Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The work undertaken is often seen as a drain, not repeatable, and poor on the efficient definition of understanding we have in place today as the work undertaken, not yielding the returns if the concept is more radical due to time horizons or business model constraints. Today we live in a more connected world, technology has enabled this.

Technical Review 208

Technical Review Innovation Software Review Engagement 208

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

We are witnessing a very radical change, driven by technology, increasingly disrupting and breaking down past traditional boundaries, partly built to defend positions so as to achieve economic scale. The innovative design has become paramount to these new offerings. Ecosystem design will create new business opportunities.

Radical Innovation 321

Radical Innovation Technical Review Engagement Collaboration 321

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

They present an opportunity for you to reassess the company’s direction, realign with the core values, and ensure that every leader is committed to a shared vision. To assist you in crafting a focused agenda for your offsite, you might find valuable guidance in how to design and run a strategic planning offsite.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Design Exercises 100

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.

Artificial Inteligence 182

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Agile Innovation 182

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.

Software Review 246

Software Review Software Innovation Design 246

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. At these gates, decision-makers review progress and determine the feasibility of moving forward to the next stage.

Generative AI 113

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Product Development 113

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

For insights into designing impactful leadership retreats, explore our guide on designing leadership team offsites for strategic planning. Link to related articles such as designing leadership team offsites for strategic planning for further insights on crafting an effective agenda.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In some recent posts, I argued that we need to adopt a broader innovation ecosystem thinking and design. These barriers do not ‘magically’ change by delivering what I believe moves us to a better system for innovation, that of an ecosystem and platform architecture. They need a more fluid, highly adaptive design.

Software Review 162

Software Review Innovation Design Technical Review 162

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

In the past few months, I have been placing an increasing focus on the energy transition we all need to undertake in our energy systems, to build a more comprehensive understanding of the parts that make up the whole of this transition. Today, renewables (wind, solar, hydropower, biofuels) is presently only supplying around 16-18%.

Management 214

Management Technical Review Innovation System 214

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. This 3H thinking helps break down complex issues.

Design 138

Design Innovation Agile System 138

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.”

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Software Review Report System 145

Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

AI technologies are enabling a more data-driven approach to innovation management, enhancing the ability to predict trends, understand consumer behavior, and generate creative ideas at scale. Streamline the development stage with AI-powered design tools that optimize product features and functionality.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Analysis Technical Review 100

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 22, 2017

The practice of lean thinking, design thinking, visual thinking have increasingly started to dominate our “innovation thinking.” We must think differently and that might mean whole innovation system thinking. It is the dynamics within the innovation system that can make it transformational.

System 147

System Innovation Design Resources 147

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 9, 2019

What fascinates me presently is the energy transition currently being undertaken, due to the enormous amount of innovation options being considered and applied. New technologies are changing the very nature of how energy is going to be produced and delivered over the next ten to twenty years.

Technical Review 177

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence System Innovation 177

Acuvate

MAY 27, 2024

For example, predictive maintenance, an activity enabled by these technologies, has helped organizations increase asset lifespan by up to 40% and reduce downtime up to 50%. Unlike generic data management systems, these platforms are engineered to cater to the intricate requirements of specific industries.

Industry 40

Industry Data Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 40

Tullio Siragusa

MAY 1, 2023

In a recent episode of the Tech Leaders Unplugged podcast, guests Rameshwar Balanagu, Chief Digital Officer at Intangles.ai, an expert in enterprise architecture, discussed the role of enterprise architecture in enabling the circular economy.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review System Collaboration Design 62

InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We used AI to identify the most frequently asked questions about design thinking. We then reviewed them to see that the answer summaries made sense. Here are your design thinking FAQs and answers. You can also see our “human” responses to the big question: what is design thinking ? What is design thinking?

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Design Thinking Design Underperforming Technical Team Ideation 74

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 26, 2015

We will obtain increasing more powerful insights that have the real potential of being turned into new innovation outcomes, through the connected businesses we are presently needing to build. Our innovation systems are lagging significantly behind. This can generate new value and business propositions.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Technology Internet of things Innovation 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

By mastering this aspect of leadership, you can orchestrate complex projects across time zones, leverage the diverse expertise of team members, and harness the full potential of digital technology. Some of the common obstacles faced in managing virtual teams include: Communication barriers due to lack of face-to-face interaction.

Project 100

Project Management Software Review Technical Review 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

By mastering this aspect of leadership, you can orchestrate complex projects across time zones, leverage the diverse expertise of team members, and harness the full potential of digital technology. Some of the common obstacles faced in managing virtual teams include: Communication barriers due to lack of face-to-face interaction.

Project 100

Project Management Software Review Technical Review 100

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 15, 2020

Kevin, without doubt, is an outstanding, knowledgeable technology evangelist for all things relating to the Energy Transition. I certainly believe we will see emerging a lot of new inventions and innovations to get the Electrolyzer based on PEM technology Industrial ready. Hydrogen is not an energy source but an energy carrier.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Industry Technology Policies 207

The Inovo Group

MAY 30, 2019

The author presents a clear three-part framework consisting of Innovation Strategy, System and Culture that a large company needs to use to be an innovative organization. It is most useful, however, as a foundation on which corporate innovators can build their own innovation strategy, system and culture – a task left for the reader.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Software Review Creativity System 40

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

To do this, technology adoption and diffusion across the ecosystem needs to improve dramatically. Equally the nature of much of production has been designed “on the fly” and the equally tough job of connecting the whole process up in a new integrated, fully connected system meets huge resistance.

Industry 213

Industry Technical Review Design Innovation 213

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Innovation is struggling to really perform and unleash breakthrough products due to many ‘inbuilt’ inhibitors. Applying technology application to innovation opportunities needs a platform thinking approach. software and mechanical, electrical, and all component parts of a finished product design.

Software Review 222

Software Review Software Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 222

Anaqua

APRIL 29, 2020

By David T Dickens, Senior Technical Support Engineer at Anaqua. When it comes to innovation in green technology, it’s not just the major corporations that are making the difference. Some investments are in areas where there is both a large tech infrastructure and clear effects of changing climate.

Technical Review 98

Technical Review Technical Support System Technology 98

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 11, 2018

I am really frustrated by the legacy we have in our processes, systems and the ways we approach innovation, and its development lifecycle. Of course what “sits” on the platform will be different but it has much that can adapted and aligned in the principles of any design. A truly open innovation platform.

Product Innovation 221

Product Innovation Underperforming Technical Team Software Review System 221

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This report provides a definitive innovation benchmarking document for leaders in strategy, R&D, design, and other innovation roles inside large organizations. Is that due to it being “too risky” or the appetite for change, is less but due to what? Apologies if I might have felt uncomfortable on this point.

Report 225

Report Innovation Technical Review Software Review 225

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 14, 2020

The decision to throw a protective shield around our health systems made sense, but the human suffering unfolding is going to be very tough on those that made these decisions, as it is to nearly everyone else. That will come from the use of the physical space and technology warning us of possible threats.

Technical Review 344

Technical Review Innovation System Meeting 344

IdeaScale

MARCH 19, 2020

Regarding these developments, the report entitled “ Embracing Innovation in Government: Global Trends 2019 ” notes: “Governments are clearly adapting, but progress is often ad hoc rather than reliable, reactive rather than deliberate, and sporadic rather than systemic. ” Adopt the Right Technologies.

Technical Review 182

Technical Review Trends Innovation Innovation Management 182

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 9, 2020

A growing reality might be that many people will be forced to stay at home until a vaccine is found, due to their risk of infection. As we come out of the present crisis, we need to look at our social engagement and influencer profiles as we need to engage with the world differently. Travel might become off-limits for many.

Engagement 321

Engagement Technical Review Creativity Change 321

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Technology is radically altering our need for innovation. We see increasingly innovation is feeding off the “ digital response rate ” Connecting technology and innovation is altering how we should re-access organizations ability to build out.

Software Review 189

Software Review Software Technical Review Design 189

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 28, 2021

There are so many places where innovation is essential within the Energy Transition due to the magnitude, size, and complexity of the change needed to achieve a decarbonized world. I see innovation as my critical supporting part of transforming the energy system. There is a world of innovative possibilities.

System 130

System Resources Change Technical Review 130

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 28, 2021

There are so many places where innovation is essential within the Energy Transition due to the magnitude, size, and complexity of the change needed to achieve a decarbonized world. I see innovation as my critical supporting part of transforming the energy system. There is a world of innovative possibilities.

System 130

System Resources Change Technical Review 130

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 18, 2020

We need to accelerate innovation and technology adoption. if we are going to get anywhere near the Paris Agreement, and the below 2-degree climate goal set by 2050, we need to focus even more on transforming our energy systems globally. Presently there is a rising concern the Covid-19 has knocked us off a path.

Policies 195

Policies System Technical Review Innovation 195

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

I have called this the “ new innovation era ” where technology is underpinning so much of innovation’s activity and outcomes. A very extensive review of risk I wrote in suggesting “ Developing a new framework for risk and innovation” Yet this post is not about the risk but the emerging possibilities.

Technical Review 235

Technical Review Innovation Industry Technology 235

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 29, 2017

I received an early New Year present, actually, it came from Siemens. My early present, well actually an idea, came the day before the event. I was included in the Industry Analysts visit to the Siemens Technology Center, at Neuperlach in Munich. I then was able to review this a little more after the brief presentation.

Technical Review 191

Technical Review Data Artificial Inteligence Industry 191

eZassi

AUGUST 29, 2023

is the fourth industrial revolution, merging cutting-edge technologies with traditional manufacturing to create a smart and interconnected production ecosystem. Also known as 3D printing, AM is a revolutionary technology that can greatly enhance the capabilities of a production facility. What is Industry 4.0 Innovation? Industry 4.0

Industry 52

Industry Software Review Technical Review Software 52