Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 24, 2023

Energy innovation systems need a really much stronger and more effective push to deliver a broad range of technologies and solutions to the market faster than what is happening today. The Energy Industry can be deemed as a laggard in adoption along the five stages of technology adoption.

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Technical Review Innovation System Collaboration 200

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 26, 2015

I recall reading that up to now, each digital technology change was a separate era of change, to absorb and adapt towards, yet today we are facing something seemingly different, a collision, a whole mash-up of disparate technologies and systems, that seem to be heading for such an explosion of change, a post-digital transformation.

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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.

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Software Review Technical Review Innovation Collaboration 182

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

I can recall two or three reports they produced around this ‘risk and innovation’ theme over the years, happily sitting in my taxonomy of innovation. Of course, the more you invest in innovation, the likely the risks will increase. These are all emerging frontiers for innovation to explore.

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Technical Review Innovation Industry Technology 235

Tullio Siragusa

JULY 25, 2022

No matter what your path is, it’s important to stay up to date on the latest trends and technologies to stay ahead of the competition. In this podcast recap blog post, we will discuss how innovation derived from creativity, data, and automation can lead to success. Recently caught up with Alex on the Tech Backstage Podcast.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 25, 2015

With the dizzy array of choices, combined with technology prowess and ‘plugging’ these into ‘seen’ customer needs, they are setting about disrupting existing businesses and establishing new ones, on an ever-increasing global scale. It seems this is the era of the digitally savvy entrepreneur. The whole world of business is changing radically.

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Industry Technical Review Collaboration Technology 100

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 27, 2017

T he potential value of abundant data and information is greatly constrained by the technical challenges of storing, processing, sharing and analyzing it. The Innovation Perspective view here is this: For innovation, this is the looking across borders and connecting understanding. Inaccessible information. “T

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Technical Review Innovation Report Disruption 178

Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They bring stories of success and failure that can humanize the innovation process and make it more relatable. Their talks can be a catalyst for change, encouraging your team to pursue innovation with renewed vigor. By discussing the innovation process, they can: Ignite the spark of ideation and creativity within your team.

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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 17, 2023

How To Avoid Being Surprised By Your Innovation Blind Spot First and foremost, avoid cognitive biases by opening up your mind to new ideas and concepts. Be curious and invest in learning about new industries, trends, and technologies. Accept that failure is a part of the innovation process.

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How To Technical Review Innovation Trends 78

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

In my opinion, it needs to be based on the thinking around the shift from products to solutions, from transactions to building far more value-adding ongoing relationships, from a supplier of product services into highly valued network partnerships, exploring innovation across all options. We “pull down” what is needed.

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Design Technical Review Innovation System 232

IdeaScale

JUNE 22, 2021

We’ve built this for anyone who’s looking to add to, or build up, their innovation approach. IdeaScale is highly customizable and integrates with popular systems like Microsoft Teams and Jira to help simplify the ideation process. What Can IdeaScale Do? Almost anything.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The interplays and interfaces available from technology and AI applications available to us today can deliver completely different, more compelling innovations. I have been looking at the combination effect of humans, technology and AI in this new interplay on my paul4innovating.com site.

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Gregg Fraley

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Why is this challenge so different from previous innovation challenges? Has there ever been a moment in time when so many new technologies are washing over us all at once? The elephant in the room is that the new technology requires a truly different approach. Have a cross-domain, diverse team. Have a cross-domain, diverse team.

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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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Software Review Software Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 222

Idea to Value

DECEMBER 9, 2019

00:13:30 – Most companies won’t invest in new technology without the guarantee of a gargantuan return, which they assume will not happen. 00:16:30 – How to involve the people in your company who are closest to the customer in the innovation process. 00:11:30 – Look for global needs first.

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Technical Review Innovation Creativity Training 101

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. In fact, the review growth that Qmarkets has received on G2 is now more than 3 times the platform’s average. G2 has recently released its Spring 2020 Report for Idea Management.

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Technical Review Idea Management Report Software Review 40

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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Technical Review Crowdsourcing Software Review Software 40

The BMI Lab Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

From this basic statement we can go further into the topic of creativity in innovation. We can explain that the tools for creativity are used during a regular innovation process where teams should generate new ideas to further explore their feasibility as proper business models.

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Innovation 360 Group

JUNE 9, 2020

Our digital capabilities have been at the forefront due to the increase in the level of acceptance of digital and virtual interaction with our customers and their relative experience across business lines and geographies. Dealing with uncertainty demands innovative ideas. The importance of radical innovation.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Businesses that innovate can respond to shifts in consumer behavior, leverage emerging technologies, and enter new markets with agility. The integration of AI amplifies these capabilities by improving design thinking with AI , thus accelerating the innovation process.

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Design Thinking Artificial Inteligence Design Analysis 140

IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

How Does Globalization Impact Innovation Strategy? Did you know innovation can bridge social, cultural, and political differences? New technologies and ideas can spread quickly across the world, closing the gap to bring these matters together. Crowdsourcing vs. Focus Groups: A Comparative Review.

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Brainstorming Crowdsourcing Conference Product Development 173

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 28, 2018

Certainly, many other large and successful industries have common standards – in technology for definitions and common software and platform building, or in common accounting protocols have significantly advanced business confidence, common understanding, and sharing. We are gathering around the protocols in Industry 4.0

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

By identifying these traits, organizations can pinpoint the individuals most likely to succeed in roles that require innovative thinking and leadership. To further explore the characteristics of high potential leaders, consider reviewing our leadership development strategies for additional insights.

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PlanBox Innovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Idea Generation ChatGPT can help you generate new and innovative ideas by using its advanced natural language processing capabilities to analyze large amounts of data and information. ChatGPT can identify trends and opportunities for growth, and use this information to help you develop new and innovative concepts for your organization.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 13, 2018

This lightweight, technologically proficient reinvention of existing MP3 players was an global phenomenon that has since sold more than 400 million units since 2001. Businesses can deploy these same principles within their own innovation strategies. ” The end result was a 6.5

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Underperforming Technical Team How To Crowdsourcing Technical Review 124

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

In the past week or so, I have been looking a little harder at the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry relating to innovation, it left me a little frustrated. I felt that warm and fuzzy feeling, as I read all too often those comforting words or platitudes of how “innovation is vital to us” and one of the “highest areas of focus.”

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Collaboration Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Industry 138

Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

As a methodology, it is open to adopting new tools and technologies that enhance the process, including the integration of artificial intelligence in design thinking. The Evolution of Design Thinking in Business Design thinking has evolved from being a creative process into a robust strategic tool.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The two reports, one from CB Insights, who I believe do a consistently brilliant job at “tear downs” and evaluations of industries, markets or topics. Technology trends lay in the seventh position in this “biggest strategic challenges.” Now that is very disappointing but what do we expect from innovation?

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 29, 2023

This is different than just focusing on the technology and seeing a demo and following along with the same activity. Diverge and converge creatively using popular ideation tools like SCAMPER, combination mashups, famous person catalysts, or new technology applications. The people make a big difference for the learning experience.

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ChatGPT Course Generative AI Brainstorming 75

ITONICS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

As many companies integrate open innovation approaches to expand their internal R&D efforts, universities have become a vital source of innovation. Companies provide funding for talented faculties and students for industry-relevant research. Which startups might disrupt the industry or are relevant to the business model?

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Innov8rs

MARCH 27, 2023

According to Dan, these open innovation collaborations are mutually beneficial. On the one hand, startups gain access to money, reputation, customers, and industry insights. On the other hand, corporates gain time (startups are way faster) and customer and tech insights. Joint Ventures (e.g., Average time to outcome.

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Open Innovation Technical Review Collaboration Innovation 59

Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Traditionally the Innovation funnel is a stage-gate process that organizations use to define their approach to ideation. Businesses that adopt this usually start off by narrowing down their challenges, gathering ideas around them, reviewing said ideas, and then implementing them.

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Ideation Technical Review Trends Innovation 98

Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

Reinvention through business model innovation. Accelerating dynamics and pace of disruption in most industries, in particular triggered by the perfusion of new technologies, lead to decreasing life times of existing business models. Platform business models tend to affect, oftentimes disrupt, multiple industries over time.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Traditionally the Innovation funnel is a stage-gate process that organizations use to define their approach to ideation. Businesses that adopt this usually start off by narrowing down their challenges, gathering ideas around them, reviewing said ideas, and then implementing them.

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Ideation Technical Review Innovation Trends 98

Qmarkets

APRIL 6, 2020

LEAD Innovation Management – an acclaimed Austrian firm specializing in corporate innovation – has transformed their extensive LEAD user network into a digital crowdsourcing platform using Qmarkets’ software. The innovation management solutions offered by Qmarkets are completed by a commitment to customer success.

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hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The objectives and specific roles of the ‘innovation team’ depend on the type, size, and industry of the company. The team must clearly articulate and communicate the vision, and the strategy to redefine your company as an innovation-driven organization. Provide the innovation framework. The synthesis of the team.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It encourages organizations to focus on the people they’re creating for, which leads to better products, services, and internal processes. When companies employ Design Thinking, they are pulling together what’s desirable from a human point of view with what is technologically feasible and economically viable.

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