Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

We need to recognize that innovation is one of the hardest things to align to strategy. It’s inherently messy, fairly unpredictable and its team-orientated approach sometimes cuts across borders, challenges different established positions and seemingly conflicting priorities. It often challenges the status quo and can on certain occasions, potentially challenge the stated strategic goals as those ‘disruptive forces’ have not been addressed radically enough.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Did you attend that start-up incubator networking event last week? Did you know that that start-up incubator mentality isn’t the new revolutionary concept many believe it to be? According to the Harvard Business Review it dates back to 15 th -century Italy. During the Renaissance, master artists in Florence were committed to sharing their talent with up-and-coming artists in hopes that new techniques would emerge.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Based on executives visiting the Brainzooming website, there is considerable interest right now in “strategic planning icebreaker activities.” I guess that isn’t surprising. This is the time of year when most organizations that are going to do strategic planning are thinking about it or have already started. 2 New Strategic Planning Icebreaker Activities.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Watch these 3 videos to expand your perspective on how technology drives the next economy. A number of emerging technologies will drive the Next Economy in the next 10 to 20 years, changing the way we do just about everything; and it’s already happening.

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

In May of this year, we had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Jill Waters, Lean Six Sigma Coordinator at Adventist Health, which is a not-for-profit healthcare organization comprised of over 20 hospitals and over 30 clinics in the U.S. Jill shared a ton of invaluable process improvement and innovation insights she has learned during her time at Adventist.

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Rapid Innovation in digital time

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Pierre d’Huy and Jérôme Lafon share all the secrets of Innovation Management in their encyclopedic and brilliant book, ‘A dummies guide for innovation’.

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Innovation in Practice

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

By Tim Harford , BBC World Service, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy. In 1911, someone asked Butler to name the most important invention of the industrial era. Steam, perhaps? Electricity? "No," he said. They would both "be reduced to comparative impotence" without "the greatest single discovery of modern times" - the limited liability corporation.

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The Human Factor

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

To prompt your ‘thunking’ today…. Remember Kodak, they used to make photograph film? What happened to them will happen in many industries in the next 10 years and most people won’t see it coming. Uber is just a software tool, they don’t own any cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the world. Airbnb is the biggest hotel company in the world, although they don’t own any hotels.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

What follows is some juicy feedback we received from Blue State Digital , a client of ours who participated in brainstorm facilitation training : "The three-day Conducting Genius training was engaging, fun and informative. I feel empowered as a facilitator and confident in my skills and ability. Mitch and Val were fantastic teachers -- I was sad when it was over!".

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Michael Roberto

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Theodore Scaltsas wrote a Harvard Business Review article last year in which he outlined an interesting strategy for solving problems creatively. Scaltsas explains that the brain mines our past experience for possible solutions when it faces a problem. Yet we think of creativity as inventing entirely new solutions to perplexing challenges. Are we really inventing something new each time we come up with an ingenious solution to a vexing problem?

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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