Humanizing Agility
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 20, 2024
GUEST POST from Janet Sernack Like many others, I invested time in isolation during the pandemic to engage in various online learning programs.
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HUMANISING AGILITY
ImagineNation
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Like many others, I invested time in isolation during the pandemic to engage in various online learning programs. As a highly credentialed coach to many global Agile and SCRUM leaders in major international and local organisations, I enrolled in an agile coach certification program and enthusiastically attended all daily sessions.
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The Best Templates for Agile Methodology
IdeaScale
AUGUST 23, 2021
Agile methodology is one of the most popular methods of software development and is a great way to organize and plan projects with your team. Through using these tools you can easily access flexible templates that align with the agile methodology and make collaborating on projects incredibly easy. Best Templates for Agile Methodology.
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Mastering the Art: Using Organizational Culture for Business Agility and Resilience
Leapfrogging
APRIL 3, 2024
It shapes the work environment, influences decision-making, and ultimately drives employee engagement and satisfaction. The Impact of Culture on Business Agility and Resilience Organizational culture is a powerful lever for enhancing business agility and resilience.
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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics
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Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.
Achieving an Ecosystem AI-driven innovation engagement process
Paul Hobcraft
MARCH 20, 2024
In one of my posts, “ Embrace AI-driven innovation; it is the future ,” I looked specifically at how the (traditional) innovation management process will change. Thinking through any engagement process, one that is required to break through traditional innovation processes needs to break down the new areas of discovery.
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Innovation Ecosystems need you to engage and openly embrace?
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? The post Innovation Ecosystems need you to engage and openly embrace?
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Cultivating Excellence: Leveraging Change Management for Organizational Culture Transformation
Leapfrogging
APRIL 3, 2024
As you lead culture change for greater innovation & business growth , you will notice a surge in novel ideas and solutions that can propel your company forward. A culture primed for agility and resilience is better equipped to respond to market shifts and challenges, positioning your organization for sustained success.
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Unlocking Potential: How to Lead Culture Change for Greater Innovation and Business Growth
Leapfrogging
APRIL 3, 2024
The Imperative of Culture Change Understanding the Stakes: Innovation and Business Growth Culture change within an organization is not just about altering the workplace environment; it is a strategic imperative. Initiating a culture change demands courage, vision, and a steadfast commitment from the leadership team.
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Recommending we change to the Composable Innovation Framework
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.
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Working together to shape innovation for meaningful change
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.
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Unlocking Organizational Potential: Developing Executive Leadership for Culture Change
Leapfrogging
APRIL 3, 2024
Employees are more engaged, motivated, and committed to the organization’s success when they feel aligned with its cultural values. A culture that embraces change and is open to new ideas will naturally drive innovation, leading to greater business growth and the development of competitive advantages.
Agile Innovation: A Comprehensive Guide
Qmarkets
JULY 12, 2024
Agile innovation is transforming how companies develop new products and services, fostering a culture of flexibility, speed, and customer-centricity. As the business world becomes increasingly competitive, understanding and implementing agile innovation can be the key to staying ahead. What is Agile Innovation?
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Selling Agile to Executives: 8 Ways to Get Buy-in
Planview
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Effectively selling Agile to executives is more than just getting the go-ahead for an Agile transformation. Because Agile includes a culture shift and a mindset change, as well as funding, you need executives to truly buy in to the approach. To buy in to Agile, leaders need to understand what’s in it for them.
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Jeffrey Phillips
JULY 26, 2019
Each one of these relatively significant changes in how business operates had experts writing about "breaking the rules". Rather, what we should be working on is changing not "the rules" but how we think about business, how business operates, and how we best engage customers and their needs.
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The Dynamics within Agility.
Paul Hobcraft
APRIL 23, 2018
After working through a number the one that held my attention and has become central to my thinking to take organizational practices forward was provided by a recent report from McKinsey “ How to create an agile organization ”. Agility for me is vital, it allows us to increasingly be adaptive in an uncertain world.
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Here’s Your Agile Track Recap from Accelerate
Planview
OCTOBER 27, 2021
On the jam-packed agenda were several presentations, customer stories, and roundtable discussions aimed at supporting Agile leaders at all levels of the organization. If you didn’t get to attend these engaging sessions, read on to get the scoop! Becoming Agile and Beyond. How to Build High-Performing Agile Teams.
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Harnessing the Power: Navigating AI-Driven Rapid Change in Business Strategy
Leapfrogging
MARCH 15, 2024
The Age of AI and Business Strategy Understanding AI-Driven Rapid Change In the current landscape, AI-driven technologies are reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace. Artificial Intelligence is not just a tool but a revolutionary force, catalyzing fundamental changes in how businesses operate, compete, and deliver value.
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Pitching Business Ecosystems opens up the possibility of real change.
Paul Hobcraft
APRIL 3, 2024
The problem for many is that it does “confront” them in considering the multiple layers of what this might mean regarding changes in mindset, organization thinking, and design, rethinking trust by opening up to others outside your existing network and adapting to a new way of design and thinking. Ecosystems support agility.
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Engagement within the Energy Movement
Innovating4Energy
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Engagement in the Energy Transition Movement How do you encourage engagement? ” My fifth encouragement point was during the launch of the Innovation Center event, Dietmar Siersdorfer – the Middle East Managing Director at Siemens Energy, added a further important aspect of collaborations, engagement and celebration.
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A New Integrated Innovation Engagement System
Paul Hobcraft
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Through a blend of pattern recognition, predictive analytics and exploring cognitive computing we can change much with innovation” “We have been steadily learning to adapt what we knew inside an organization with what we should increasingly listen to outside it. I’d love to engage on this to realize its potential.
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9 Agile Transformation Metrics for Executives to Watch
Planview
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
How do you know whether your Agile transformation is on the right track, or heading in the right direction? Understanding Agile transformation metrics for executives is key to proving the ROI of your Agile transformation. Read Next: Are these Agile transformation blind spots holding you back? Start with “Why”.
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4 Fantastic Agile Sprint Retrospective Templates
InnovationTraining.org
JANUARY 22, 2021
These top agile and scrum sprint retrospective templates can be used during remote meetings with your team. Facilitating Agile Retrospectives Workshop. This board is directly from a Miro team member and is designed to help facilitators of retrospective sessions to guide their agile team effectively through the process.
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Lessons from Silicon Valley on Innovation and Engagement
IdeaScale
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
Innovation is a concept often tossed around in business strategy as an instrument of change. The era of the “data economy” is well and truly upon us, meaning that companies must be more agile than ever before. Change management and innovation have been interwoven into the cultural fabric of Silicon Valley for years.
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Everything is changing faster- can we respond differently in our Innovation work?
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.
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A Truly Agile Federal Government Focuses on Flow
Planview
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Breaking down silos and seamlessly connecting and streamlining data and process flows are integral to finding new solutions, enhancing security, and creating personalized and engaging citizen experiences.” Improving software delivery at scale can drive real tangible change to how the government operates and supports society.
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DELIVERING SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE INITIATIVES
ImagineNation
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Transformation and change initiatives are usually designed as strategic interventions, intending to advance an organisation’s growth, deliver increased shareholder value, build competitive advantage, or improve its speed and agility to respond to fast-changing industries, in a disruptive business environment.
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Cultivating Success: Exploring the Link Between Organizational Culture and Business Performance
Leapfrogging
APRIL 3, 2024
To delve further into the developmental aspects of organizational culture and how it can be shaped, explore our article on develop executive leadership to drive organizational culture change. Furthermore, in the rapidly changing business landscape, the agility and resilience provided by a strong culture are invaluable.
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Making Agility Compatible For You
Paul Hobcraft
DECEMBER 22, 2015
Is Agility compatible for many working in established businesses? “To To be agile” is often a badge of honor. Agility is today going far beyond just being responsive,it goes into constantly adjusting and being versatile, modifying to meet rapidly changing conditions. We all need to seek out that badge of “agility”.
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Emerging Blueprint for thinking through the Hierarchy of Ecosystem Needs
Paul Hobcraft
JANUARY 22, 2024
Agile Organizational Structure: Why it Matters: A rigid structure can hinder adaptability. An agile structure allows for quick adjustments to changing conditions. Implement agile methodologies for iterative and adaptive approaches. Communicate a compelling vision for change and inspire organizational buy-in.
Scaling Agile Through Cascading Missions
Moves the Needle
AUGUST 18, 2022
I had a conversation recently with a few industry professionals who were expressing concerns about the idea of scaling agile. Their objection was that not everybody can be agile nor needs to be. There’s been this tendency to kind of munge agile together with lean manufacturing and lean startup or lean innovation.
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Pitch me on why Innovation Ecosystems are better than my present open innovation approach
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. Does this resonate with you?
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PI Planning in Agile: Boosting Efficiency with Flow Metrics
Planview
OCTOBER 6, 2022
PI Planning in Agile is often held quarterly, bringing together multidisciplinary teams to lay out the product delivery cadence. When scaling agility to your whole organization, it’s important to have an overarching cadence to keep teams in sync. What is PI Planning in Agile? Challenges to Efficient PI Planning in Agile.
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Navigating Change: A Blueprint for Taming Strategic Drift
Planview
JANUARY 30, 2024
Pulling from the survey responses of 600 executives, the report uncovers five areas of concern — alignment, accountability, resources, agility, and culture — and a recommended action for each area. A startling 85% of executives say their organization’s ability to adapt to change falls short.
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Our Need Is To Shape Innovation Dynamically.
Paul Hobcraft
OCTOBER 30, 2023
In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, the ability to build a strong case, stay informed, and think critically is the key to unlocking success and driving innovation. In this environment, success isn’t just about being prepared for change; it’s about actively shaping it. My 1st offer point in delivery.
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5 steps to have an agile HR in your company
mjvinnovation
MAY 24, 2021
In times of exponential change, the agile approach is dominating the market. Have you heard of agile HR? The term Agile is no longer used only in the area of ??Technology. Today, Agile Methods are transforming the way companies hire, develop and manage their employees. What is Agile HR. Technology.
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Digital technology is changing the innovation ‘game’
Paul Hobcraft
APRIL 27, 2017
This ‘knowledge is becoming out of date before we can learn from it and sometimes highly dangerous to follow or believe in some rapidly changing times. We need to change our thinking and design in the digital insight part more specifically within and along the innovation process.
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Have organizations become more collaborative over 25 years? What has enabled that?
Paul Hobcraft
MAY 9, 2024
Collaboration, Idealization and the enabling of innovation I have have been looking back at innovation and how it has changed over the last twenty-five years. Hopefully, this change has enabled better value creation and learning how to innovate. Ideation From closed to open: The way ideas are generated is changing.
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The Potential Returns of the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework
Paul Hobcraft
JUNE 16, 2023
They are very short synopsis to get this base for my thinking and understanding, of why innovation processes and its management needs to change and how. Let me provide these: Increased agility : Embracing a Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework enables organizations to be more agile in responding to market changes and customer needs.
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Four steps to apply a Scaled Agile Framework in your business
mjvinnovation
JUNE 11, 2021
The Scaled Agile Framework is a methodology derived from agile methods, focusing on a project to disseminate agile thinking and practices in an organizational context, from management to teams. These are just some of the benefits of implementing a Scaled Agile Framework. How to implement Scaled Agile Framework?
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The critical differences in understanding Dynamic Ecosystems.
Paul Hobcraft
JANUARY 11, 2024
Environmental Factor: The ability to adapt quickly is often facilitated by open communication channels, collaborative decision-making, and agile organizational structures. Environmental Factor: Inclusivity is promoted through open collaboration platforms, events, and policies that facilitate the entry and engagement of diverse participants.
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Can we change accepted practices in any Energy transition?
Innovating4Energy
DECEMBER 26, 2023
We need to engage more broadly in community approaches related to energy. We must infuse and interact with the community’s thinking to accelerate the energy transition to gain identification, adoption, and change. How can we engage with communities earlier in any energy change?
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3 Types of Business Transformation for Surviving Rapid Change
Planview
AUGUST 3, 2022
How can businesses stay relevant, prepare for future change, and survive in our rapidly changing world? With as much change as we’ve seen in recent years, it’s not enough for organizations to piecemeal new processes and ideas. Lasting and impactful change comes from a total transformation, a necessity for modern businesses.
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Agile Project Management: what it is and how to apply it in your business
mjvinnovation
JULY 1, 2021
We live in a time of profound change that has demanded an enormous capacity for flexibility and adaptation. Keep reading to understand why agile project management provides numerous advantages over traditional forms of project management. What is agile project management? We call this initiative agile project management.
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