Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The typical goals of this sort of collaboration are better solutions and disrupting economic development — ultimately, it’s an early pipeline of new technologies. The collaborative process can also teach a seasoned team a lot about resiliency, agility, and dynamic thinking. Collaborating With Universities.

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Collaboration Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Innovation 174

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. This is the second post looking more at collaboration and idealization and how and what has helped it evolve in this period.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 3, 2025

This agility ensures that your clients can stay ahead of the competition. AI systems can process and analyze live data to provide instant insights, making it easier for you to respond quickly to changing market conditions and client needs. Collaboration with AI systems is crucial to maximize the potential of artificial intelligence.

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Tools Artificial Inteligence Strategy Strategy 130

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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Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

Improve agility by enabling regular goal adjustments. Foster a Culture of Accountability and Learning A strong OKR system promotes ownership, responsibility, and continuous improvement. Encourage cross-functional collaboration on shared key results. Agile Planning Frameworks – Ensures adaptability and continuous iteration.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Software Review Technical Review 130

Planview

JANUARY 28, 2025

In Agile environments, leadership often comes without formal authority. Agile coaches are tasked with guiding teams through complex transformations, but they must do so without the traditional power to enforce changes. Instead, they rely on influence, collaboration, and data to inspire continuous improvement.

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Agile Data Change Technical Review 52

Kainexus

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Lean Agile, often called Lean-Agile or Agile at Scale, combines Lean principles and Agile software development methodologies for larger, more complex projects and organizations. This post will provide a comprehensive understanding of Lean Agile principles.

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Leanstack

APRIL 26, 2021

In this post, Alejandra shares her perspectives on when and how to incorporate lean, agile, and design thinking into your product lifecycle. I have been applying design-led strategies that combine agile and lean for almost 10 years, and while they work, they needed to provide more solid evidence for decision making.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 1, 2025

Accurate Performance Tracking : AI systems can monitor and evaluate employee performance in real-time, providing valuable feedback that can be used to enhance individual and team effectiveness. Data Quality and Integration : Ensuring high-quality data is essential for AI systems to function effectively.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Trends Analysis 130

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Utilitarian in its principles, seeking real-world use and implementation through a more creative, collaborative environment, leading to more discoveries that distinctly ‘blend’ the lab application with the customer discovery of unmet need. We need not only a new innovation management system, we need a modern engagement platform.

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Engagement System Innovation Design 205

Leapfrogging

APRIL 1, 2025

This leads to better collaboration, communication, and overall team performance. This data-driven approach to role transformation ensures that your organization remains agile and responsive to changing market demands. This ensures that your organization has the right people in the right roles.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 4, 2025

Positioning yourself correctly I would suggest to position yourself at the forefront of this paradigm shift towards ecosystems, recognizing and redefining the rules of value creation through innovation, collaboration, adaptability and shared purpose does need a detailed journey and external expertise supporting you all the way.

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Design Roadmap Engagement Collaboration 130

eZassi

MARCH 18, 2025

The Ezassi Advantage: Enhancing Supply Chain Agility for Procurement Executives Why CPOs and Supply Chain Executives Should Pay Attention For Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), procurement leaders, and supply chain executives, staying ahead of disruptions while driving efficiency, cost savings, and sustainability is more challenging than ever.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Impact of Culture on Business Agility and Resilience Organizational culture is a powerful lever for enhancing business agility and resilience. A culture that is adaptable, innovative, and collaborative can better withstand market fluctuations and respond to challenges swiftly and effectively.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 1, 2020

When we reflect on the remote work, rapid response and agility have all been tested in recent months. Sequential production has given way to a more autonomous manufacturing approach that has agility at its core. The system always knows the status of production at every workstation down to the smallest detail.

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Artificial Inteligence System Industry Agile 320

Idea to Value

MARCH 14, 2025

Workforce: AI systems operate independently, handling tasks traditionally done by humans. Real-World Example: Many regional manufacturing companies continue to rely on paper-based systems and manual quality checks, missing opportunities for automation and efficiency gains. Level 6: A.I.-driven Level 7: Autonomous A.I.

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Software Review ChatGPT Underperforming Technical Team Generative AI 131

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. If we don’t change these all the energy as individuals, we deploy to be seen and valued as nimble, fluid, and agile have such limiting impact. So I started to think a little more.

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Change Agile Innovation System 265

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

We design the innovation system we need after we know what we are trying to achieve in the challenge or idea. We need to adapt our system thinking to the challenge identified, not the other way around, that of trying to fit them into a generically designed process. We “pull down” what is needed. It adjusts and you learn.

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Design Technical Review Innovation Agile 232

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Importance of Team Collaboration The efficacy of team collaboration cannot be overstated in today’s business environment. Understanding the significance of collaboration among team members is the first step toward harnessing its full potential. Greater Flexibility Teams that collaborate well can adapt to changes quickly.

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Collaboration Technical Review Innovation Agile 113

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

We need systems and processes that are flexible, adaptable, and can enable continuous improvements but are fully connected, transparent, and integrated across the entire business. The shift to platform thinking gives the potential for scalable and flexible foundations for collaboration, integration, and value creation.

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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. Becoming Agile and Beyond. The Agile track “Becoming Agile and Beyond” was focused on two main themes: Agile Program Management and Agile Transformation.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 3, 2025

As a business consultant, this means you can transform traditional processes into more agile, responsive, and efficient workflows. By leveraging these AI-driven components, you can help clients achieve optimized processes, making their operations more efficient, agile, and responsive to market demands.

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Artificial Inteligence Trends Analysis Data 130

Planview

JANUARY 21, 2025

Staying competitive will require agility, collaboration, and the ability to adapt to new challenges while seizing opportunities in a digital-first world. To thrive, automakers must embrace agile methodologies, fostering collaboration across hardware and software teams. What will define success for automakers in 2025?

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Software Artificial Inteligence Industry Agile 69

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Nurturing Innovative Team Collaboration In the rapidly evolving business landscape, innovative team collaboration has become a cornerstone for companies seeking to remain competitive and adaptive. In this context, team collaboration isn’t just recommended; it’s imperative for survival and success.

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Collaboration Underperforming Technical Team Creativity Software Review 113

Ecosystems4Innovating

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Dynamic Ecosystems are central to providing the engine to collaborations, adaptation and future leadership. They are critical to delivering through collaborative arrangements and diversity of thinking and knowledge sharing. The interconnectedness and collaboration among participants create synergies that drive innovation and growth.

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Design Collaboration Trends Disruption 72

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

constrained by the current often disjointed innovation system and design they have adopted, built in piecemeal fashion over the years. Building a collaborative environment requires digital technology as the platform. Combining data and human knowledge reveals this collaborative potential and a new set of competitive opportunities.

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Design Artificial Inteligence Innovation Collaboration 208

Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Using the Wrong Management Framework: Some projects require a fully planned approach, others need a more agile method, and still others benefit from validating with fewer resources before investing more heavily. process automation, and agile methodologies can drastically improve success rates. Lets explore some of the amazing A.I.

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Underperforming Technical Team Project Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT 140

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Understanding Team Collaboration Collaboration within a team setting is a cornerstone of modern organizational success, driving innovation, problem-solving, and efficiency in today’s complex workplace. Higher Employee Engagement Teams that work collaboratively often report higher levels of engagement and job satisfaction.

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Collaboration Strategy Strategy Innovation 113

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2018

The ability to tackle those larger societal problems within an ecosystem, or combine unique resources to overcome a complex challenge you are incapable of solving alone, do have greater potential in a collaborative adaptive system. As we learn we adapt, as we share we grow. Measuring innovation in ecosystems has real differences.

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Innovation Collaboration Design Technical Review 241

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Seeking out a highly collaborative approach. We need to recognize that we are increasingly becoming reliant on platforms, networks, greater connected relationships that are working collaboratively in ecosystems. The collaborators are seeing the combined value and individual gain in this more open approach.

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Industry Innovation Collaboration Design 222

Acuvate

MARCH 13, 2020

So, how can organizations use digital workplace technologies to protect their employees, limit productivity losses and improve collaboration whilst ensuring security? Even prior to COVID-19, many organizations globally have been swiftly adopting cloud collaboration tools to let employees work effectively in a remote environment.

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Collaboration Guidelines Tools Video 111

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 28, 2024

We need systems and processes that are flexible, adaptable, and can enable continuous improvements but are fully connected, transparent, and integrated across the entire business. The shift to platform thinking gives the potential for scalable and flexible foundations for collaboration, integration, and value creation.

Change 162

Change Innovation Design Collaboration 162

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

It is equally holding a new form of innovation back, one that is highly collaborative where partners come together to work on more complex problems. Collaborators can achieve solutions only by being “fully” connected up, comfortable with their data, understanding and contribution, both within their knowledge and insights.

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Industry Technical Review Innovation Design 213

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 11, 2022

What has been changing in how we approach innovation, and have we taken the opportunity to radically revise the innovation system and process accordingly? We often need to approach change in a non-linear fashion as no recognized patterns or present system approaches or behaviours work. Connecting up and Deploying Collaboration Tools.

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Innovation Agile Design Collaboration 189

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Promote Collaboration : Bring folks from different teams together to tackle problems and come up with fresh solutions. Promote Collaboration Get a mix of skills to solve challenges innovatively. Cloud Computing : Use cloud systems for IT setups that grow and shift with you. That’s agility.

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Artificial Inteligence Innovation Internet of things Strategy 113

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2017

There is this constant shift to more open-sourcing and collaborating. We are seeing a significant acceleration of innovative collaborations through ecosystems. Our present poor performance in growth lies often within our existing innovation systems and their design. There is a lot of change occurring in our innovation abilities.

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Innovation Design Roadmap Collaboration 299

Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

By embedding innovation management into the digital strategy, companies can ensure that their digital initiatives are agile, adaptable, and closely aligned with the strategic goals they aim to achieve. Enhancing Customer Experience and Personalization: Today’s customers expect personalized, seamless digital experiences.

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