Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

To look forward, I would argue we always need to look back and account for the progress made in managing innovation over the years. So this post reviews many great contributors to advancing innovation over the years. Briefly, I summarize what these have been bringing into innovative thinking.

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Planview

JUNE 11, 2024

The landscape of digital transformation and technology management is undergoing a significant transition as enterprises transition from project-based to product-based management driven by customer-centricity, cost optimization, and cultural shift. This approach ultimately leads to better ROI and reduced waste.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Arable Ventures specializes in enterprise innovation, operating model design, capability and venture portfolio delivery. The new partnership will integrate these areas of expertise with Qmarkets technology scouting software and other best-in-class innovation management tools to provide an end-to-end solution for enterprise customers.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

I am suggesting a vertical and horizontal design applying innovation stack and building block approaches, all “housed” on a technology platform. Are we leveraging fully what is available to us to build better innovation concepts? This post explains this thinking, and validation and provides the way I envisage this.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As he points out, “Today, Generative AI stands as a testament to the power of human imagination and technological innovation. It has grown from humble beginnings into a sophisticated technology capable of producing remarkable output.” Utilize the AI models to brainstorm and develop innovative ideas and solutions.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

A system that encourages forming strategic alliances, partnerships, and knowledge sharing to drive innovation and create shared value in open, thoughtful, and collaborative ways. 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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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

For a deeper understanding of enhancing business through teamwork, explore our insights on innovative team collaboration. Responding to Modern Work Trends The modern workplace is characterized by rapid technological advancements, distributed teams, and a shift towards more agile and dynamic work structures.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 26, 2023

I have written on this site alone, www.paul4innovating.com, by just coming up to a milestone of 700 posts focusing on innovation thoughts and opinions, so I just wanted to pause and think about all the different places I have tried to get the innovation message(s) out. Let me start. This is my primary focal point today.

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Planview

MARCH 20, 2019

Creating a culture of innovation is seen by most business leaders as the number one way to drive innovation for the business. However, for this culture to exist, employee engagement is imperative. A culture of innovation relies on employee engagement and a shared vision for a company’s success.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2023

Today, innovation processes are partly designed this way but are more rigid and hold knowledge often as “islands” within a possible solution. So far, in my series of posts on Building a Different Innovation Process, I have argued in my first post: “ Are we EVER going to embrace innovation ” differently?

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

That group should possess a deep understanding of the existing organization’s strategy, business models, operations and culture and a wider appreciation of the innovation landscape, the “fields of opportunity” and the emerging practices of innovation management.

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hackerearth

MARCH 28, 2018

Innovation is never easy, and in today’s world where everything is becoming digital, innovation is technology first and quite complex. Over the years, the linear model of innovation has been tweaked to include these variations—the phase gate model (e.g. photo editing software), and technology push (e.g. Blockchain.

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eZassi

APRIL 25, 2022

The back end of innovation is driven by tactical Technology Scouting, a targeted research initiative to solve for challenges in the innovation pipeline. Innovation Solutions. In combination, these powerful tools enable businesses to innovate expertly, adeptly, and purposefully within an organized management system.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

We do need to recognize innovation carries more risk and uncertainty and should have a much “higher share of voice” in the organization for constant awareness, engagement and being informed. Applying technology across a connected platform environment begins to change that. Enabling technology and processes.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

It raises the question of where can Innovation Management Software go ever to broaden out, and gain a scale and adoption momentum to support these (individual) efforts significantly. That is a worry, is it organizations becoming more risk-averse or organizations settling for less out of the innovation work?

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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? Improving Industry 4.0 What is Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0

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eZassi

JANUARY 4, 2023

Companies focused on near-term results are likely to be unwilling to consider available innovation opportunities in the coming year, which could ironically wind up costing more when innovation pipelines require long-term attention due to short-term neglect. Benefits of Innovation Management Software.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 21, 2019

SCM Group – a major global industrial technology organization – has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets innovation management software across their workforce. SCM Group’s decision to drive innovation with Qmarkets resulted from a highly-successful pilot with the software in 2018. About SCM Group.

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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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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 29, 2016

In fact, the rest of this post should help you both better articulate what it is you’re trying to achieve (workplace well-being) and introduce empirically validated theories for you to use when developing a rigorous approach towards achieving these goals with an Innovation Management program. Job Crafting.

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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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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Embracing team collaboration strategies is essential for managers and leaders aiming to navigate the complexities of today’s business environment effectively. Building a Collaborative Culture Creating a culture of collaboration within a team is a critical step towards achieving high performance and fostering innovation.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 13, 2016

In part 1 of this post , Ralph revisited key innovation issues that were already addressed by us three years ago. It doesn’t always translate to managers, however. Co-Innovation and startup engagement. Another way is to “outsource” exploration through external engagement with startups.

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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 need to be highly adaptive and that comes from a greater technology understanding. Digital and technology matters, in its raw innovating power and its potential business impact.

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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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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

MARCH 21, 2019

SCM Group – a major global industrial technology organization – has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets innovation management software across their workforce. SCM Group’s decision to drive innovation with Qmarkets resulted from a highly-successful pilot with the software in 2018. About SCM Group.

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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

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A new partnership between Qmarkets and boutique management consultancy SteepConsult will enable enterprise companies across Europe to benefit from a 360-degree service combining SteepConsult’s extensive innovation expertise with our own innovation management software solutions. But it doesn’t have to be so hard.

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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. You’ll then be able to see for yourself why Qmarkets ranks among the best idea management tool providers.

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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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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. However, this is not what happens in reality.

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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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Acuvate

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In less than a decade, innovation management got recognized as one of the most powerful strategies an organization can use to streamline internal processes and boost their business productivity. What is innovation management? What is innovation management? Importance of innovation management.

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