Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 11, 2015

There is a very strong case we need to rethink the whole management of our innovation activity, as innovation is failing to deliver on its potential promise in the current ways we are attempting to undertake it, highly constrained and under-resourced. They are often stifling innovation. Can we go beyond this?

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 18, 2016

Innovation is a learning process not to be confused with a safety procedure, both can be effectively managed and different in their treatment. Equally we have learnt innovation evolves due to this learning process and how ‘it’ interacts with customer needs. As a result, promising ideas are often smothered.

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Innovation Guidelines Learning Management 133

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 18, 2016

It can still come under the broad risk umbrella but judging innovation risk is utterly different from organizational strategic risk. Innovation is a learning process not to be confused with a safety procedure, both can be effectively managed and different. Moreover, the tools commonly used to support the process exacerbate the problem.

Innovation 133

Innovation Guidelines Learning Management 133

Innovation 360 Group

MAY 29, 2016

A fter collecting and studying innovation data from over 1,000 companies in 62 countries, I’m often asked whether Small and Midsize Enterprises (SME) are more innovative and entrepreneurial than larger corporations. In times when the market dynamics, technology development, and diffusion are faster than ever, it is a natural question.

Company 40

Company Radical Innovation Leadership Study 40

Innovation 360

MAY 29, 2016

A fter collecting and studying innovation data from over 1,000 companies in 62 countries, I’m often asked whether Small and Midsize Enterprises (SME) are more innovative and entrepreneurial than larger corporations. In times when the market dynamics, technology development, and diffusion are faster than ever, it is a natural question.

Company 40

Company Radical Innovation Leadership Study 40

Wazoku

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The series opens by considering how organisations are using various technology solutions to tackle everything from continuous improvement through to grand challenges. It’s equally applicable for businesses, for considering technological solutions when fostering innovation, whether intended or otherwise. Is it a technology challenge?

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Technology Artificial Inteligence Innovation Design Thinking 40

Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

It is surprising then, to discover that the majority of these institutions are not fully utilizing the tools that are available to them in their pursuit of innovation in the 21 st century. Most companies focus primarily on their employees, however organisations are now also involving their customers in the process through open innovation.

Innovation Management 40

Innovation Management Management Software Collaboration 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

On April 25 th and 26 th , Eric will be a speaker at our Paris Innovation Leader Breakfast Tour, which will explore a variety of topics around the themes of systemic innovation and digital transformation in Enterprise-grade businesses ( click here for more details). Pitfalls to Avoid. How to Tackle the Problem.

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Innovation Programs Software Review Technical Review Innovation 56

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

It is surprising then, to discover that the majority of these institutions are not fully utilizing the tools that are available to them in their pursuit of innovation in the 21 st century. Most companies focus primarily on their employees, however organisations are now also involving their customers in the process through open innovation.

Innovation Management 40

Innovation Management Management Software Innovation 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

It is surprising then, to discover that the majority of these institutions are not fully utilizing the tools that are available to them in their pursuit of innovation in the 21 st century. Most companies focus primarily on their employees, however organisations are now also involving their customers in the process through open innovation.

Innovation Management 40

Innovation Management Management Software Innovation 40

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

On April 25 th and 26 th , Eric will be a speaker at our Paris Innovation Leader Breakfast Tour, which will explore a variety of topics around the themes of systemic innovation and digital transformation in Enterprise-grade businesses ( click here for more details). Pitfalls to Avoid. How to Tackle the Problem.

Innovation Programs 40

Innovation Programs Software Review Technical Review Innovation 40

hackerearth

MAY 12, 2017

It was close to bankruptcy in the late 1990s with rivals BM, Dell and HP eating up the market. The company had a paltry 4 percent market share and losses of over $1 billion. Market expansion was what Apple needed, not a sizable chunk of the PC market. Disruption just wasn’t working for the Billund-based company.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999). An innovation process “connects upstream idea valuation to downstream production and release to market.” Once a well-defined innovation strategy that aligns with business goals is in place, the next step will entail managing it effectively. Decreases costs.

Innovation Management 40

Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999). An innovation process “connects upstream idea valuation to downstream production and release to market.” Once a well-defined innovation strategy that aligns with business goals is in place, the next step will entail managing it effectively. Decreases costs.

Innovation Management 40

Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

When should it be used: Any organisation that wants to enable their staff who have an idea to “try it out” or do an initial market experiment. Suggested viewing: 12 – Disruptive Innovation. Most startups state that their aim is to be disruptive or to disrupt a specific industry.

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Integrative Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2016

Reinvention through business model innovation. Accelerating dynamics and pace of disruption in most industries, in particular triggered by the pervasion of new technologies, lead to decreasing life times of existing business models. That means high integration costs – and another reason to be wary of new innovation.

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Underperforming Technical Team Big Data Innovation Technical Review 40

Integrative Innovation

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The equity “obsession” of corporates becomes even more surprising as the main objective across all vehicles clearly lies on “new products & technologies”: 30% of corporates state this is the key objective followed by market/ customer access with 16%. The question to be asked is, WHY do you need to own the startup?

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The innovation architecture is progressively being recognized and put into place, it’s forming the building blocks of the innovation platform we need to build upon, ones for more radical innovation outcomes. So the article “ Want to Win at Business Model Innovation?

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Innovation Leadership Strategy Strategy 157

Integrative Innovation

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

access to market and customer base for rapid scaling. tapping into novel, occasionally disruptive, technologies or business models – most of which are not created inside the company walls. outsourcing’ uncertainty, particularly in early phases of radical/disruptive innovation activities.

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Technical Review Collaboration Disruption Engagement 61

hackerearth

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

In fact, there are companies that came later and captured a much bigger market share. It is the failure to innovate that led to its “demise.”. In other words, it is because sometimes innovation strategies fail to produce products/ services that the customers want. And as the saying goes, “disrupt or get disrupted.”.

Innovation Programs 40

Innovation Programs Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Ideation 40