is a lesson I learned from making many mistakes in my own work. I was often happy to take whatever innovation project the leadership team threw my way. And I have done it all – idea jams, hackathons, startup weekends, training workshops and innovation sprints. I believe that this is the wrong approach.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Gregg Fraley Innovation (GFi) is offering three public courses in late October and early November. Innovation Intensive, Beyond Design Thinking. This deep-dive immersive course in innovation could change the direction of your organization – or career. Join us at Catalyst Ranch, a truly fun place to learn!

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

Innovate to grow with these innovation book recommendations. Does your organization have a comprehensive innovation strategy or plan for the year? Are you interested in learning more about how to develop an innovative mindset and gain practical skills on developing creative new ideas for implementation?

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IdeaScale

JUNE 26, 2018

It is fascinating to hear their project titles and pitches and we try and take the opportunity to share as much information as we can from our IdeaScale resources. That’s why tapping into the crowd makes ideas a virtually renewable resource. Not Enough Resources to Create Change. What are the stages of innovation?

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Imaginatik

JANUARY 13, 2017

Read more about Ecosystem Scanning by downloading The Art of the Possible – Future Building’s Crucial Role in Driving Innovation Impact. Deliberate focus and smart resource allocation across the innovation portfolio requires an understanding of where the world is headed, and what the future might look like. Narrative Shaping.

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Integrative Innovation

MAY 3, 2014

The resonance to my recent post on integrating Lean Startup and Design Thinking features to a combined process has been stunning. Interestingly, it looks like others support the idea of balancing and combining elements of both innovation approaches, too. Act on the learning. It really seems to have hit a nerve!

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Strategyzer Innovation

JULY 3, 2019

And this plethora of customer-driven organisations rely more and more on methodologies such as Design Thinking which starts with an empathetic and exploratory approach toward the customer. Customer interviews are the simplest form of testing innovators can do. But a good idea doesn’t have to become a dogma. Or this capability?

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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. Furthermore, all the elements of the innovation system need to be interconnected and equally mature.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

Even though we have so many new initiatives going on in the larger organizations to keep the troops happy and hopefully engaged they are not making the level of difference that innovation is expected to achieve. Innovation is hard work yet we seem to make it harder because we “freeze” our understanding of it.

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Review what you need to know from the 2019 Innovation Report released by Stanford Professor Bret Waters. Image taken from the 2019 Innovation Trends Report. Creating true innovation within larger, established organizations is notoriously difficult. Learn more about this report and the top takeaways from it below.

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mjvinnovation

MARCH 29, 2021

Do you want to better understand the importance of process consulting in your business? Read this article to the end and learn the benefits of this type of service! What does a process consultancy do? Modeling – organization, design or redesign of the process flow. Resource optimization and waste reduction.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Mine is usually a mix of exploring and researching around innovation in the morning, a couple of hours at the gym, a walk to finish off and then a mixture of enjoying a nice home-cooked meal and a relaxing evening. We, in general, all seem to remain constantly disappointed at the end results of our innovation efforts.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 25, 2022

Let’s review the three stages of this design thinking framework. This article is part 3 in a series designed to explore the design thinking process. Click the link here to read through Part 1: What is Design Thinking and Part 2: Attitudes That Hurt Design Thinking & How to Change Them. .

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Ecosystems4Innovating

OCTOBER 23, 2022

What we have is just simply not good enough; our innovation processes included. So I need to stop my opening rant, but it does have multiple purposes here relating to innovation. New innovation is the lifeblood, it is the living proof, the tangible sign we are progressing. We need to change that! ” So in summary.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 13, 2022

KPI’s linked to innovation for (middle) managers and understanding of exploration activities. Sufficient budget and resources. A company culture in which innovation is supported and encouraged. Willingness to experiment and learn, and accept risks (Innovation culture). Establishing an Ideation Platform Process.

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Tim Kastelle

JANUARY 13, 2016

“One of my pedagogy professors said an interesting thing once: teachers spend their time in the classroom teaching, while students, who you’d hope would spend the time learning, are actually studenting ; that is, performing the gestures they’ve been taught to perform to seem like legitimate students.”

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