Leapfrogging

MARCH 18, 2020

Business is moving virtual fast. We experimented with some of the first online collaboration tools. We designed team-building processes that we ran using technology like teleconferences and screen sharing. Use it as a checklist to make sure your own team is firing on all cylinders: 1. Create Objectives & Key Results.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design Thinking is a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems, and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. What is Design Thinking? Empathize : Understanding the needs of those you’re designing for.

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Design Thinking Artificial Inteligence Design Strategy 113

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Innovation thinking in Ecosystem and Gen AI design I believe there is a real need to construct a different innovation process. For me, ecosystem innovation and generative AI have arrived at that pivotal point to significantly influence future innovation design. Innovation needs reinventing.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 18, 2020

Business is moving virtual fast. We experimented with some of the first online collaboration tools. We designed team-building processes that we ran using technology like teleconferences and screen sharing. Use it as a checklist to make sure your own team is firing on all cylinders: 1. Create Objectives & Key Results.

Tools 124

Tools Strategy Strategy Management 124

Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Arable Ventures specializes in enterprise innovation, operating model design, capability and venture portfolio delivery. The new partnership will integrate these areas of expertise with Qmarkets technology scouting software and other best-in-class innovation management tools to provide an end-to-end solution for enterprise customers.

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The BMI Lab Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

“Which tool do we need to test this business model?” This is the most frequently asked question since we started implementing innovative business model ideas with our clients. There is no perfect tool for your test. There are a lot out there and the key is to select the one that best suits your needs.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2023

These stacks follow an established logic, such as working through idea discovery, relating to given problems, exploring solutions, and determining the final model or design and the execution delivery to achieve this. We often “keep” what we have gained in insights or evaluation locked in specific tools or frameworks.

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Technical Review Software Review Innovation Design 130

Leapfrogging

AUGUST 9, 2017

Here are 5 Business Model Strategies and Tools for Strategic Business Growth. From retailers like Blockbuster and Borders Books to tech giants like Nokia and Blackberry, seemingly untouchable brands have been caught off guard by rapidly changing business landscapes. Do we need a new strategy and business model?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Benefits of Fostering Team Collaboration The advantages of nurturing a collaborative environment are multifaceted, impacting various aspects of business performance and employee satisfaction. Additionally, consider how innovative team collaboration can serve as a catalyst for groundbreaking ideas and propel your organization forward.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design Thinking is a methodology used by designers to solve complex problems and find desirable solutions for clients. A design mindset is not problem-focused, it’s solution-focused and action-oriented towards creating a preferred future.

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TechEmpower Innovation

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI), and particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), have significantly transformed the search engine as we’ve known it. This presents businesses with an opportunity to enhance their search functionalities for both internal and external users. Serve hot with your choice of side, or enjoy as is for a light meal.

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Artificial Inteligence Generative AI How To Knowledge Base 207

Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

AI-powered innovation management involves the use of machine learning algorithms, natural language processing, predictive analytics, and other AI tools to augment the human decision-making process. Research & Development AI tools can simulate and test product scenarios, reducing the need for physical prototypes.

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Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Analysis Technical Review 100

Qmarkets

MARCH 14, 2024

At its heart, business model innovation is about change. It’s a way for businesses to look at what they do and ask, “Can we do this differently?” ” This isn’t just about adding a new product or tweaking a service; it’s about shaking up how a business operates from the ground up.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 1, 2022

The Executive Innovation Work Mat as a compelling business case. After a series of conversations around the Executive Innovation work mat, Jeffrey Phillips and I decided there was a need to add one more to the series, one that makes the business case for the work mat, one that is more from the leaders perspective.

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Design Leadership Innovation Engagement 319

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The building always the Innovation Business Case offers a unique approach to tackle one of the real problem areas within innovation- making the case compelling. One of the toughest aspects within Innovation is making the Business Case. It is no different for understanding your innovation fitness. So what is the approach taken?

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Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2022

With the world gradually returning to normal, employers are finding that normal isn‘t what normal used to be: the business world has been hit by a seismic shift it may not recover from. Organizations have been plagued in the last two years by major shifts that have disrupted business and threatened their profitability.

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Policies Technical Review Culture Underperforming Technical Team 246

Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Importance of Online Collaboration Platforms In the digital age, the ability to connect with your team members virtually is not just a convenience; it’s a necessity. The integration of online collaboration tools is crucial for maintaining the continuity of operations, especially when face-to-face interactions are limited.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 14, 2021

That action may be creating a new product, or developing a new channel or business model. Of course, innovation can span a range of impacts and outcomes, from very incremental product innovation to industry changing business model innovation. Innovation should be designed, but is rarely so carefully considered.

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Strategy Strategy Policies Innovation 284

Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 6, 2016

As products and services proliferate and basic needs are met, customers become more sophisticated and more demanding, desiring products, services and business models that work together and don't require configuration, integration or effort by the consumer to "make them work".

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Tools Technical Review Design Thinking Innovation 162

mjvinnovation

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Knowing how to use DT tools can transform even your daily routine into a problem-solving strategy. This is because they break down the complexity of processes so that the designer has a full 360-degree view of the problem, anchoring them in their way of thinking. Do you know what these tools are? What is Design Thinking.

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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? The latest one for 2015 is here.

Tools 100

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

We need to understand successful innovation actually touches all aspects of a business, by contributing to improving business processes, identifying new, often imaginative, ways to reduce costs, building out existing business models into new directions and value and discovering new ways and positioning into markets.

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Innovation Programs Technical Review Innovation Policies 189

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 21, 2023

Completing transitions through innovation, ecosystems and sustainability thinking Today, our innovation activity needs to transition through collaborating and co-creating, applying ecosystem thinking and platform designs for business. We need a greater exchange environment and this is where ecosystem thinking and designs emerge.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 19, 2022

Committing to becoming a far more innovative company requires training people on the tools and methods, introducing more risk and uncertainty in the business and experiencing occasional learning experiences that others might call failures. But innovation and design thinking have something to offer here.

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Design Thinking Innovation Tools Creative Thinking 251

Leapfrogging

JANUARY 5, 2017

Promoting a culture of innovation focused on business growth starts with providing practical tools that give anyone the opportunity to innovate in whatever they do. So how do you really get everyone innovating in a way that drives real business growth? Provide Tools of the Innovation Trade. Nothing wrong with that.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In this latest conversation, Jeffrey and I argue most problems or disappointment with many innovation efforts within a business can be attributed to a lack of alignment to the organization’s strategy, resulting in poor growth and impact from innovations contribution. Possible Three Horizon Investment Portfolio Allocation.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In some recent posts, I argued that we need to adopt a broader innovation ecosystem thinking and design. Still, barriers do need to be consciously built into any new thinking as ones “to be resolved” in any new solution design. They need a more fluid, highly adaptive design. Let me outline many of these here.

Software Review 162

Software Review Innovation Design Technical Review 162

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I have written extensively, certainly over the past eighteen months, about our need to take innovation into a new era, designed for today and tomorrow’s “fit for purpose” Below you will see my view of how I see this sketched out, as my suggested concept outline. Your thoughts? Does it make sense?

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Engagement System Innovation Design 205

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Introduction to Startup Accelerator Programs The Concept of Startup Acceleration Startup accelerator programs are designed to foster rapid growth of early-stage companies by providing them with the necessary resources and support. The collaborative environment of an accelerator allows for a rich exchange of ideas and best practices.

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Acuvate

MARCH 30, 2023

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have been under pressure to reduce inefficiencies by automating as many of their operations as possible. At the helm of making these impact areas possible with powerful RPA capabilities is Microsoft’s Power Automate, along with other tools that have emerged over the years.

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Software Review Tools Technical Review Data 52

Strategyzer Innovation

JUNE 24, 2020

We work with teams all around the world to help visualize their business idea using tools such as the Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition Canvas. Ideally, teams should quickly test their canvases using experiments, as we’ve documented in the book Testing Business Ideas.

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Design How To Tools Learning 145

mjvinnovation

JUNE 1, 2021

With the rapid transition to work from home, the recent adoption of project management tools has skyrocketed. These are just a few points that some project management tools need to consider to gain managers’ attention and win the teams’ adoption. Keep reading to understand which is the best for your project.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 16, 2023

They all need a purposeful design of a new, cleaner energy system. We need to deploy every innovative tool to leverage ideas and discoveries and then accelerate the validation into a commercialization path sooner than later. Innovation needs to be at the top of its game, to be accelerated and scaled.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 15, 2022

Examples of these different technologies that can build out the renewable pathway are shown below, along with the important need to apply relevant new thinking to developing or altering the business model. Each technology has a significant scale, financial impact and business model approach.

Technology 204

Technology Management System Change 204

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 18, 2023

Building our capacity to innovate needs understanding and reflects the organization’s business activities. XPLANE , visualization thinkers who apply a design thinkers approach, produced brilliant visualizations of the organizations needs. Dedicating time to knowing your innovation capability fitness.

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Guidelines Innovation Strategy Strategy 342

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Imperative of Culture in Organizational Success Understanding Organizational Culture Organizational culture encompasses the shared values, beliefs, and norms that influence how people within an organization interact with each other and work together to achieve business goals.

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