Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Disruption is all around us; it never seems to go away; it simply appears in a different and often entirely new form. The result is the same; it disrupts what we know and often in how we suddenly need to set about doing it differently. Much of the innovative disruptions seem so obvious; you wonder why we were not doing these before.

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Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The Role of Empathy in Leadership: A New Standard for Industry Disruption Many leaders are focused on technological innovation as the primary driver of success. However, as Andrew Antar — CEO and founder of Tune.fm — emphasized on a recent episode of The Bliss Business Podcast , empathy may be the key to true industry disruption.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

What distinguishes an Innovation Ecosystem from Open Innovation? Within a short series about Innovation Ecosystems this post asks what really are the distinct differences within innovation ecosystem thinking and design, to provide a set of common distinguishing points to move from “just” open innovation.

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Daniel Burrus

JULY 31, 2024

Continuous innovation and education are the only ways for organizations to thrive and stay relevant in a rapidly evolving landscape. But if fostering a culture of innovation at your organization seems exhausting, it may be time for a shift in your leadership mindset — and more importantly, a shift in your organization’s culture.

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Innovators Alliance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The objective and critical challenge for growth focussed leaders is to tangibly link people and culture with profits and performance. In effect, make the intangible people and culture dynamics tangible so that they can be measured and directly linked to the company’s ability to scale and grow through new value creation and adaptive change.

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Cris Beswick

MARCH 14, 2024

In today’s business landscape, characterised by rapid technological change, evolving customer expectations, and non-traditional competitors, building the organisation-wide capability to innovate continuously is more vital than ever. At its core, Innovation is about identifying and creatively solving problems to deliver new value.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 8, 2020

I'm writing a series of blog posts about the fundamentals of innovation success. In my previous article I wrote about the importance of fundamentals in any activity , using music and practicing scales as an analogy for understanding the fundamentals of innovation. This mindset and cultural preference conflicts with innovation.

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Phil McKinney

JULY 11, 2023

We live in unprecedented technological advances, and with these advances come disruptions that can significantly impact our lives and businesses. Understanding Technological Disruptions Technological disruptions refer to unexpected shifts in technology that can disrupt industries, businesses, and life as we know it.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 20, 2024

In the race to stay competitive, the only constant is change—and nowhere is this more evident than in the realm of software innovation. Today, the frontiers of innovation have shifted dramatically, with breakthroughs like quantum computing and advanced AI poised to redefine entire industries. What is Software Innovation?

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Leapfrogging

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Culture is a key success factor for every team and organization. Shape it to get more innovation, even from your remote workforce. But what happens to the culture of teams and organizations in a virtual world? Here are six things you can do to get more innovation from your remote team in today’s virtual world : 1.

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Cris Beswick

MAY 8, 2024

Innovation has often been treated as a cyclical phenomenon, eagerly embraced during prosperous times and relegated to the sidelines during economic downturns. More than 70% of senior executives regularly acknowledge that innovation will be among their companies’ top three growth drivers in the next three to five years.

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InnovationManagement

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Crowdsourcing ideas has a number of different virtues: from improving the likelihood that you’ll source disruptive ideas to lowering the overall program costs of running an innovation program… but there are some other cultural benefits to a crowdsourced innovation program.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

There's an old joke about perspective and laziness I love and have used before on this blog, because it illustrates many of the challenges (and opportunities) of corporate innovation. Otherwise innovation is a slap-dash bolt-on activity that cannot, will not, result in anything valuable.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Pitching the reasons to change to Innovation Ecosystems in thinking and design So after working through the values of the Innovation Ecosystem over a series of three posts I asked Chat GPT to help me in making a pitch for the change from existing internal orientated innovation processes and structures.

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Leapfrogging

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Culture is a key success factor for every team and organization. Shape it to get more innovation, even from your remote workforce. But what happens to the culture of teams and organizations in a virtual world? Here are six things you can do to get more innovation from your remote team in today’s virtual world : 1.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Extending out the Interconnected Business Ecosystem The Interconnected Business Ecosystem Framework is a pioneering and holistic approach that redefines how organizations create value, drive innovation, and achieve long-term success in an increasingly complex and dynamic business environment. Networks designed.

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Innovators Alliance

MAY 24, 2024

Research has shown that an organization’s culture is linked to its performance. James Heskett and John Kotter, in their book, Corporate Culture and Performance, make a compelling case. So, what is the critical link between culture, performance and growth?

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PlanBox Innovation

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Your organization’s culture very much acts like your company’s foundation. Build Innovation Communities. Through its association with Kings London, it’s also looking to drive innovation and create a culture that makes it happen naturally. Empowering all stakeholders to have a voice is so important.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Creativity and innovation are universally considered as positive phenomena. Every culture esteems creativity in its own way. Moreover, innovation psychology researchers conclude that both creativity and innovation are well-distributed across all global cultures. Cultural Tolerance for Deviation.

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helloFUTURE

MAY 15, 2023

You’ve probably heard the term “culture of innovation” thrown around in countless meetings, and it’s likely that you’ve pondered how to instill this within your own team.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

We see seven keys to creating an innovative workplace culture where individuals are able to meaningfully contribute to the organization’s innovation strategy. If you’re looking at your organization and wondering where to start to foster a more innovative workplace culture, here are forty articles to go deeper into the topic.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Today the world’s most innovative companies are also some of the most successful. This doesn’t come as much of a surprise, especially in the continuous waves of disruption we’re seeing. Innovation lends itself to success by provoking organizations to continuously push for improvement and always be on the lookout for new opportunities.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Why engage in changing to Innovation Ecosystems Following on from my last two posts related to recognizing the importance of Innovation Ecosystems we need to ask what makes these dynamic, interconnected and engaging, from a diverse groups perspective? It is a listening of 13 minutes but I like how it discusses this.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

To keep your business on top of its game, you need to understand how innovation and strategic planning work together. Strategic planning maps out how you’ll crush your long-term goals, and stirring some innovation into the mix helps your business roll with whatever curveballs the market throws.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Intersection of Corporate Growth and Startup Innovation Defining Corporate Venture Capital Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) is the investment of corporate funds directly in external startup companies. Corporations can leverage this innovation to drive growth, remain competitive, and enter new markets.

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Innovation Leader

MARCH 16, 2021

How do Chief Innovation Officers build a strategic pipeline of innovation activities? And, what do they do to influence culture? CInOs from CSAA and PA Consulting explain.

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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 13, 2024

Why Focusing on Industry Expertise Over Cultural Leadership in C-Suite Hiring is a Strategic Mistake As businesses continue to evolve, the qualities sought in C-suite leaders must evolve too. The Acquirable Nature of Industry Expertise vs. The Art of Cultural Leadership Industry expertise, while valuable, is often overrated.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 10, 2018

The fact of the matter is, cultural attitudes, efficient processes, reward systems and other factors make the job of a "chief innovation officer" difficult, often turning the role into a chief incremental officer. What I'd call a chief disruption officer. That new role is the Chief Disruption Officer.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

So often innovation struggles to be recognized for what it is. Innovation is a critical source of future competitive advantage. To get to a consistent performance of innovation and creativity within organizations you do need to rely on a process, structure and the consistent ability to foster a culture of innovation.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

Introduction to Innovation Keynote Speakers Importance of Keynote Speakers in Corporate Events Keynote speakers play a pivotal role in the success of corporate events. They are the linchpins that can inspire, motivate, and ignite a passion for innovation within your organization.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The building blocks of open innovation building towards Business Ecosystem design. By incorporating Open Innovation Strategies as the next building block, businesses can create a dynamic and expansive innovation ecosystem beyond internal and partnership and certain collaborative boundaries.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 9, 2015

It's your culture that's holding you back when you try to innovate, but no one wants to admit that. Most consultants and executives want to focus on interesting innovation tools, or idea management software, or creative design concepts, because these are flashy and new, and distract attention from the real challenge at hand.

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ImagineNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The ambitious and proactive CEO Charlie Chaps invested in despatching a Terrific Team of Enthusiastic Engineers to Silicon Valley to research, investigate, and report on how to capture and emulate the critical ingredients of its “secret innovative sauce.”

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ImagineNation

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Whether you actively seek to disrupt yourself, your team, and your organisation to effect sustainable success in the new year, or not, we all need to face, adapt and learn from the range of challenging disruptive events that impacted us in the past 12 months. We have all been challenged by disruption.

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IdeaScale

MAY 23, 2017

Disruptive isn’t a dirty word, but it can be a scary one. Why does the word “disruptive” raise such fear among so many people? Uttering “disruptive” during a meeting can get you looks more along the lines of profanity. At the same time, disruptive innovation is what makes our lives better. Mindful Disruption.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

I spoke to 11 of the world’s leading female innovation experts to get their definition of “innovation” The variety in their responses may surprise you. In 2016, I wrote the article What is innovation? 15 experts share their innovation definition in order to answer the question of “What is innovation?”

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 2, 2016

This past weekend I had an extended period of re-reading about the effects of disruption that seems to be occurring across all points of business, our politics, our governments, it seems across our lives. All good plans sometime get disrupted. Everything invented seems to have been disrupted or seems about too.

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