Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

With technology advancing at breakneck speeds and market dynamics shifting unpredictably, it’s crucial for you as a business leader to embrace strategic thinking. Having a robust strategy helps you anticipate and respond to changes, whether they come from emerging technologies, evolving customer preferences, or competitive pressures.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 7, 2022

Where should innovation resources actually exist in an organisation? It might seem like a straightforward question, but it is fundamental to whether a company will end up succeeding at innovation or failing. After all, if innovation is so important, should it not get its own department? Companies that survive do both.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Impact of Culture on Performance and Innovation The influence of organizational culture on performance and innovation cannot be overstated. A culture that embraces change and is open to new ideas will naturally drive innovation, leading to greater business growth and the development of competitive advantages.

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Planview

APRIL 24, 2024

Nothing frustrates software developers more than working hard on something that never ends up providing value. Whether because of changing priorities, miscommunication among teams, or other blockers, the hidden cost of waste can significantly impact productivity and bottom lines.

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Digital Tonto

APRIL 21, 2024

Innovation languished. He made it possible for the nearly century-old firm to become a pioneer in open-source development, artificial intelligence and genomics. Wise leaders act in the service of something bigger than themselves, poor ones for their own aggrandizement. Jeffrey Immelt, quite famously, ran GE into the ground.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

A culture that is adaptable, innovative, and collaborative can better withstand market fluctuations and respond to challenges swiftly and effectively. For strategies on leading this change, delve into lead culture change for greater innovation & business growth and develop executive leadership to drive organizational culture change.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Setting the Stage for Success Importance of Leadership Team Offsites Leadership team offsites play a pivotal role in shaping the future of an organization. By stepping away from daily operations, you and your team can focus on long-term goals, engage in deep discussions, and forge stronger bonds.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Shaping Innovation for a Meaningful Change Following on from my initial post, “ Our Need is to Shape Innovation Dynamically, ” this post outlines the eight value-adding points that I can help build out and deliver alongside you in different delivery modules to fit your circumstances and budgets.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Innovation management is a tough job. Innovation team members have to deal with the needs of users, finances, and marketing all at once. And now they have to figure out which features should be prioritized for their innovation roadmap, too? Additional Tips to Help Your Team Prioritize Innovation Roadmap Features.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

The Winds of Change- Innovation Software facing the Innovators’ Dilemma In my research, I am getting a real sense that the current Innovation Management Software model is about to be upended and disrupted as per Clayton Christensens’ “Innovators Dilemma.”

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Paul Hobcraft and Jeffrey Phillips in conversations around innovation. In this series, planned to be only of 10 to 15-minute conversations, we are picking up on many of the fundamental building blocks of innovation. Jeffery and I go back within the innovation space a long way. Here is the link to the recording. We believe C.E.O’s

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 26, 2021

Tips for building and sustaining innovation teams within your organizational culture. Successful organizations understand that innovation should be embedded directly into their culture and way of doing business. This is an individual innovative mindset that also is alive in innovative teams.

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Cris Beswick

JUNE 22, 2023

At OUTCOME , we believe innovation is a system game, meaning it’s a team sport. The challenge is that many organisations have lost sight of the true definition of a team. 1] Let’s also differentiate between a department or group inside an organisation, as a group does not necessarily constitute a team.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

In my view any new approach to innovation needs to aim to achieve interdependent and interlocking innovation, solving problems that have not been addressed before and offering sustainable value, impact, and returns to all involved or significantly improving on the existing solutions. Nothing can work in isolation.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Unpacking Organizational Culture Defining Organizational Culture Organizational culture embodies the collective values, beliefs, and principles of organizational members and is a product of such factors as history, product, market, technology, strategy, type of employees, management style, and national culture.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

The Age of AI and Business Strategy Understanding AI-Driven Rapid Change In the current landscape, AI-driven technologies are reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace. Embracing AI means more than just implementing new technologies; it involves rethinking entire business operations from the ground up.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Navigating a Disruptive Business Environment In today’s fast-paced and technology-driven landscape, businesses are frequently faced with disruptions that can significantly impact their operations and long-term viability. To foster innovation: Implement systems for employees to submit and develop new ideas.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Innovation comes to businesses in many ways, yet one thing is for certain: It relies on a diversity of thought. After all, differing viewpoints have been known to encourage greater innovation. In exchange for financing and mentorship, an established business can be at the forefront of new products, models, and technologies.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 17, 2021

I'm a fan of military history, and it is always striking to me to see how much new product development and innovation can learn from the military and vice versa. The military is rich in innovation, but most of that innovation flows from the middle and lower ranks.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

These two aphorisms are thrown around constantly when discussing innovation strategy, and at first, they seem contradictory. However, as you innovate, you learn that they’re both true; you need both the global view and a granular view. Yet these two forms of thinking need each other, especially on innovation teams.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

These two aphorisms are thrown around constantly when discussing innovation strategy, and at first, they seem contradictory. However, as you innovate, you learn that they’re both true; you need both the global view and a granular view. Yet these two forms of thinking need each other, especially on innovation teams.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

How often I have heard that statement from teams when we have discussed potential new innovation ideas. These reasons might include: Once the idea was suggested, no resources were allocated to develop it. The leadership team at the time wanted to keep the status quo. The company was not set up to develop it.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The challenge comes from the fact that nobody on the project teams wants to be one of the 9 which could fail, often leading to investment in projects which have no risk, but also no opportunity for significant innovation or growth. Innovation projects are different. In fact, some types of failure can be hugely beneficial.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Overview: New agricultural, processing, and manufacturing technologies are changing what we eat, how long it keeps, and how we store it. What each of these innovations has in common is a thoughtful and different approach to common questions. This has brought out, however, some fascinating innovations. The Challenge.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Here’s the secret to Unicorn innovation. He’s the author of numerous books and an expert on how lean principles can be used to drive innovation. ScaleUps, and those that invest in them, face the next-level challenge of growing revenue at scale; that is, exponentially relative to expenditures in capital, people, and technology.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

00:10:00 – The book is designed to help people develop the process and cadence of creativity instead of just getting by on skill. Have many teams that are going through daily creative on their own as a team, meaning that they are having a cadence of conversations about the same topic. The team should be solving.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The image here is the list of exactly which capabilities your company needs to succeed at innovation. Almost every business leader will tell you that they value innovation and that it is a positive & important factor for their company. However, why is it then that approximately 96% of innovation efforts fail ?

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ImagineNation

APRIL 7, 2024

Because it is currently being challenged by poor sales performance, it has bunkered down and frozen any change initiatives, learning programs or new projects until mid-2025. According to BCG in a recent article, “To Drive Innovation with GenAI, Start by Questioning Your Assumptions.” Again, according to McKinsey and Co.,

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

I've been thinking a lot about why innovation fails. Not about why supposedly innovative new products fail, because there are multiple reasons for the failure of a new product. I'm actually more interested in the 90+% of ideas that never make it to product development. This is the bad side of failure.

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ImagineNation

OCTOBER 7, 2023

This shift was powered by the defining trait of our species, our human creativity, which is at the heart of all creative problem-solving endeavors, where innovation is the engine of growth, no matter, what the context. But for business problem solving, using GPT-4 resulted in performance that was 23% lower than that of the control group.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 18, 2016

I believe we need a new way to manage risk within our innovation activities. This post here is the third and last part , part three, where I lay out different mechanisms and framing of risk and innovation. We need to formulate a more robust risk innovation framework. Risk is becoming an evolving capability.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 18, 2016

I believe we need a new way to manage risk within our innovation activities. This post here is the third and last part , part three, where I lay out different mechanisms and framing of risk and innovation. We need to formulate a more robust risk innovation framework. Risk is becoming an evolving capability.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Innovation is everywhere, and for many businesses being able to innovate fast is a non-negotiable requirement. Why is it then that so much innovation continues to stall with using outdated technology? Why Innovation requires Visualization. Why Innovation requires Visualization.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Embracing the Evolution: AI Meets Design Thinking The intersection of artificial intelligence and design thinking is poised to redefine the landscape of innovation and strategy. This process is widely adopted by managers, executives, and consultants to drive new product development, service innovation, and business model refinement.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

…Accelerating Teams Through Assessment and Training. It’s a sad fact of organizational life that only a small percentage of teams achieve high function. Most teams muddle along, and get the essential things done — or not. And, all teams can improve, with training. Teams Improve With Momentum Training.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2019

The word ‘corporate innovation’ is becoming an increasingly popular buzzword, but for the most forward-thinking companies, it represents the future of the business and a significant spend on research and development. Corporate innovation nurtures unique thinking within corporate settings. How can corporations work with startups?

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with process improvement, but it isn’t the same thing as process innovation. In some ways, innovation is about going “back to the drawing board.”. Process innovation , however, requires that you take a new look at a process as a whole, rethinking it altogether rather than fine-tuning it here and there.

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