Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I have written extensively, certainly over the past eighteen months, about our need to take innovation into a new era, designed for today and tomorrow’s “fit for purpose” Below you will see my view of how I see this sketched out, as my suggested concept outline. Does it make sense?

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 11, 2019

We need to know how to unlock the real value of innovation both personally and within the organization, we work for. If we do not fully understand where the innovation capital comes from, how new capital and stock can be provided, innovation will remain tentative, always stuttering along.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2024

Most corporate learnings aren’t cutting it. The author, the former Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney, argues that creativity is the missing piece to make upskilling engaging and effective.

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Planview

APRIL 29, 2024

Output myopia—the shadow state of a productivity mindset in overdrive—stifles employee engagement and the pursuit of business outcomes. In this post, you’ll uncover why engagement matters from strategy to execution, plus four actions leaders can take to improve engagement across their organization.

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100%Open

JUNE 6, 2023

As we embrace the summer season and continue to thrive in the world of innovation and collaboration, we wanted to take a moment to share our perspective on effective capability building within organizations. This ensures that the learning experience is highly relevant and sticky and not all about the trainer or about knowledge out of context.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Companies that do this contribute to overall innovation program health by ensuring a healthy top of the funnel stocked with ideas and allies. Not every innovation program has developed the communications skill set necessary to engage a global workforce or customer base in sharing ideas, developing ideas, and collaborating.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Of course, I often get caught up in this restless pursuit of gathering more when I spend a growing amount of my time researching innovation. The outcome of appreciating both “reflective” moments and collecting more understanding I trust is moving me slowly towards becoming an innovation curator who, hopefully, is valued by others.

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Innov8rs

APRIL 14, 2023

Innov8rs | Sponsoring a hackathon or having sporadic interactions with external partners won’t significantly enhance your innovation ability. To achieve innovation goals and secure competitive advantage, corporates should learn how to work with innovation ecosystems strategically and systematically.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Continuous learning is the key to organizational innovation. You may have been taking classes, conferring with colleagues and reading articles for years without realizing that you were engaging in continuous learning. Don’t Take Learning for Granted. Pursuing Continuous Learning. What should it be?

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IdeaScale

APRIL 11, 2019

Employee engagement is what causes employees to want to give extra effort at work. Improve employee engagement and you build an environment that cultivates innovation. Employees who are engaged in their work feel as if they are making a real contribution, feel challenged but not overwhelmed, and believe their voice is heard.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 1, 2018

We all in the middle of a re-orientation of our ways to undertake innovation as a process and in its design. We are learning to connect in completely different ways. We are learning how to interact with a connected system as products move into products and digital, connected and combined.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Why do startups have a head start in innovation? One of the great virtues of startups is that they have to innovate quickly, or they cease to exist. Here are some lessons to learn from how startups innovate quickly and turn into established companies. Building an innovation culture starts with a strong foundation.

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IdeaScale

JULY 25, 2018

Every year, IdeaScale asks its customers what they’re focused on learning this year. This year, we were somewhat surprised at the top three study priorities that innovators are focused on, but it’s also what you can expect to learn about at Open Nation 2018. Community Engagement Strategies. Innovation Metrics and ROI.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Innovation thinking in Ecosystem and Gen AI design I believe there is a real need to construct a different innovation process. We are rapidly seeing the past of innovating simply in terms of operating on our own. Innovation needs reinventing. The building out of the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The building blocks of open innovation building towards Business Ecosystem design. By incorporating Open Innovation Strategies as the next building block, businesses can create a dynamic and expansive innovation ecosystem beyond internal and partnership and certain collaborative boundaries.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, the ability to build a strong case, stay informed, and think critically is the key to unlocking success and driving innovation. But how can you empower those responsible for innovation to not only navigate this terrain but thrive within it? My 2nd offer point.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 7, 2020

Is your organization struggling to keep up with the innovation demands in your sector? Recent research suggests that some key learning and development (L&D) strategies hold the answers you’ve been searching for. Innovation and training? requires having first established an effective innovation strategy within your office.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

The Power of Team Innovation Keynote Speakers Keynote speakers hold a pivotal role in setting the tone and driving the theme of corporate events, conferences, and leadership programs. Their impact can often extend beyond the event, influencing long-term team dynamics and innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Understanding the sensory and cognitive abilities of innovators Following on from my first post on building an Innovator’s Sensory profile, the combination of various cognitive, emotional and environmental factors heightens our awareness, so I needed to explore this further in this post. Nothing is set in stone.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 3, 2023

Navigating the Future of Work: The Importance of Adaptability and Continuous Learning As the digital age continues to reshape the workplace, individuals and organizations must adapt to thrive in the ever-changing landscape. The Need for Innovation In today’s competitive business landscape, innovation is crucial for success.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

I want to talk today about a point I keep seeing get repeated in many of my strategy and innovation customers, a problem that should be easy to solve but it isn't. For example, you could be deciding to implement a new computer system to support machine learning. Just don't look too close at the output.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

Unleashing Innovation with the Best Keynote Speakers Importance of Keynote Speakers in Corporate Events Keynote speakers play a pivotal role in corporate events, as they have the power to set the tone and energize the audience. They bring stories of success and failure that can humanize the innovation process and make it more relatable.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

“Fusing” human engagement with technology enablement involves creating a harmonious integration of human collaboration and technological tools to enable an ecosystem’s successful development and operation. Open Communication Channels: Establish open communication channels encouraging transparency and active engagement.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 2, 2020

Drawing together everyone should be the goal of any innovative organization. There’s nothing more important to innovation than an engaged, thoughtful workforce. Yet bringing your team out of their box of day-to-day tasks and larger projects to focus on innovation can feel daunting. Lead by example.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2021

A story has limited value; for me, it is the more powerful narrative that drives innovation, inspiring and gaining identification in multiple ways. So defining stories and narratives, you see the growing potential of having a good narrative for your innovation activities. ” So for innovation, narratives do become vital.

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Christensen Institute

JUNE 8, 2022

This piece is authored by Becky Klein-Collins, VP of research and impact at the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) , an organization that’s been a leader in advocating for Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) for nearly 50 years. Click here to learn more about CAEL and its mission. Why shouldn’t that credit count?

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 24, 2022

The platform’s ability to offer multiple values will influence many of the client’s adoption decisions over the choices their business will engage with. ” I suggested in this post, “ Platforms allow you the opportunity to innovate in very different ways. I question. Maybe I got the gist of the article wrong.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I have been struggling for quite some time with innovation’s increasing difficulties in influencing growth and achieving real impact. I see many comments on the failure of innovation, in its inability to be at the core of an organization’s ambitions for growing and changing. ” constrained them.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 26, 2023

There needs to be a fundamental shift in how we manage innovation, which needs the power of ecosystem thinking and design. My mind map of the over-arching aims of a new innovation narrative is shown below. The post The Building Blocks of the Innovation Ecosystem Narrative first appeared on Paul4innovating Innovation Views.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

Introduction to Innovation Keynote Speakers Importance of Keynote Speakers in Corporate Events Keynote speakers play a pivotal role in the success of corporate events. They are the linchpins that can inspire, motivate, and ignite a passion for innovation within your organization.

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