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Innovations linkages to Strategy is vitally important

Paul Hobcraft

This includes White Papers and Series papers in the “ Insights and Thinking ” resource on this site as well. The importance of the three horizon methodology has for me been a central aspect of how I focus on innovation building for years and you will find plenty of resources and references on this posting site.

Strategy 312
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Shifting our thinking within the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Paul Hobcraft

There was a number of sessions held at Davos, relating to this 4IR but more importantly, a release of a number of reports or white papers on the growing impact of this revolution. So much of our known world will become disrupted, it will challenge society, it will bring about new behavior.

Industry 238
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Balancing Function, Design, Process and Structure for Creative Tension

Paul Hobcraft

The third ( LINK ) was on “managing governance within innovation” I have written supporting posts to these conversations, more to flesh out many different pointers to add more value and awareness of the importance of having a clear, integrated solution for innovation in the solution we offer, the Executive Innovation Work Mat.

Design 130
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Blockchain: A Real-World Example of the Power of Innovation

IdeaScale

The first white paper about blockchain technology was released in 2008. The paper provided details of how blockchain could bring digital trust into an entirely new dimension, where verification is distributed rather than being in the hands of individual people or organizations. Blockchain is one of them.

Examples 113
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How to keep the history of learner-centered education from repeating itself

Christensen Institute

My latest white paper offers insights on this question. “ Christensen made sense of the innovator’s dilemma by developing the theory of disruptive innovation , grounded in a concept he called value networks. By 1949, the only school still operating after the Dalton Plan model was a private school founded by Parkhurst herself.

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Designing Problem-Solving Frameworks with Spiral Dynamics

Econic

The typical design process goes like this: Come up with a model to solve a problem Make it super simple (and pretty) Build a white paper around it Then, sell how to use it Rinse and repeat After speaking to the people left with frameworks hanging on large laminated posters as 21st-century innovation artwork, I’ve learned one important thing.

Design 52
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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

The firm wrote a white paper, “Transformation Underway… But Nobody Cares” which essentially said that GE stock was undervalued because investors didn’t believe that Immelt and GE management would do the things needed to deliver a higher stock price and dividends. In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5