Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

The thrust of the framework is “ Organizations can create a more comprehensive and effective innovation ecosystem by utilizing building blocks as components of the innovation stack, guiding platform development using the innovation stack, and supporting the innovation stack with a platform.

Agile 182

Agile Collaboration Innovation Competition 182

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Regardless of the industry your business falls in, innovation can keep your team ahead of the trends and competitors and foster stability and consistency within your strategy. While innovation is pertinent, it is often misunderstood and as a result, many companies fail to reap the benefits of it at its best.

Strategy 98

Strategy Strategy Idea Generation Comparison 98

IdeaScale

MARCH 19, 2020

One of the challenges to innovation in government is a lack of insight into what citizens have to offer in the way of innovative strategies. Governments are aware of the increasing need to capture perspectives and insights of citizens to spark the innovation process. This is one of many reasons strategy matters.

Technical Review 182

Technical Review Trends Innovation Innovation Management 182

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Regardless of the industry your business falls in, innovation can keep your team ahead of the trends and competitors and foster stability and consistency within your strategy. While innovation is pertinent, it is often misunderstood and as a result, many companies fail to reap the benefits of it at its best.

Strategy 98

Strategy Strategy Idea Generation Comparison 98

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

These barriers do not ‘magically’ change by delivering what I believe moves us to a better system for innovation, that of an ecosystem and platform architecture. Recognizing the present and ongoing barriers to innovation needs solutions to be built into any future design. Alignment to Strategy and Corporate Goals.

Software Review 162

Software Review Innovation Design Technical Review 162

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.

Software Review 222

Software Review Software Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 222

IdeaScale

JUNE 22, 2021

Overview: Learn more about what an innovation management platform like IdeasScale can do for your organization. The COVID-19 pandemic threw many businesses into a stress test for their innovation committee and employee culture. Why Use IdeaScale? What Can IdeaScale Do? Almost anything.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Ideation Culture Tools 130

IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

They can offer valuable insight into the state of innovation and what trends, technologies, and concerns will drive broader innovation in the future. Here are eight awards to monitor for a fresh take on innovation. The CES Innovation Awards, January 2022. 2022 Innovation Management Awards, April 2022.

Innovation 130

Innovation Software Industry Case Study 130

IdeaScale

JUNE 22, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic threw many businesses into a stress test for their innovation committee and employee culture. Innovation strategy is going to be one of the key ways that companies maintain their culture as their talent pool spreads out across geographic and intellectual space. What Will I See?

Culture 130

Culture Tools Innovation Processes Innovation Management 130

Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Open innovation is a core strategy for transformative growth amongst a growing number of enterprise companies around the world. The days of boardrooms and R&D departments keeping innovation under lock and key are waning, as companies are increasingly preferring a more collaborative approach with startups and other external parties.

Open Innovation 105

Open Innovation Collaboration Innovation Technology 105

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.

Software Review 166

Software Review Software Technical Review Innovation 166

Innovation 360 Group

OCTOBER 29, 2017

The uber-quoted and widely disseminated statement by Peter Drucker that “Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” which, by the way, was never said by Drucker , clearly shows how a culture of opportunism and common wisdom create simplified truth hindering the success of innovation management. Strategies That Cross The 3 Horizons.

Culture 63

Culture Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 63

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). Decreases costs.

Innovation Management 40

Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

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). Decreases costs.

Innovation Management 40

Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The report can be viewed here but finishes up with a good quote (correct insight in my opinion or validation of many): “ As one director noted, “We spend a lot of time on operational strategy — growth, acquisitions, etc. — [and] not much on risk, people, innovation.”. A good lesson in presentation, certainly for me!

Report 212

Report Innovation Survey Disruption 212

Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Open-source innovation (or simply ‘open innovation’) is developing into a core strategy for transformative growth amongst enterprise companies around the world. Our advisors are present in the USA, Brazilian, and Asian regions.

Open Innovation 94

Open Innovation Collaboration Innovation Technology 94

Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

These are the backbone of innovation and can deliver amazing value, however they are ultimately only one aspect of innovation. In this blog, we will share the additional ‘innovation assets’ that many companies are yet to include in their business innovation strategy. Top 3 Alternative Innovation Assets 1.

Strategy 52

Strategy Strategy Crowdsourcing Trends 52

PlanBox Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This post delves into key learnings that have reshaped how businesses approach innovation, setting the stage for continual growth and adaptability. A structured approach to innovation is critical. It’s not just about generating ideas but about systematically converting them into value-creating strategies.

Innovation Programs 40

Innovation Programs Learning Technical Review Innovation 40

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. innovative manufacturing methods must be developed. Improving Industry 4.0

Industry 52

Industry Software Review Technical Review Software 52

Planview

JULY 15, 2022

The bulk of the webinar is based on a recent research paper— Accelerating innovation: some lessons from the pandemic —published by Dr. Robert Cooper in the Journal of Product Innovation Management. After the presentation, to our happy surprise, attendees posed a ton of questions to the panel.

Product Development 52

Product Development Agile LEAN Survey 52

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

Thinking in different horizons prompts you to go beyond the usual focus of fixing innovation just in the present it provides the connections of the present with the desired future. Innovation today conflicts with much of our existing organizational designs. Hence why you work H1- H3- H2 as the sequence.

Design 138

Design Innovation Agile System 138

Innovation 360 Group

APRIL 30, 2017

He is at present engaged as board representative, consultant or manager-for-hire in most aspects of business; like strategy development and implementation, innovation processes, process reengineering and project management, market research, marketing and communication issues, economy and finance, general management and HR.

Analysis 40

Analysis Project Marketing Innovation Processes 40

Commodore Innovation

JULY 25, 2019

1) A new innovation process needs to be measured A new innovation process almost always requires consideration of how to measure its performance. By “new” we don’t just mean: your firm didn’t have any formal innovation activities and processes before, and now it does. If only it were that simple.

Software Review 40

Software Review How To Software Technical Review 40

Qmarkets

JULY 22, 2021

However, there are various approaches for each step of the process which can be chosen based on what is best for your business and employees. Submission Arguably the submission phase is the most important step of the process. This is where your employees will submit their ideas and kick off the innovation process.

Idea Generation 98

Idea Generation Technical Review Ideation Idea Management 98

IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Many of the company’s engineers were not comfortable presenting their big ideas to the senior staff. A manager would work with them to develop the business case. Managers often co-presented with the idea champion to the senior staff. Coach an innovation champion and team through the entire innovation process.

Underperforming Technical Team 189

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Project Technical Review 189

Innovation 360 Group

JUNE 25, 2020

Assume that you have a number of projects that you want to execute, and you have a number of resources that can be used to execute them (resources such as innovation managers, or programmers). a clearly defined strategy. Exploration is the first part of the innovation process, involving ideation and selection.

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Project Resources Radical Innovation Innovation 52

Acuvate

DECEMBER 26, 2018

to upgrade to latest or relevant business strategy; which would be a feasible solution in the long haul. If your employees are not actively adapting to available technologies which are in place as a part of your IT strategy, you might likely observe a dip in productivity. Digital workplace trend #7.

Trends 90

Trends Artificial Inteligence Fractional CTO Data 90

Qmarkets

APRIL 9, 2019

To assist clients in overcoming the barriers to achieving digital disruption, and shift to a new paradigm of innovative potential, RocketSource will highlight Qmarkets innovation management software as a resource within their LevelNext programme. The partnership will also present a wealth of benefits for Qmarkets’ customers.

Company 40

Company Software Training Resources 40

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 11, 2015

This is part two of an extended series on my thoughts on “ moving towards a new way of managing innovation ” that explores the potential for changing the management of innovation. Take a look at this list, far from exhaustive but it covers many of the problems we still face on innovation management.

Innovation 100

Innovation Competition Disruption Collaboration 100

Qmarkets

JULY 1, 2020

Attention all innovation project leaders, moderators, and campaign managers. Qmarkets’ latest product release is here to give you unprecedented flexibility and control over your innovation management system. Qmarkets latest product gives power users almost total control over their innovation management system.

Report 52

Report Software Review System Innovation Management 52

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 28, 2016

” – We have been renovating our innovation process until it becomes unrecognizable by all the patches we have been applying and is it really providing the results we want? Innovation today disappoints. We are not achieving the impact from all our innovation endeavors that we should. Read his article here.

Innovation 100

Innovation Technical Review Disruption Change 100

Planview

APRIL 28, 2019

As organizations seek to add value to customers and develop new, differentiated products and services, innovation is at the heart of strategy. It starts with creating a culture of innovation from within by tapping into the wisdom of employees. And they did it through a complete lifecycle process from strategy to delivery.

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Culture of Innovation Engagement Culture Innovation 49

Wazoku

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Coming backdown to earth this thought piece builds on Fostering Innovation with technological solutions – Part 1 and takes a much more tactical drill down into the growing market of innovation management solutions and who to watch out for, as well as the wider innovation ecosystem and harnessing the crowd to best effect.

Technology 40

Technology Software Artificial Inteligence Idea Management 40

Planview

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

The skinny: Every company’s culture is inherently different, so when you’re cultivating innovation, you have to be thoughtful about your approach. This is how to align your strategy with the company’s values and goals. 7 Big Threats to Innovation and How to Overcome Them. Who it’s from: Innovation Management.

Crowdsourcing 40

Crowdsourcing Technical Review Software Review Open Innovation 40

Idea Drop

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

With innovation comes disruptive change and you will inevitably face a myriad of dismissals in pursuit of your ideation strategy. However, the key to turning a rejection into an acceptance is to understand that the first ‘no’ is not the end of the process. Presentation skills are key and will only improve with practice.

Innovation 61

Innovation Software Idea Management Disruption 61

Tim Kastelle

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The polarities for innovation are similar to those for stability and change – I’ve sketched out a version that compares execution and innovation: You can see that it is similar to Johnson’s stability-change polarity. People that seem like blockers add value to the innovation process.

Management 100

Management How To Innovation Change 100

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

I think with the recognition that innovation occurs across the whole organization the innovation management (IM) providers have to radically alter their business model or recognize they need to broaden out their target market inside organizations as innovation is occurring in all corners of the organization today.

Innovation Management 200

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