Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 14, 2016

We all are caught up in handling and understanding different management tools. So let’s see if we can help here, step back a little from your favorite tool and look at this just a little more deeply. How do we pick through all the tools, let alone keep up with all the new ones emerging? Tracking the trends on Management Tools.

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Tools Management Innovation Management Underperforming Technical Team 100

Idea to Value

JUNE 16, 2021

We often used a tool called the Cascade of Choices framework to help clarify the strategy. This tool can also be useful when developing an innovation strategy. In which markets will we focus, where we know there are sufficient ideal customers for our current and future offerings. Cascade of Choices framework.

Strategy 234

Strategy Strategy How To Leadership 234

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What AI Brings to the Design Thinking Table AI brings a plethora of tools and capabilities that can enhance each stage of the Design Thinking process. AI Tools for Enhancing Creativity Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force in various industries, and the realm of design thinking is no exception.

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Design Thinking Artificial Inteligence Design Analysis 140

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Culture is often manifested through the norms and customs that dictate how individuals within an organization interact with each other and with stakeholders outside the organization. It acts as the lifeblood of a company, influencing every aspect of how you conduct business.

Culture 100

Culture Underperforming Technical Team Agile Leadership 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

It’s the driving force that aligns diverse skills and perspectives towards common objectives, enabling companies to navigate complex challenges and stay ahead of the curve. Discover how to create such an environment by exploring innovative team collaboration methods and tools that facilitate these outcomes.

Collaboration 100

Collaboration Software Review Tools Technical Review 100

Innovation in Practice

AUGUST 9, 2020

This technique forces you to take a component, something in the immediate vicinity of your problem, and assign it an additional job. . It forces you to think about components doing additional work that you really wouldn’t have thought of before. . What customer benefit could we deliver now? What is Task Unification?

Tools 52

Tools Innovation Resources Creativity 52

Leapfrogging

JUNE 21, 2021

What is a Customer Empathy Map, and what are best practices, tools and online templates for teams and organizations? . It always surprises me that business leaders think they know what’s best for their customers without asking them. about its customers. There are many different versions of Empathy Maps tools out there.

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Survey Tools Engagement Product Development 130

Collective Campus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

There are countless tools we use with clients to build fast, learn fast and measure fast in order to determine what will ‘wow’ customers enough to extend or generate new lines of revenue and remain a competitive force well into the future.

Tools 53

Tools Competition Learning Innovation 53

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 22, 2024

“ The hierarchy of business ecosystem needs emerges as a guiding force for organizations ready to navigate the new era of interconnected success. The added incentive to build this out further was that this structured model offers a valuable tool for organizations seeking to embrace ecosystem-driven strategies.

Case Study 130

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 5, 2020

We first need to recognize that there are twin forces at work, feeding off each other. These twin forces are constantly seeking out for combining, relentlessly adding the new shape to our future. The customer is increasingly at the epicenter of the economy. We are facing greater disruption and an increasing innovation pace.

Industry 289

Industry Collaboration Innovation Design 289

IdeaScale

MAY 18, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic forced entire industries to rapidly change economic models, organizations to scale up different forms of infrastructure and build out both internal and external online engagement, and teams to find new ways of collaborating when they needed to stay out of the meeting room. 2020 Was The Year of Necessity.

Report 130

Report Crowdsourcing Innovation Engagement 130

Tullio Siragusa

MAY 16, 2022

Specifically, Design Thinking is the way of using various techniques and tools to come up with innovative solutions centered around solving the problems that impact people most. . Keeping the goal of revenue in mind, a salesperson is expected to have a little understanding of customer needs. . Customer-Centricity.

Design Thinking 118

Design Thinking Design Trends Tools 118

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 5, 2022

With enterprise customers spread across every continent, Qmarkets works with a variety of consulting partners to offer specialized guidance and support across a wide range of use-cases. The partnership will also introduce Qmarkets’ own customers to RevelX’s growth experts to offer them first-rate strategic consultancy services.

Software 98

Software Innovation Management Management Crowdsourcing 98

IdeaScale

MARCH 18, 2020

While internal innovation can be a powerful force, there are situations where you need an outsider’s view, especially when you’re reaching out to a specific market, or trying to break into a new one. Now, it’ll be combined with IdeaScale’s powerful tools. Your team and ours are better when they work together.

Crowdsourcing 259

Crowdsourcing Brainstorming Open Innovation Innovation 259

IdeaScale

APRIL 15, 2020

During the COVID-19 crisis, an idea management platform is needed to facilitate even more sharing and collaboration as employees are forced to work from home. IdeaScale provides the tools necessary to continue innovating in such an uncertain time. million users and over 25,000 customers. Steps IdeaScale Is Taking.

Crowdsourcing 204

Crowdsourcing Survey Software Idea Management 204

IdeaScale

MARCH 18, 2020

While internal innovation can be a powerful force, there are situations where you need an outsider’s view, especially when you’re reaching out to a specific market, or trying to break into a new one. Now, it’ll be combined with IdeaScale’s powerful tools. Your team and ours are better when they work together.

Crowdsourcing 231

Crowdsourcing Brainstorming Open Innovation Innovation 231

Leapfrogging

MARCH 2, 2020

We’ve already seen how Google Docs took the world by storm through free cloud-based software, forcing Microsoft to change its Office 365 business model. Low-code software is software that can be fully customized with a “low” (minimal) amount of programming. Cloud-based software is now the norm. Big Changes.

Software 130

Software Disruption Industry Marketing 130

Business and Tech

MARCH 25, 2022

As retail evolves its digital and automated methods for servicing customers, the approach and the technologies protecting retail are getting a whole lot smarter. Whether by choice or based on staffing shortages, retailers are tasked with finding new ways to service the customer with fewer staff members. Take staffing for example.

Technology 130

Technology Artificial Inteligence Data Trends 130

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The application of artificial intelligence in design thinking equips practitioners with sophisticated tools that can extract actionable insights from complex data sets, paving the way for more informed and strategic decisions. For practical applications and tools, ai tools for design thinking offers a curated list of resources.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Design Thinking Design Analysis 113

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Recognizing Workplace Morale The vitality of your team’s spirit can be the driving force behind your organization’s success. Poor Customer Service : When morale is low, it can negatively affect how employees interact with customers, potentially harming the company’s reputation.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Collaboration 100

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 11, 2022

Our ability to perform differently will provide new avenues of innovation discovery and eventual value to offset or bridge the need to make a change we will be forced to make in these different market and society conditions. Connecting up and Deploying Collaboration Tools.

Innovation 189

Innovation Design Collaboration Engagement 189

Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Unreasonable people force change rather than accept the status quo. And, since most new technologies enter the mainstream market by creating greater efficiencies, perhaps we should more accurately ask: what significant customer need can it address, or what significant inefficiency or cost can it remove? Unreasonable people won't.

Training 179

Training Tools Innovation LEAN 179

IdeaScale

MARCH 25, 2020

This statistic points to a major discrepancy between the solutions that businesses are offering and the problems that customers want solved. Despite having larger budgets and greater access to customer insights, even established organizations aren’t immune to an unsuccessful innovation strategy. Take cloud-based tools as one example.

Innovation 113

Innovation Internet of things Case Study Tools 113

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

A culture that supports innovation can lead to increased market share, customer loyalty, and revenue growth. Some signs that suggest the need for culture change include a decline in performance metrics, a lack of new ideas coming to the fore, high employee turnover rates, or a failure to meet customer expectations.

Culture 130

Culture Change How To Agile 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

By incorporating AI into these processes, organizations can harness powerful analytical tools to optimize decision-making and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their innovation pipelines. AI is capable of streamlining workflows, predicting trends, personalizing customer experiences, and driving innovation forward.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Management Management Generative AI 100

The BMI Lab Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Creativity is not a gift but a skill we can train with proper tools. Moreover, all those methodologies clearly state that creativity is not a matter of genius or lucky lightbulb moments, but something that everyone can achieve with the help of proper tools. Let us explore the most popular creativity tools for innovation.

Innovation Processes 53

Innovation Processes Tools Creativity Ideation 53

Leapfrogging

MARCH 2, 2020

We’ve already seen how Google Docs took the world by storm through free cloud-based software, forcing Microsoft to change its Office 365 business model. Low-code software is software that can be fully customized with a “low” (minimal) amount of programming. Cloud-based software is now the norm. Big Changes.

Software 100

Software Disruption Industry Marketing 100

Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Digital transformation - a "third wave" of information technology that creates an entirely new way to capture real time data and perhaps make sense of that data on the fly, could radically change how businesses operate, how they make money and how they interact with customers, consumers and suppliers. What's next?

Technology 171

Technology Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence 171

Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

They’ll also love the unparalleled customer service Humana offers — the company was recently ranked No. 1 in customer satisfaction with dental plans in the J.D. Humana is thrilled to be working with Jet Dental to bring mobile dentistry to our customers,” Tilton said. Power 2022 U.S. Dental Plan Satisfaction Study.

Policies 130

Policies Study Conference Trends 130

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 11, 2022

With enterprise customers spread across every continent, Qmarkets works with a variety of consulting partners to offer specialized guidance and support across a wide range of use-cases. The partnership will also introduce Qmarkets’ own customers to RevelX’s growth experts to offer them first-rate strategic consultancy services.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Innovation Management Management 52

Innovators Alliance

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Smart companies however, respond to leaner budgets by deploying non-traditional methods that are both cheaper and tend to engage customers in creative new ways. Keep Prioritizing the “Wow” Customers always have unmet needs, but in a downturn it’s essential to prioritize them so we can “wow” customers where it really matters.

Technical Review 59

Technical Review Innovation LEAN Resources 59

IdeaScale

MAY 1, 2019

But far fewer consider innovation in customer service. Even companies that have a strong balance of human-centric and automated customer service options may only think in terms of improvement and critical KPIs rather than disruptive innovation of customer service. Prerequisites to Innovative Customer Service.

Innovation 113

Innovation Innovation Management Disruption Management 113

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I am always guilty of investing time in the potential tools, technologies and concepts that might lead to a different future that is within all of our job remits but how much, at what cost and what benefit to the jobs on hand. Apologies if I might have felt uncomfortable on this point.

Report 225

Report Innovation Technical Review Software Review 225