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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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 8, 2020

We discuss how challenging it is to develop completely new technology, the difficulty in describing its value and marketing it, and getting buy in for innovation processes in your company. 00:08:00 – Innovation is not a team sport, it is usually done by one or two people.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2020

For that, we require ingenuity in our abilities to break through present seemingly difficult barriers in technologies, and this calls for breakthrough innovation. Innovation is required in all areas of research, development, demonstration, and deployment, to have equal focus.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 17, 2023

You developed and are using a best-in-class Innovation Process. You start by talking to consumers, studying mega-trends, and scanning the globe for emerging technologies and disruptive offerings. Once you find a problem and fall in love with it, you start dreaming and designing possible solutions.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 7, 2021

It would seem that the innovation process is simple: Get an idea, refine that idea, implement it, and repeat the process. Here are five common problems with the innovation process and how to resolve them. A well-implemented strategy is key to any innovation process, but that doesn’t mean finding one is easy.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I have argued in the past that innovation management needs to radically adjust and needs to be designed differently, it needs to be highly adaptive. I’d like to offer some views, partly looking out to the future, partly considering what is potentially within our grasp, if we step back and rethink innovation design.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 28, 2023

Establishing the right innovation process to deliver on your enterprise company-wide strategy can be a real challenge, but it is crucial to the success of any innovation program. In this article, I’ll go through the key points to consider to help you develop the most effective innovation process for your organization.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 27, 2017

Digital technologies are beginning to have a real impact on the methods, approaches, and rates of our innovation outputs. Social technologies are giving us real-time understanding. We need to change our thinking and design in the digital insight part more specifically within and along the innovation process.

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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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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 20, 2024

Combining Ecosystems, technology and GenAI to unlock innovation The concepts of ecosystem innovation and generative AI has arrived at the point where we need to question workflows have the real poential openness has become central to our process of thinking and development building.

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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. Nothing can work in isolation.

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Tullio Siragusa

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Design Thinking in Education: Shaping Creative Minds for the Future In a world characterized by rapid changes and complex challenges, the traditional education model, which primarily focuses on the dissemination of knowledge, is increasingly proving to be insufficient.

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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 10, 2023

As he points out, “Today, Generative AI stands as a testament to the power of human imagination and technological innovation. It has grown from humble beginnings into a sophisticated technology capable of producing remarkable output.” Ensure alignment with the organization’s overall strategy and goals.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 27, 2023

After a series of posts introducing and explaining the thinking and design behind the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework, I thought it would be a good idea to put this into a sequence of visuals that should take you through this to provide a decent understanding of its make-up and logic.

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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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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. We stack them and they interlink.

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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

AUGUST 8, 2023

Here, I want to briefly talk about the importance of the learning components that support the innovation design and especially the different innovation stacks. I plan to add another element of Sustainability , both social and corporate value, later as it should run through our innovation thinking throughout.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

From its inception to the current state, the processes governing the development of new products and services have continuously evolved to incorporate new methodologies and technologies. Traditional Phases and Gates Processes Traditionally, the phases and gates model has been a cornerstone in structuring innovation management.

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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

AUGUST 22, 2023

Innovation has the power to unlock the Energy Transition, Innovation thinking and design are needed everywhere within the energy system. For example, wind solutions have continued to evolve as we learn to explore new materials, improve the integration of advanced technology development, and better understand weather conditions.

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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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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 19, 2023

So how to set about making this change and who should be involved as it is a more radical design of a holistic nature is what I am outlining in this post. Organizations in today’s business environment need to adapt rapidly and dynamically, the need to bring the innovation management process is a constant technological advancement.

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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

JUNE 6, 2023

Orientation towards Innovation Tasks: The elements of the innovation stack are designed to support the core tasks of innovation, these include learning, absorbing, assessing knowledge management, creativity, design, experimentation, and testing. The innovation stack’s modular nature.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

Through engaging stories and actionable insights, they can instill a sense of purpose and drive teams towards embracing collaborative innovation. Keynote speakers foster an atmosphere of learning and growth, highlighting the value of each team member’s contribution to the innovation process.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 21, 2023

The importance here is recognizing the shift in mindset and thinking towards a Building Block approach to build up the Innovation Stacks. Each stack “sits” on a technology platform. Who needs to be involved in undertaking this framework’s initial structure, design, and building?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They bring stories of success and failure that can humanize the innovation process and make it more relatable. Their talks can be a catalyst for change, encouraging your team to pursue innovation with renewed vigor. By discussing the innovation process, they can: Ignite the spark of ideation and creativity within your team.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 14, 2023

It suggests that innovation software might be facing a dilemma due to the pace of technological advancements. The future of innovation management software : “ Where will Innovation Management Software go ?” ” explores the potential direction of innovation management software. What this all means?

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IdeaScale

APRIL 14, 2021

The paradigm is that companies cannot afford to rely strictly on their own internal methods of innovation, but can buy or license processes or inventions from other companies. This helps to further their goals while also providing the opportunity to license or use joint ventures to share their under-utilized technology or processes.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 26, 2023

Innovation application and practice seem to have stayed stuck, largely due to how it is organized. Even with all the countless advice, ideas and concepts written by many, innovators still stay marooned on individual islands, lacking insights, alternative opinions and broader diversity in thinking. I learn from the ask.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 26, 2015

I can’t see this continuing to work in any efficient or effective way in such a digital hyper connected world, where insights flood into the innovation engine room, expecting the same ‘hyper’ response and delivery outcome result. Mashing up for explosive change. We are transcending traditional industry and product boundaries.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 26, 2023

This part of the document provides the guardrails and guidance and the essential encouragement to bring risk evaluations into all innovation conversations. Designing impact and progress dashboards that are common across the organization enables faster identification and tracking of progress made. Addressing both makes good sense.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

I don’t buy into all the innovation hype jargon unless we begin to recognize the changes we are undergoing in our business landscape today need a comprehensive and robust innovation structure and design. 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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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

The Intersection of AI and Innovation Management Defining Innovation Management with AI Innovation management refers to the process and activities that organizations use to manage and nurture new ideas into marketable products and services. It helps organizations to: Anticipate future trends and consumer demands.

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

What’s the best way to leverage new technologies? During The Innovator’s Handbook 2023 launch event, we discussed these topics with Tom Waller (Senior Vice President of Innovation at adidas) and Tiffany Vasilchik (Chief Growth Officer at Board of Innovation). Using Technology Differently (and More Efficiently).

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