Leapfrogging

MARCH 27, 2025

Change resistance is a significant challenge in any organizational transformation. Addressing this resistance is crucial for the success of any change initiative. Resistance to change can manifest in different ways, such as decreased productivity, increased absenteeism, or even active opposition.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I have argued in the past that innovation management needs to radically adjust and needs to be designed differently, it needs to be highly adaptive. I’d like to offer some views, partly looking out to the future, partly considering what is potentially within our grasp, if we step back and rethink innovation design.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

The Experiment Canvas is a structured template used to design, test, and evaluate assumptions behind new ideas. It is widely used in agile innovation, design thinking, lean startup, and product development methodologies. Design the Experiment Choose the best method to test the hypothesis. What is the Experiment Canvas?

Underperforming Technical Team 130

Underperforming Technical Team LEAN Agile Project 130

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 27, 2025

The emphasis is on agile governance, ecosystem sensing, knowledge sharing and human exchanges. The overall message highlights the transformative potential of dynamic ecosystems for organizational design and sustained growth.

Agile 130

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 1, 2025

By integrating AI into organizational design, you can streamline processes, improve decision-making, and optimize resource allocation. Benefits of Incorporating AI in Organizational Design Incorporating AI into organizational design offers numerous benefits that can significantly enhance your organization’s efficiency and effectiveness.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

This model is designed to help organizations strike a balance between optimizing current operations and exploring new frontiers. Designing tailored processes for idea selection, development, and scaling. Quarterly or biannual portfolio reviews help maintain agility and relevance.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Innovation Underperforming Technical Team Disruption 130

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 11, 2025

Innovation has changed , it is changing remarkably fast for some well beyond today’s general acceptance and understanding, and those “enlightened” are reaping the benefits of approaching innovation differently, working hard on connecting it all up and capturing the dynamics of the interactions, exchanges and data recognition.

Innovation 130

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

The Build-Measure-Learn Feedback Loop is a core concept from the Lean Startup methodology, designed to help organizations test new ideas quickly and learn from real customer feedback. It promotes agility, customer focus, and data-driven decision-making by minimizing time and resource waste on ideas that may not deliver value.

Learning 130

Learning LEAN Agile Project 130

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 4, 2017

Let me summarize where we are today in design thinking. In the past couple of weeks, I have been spending a fair amount of time on investigating design thinking. This is part one of my thoughts that came out of investigating and researching design thinking in the past couple of weeks.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

It highlights the dynamics of industry change and offers a lens through which teams can identify transformational opportunities. This approach encourages organizations to challenge industry orthodoxy and design innovations that meet latent or emerging needs, often leading to breakthrough value creation.

Disruption 130

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 5, 2020

I was pondering some thoughts around the quest for growth, the demands for change, and the need to become nimble, agile, and more dynamic in what we do. We continuously want to change what we have, even when it patently does the jobs we need ‘it’ doing. Much of our quest for change is caught up in the search for new products.

Change 265

Change Agile Innovation System 265

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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Ecosystems4Innovating

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The importance of Recognizing Dynamic Ecosystems We recognize the need for business to embrace change and thrive through adaptation in a rapidly evolving business landscape does require a very dynamic environment. They have the ability to adjust quickly and effectively to changing circumstances.

Design 72

Design Collaboration Trends Disruption 72

Leapfrogging

MARCH 18, 2025

Get instant strategy processes Get expert tools & guidance Lead projects with confidence Learn More Getting Started with the First Mover Advantage To successfully capture first mover advantage, organizations must plan meticulously and execute with agility. The following steps outline a structured approach to harnessing this advantage: 1.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

Instead of building a rigid business plan based on speculative projections, DDP encourages teams to identify key uncertainties, design experiments, and refine the strategy as new information emerges. Design Learning Milestones Set checkpoints where you will test assumptions and evaluate progress. Prepare to pivot as you gather data.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Roadmap Project Tools 130

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Finding the new building blocks of innovation ecosystem design and thinking. Why change our thinking and designing around innovation ecosystems?“. For me, ecosystem thinking and design offer fresh ways for accelerating mutual learning, and through this innovation, outcome potential for sharing and knowledge building.

Design 208

Design Artificial Inteligence Innovation Collaboration 208

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

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. This resilience is increasingly important in a rapidly changing world.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Innovation Collaboration Policies 140

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

It is the driving force behind the competitive edge that allows companies to stand out and meet the ever-changing demands of their customers. Incorporating innovative practices is essential for adapting to market changes and ensuring long-term success. Balancing creativity with practical implementation and scalability.

LEAN 100

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 28, 2024

Designing a Composable Innovation Framework During May and June 2023, I worked through and concluded my thinking on why we needed to change our Innovation approach. A radical change from far to often a linear one, into a new, more up-to-date, and dynamic solution for managing innovation.

Change 162

Change Innovation Design Collaboration 162

Leapfrogging

MARCH 27, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the field of change management by providing advanced tools and techniques to streamline processes and enhance decision-making. By integrating AI into your change management processes, you can enhance your ability to manage complex transformations and achieve successful outcomes.

Artificial Inteligence 130

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IdeaScale

MARCH 16, 2021

Agile Transformation is where behaviors evolve, and decisions improve to reach success. The Agile Transformation journey is one of triumphs and obstacles. Understanding agility is the first key to making it happen. Many companies see the need for agility and are tailoring their methodology. What Is Agility?

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 22, 2024

Braden Kelley is a popular innovation keynote speaker creating workshops, masterclasses, webinars, tools, and training for organizations on innovation, design thinking and change management.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

The Context Map Canvas is a strategic tool designed to help organizations understand and navigate the external factors that influence innovation and business performance. It helps organizations assess what is changing in the environment around themand how those changes affect strategy, decision-making, and execution.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Roadmap Trends Tools 130

Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 7, 2022

Design Thinking Applied to M&A Integration. The failure rate increases due to insufficient integration design and planning or faulty integration planning. Most of the failures point to a lack of design and alignment with people’s needs. This is where Design Thinking can be of tremendous value. There is a better way.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

In the innovation context, it is a vital diagnostic and planning tool that guides decisions related to product design, process improvements, market positioning, and organizational transformation. Identify changes to products, services, or internal processes. Adjust strategies based on changing market conditions.

Comparison 130

Comparison Technical Review Data Competition 130

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.

Change 173

Change Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Innovation 173

Leapfrogging

MARCH 14, 2025

Facilitating agile adaptation Allows for adjustments based on performance trends and market changes. Increase online sales conversion rate by 5% through improved website UX design. Stay agile and adjust SMART Metrics based on real-time performance data. Solutions: Conduct regular KPI reviews and refine goals as needed.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Technical Review Agile 130

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

So little is said or discussed on changing the innovation system, it seems organizations are (really) comfortable with incremental or experimental innovation as the extent of their ambition. I recall one report mentioning only 7% of innovation is deemed radical or significantly changing the way business undertakes innovation.

Innovation 100

Innovation Agile Open Innovation Generative AI 100

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Flexibility : Innovation gives your business the agility to dodge and weave with market changes. Getting Creative with Your Game Plan Being creative is a big deal when it comes to planning out your business future, especially when the business world keeps changing at warp speed.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

Improve agility by enabling regular goal adjustments. T ime-bound Designed for a specific timeframe (e.g., Adjust OKRs based on feedback and market changes. Agile Planning Frameworks – Ensures adaptability and continuous iteration. Adapt dynamically to industry changes. quarterly, annually).

Strategy 130

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 20, 2025

For example, Apple uses the 3Cs framework to align customer expectations (premium, high-quality products), company strengths (design, brand loyalty, ecosystem integration), and competitor positioning (offering unique innovations that rival Samsung and Google). Create long-term value for both customers and the company.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Analysis Competition 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

By incorporating AI into your innovation management processes, you can enhance your ability to validate new ideas effectively, ensuring that your organization remains competitive and innovative in a rapidly changing market. This leads to faster validation cycles and more agile decision-making.

Artificial Inteligence 130

Artificial Inteligence Analysis Trends Innovation Management 130

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 1, 2020

It opened my eyes to the changes within factories that are being currently undergone to get to the factory of the future. I have been learning what has happened in the past 12 months to change our perception of Manufacturing and the factories we need in the future. Factories are undergoing massive change.

Artificial Inteligence 320

Artificial Inteligence System Industry Agile 320

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. Innovation is undergoing a radical change, in opening up to technology, collaborative thinking and the value of generative AI thinking. Innovation needs reinventing.

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Generative AI Design Innovation Innovation Processes 162

Leapfrogging

MARCH 14, 2025

Supporting continuous learning and adaptation Helps businesses stay agile and responsive to market shifts. Facilitates Agility and Adaptation Allows businesses to pivot based on performance insights. Steps to ensure accountability: Designate KPI owners within relevant teams. Adjust KPIs based on changing market conditions.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Agile Project 130

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

This calls for some radical rethinking of the existing business and deciding the design of the future business. We are at a critical point of change. This calls for thinking through a different designed structure for the business and different skills needed. so as to push and extend the business ecosystem design.

Design Thinking 282

Design Thinking Collaboration Radical Innovation Design 282

Leapfrogging

MARCH 5, 2025

The Objectives & Key Results (OKR) is a structured framework designed to facilitate successful organizational change. This process provides a systematic approach to diagnosing, planning, and implementing change initiatives while addressing potential challenges and resistance.

Roadmap 130

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