Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2023

Combining these “building blocks” modularly in innovation stacks creates a unique design that adapts to your specific needs and goals. Today, innovation processes are partly designed this way but are more rigid and hold knowledge often as “islands” within a possible solution.

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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.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Innovation is one of those activities that constantly “swim against the currents of the dominating culture of the organization” We cripple our creative process as it is often not visible or transparent; the innovative process can be seen as a “black box” by many in the organization; they only can judge the end result.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 26, 2015

There is a growing, perhaps even an overwhelming business case, for transforming the innovation management structure. The new combination is the new connections through people and things (IoT) that we can achieve a new innovation potential. Mashing up for explosive change.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 14, 2023

The “ final perspective ” post proposed the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework as a comprehensive approach to addressing today and the future complexities of innovation management. It suggests that innovation software might be facing a dilemma due to the pace of technological advancements.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 26, 2020

A while back, one of my consulting partners from another office asked me to review their client’s innovation process. Their team had been engaged to review why their innovation process was not delivering results. What most companies get wrong about innovation processes.

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Wazoku

MAY 12, 2020

Forrester Reveals The 13 Most Significant providers in Innovation Management “Wazoku has a differentiating vision for idea sharing and innovation collaboration.” Wazoku featured as one of the 13 Most Significant providers in Innovation Management in “The Forrester Wave : Innovation Management Platforms, Q1 2020”.

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Embrace a different mindset about those obstacles, and think about the situation in three ways: Acknowledge reality: Accept that everyone is struggling, even the major tech companies and big banks. Review your company's innovation practices, reassess your approach, and build capacity for the future.

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eZassi

AUGUST 29, 2023

With Innovation Management In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, staying ahead of the competition requires embracing Industry 4.0 and leveraging the power and adaptability of Innovation Management and strategy. Innovation? innovative manufacturing methods must be developed. Industry 4.0

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I have argued in the past that innovation management needs to radically adjust and needs to be designed differently, it needs to be highly adaptive. We design the innovation system we need after we know what we are trying to achieve in the challenge or idea. We “pull down” what is needed. It adjusts and you learn.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Eventually we decided to do it in a more managed way and decided that we need a dedicated tool to help us achieve it. Defining Innovation Challenges and Campaigns. What types of challenges does Intel engage employees to participate in? Marketing, managerial, scientific and technical, or others?

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 5, 2020

Iowa DOT has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets’ innovation management software, with the launch of their Research Ideas Website. Their goal is to crowdsource ideas from their stakeholders, both internal and external to DOT, to increase engagement and transparency throughout the agency.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 5, 2020

Iowa DOT has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets’ innovation management software, with the launch of their Research Ideas Website. Their goal is to crowdsource ideas from their stakeholders, both internal and external to DOT, to increase engagement and transparency throughout the organization.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 5, 2020

Iowa DOT has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets’ innovation management software, with the launch of their Research Ideas Website. Their goal is to crowdsource ideas from their stakeholders, both internal and external to DOT, to increase engagement and transparency throughout the organization.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 15, 2020

Qmarkets has been lauded as both a Momentum Leader and Grid® Leader in a new idea management software report by G2 – the world’s largest tech marketplace. G2 has recently released its Spring 2020 Report for Idea Management. The innovation management solutions offered by Qmarkets are completed by a commitment to customer success.

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eZassi

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Invest in Intrapreneurs – Innovation Management Supports Your Organization’s Greatest Change Makers Intrapreneurs are those important team members with the optimism, intellect, initiative, and discipline to champion bright ideas and drive new project pipelines, establishing innovative change across the business.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The Qmarkets platform has received an outstanding appraisal on CompareCamp.com – a leading online resource for B2B and SaaS reviews. In conjunction with this review, Qmarkets was recognized as with two awards from CompareCamp; the 2019 Rising Star Award and the Great User Experience Award. Award-Winning Results. About Qmarkets.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

At the beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts. Reinvention through business model innovation. Let’s remind: One size does not fit all.

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Qmarkets

JULY 16, 2019

G2 Crowd – one of the world’s largest peer-to-peer corporate software review platforms – has recognized Qmarkets as a market leader in their Summer 2019 Idea Management Grid Report, due to market leading scores across several categories. Qmarkets Continues to Push the Boundaries of Innovation Management.

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Qmarkets

JULY 16, 2019

G2 Crowd – one of the world’s largest peer-to-peer corporate software review platforms – has recognized Qmarkets as a market leader in their Summer 2019 Idea Management Grid Report, due to market leading scores across several categories. Qmarkets Continues to Push the Boundaries of Innovation Management.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

I want to offer some thoughts that need us all involved in innovation to think about as we finish out 2018. If you are frustrated with your current innovation process then read on. Much of the current innovation process you are currently working with is a Dinosaur, it should have disappeared long ago. I think not.

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PlanBox Innovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As an innovation manager, you’re tasked with the challenging responsibility of leading the development and implementation of new ideas, products, and initiatives that will drive growth and competitiveness for your company. This can help you increase participation and engagement among employees and stakeholders.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2019

These being, firstly a decline in the level and speed of innovation , partly due to lower investments in research and development and also a continuing uneven adoption of innovation across individual economies and the world at large. Grass-roots innovation leads to green-shoots of economic and social stimulus and growth.

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Qmarkets

JULY 22, 2021

So, the process itself must be carefully tailored to your organization’s culture, needs, and fit seamlessly within your business to ensure employee adoption. In today’s blog we will define the key steps that should be included within an effective idea generation process to maximize idea submissions, engagement, and eventually implementation.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 9, 2019

Throughout the past couple of years, I have been constantly arguing about the need to put innovation management on a digital platform. These have come in different thoughts on digital platforms, ready for cross-industry and having in place, a rapid digital innovation process that scales and evolves on new technology and insights.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Understanding Innovation Management. Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999). Reduces processing time.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Understanding Innovation Management. Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999). Reduces processing time.

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Idea Drop

JULY 7, 2017

According to Gartner, “The major benefits associated with innovation management tools are stimulating engagement and participation in user-friendly, social and mobile environments (such as through gamification techniques), and directing creativity toward business needs. Idea Drop makes the innovation process effortless.

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Qmarkets

MAY 21, 2019

With Big Data, Machine Learning, and a more engaging user experience than ever before, Qmarkets’ latest product release once again delivers a set of advancements which push forward the frontier of innovation management, and ultimately help drive bottom-line value from your project. Enhanced Social Engagement.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The survey exposes the myth that innovation is not one of the three top challenges, innovation ranks fifth as it follows the more conventional concerns of managing talent as the top (and that did surprise me) and regulatory and competitive threats. Now that is very disappointing but what do we expect from innovation?

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 28, 2018

By not adopting a common set of innovation reference points you can remain often unproductive, consistently re-adapting, re-working and plugging gaps that could be better invested in managing the many aspects of complexity you always find in a better thought-through innovation management structure, one that focuses on advancing your activity.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Cognyte, the global leading security analytics software provider, has launched an innovation management program with the Qmarkets Q-ideate tool. shared Amir Barel, Chief Technology Officer at Cognyte. “We The Qmarket platform assisted us to streamline our innovation efforts and help materialize the important ones at Cognyte.”

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PlanBox Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2023

10 – The Power of Employee Engagement Employee engagement is a goldmine of innovation. When employees at all levels are encouraged to contribute ideas, it not only leads to a diverse array of innovations but also fosters a sense of ownership and pride in the organization’s achievements.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 6, 2020

Qmarkets’ software has been chosen by LEAD Innovation Management GmbH to support a groundbreaking initiative – designed to leverage the collective wisdom of global businesses against the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. said Michael Putz, Founder of LEAD Innovation Management. “To

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The evolving trend of smart city innovation is one that governments should be wholeheartedly embracing, but as with many government initiatives, seems to be having a hard time getting off the ground. Embedding crowdsourcing and innovation management into the smart cities initiative could be what makes the difference.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 8, 2023

I recently sat down with two of the innovation leaders responsible for the success of FORVIS’ idea management platform, Denny Ard and John Yoo, to learn about why they needed it, and how they’ve managed to achieve such excellent engagement levels so soon in their journey. One is the emergence of new technologies. “As

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Qmarkets

MARCH 3, 2018

Embedding crowdsourcing and innovation management into the Smart Cities initiative could be what makes the difference. Cities such as around the world are all adapting technological and digital tools to optimize services and the city infrastructure. At first glance, the term “smart government” appears to be oxymoronic.

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