Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 2, 2016

So if there was ever a time to clear the existing innovation agenda and rework the entire space for innovating, it is about to become the pressing reality as we enter into 2017. Why platforms, ecosystems, and customer experiences become central in 2017. There are so many forces coming together that require this reworking.

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Planview

MARCH 20, 2019

However, for this culture to exist, employee engagement is imperative. s 2017 State of the Global Workplace Report, 85 percent of employees are disengaged on the job, which is costing companies $7 trillion in lost productivity, turnover, poor customer experience, absenteeism, and lower profitability. Unfortunately, most aren’t.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Google’s Sergey Brin called the last few years a “technology renaissance” in a 2017 letter to investors , adding that we’re in the midst of “an exciting time where we can see applications across nearly every segment of modern society.”. Simply put, employee engagement matters. Key takeaways. Establish change leaders.

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Business and Tech

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Fewer consumers engaged in credit-seeking behavior, which meant fewer hard credit inquiries and a better score. It may surprise some landlords to know that tax liens and civil judgments (including evictions) have been removed from credit reports since 2017. Credit inquiries are down. Consumers are more educated.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 7, 2023

A 2013 paper suggests that children engage more in imaginative play because it helps them develop the learning skills of causal-reasoning. However, another 2016 study shows it is not clear if simply engaging in pretend play leads to higher creativity as an adult. Teenagers did show higher creativity on the social challenge though.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Look At 2017. How was your 2017, innovation-wise? That can be difficult to do, however, if you’re trying to engage everyone from the delivery team to the boardroom. Take a look at what your competitors did in innovation over 2017 and consider how they might have made those decisions. Look At Competitors.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 16, 2019

After having attended Open Nation in 2017, strategist, innovator and designer Andy Howell tweeted about a new acronym he learned: BORPSAT (Bunch Of the Right People Sitting Around a Table). Aliyya Shelley Mattos, head of sustainability and social impact at CellMark, said of the 2017 conference: “Great innovations out of Calgary.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

A 2017 Crowdsourced Innovation Report published by IdeaScale noted that more and more companies are embedding innovation initiatives at their organizations. The report list below the six innovation priorities that companies are focusing on in 2017. Improve employee engagement. Gather more ideas. Implement breakthrough ideas.

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Kainexus

JANUARY 16, 2020

It’s normal to focus on the financial metrics and goals, but the level of employee engagement should not be overlooked as you start to map out 2020. According to Gallup’s 2017 State of the Global Workplace, only 15 percent of employees are engaged in the workplace. According to one study, in the U.S,

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

United Way is engaged in nearly 1,800 communities across more than 40 countries and territories worldwide. million donors are engaged with United Ways across the world to advance community-based and community-led solutions. But it doesn’t stop there; multi-modal and consistent engagement/moderation is key.

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Innovators Alliance

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

I have been part of the IA community since 2017, when engaged to facilitate the Board’s strategic planning session. Working for international training houses and consultancies afforded me opportunities to refine my consultative and collaborative approach, and hone creative problem-solving skills as an intrapreneur.

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Innovation in Practice

JANUARY 2, 2017

Engaging in the creative process is a great confidence builder, because you discover that failure is part of the process. Make it so in 2017. . Being creative comes with many ups and downs and a high risk of failure. Life can be difficult at times. Taking the time to learn creativity is worth it!

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 27, 2017

A good strategy, well outlined should encourage innovation and gain engagement but it can equally determine how we break down our imposed boundaries by its strategic intent, to encourage exploring and extending on what we know into the what we need to know. Is this because innovation is not at the core of the business as it should be?

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Acuvate

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

One of the biggest reasons concerning millennials’ attrition is their lack of engagement in the workplace. According to research by Gallup , only 29% of millennials are engaged in the workplace, indicating that only three in 10 are emotionally and behaviorally connected to their job and organisation. Create a culture of innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The scope and strategy of each partnership are in keeping with the IEA Shared Goals of energy security, environmental protection and economic growth, and engagement worldwide. The experts in these collaborations work to advance the research, development and commercialisation of energy technologies.

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IdeaScale

JULY 19, 2017

They have a team dedicated to implementation and they use incentives to increase engagement. The ranking separated organizations into three tiers: Tier 1: In Tier One, an organization has prioritized a culture of innovation and is looking to engaging multiple stakeholders in the conversation around innovation and ideation.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 27, 2017

This demands a radical redesign of the innovation process and the whole customer engagement process. Most of our organizations today, really lag on this engagement, let alone on building a more adaptive and agile innovation process being ‘fed’ by the technology solutions we have available to us today.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

In this article, we look at a few key business trends of 2017 in different sectors and how they are redefining technology and business strategy this year. They are utilizing omnichannel and digital communication mediums to engage their customers and offer them what they want. Customer Centric Approach.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

Even though we have so many new initiatives going on in the larger organizations to keep the troops happy and hopefully engaged they are not making the level of difference that innovation is expected to achieve. Firstly “ Bringing New Innovation Together is Stretching the Mind”, back in November 2016.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 29, 2017

And we have various methods of engaging our guests during their visit. I think about what refreshments they’ll want upon arrival, who I should introduce them to, how to best engage them so they have a memorable experience. This year’s Open Nation will be held on November 2-3, 2017 and registration is currently open.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Overview: In 2017, Davidson College redesigned its innovation program for more transparency, engagement, and democracy. In 2017, a team led by Davidson’s director of innovation initiatives, Kristen Eshleman, found that the university had an effective way to gather incremental innovation ideas and put them to work.

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Idea to Value

JULY 20, 2023

Another study from 2017 showed that time pressure may help team members focus, but also makes it harder for team members to collaborate and share knowledge with one another. In environments with a low support for creativity, there was only a strongly negative correlation, where any amount of time pressure was worse for creativity.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 13, 2017

In 2017 I’m talking through the same concerns as I was 6 years ago. Well for a number of reasons: Security – We know that in 2017 cybersecurity is a top concern of CEO’s (and IT alike). Representing IdeaScale in many of those SSO engagements is our Senior Developer, Christoph Schebel. “We Why is Single Sign-On important?

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IdeaScale

MARCH 9, 2017

And it absolutely works; it’s been found that gamification can increase engagement by up to 20%, regardless of the audience. That was really all the motivation many people needed; Lunar X-Prize competitors will start launching their rovers in 2017. And most importantly, your goals need to be clear.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 7, 2017

I set out to engage 100% in innovation work, it has been quiet a journey of discovery and then translating the parts. This is my recently launched site, in March 2017, dedicated to providing and advocating innovation advice to individuals, and innovation teams. Many executives engaged in innovation are time-starved. In summary.

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Qmarkets

JUNE 9, 2017

In this article, we look at a few key business trends of 2017 in different sectors and how they are redefining technology and business strategy this year. They are utilizing omnichannel and digital communication mediums to engage their customers and offer them what they want. Customer Centric Approach.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 1, 2017

I have written about the new innovation era in 2017 made up of higher levels of needed collaboration, where platforms, ecosystems and customer experience understanding become increasingly central.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Competitive needs to think through the action orientation, the business acumen that is needed, the customer engagement intent and the result focus outcomes expected. We need to work on the four parts here a) critical thinking b) complex problem solving, c) judgment and decision-making and d) active engagement and learning.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Engaging city-wide employees in an online dialogue for city improvements. Who will the winners be in 2017? Connecting citizens in the global south to their governments. Western Australia Police. Saving millions of dollars and thousands of man hours! 2016: City of Calgary. Taking Ten New Technologies to Market.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 28, 2016

City of Calgary—Best Engagement Strategy. The City of Calgary is the winner of the Best Engagement Strategy for their myCityInnovation campaign, an internal program which is part of the broader City innovation program Civic Innovation YYC. Click here to find out more about the city of Calgary and their myCityInnovation initiative.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 15, 2018

Late last year (November 2017) Amazon announced its Neptune a fully-managed graph database service with the objective of building and running applications that work with highly connected data sets. Go check out Googles Knowledge Graphs. It is offered in the cloud, very scalable and works for open graph API’s.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 24, 2018

Hope Adler and Katia Albanese of Concepts Communications have long been hosting dialogues within IdeaScale that engage citizens and stakeholders to help inform disability employment policy. Batting third were the Dream Team of Concepts Communications and the Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy.

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eZassi

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Today we are excited to announce the speaker lineup for the Technology Scouting 2017 conference. The conference date is October 18 – 19, 2017 and will be held in Boston, MA. Jason Huff, Lead, Federal Science & Technology Engagement. Jason Huff, Lead, Federal Science & Technology Engagement. General Mills.

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eZassi

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Sustaining and Engaging. The post Top Innovation Objectives For 2017 appeared first on eZassi. View Full-Size Infographic. Technology Scouting. Find the right solvers automatically, using sophisticated web crawlers. Keep your audience coming back with gamification and new challenges. Advanced mobile features. ROI measurement.

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InnovationManagement

JUNE 7, 2017

Your ultimate resource to the key CX investment areas for 2017 and how to make the most from your vendor partnerships.

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