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Innovation needs the power of completing the 4th Industrial Revolution

Paul Hobcraft

Then innovation can finally play its true part in discovering, leveraging and delivering new value and impact. We have to recognize the days of simple product innovation are dwindling. Innovation is benefitting from the 4 th Industrial Revolution. It shifts our thinking and the management of innovation dramatically.

Industry 289
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We Require A Shift of Innovation Management Solution Providers

Paul Hobcraft

They have had a model of a constant growth success for years but it is getting harder as the market is fragmenting and looking for greater flexibility within the range of solutions. The IM software market is stirring. In my opinion, they need actually a more robust end-to-end innovation software solution as something of a real need.

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Building the Single Innovation Digital Platform Environment

Paul Hobcraft

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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Innovation cannot expand without the 4th Industrial Revolution

Paul Hobcraft

Increasingly, there is this recognition that the competitors seem to be moving faster towards becoming more digital, so it then becomes a race to catch up, as this “digital advantage” is increasingly eroding competitive advantage for the digital laggard, even if he is today the market leader.

Industry 213
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Three vital factors for innovation success

Jeffrey Phillips

Then, the engines powered by steam could perform work and replace manual labor. This also allowed organizations to grow, and created the need to create new forms of innovation - process innovation and organizational innovation. Both became more democratized.

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The problem of scaling can confuse those innovating.

Paul Hobcraft

This could be in a new plant, in where production should be situated, so it can be allowed to scale at a later date, in resources able to achieve scale or more importantly you scale according to the type of goods or demand so they can be readily available, closer to the market they are needed. how can we reverse engineer scaling up?

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What is Innovation in Business and How Can it Build Business Longevity?

Qmarkets

Organizations choose to adopt the process of innovation for a myriad of reasons; to tackle existing challenges by ideating for solutions, to generate new revenue streams, to improve existing products or services, and so on. Gathering Employee Ideas In business innovation an organization’s employees are truly their biggest asset.