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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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In this guest post, learn how to effectively implement a virtually-led design thinking project. Design thinking is a hot topic for business these days, and it’s no surprise. McKinsey & Company research shows that “Design-led organizations realize 10% more revenue than ones that aren’t.”

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Tim Kastelle

JUNE 19, 2016

I’ve been running Lean LaunchPad programs for a couple of years now, and all along, I’ve thought that the number of customer development interviews that a team does is a good indicator of how successful they’ll be. Consequently, I thought that the magic in lean startup is customer development. I was wrong.

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etventure

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Friedrich Arnold, Senior Project Manager at etventure, explains how manufacturers can embrace the Lean Startup methodology as the centerpiece of their Digital Transformation. I complimented the team on how calm the assembly line seemed to run – and how clean the workshop looked. The Proud Leader. Secret Worries.

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

Lean is Dead. Long Live Lean! Twenty four years ago, James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos introduced our world to a modern understanding of the concept of Lean Production. Lean Production was, and still is, a profoundly powerful management philosophy for the mass production of uniform goods.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Hi there, With 2022 almost behind us, a lot of companies and teams are planning their next steps for 2023. This is especially true for venture and innovation teams, who let’s face it, many of whom had a very tough 2022. Get alignment and clarity about your success criteria. Everyone is born creative.

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Fehmida Kapadia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

An hour into the activity, we take a short break to discuss what we are working on and the following conversation ensues “I am writing about design thinking” “Oh! Are you a designer?” “No, No, I am not a designer and that is exactly what I am writing about. Design thinking has become a buzzword today.

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Kainexus

JANUARY 28, 2019

Although the overarching objective of Lean management is to create an unhindered flow of value to the customer, another of its primary concerns is transparency. If you can see roadblocks, process irregularities, resources that aren’t at capacity, and poorly aligned goals you can do something about them.

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Leanstack

OCTOBER 1, 2015

This is exactly what the LEAN Sprint is designed to do. What is the LEAN Sprint A LEAN sprint is a time-boxed iteration cycle for sourcing, ranking, and testing new ideas. We have successfully applied LEAN Sprints internally in our team and across several dozen entrepreneurial teams at startups and large organizations.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

He’s the author of numerous books and an expert on how lean principles can be used to drive innovation. You use the term “ScaleUp” …how is that different than startup and why does it deserve a special designation? Your subtitle refers to “lean” principles; I’m assuming they respond to these restraining forces?

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mjvinnovation

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Design Thinking: Think of solutions, solve situations and problems, close the gaps that need filling in. It is Design Thinking that will pave the way to traveling assertively. Since you have a well-defined idea (through Design Thinking), Agile will clear a path towards your idea by removing obstacles that stand in your way.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2021

” “Stories are self-contained (they have a beginning, middle and resolution), and they are about the storyteller or some other person; they are not about the listener.” The care within designing the narrative is you do not want contradictory narratives; they need to be in pursuit of complementary narratives.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 3, 2019

Lean Innovation doesn’t begin and end with product development. The most mature organizations deploy integrated lean innovation practices across the product lifecycle. How Lean Innovation Re-Invents Product Commercialization Production As discussed above, in most companies, product development is considered “pre-commercialization.”

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Boxes and Arrows

AUGUST 13, 2013

Overall I found Lean UX to be an incredibly insightful and helpful compilation of principles and suggestions for practice/improving process and collaboration as outlined in my review of the book. Ambrose: In a couple places, you mention the value of keeping your teams small. Jeff : As team sizes grow, communication suffers.

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It has led to the rise of product management, transformed support functions, influenced product design, and reshaped how organizations engage with customers. It must be about reconnecting with the innate aspects of being human, both in our work and life management. Tackling Uncertainty: Lean Innovation takes uncertainty head-on.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

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. They bring stories of success and failure that can humanize the innovation process and make it more relatable.

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Lean Startup Week - this year known as Lean Startup Conference - has traditionally been a staple in the innovation industry for bringing both startups and enterprise companies alike into the same sphere in order to discuss advancements in strategy, tactics, ideas, and social impact.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

Yet the problem lies in the fact that so few established companies actually know how to go about getting value out of their innovation ambitions, let alone turning it into profit. So what can you do about it? My team doesn’t have the skills to understand or support it if something goes wrong.

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Moves the Needle

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Lean Innovation Case Study: Bringing a New Product to Market Don’t have time to read the whole article? Download this case study to show to your team, colleagues or boss: DOWNload Case Study. This is the story of how Edmunds.com used Lean Innovation practices to make their mission a reality.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

We created Instant Coffee to help facilitate better idea generation — whether you’re a C-level executive thinking through your company’s next big move, or an individual contributor trying to collaboratively solve a problem with your team. Instant Coffee is a new way to brainstorm and collaborate with your team and others.

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Christensen Institute

MARCH 22, 2022

Prepared schools also had strong and flexible systems, a pattern that resonates with research on using “heavyweight teams” to tackle new challenges. The project’s team conducted surveys and interviews of 70 participating schools and districts that seemed to have weathered the pandemic well. . Factor 1: Forward-leaning orientation.

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IM Insights

AUGUST 23, 2022

About the Episode. This episode is a bit different from others as it focuses less on specific lessons for innovation teams and leaders and more on personal experiences. This episode is a bit different from others as it focuses less on specific lessons for innovation teams and leaders and more on personal experiences.

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mjvinnovation

JANUARY 8, 2021

In reality, we are talking about a set of practices that should be used to manage projects and demands to adapt to changes and gain efficiency quickly. Squads, Scrum, OKRs, Kanban, and Design Sprints are just a few. Working with lean teams focused on solving a challenge brings several benefits to your project.

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Co-Authored by Heather Hiscox and Amelia Klawon Get the full case study to save for your records or to show to your leadership team here: Download Case Study. When the focus is on survival, pausing to think about how to work smarter instead of harder seems outside of the scope of possibility.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 8, 2020

Sometimes the problem is compatibility with legacy systems, but there are also skills gaps to overcome, decisions about how much tech you need and where to apply it, and coping with business disruption or temporary lags in productivity. 1 The Devil in Design. source: pixabay.com. 2 The Expense of Acquisition and Training.

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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 control behavior The lowest level consists of unconscious assumptions about basic social norms.

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Moves the Needle

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

But since we’ve been having great results using the Problem and Solution Zooms in our Lean Innovation Bootcamps and Accelerators throughout the past year, we decided you should Problem Zoom. Teams who are initially excited by their solution are left wondering why feature after feature failed to engage target users. But, SHOULD we?

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Econic

APRIL 13, 2022

Much like our consulting practices, we leaned into a loose framework to build a customized approach to transformation. This mindset permeates the ways we honor each team member as a whole person (one of our core values ). Moreover we deeply consider the impact we have on people beyond our team. 2021 Impact Report.

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CMOE

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

When team members spend 130% more time learning , and there’s a 159% increase in CEOs driving L&D initiatives at their organizations, there’s no overlooking the value of L&D. Lean on these 23 best learning and development blogs to gain insights on elevating L&D at your organization.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 26, 2020

Their team had been engaged to review why their innovation process was not delivering results. To figure out why, the consulting team had reviewed the company’s innovation lifecycle process, showing what happens to an idea in order to get implemented. What most companies get wrong about innovation processes.

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Qmarkets

JUNE 20, 2019

Think of Leicester City winning the 2016 Premier League, the “Miracle on Ice” performed by the USA Ice hockey team in 1980, or Ben and Jerry turning a converted gas station into a global ice cream empire in 1978. This is the first time in NBA history that a team outside the USA has brought home the trophy.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 2, 2018

You can use Lean Innovation techniques -- Empathy, Experiments, and Evidence to ensure the driving force is sustained through the integration. If you don't design the deal in a human-centered way, you're going to have a problem. You know, I was wondering about that. So, there are two distinct points to this story.

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Tim Kastelle

AUGUST 15, 2016

The answer to that is: a team led by Howard Florey. The fact that many more people know about Fleming than Florey is a big problem. But Florey’s took all of that, a big team, plus five years of incredibly focused hard work. Fleming had the idea, Florey’s team made it real and created value for people.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 25, 2022

So, he and his team switched the name from EasyEats to the more refined sounding “OpenTable.” Within a few months, Chuck and his team realized that holding onto a vision that was too broad would kill the company. We can also see how these approaches were precursors to larger movements in lean startup, design thinking, and agile.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

I have written a fair amount about the new innovation era, offering a view on its future design. One that is jumping to a fresh cycle of innovative design. We are in the middle of it, some of you may not have noticed its impact and change but it is significant on the understanding of innovation, in it’s future design.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 8, 2019

How The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Used Lean Innovation to Create New Value for Their Customers Take this Case Study with you! At the time, most of the staff’s interactions with customers happened during the design phase, such as usability testing and design sessions. Click here to download.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2021

” “Stories are self-contained (they have a beginning, middle and resolution), and they are about the storyteller or some other person; they are not about the listener.” The care within designing the narrative is you do not want contradictory narratives; they need to be in pursuit of complementary narratives.

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