Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 4, 2017

Let me summarize where we are today in design thinking. In the past couple of weeks, I have been spending a fair amount of time on investigating design thinking. This is part one of my thoughts that came out of investigating and researching design thinking in the past couple of weeks.

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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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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 7, 2017

This is part two of my thoughts that came out of investigating and researching design thinking in the past couple of weeks. Within these two posts, I want to provide my thoughts, bridging the present and pointing towards a better design thinking future, one that in my opinion, is urgently needed. Part one is here.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

They often share stories of successful team dynamics, which can serve as a blueprint for teams seeking to revamp their approach to innovation. By presenting case studies and evidence-backed strategies, these speakers can validate the importance of team innovation for achieving organizational goals.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

” With the argument, we need to change the innovation narrative and significantly update the innovation approach and processes to meet today’s and tomorrow’s business challenges. To look forward, I would argue we always need to look back and account for the progress made in managing innovation over the years.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. Implementation: 6 Questions to Help You Design Innovative Meetings. What are your goals? Agile Stand-Up.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

Thinking in different horizons prompts you to go beyond the usual focus of fixing innovation just in the present it provides the connections of the present with the desired future. I recently applied the three horizons thinking to ‘frame’ a new innovation design.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We used AI to identify the most frequently asked questions about design thinking. Here are your design thinking FAQs and answers. You can also see our “human” responses to the big question: what is design thinking ? Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1. Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 14, 2023

Here I want to summarize the posts that were part of this build-up, that build the compelling business case for the need to change our thinking about innovation. It suggests that understanding these building blocks is crucial for designing effective innovation strategies and processes. What this all means?

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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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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

We need systems and processes that are flexible, adaptable, and can enable continuous improvements but are fully connected, transparent, and integrated across the entire business. The principles of this Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework are the recognition and value of having a building block and innovation stack design.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In the past few months, I have been writing consistently on the need to change our innovating process, thinking and designs into Innovation Ecosystem ones. I continue to gather, reflect and construct the “how and what” structure of this redesigned innovation (ecosystem) process/system.

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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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IdeaScale

AUGUST 25, 2020

Since 2015, the Innovation Management Awards, presented by IdeaScale, have sought out the best innovation strategists, designers, and approaches. 2020’s field was a tough one to narrow down, as innovation management has spread from the smallest businesses to the biggest conglomerates.

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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.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

Many small vendors provide limited scope to grow innovation in organizational ways; they “sweat” the one idea or big challenge. Is that really the sum of innovation? Something needs to change as the ground is shifting beneath our executive feet. We are all operating in a different era.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 10, 2021

Idea sharing is the first step in the innovation process. Take advantage of IdeaScale’s innovation services to get the most out of your crowdsourcing experience. The innovation blueprint helps leaders refine the areas where they need to innovate and define why. Leading Innovation Workshop. Campaign design.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

This model segments the innovation process into distinct phases, each culminating in a gate. It’s a systematic approach designed to minimize risk and allocate resources effectively. The typical stages might include concept development, design, testing, and launch.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

I want to offer some thoughts that need us all involved in innovation to think about as we finish out 2018. If you are frustrated with your current innovation process then read on. Much of the current innovation process you are currently working with is a Dinosaur, it should have disappeared long ago. I think not.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Innovation “fights” to attract resources, gain management attention or understand its difficulties in the time it takes, its potential risks and its need for a more ambitious and bold commitment of support. The need for digital platforms and ecosystem designs has grown to achieve this collaborative environment.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

When you step back and recognize all the different advancements we have making in designing tools and frameworks, in understanding innovation, it holds promise. Equally nearly all our larger business organizations are still locked in the past, or attempting to catch up to the present but in random ways.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I have written extensively, certainly over the past eighteen months, about our need to take innovation into a new era, designed for today and tomorrow’s “fit for purpose” Below you will see my view of how I see this sketched out, as my suggested concept outline. Does it make sense? Does it make sense to you?

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2022

I was recently working through a set of older presentation files and came across this extract concerning innovation again and thought I must share this. “ Strategy is useless without innovation; innovation is directionless without strategy” Below is an extract from “Reinventing Innovation” by John J Kao.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It is becoming the innovation network economy, to bring all the parts together. For some time we have recognized the present innovating was simply not working. Our present poor performance in growth lies often within our existing innovation systems and their design. Now we have to weave them together.

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InnovationLabs

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Free Webinar on Design Thinking – November 12, 2020 In conjunction with York University, on November 12 Langdon Morris will be presenting a free webinar on Design Thinking.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 2, 2017

We need to think of innovation in different ways, we need to automate it and in addition augment it. I suggested in that post “we need to pull down what is needed” and design a totally ‘adaptive’ innovation process to fit a specific need. We need to bring innovation and its process up to date.

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mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 28, 2020

That is the case of Design Thinking , a structured approach to innovation. Keep reading to understand how you can implement an innovation culture into your company with Design Thinking! That’s because only the visible artifacts of organizational culture can be designed.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

Streamline the development stage with AI-powered design tools that optimize product features and functionality. By integrating AI into the innovation process, companies can uncover valuable insights, streamline workflows, and make more informed decisions.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 8, 2024

Michael's journey through academia and his role in teaching an MBA course offered him insights into the innovation processes of over fifty global companies. A common thread among these companies was the presence of an innovation process but a lack of a culture prepared to embrace it.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

Their enterprise software approach is moving the innovation management market in a very positive way, they are connecting it up. It is a very fragmented market, constrained by the existing designs in place. They, Sopheon, have been generating good cash and have presently a net cash position of $16.7

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Board of Innovation

JULY 20, 2023

Speed, depth and breadth: the rise of Creative AI Table of content The power of imagination Creative AI in product design Ethical considerations and future implications More creative AI resources Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been revolutionizing various industries, and its impact on the creative realm is no exception.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 9, 2019

These have come in different thoughts on digital platforms, ready for cross-industry and having in place, a rapid digital innovation process that scales and evolves on new technology and insights. We need a radical design, universal in design and approach. The majority of the present software providers fail to grasp this.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Did you know innovation can bridge social, cultural, and political differences? Read more about how to design your innovation strategies taking globalization into consideration. Top Innovation Conferences for 2019. Is Your Office Design Stifling Creativity? Want to kick start your innovation process in 2020?

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 26, 2017

We were provided a variety of insights in different presentations and demonstrations, of the technology they are working upon. Surprisingly, I felt they lacked a more holistic view of innovation; a clear innovation process, and dedicated focus on this, which is required. Time to market suffers for one.

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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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Christensen Institute

JANUARY 10, 2023

On January 15, 2019, I published The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty with the late Harvard Business School professor, Clayton Christensen and former Harvard Business Review editor, Karen Dillon. Scaling and accelerating the adoption of market-creating innovations.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 29, 2018

It’s not enough that one group does the work of designing a product or a service and that the other puts it to use. Instead, they need to communicate with each other, to understand how each side approaches the opportunities and challenges that are presented by their jobs. It’s also easier to innovate.

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