Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Recently, I got caught up in some announcement by Siemens, where they announced the acquisition of Mendix, the Low-Code providers, for the explicit purpose to combine Mendix with Siemens MindSphere, claiming it has the potential to cover off all elements of the Smart App Stack. That got my attention.

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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. Design thinking involves five key phases: Empathize : Understanding the human needs involved. It helps teams to observe and develop empathy with the target user.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design Thinking is a methodology used by designers to solve complex problems and find desirable solutions for clients. A design mindset is not problem-focused, it’s solution-focused and action-oriented towards creating a preferred future.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

The principles of this Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework are the recognition and value of having a building block and innovation stack design. Innovation design does need a comprehensive solution to address the complexities of modern innovation. ” explores the potential direction of innovation management software.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

For insights into designing impactful leadership retreats, explore our guide on designing leadership team offsites for strategic planning. Objectives might include reassessing market position, exploring new partnerships, or setting performance targets.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

I am suggesting a vertical and horizontal design applying innovation stack and building block approaches, all “housed” on a technology platform. We need an Innovation Mandate calling for a Radical Re-design of how we undertake innovation management, it is needed to bring innovation management into the 21st century in design and approaches.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Why is design thinking regarded as so crucial to the future of innovation in a world of accelerating interplays between humans, technology and generative AI? What will be the changes or potential to leverage these three of Design Thinking, Technology and AI Generative Thinking for solving innovation challenges in the future?

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

I am working through what I think this should become in design and application, involving providing the key innovation building blocks as components of the innovation stack, using the innovation stack to guide platform development and the platform to support this innovation stack.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

I am on a personal mission to convince innovation software providers, corporations and innovators to change how they undertake innovation. In some recent posts, I argued that we need to adopt a broader innovation ecosystem thinking and design. They need a more fluid, highly adaptive design. Let me outline many of these here.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Innovation software management continues to be sold piecemeal, so often just bolted onto the other parts already in place, not being optimized. For me, ecosystem thinking and design are accelerating mutual learning, and through this innovation, outcome potential for sharing and knowledge building.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

As you lead your distributed teams, understanding the nuances of virtual collaboration is crucial for driving innovation, productivity, and engagement. The agility to respond quickly to market changes and customer needs. Encouraging Active Participation and Engagement Active participation is vital for the health of your virtual team.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

As you lead your distributed teams, understanding the nuances of virtual collaboration is crucial for driving innovation, productivity, and engagement. The agility to respond quickly to market changes and customer needs. Encouraging Active Participation and Engagement Active participation is vital for the health of your virtual team.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 9, 2019

We need a radical design, universal in design and approach. The more we design and need to deliver smart, connected and innovative products the more we have this innovation platform need. The majority of the present software providers fail to grasp this. We simply liberate connections on a platform.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

There is still a real reluctance that the supplier of innovation software solutions has to change. They have had a model of a constant growth success for years but it is getting harder as the market is fragmenting and looking for greater flexibility within the range of solutions. The IM software market is stirring.

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Acuvate

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Moreover, be it retail stores, e-commerce portals, or common messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, consumers want CPG products to be marketed and sold everywhere, and not only expect speedy service but also want brands to understand their needs and preferences, market products accordingly, and remember them at every touchpoint.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Innovation is struggling to really perform and unleash breakthrough products due to many ‘inbuilt’ inhibitors. Embedded software is becoming more important in value than the physical product. Embedded software is becoming essential within products; from shoes, household appliances, cars, travel etc.

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Boxes and Arrows

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Now the time has come for us—designers, working on digital products—to step up our game and act like real gatekeepers. We have a huge responsibility here as designers. It’s up to us how we design these platforms and what social norms we set there. Our next step is to let users to give reviews to each other.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Together, Qmarkets and Capgemini Invent will provide leading global enterprises with a combined package of strategic consultancy services and dedicated innovation software.   You have an endless list of stakeholders to engage, countless data points to consider, and plenty of landmines to avoid. They are a great bunch of innovators.

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eZassi

MAY 11, 2018

What is Innovation Software? Innovation Software Helps Businesses Cultivate and Implement Innovation — Faster. Innovation software is a fairly recent development that was made possible by the rise in popularity of both cloud computing and social sharing platforms. How is Innovation Software Used? Idea Capture.

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 3, 2020

Consulting is a $250 billion behemoth global market. Even prior to Covid-19, market growth had all but screeched to a halt with growth estimates for 2020 at 0.5 That’s why armies of consultants are dispatched to cover consulting engagements. The entertainment industry was already undergoing digital disruption.

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Moves the Needle

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The rise of online ratings and reviews, social media where product stories are shared (both good and bad), and the overwhelming amount of information means that grabbing attention in this endless fight for eyeballs is a daunting task. Dominance of traditional market research is one of the biggest obstacles in achieving “customer centricity.”

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Qmarkets

JULY 16, 2019

G2 Crowd – one of the world’s largest peer-to-peer corporate software review platforms – has recognized Qmarkets as a market leader in their Summer 2019 Idea Management Grid Report, due to market leading scores across several categories. For ‘Market Presence’, Qmarkets came in 4 th place in this report.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Effective collaboration harnesses the collective intelligence of the team, leading to innovative solutions and a competitive edge in the market. Greater Engagement Team members feel valued and are more committed to their work. These tools can include messaging apps, video conferencing software, and digital whiteboards, among others.

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

At the time of this writing, a search for UX design jobs on job finder Glassdoor reveals almost 20,000 open positions in the United States alone. Onward Search provides a useful overview of the UX design job market in infographic format. If we go by the stats, the market for UX designers could not be hotter.

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Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 15, 2022

Recession Proof Your Business the Design Thinking Way. With some strategic Design Thinking methodologies, you can protect your business from falling apart and improve it so you can grow. What Is Design Thinking? Design Thinking assists organizations in creating value for people.

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Leapfrogging

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Value Proposition Canvas is useful for refining a new product or service innovation to make sure it is well received on the market. A solution is a good fit for the market when its features align with what the customer needs from the product or service. . . The Value Proposition Canvas Tool . About the Author .

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Leapfrogging

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Value Proposition Canvas is useful for refining a new product or service innovation to make sure it is well received on the market. A solution is a good fit for the market when its features align with what the customer needs from the product or service. . . The Value Proposition Canvas Tool . About the Author .

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Boxes and Arrows

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Now the time has come for us—designers, working on digital products—to step up our game and act like real gatekeepers. We have a huge responsibility here as designers. It’s up to us how we design these platforms and what social norms we set there. Our next step is to let users to give reviews to each other.

Design 55

Design Software Review Tips Tools 55

Leapfrogging

JUNE 3, 2020

Consulting is a $250 billion behemoth global market. Even prior to Covid-19, market growth had all but screeched to a halt with growth estimates for 2020 at 0.5 That’s why armies of consultants are dispatched to cover consulting engagements. The entertainment industry was already undergoing digital disruption.

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Boxes and Arrows

DECEMBER 23, 2014

In a flash of insight, he realized that software could replace pencil-and-paper accounting for everyone. They had users try their new software, Quicken, while they ran a stopwatch. Then they’d tweak the software and retest until processes that took an hour were reduced to a quarter of that.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 3, 2018

This could be in a new plant, in where production should be situated, so it can be allowed to scale at a later date, in resources able to achieve scale or more importantly you scale according to the type of goods or demand so they can be readily available, closer to the market they are needed. Today we are struggling due to these legacies.

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eZassi

AUGUST 29, 2023

Industries including medical devices, biotech, aerospace, automotive, apparel, and food are finding applications for intricately designed, novel material customizations. This includes engineers, designers, production managers, and other stakeholders who must work together to integrate AM into the production facility.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

hpo was founded 25 years ago with the goal of enabling companies to become high-performance organizations through a holistic approach to enterprise design. I see great synergies between us not only due to our complementary offering, but also in terms of client base, where we already have many customers in common.”

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

hpo was founded 25 years ago with the goal of enabling companies to become high-performance organizations through a holistic approach to enterprise design. I see great synergies between us not only due to our complementary offering, but also in terms of client base, where we already have many customers in common.”

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Technical Review Innovation Management Management Software Review 98

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I am looking at this energy transition through the eyes of the innovator, as it offers so much in new solutions and designs that any innovator would love to be part of. Technology innovation, suggested new business models, outline proposals for changing policies, processes, and market design all are being “sketched out.”

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Business and Tech

DECEMBER 16, 2021

” How does this affect resident engagement and satisfaction? Beyond just building a great software solution, I learned that to build a technology business, it’s critical to figure out how to navigate explosive growth and the need to scale. What gap in the market did you think property management technologies missed before ResMan?

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Less than 30% of manufacturing companies are actively rolling out Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies at scale” No wonder we presently have trouble attracting many businesses onto platforms when they are still very much behind in deciding or deploying a strategically thought-through IIoT digital design, that is connecting everything up.

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