Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This shift presents a unique opportunity for SMEs, whose inherent agility gives them an edge in adopting and innovating with AI. Generative AI has the potential to close content, insight, and technology gaps that large corporations typically have over their smaller counterparts.

Generative AI 131

Generative AI Company Agile Video 131

Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They may also delve into methodologies like lean startup principles and agile development to illustrate how continuous testing can lead to successful outcomes. Innovation Leadership Talking Points Innovation leadership is a critical component for driving growth and staying competitive in today’s fast-paced business environment.

Innovation 113

Innovation Leadership Ideation Innovation Processes 113

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 11, 2019

We need to manage reskilling and upskilling to mitigate against both job losses and talent shortages but prepared the future workforce to be more nimble, agile and fluid. Innovation is central to surviving in the future; it is where we provide not just something new but a better advancement on what we presently have.

Artificial Inteligence 263

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Engagement Agile 263

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Within the value proposition, we actively shape these journeys, building adaptability, agility and innovation for long-term success in the changing business environment we all face today. A landscape and the navigation skills that provide the adaptability and agility needed for successful innovation in the current business landscape.

Change 174

Change Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Agile 174

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Ecosystems that produce ultimately new business models often rest on a large capacity for agility, openness, and mutual dependency, sharing and appreciating the values amongst a peer group that all relate to this ‘need for change’ and buys into that collective vision outlined. The Status Quo is history.

Collaboration 273

Collaboration Disruption Innovation Technical Review 273

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

The tool and techniques that stand out for me, in their contribution, value and my use have been, in no specific order, cover the jobs-to-be-done , ten types of innovation, crossing the chasm , blue ocean, business model canvas and value proposition canvas, building core competencies , lean start-up, agile and design sprints.

Artificial Inteligence 183

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Agile Innovation 183

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 17, 2022

We are all struggling to transform ourselves in our business to reflect the current economic difficulties we all presently seem to be facing including shortages, disruptions, and dealing with inflation and economic downturns and massive climate change challenges. the art of building Agility into your innovative thinking and approaches.

Agile 183

Agile Design Change Resources 183

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Understanding the ‘possible’ boundaries and learning to build and compete in Ecosystems is a global competitive imperative” China has a vast connected consumer space that is comfortable to trade, link and correspond online. The investor has this immense pressure to scale fast.

Disruption 291

Disruption Innovation Technology Creativity 291

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Organizations today are no different from the past; they seek fresh growth and establish new competitive positions. What is needed is something more radical and cohesive than we presently have. We are shifting critical capabilities that are growing the agility to trial, pilot and learn quickly as information flows in.

Design 209

Design Artificial Inteligence Innovation Collaboration 209

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 15, 2018

The most impressive presentation I reviewed in 2017 was the one from Munich Re, held on 21st November 2017 under their investor day event. All I can achieve here is, partly a real praise for the presentation but just a few ‘teasers’ for a presentation deck that is 140 slides long.

Innovation 82

Innovation Technical Review Industry Agile 82

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

Equally nearly all our larger business organizations are still locked in the past, or attempting to catch up to the present but in random ways. Innovation is advancing but most of it has been designed for a different time, the old era of stable markets, predictable solutions and having a clear sense of your competition.

Innovation 179

Innovation Design Agile System 179

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2017

We are increasingly recognizing all the different collaborative tools increasingly at our disposal We are exploring both platforms and forming ecosystems to radically alter the competitive edge previously seen to reside inside the single company. For some time we have recognized the present innovating was simply not working.

Innovation 300

Innovation Design Collaboration Roadmap 300

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 4, 2017

Within two posts, I want to provide my outcomes, bridging the present and pointing towards a better design thinking future, in my opinion urgently needed. The ‘product of my work’ itself is presently being worked through to be available as an e-book in the coming weeks. You might like the idea but will the boss?

Design Thinking 239

Design Thinking Design Creativity Training 239

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Agility and Adaptability : Ecosystems are naturally adaptive due to their diversity and interconnectedness. This speed can be a critical differentiator in competitive industries. Collaborative Competition (Coopetition) : Ecosystems encourage a balance between competition and collaboration.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Innovation Policies Collaboration 140

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 10, 2024

Recently, I presented my framework to the GIMI think tank GIMI was initiated by a worldwide group of chief innovation officers, innovation executives, academics and consultants in 2009. Agile Adoption of External Innovations: Description: Adopt an agile approach to assimilating external innovations.

Open Innovation 148

Open Innovation Innovation Collaboration Design 148

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 3, 2020

Here does lie a true competitive component and so many organizations seek to apply someone else’s practice so they can end up as “same” practice. We are all presently learning a new practice. Agility, adaptability & innovation. Agile product development. Moving from “Best Practice” to “Next Practice”. IT systems.

Learning 163

Learning System Agile Competition 163

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 28, 2016

It needs to have established the key dependency decisions, the honest assessment of the key aspects in the likelihood of success by determining the milestones to identify and move towards, the critical spotting of the gaps in critical competencies that are present today. These need to be recognized as constantly fluid, adaptive and agile.

Innovation 208

Innovation Design Collaboration Agile 208

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 11, 2022

The four interwoven catalysts are recognizing we are moving from complicated to complex ; we have different collaboration tools to be more agile and adapt, we need to adopt a clearer mindset to working in innovation ecosystems , and we need to leverage the digital transformation we have been undertaking. ” In summary.

Innovation 190

Innovation Design Collaboration Engagement 190

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

“ Organizations today are no different from the past; they seek fresh growth and establish new competitive positions. We are shifting critical capabilities that are growing the agility to trial, pilot and learn quickly as information flows in. What is needed is something more radical and cohesive than we presently have.

Technical Review 209

Technical Review Innovation Software Review Design 209

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

Thinking in different horizons prompts you to go beyond the usual focus of fixing innovation just in the present it provides the connections of the present with the desired future. Often it is present in the existing, as commonly referred too as “weak signals”, these are often hidden amid the noise of delivering on today.

Design 138

Design Innovation System Agile 138

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Some people think being agile is a mindset. If you have the right tools, anyone can both build agility into how you think and make it the foundation of your business processes. Competitors — How certain are we that the product is differentiated from the competition? Forget five-year road maps. Forget three-year plans.

Disruption 130

Disruption Strategy Strategy Trends 130

mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Before Agile, MJV’s marketing team encountered many difficulties in dealing with its routine challenges. An Agile Coach for Agile Marketing. Agile methodologies have always been part of the MJV framework in its external projects. How did we solve this problem? MJV Marketing: A World of Challenges.

Agile 52

Agile Marketing Course Meeting 52

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 19, 2017

We are caught in a real tug of war within much of what we do in business today; in our responses and reactions to many of the dramatic business conditions we are facing, many deteriorating or being challenged by greater global competition. We need to be more agile, iterative , to be encouraged to be experimenting and exploring.

Management 164

Management Learning Collaboration Agile 164

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Less than 30% of manufacturing companies are actively rolling out Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies at scale” No wonder we presently have trouble attracting many businesses onto platforms when they are still very much behind in deciding or deploying a strategically thought-through IIoT digital design, that is connecting everything up.

Industry 213

Industry Technical Review Design Innovation 213

Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A word about the change in the marketplace But first, as the advertisers used to say, a brief word about what this calving of a behemoth into three still very large companies says about the market and competition. As change accelerates and there's an increasing need to be agile or nimble, getting smaller and faster is key.

Agile 111

Agile Innovation Culture Leadership 111

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

It presents an opportunity to redefine the competitive landscape of your industry and set your company apart. This innovation is particularly synergistic with agile product development , as it supports the flexible, cross-functional collaboration needed for rapid iteration and responsiveness to market changes.

Disruption 100

Disruption Examples Product Development LEAN 100

ImagineNation

JUNE 1, 2021

This means that every organisation, regardless of its size and specialisation, requires its leaders, and teams paradoxically, to be both competent and confident, to be both human-centred and customer-centric, in effectively managing both the future and the present. Unlearn, relearn, reskill and upskill. Both Human and Customer-Centric.

Management 52

Management Agile Collaboration Creativity 52

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Dynamic ecosystems are not just about the present but about the future. Within our successful management of ecosystems, those agile and highly responsive will survive and have higher chances of thriving in the face of uncertainty. Dynamic ecosystems are not just about the present. They are about the future.

Collaboration 130

Collaboration Design Leadership Industry 130

Planview

JULY 29, 2024

As it is a journey and always changing, the flexibility of Planview is very helpful as we start to expand and bring in other areas of sustainability as we go forward.” – Peter Dahm, Senior Director of Sustainability & Operations at Cargill Access this on-demand presentation to listen to Cargill’s story.

Competition 59

Competition Project Data Collaboration 59

Business and Tech

AUGUST 26, 2021

Hospitality organizations must be nimble and agile to respond to multiple changes the industry faces. However, the changes in the business environment present opportunities for organizations and individuals that are quick to anticipate future changes and prepare for them. Change is the only constant in business.

Industry 130

Industry Technology Agile Change 130

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Regretfully that has been Shambolic to witness, a further symptom of our present-day Europe. The difference is it is easy to look back, with the benefit of hindsight but when you are caught up on something as transforming as we are presently experiencing, a digital transforming world, you are just that, caught up.

Innovation 179

Innovation Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Report 179

Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 30, 2018

I can present all of the technology adoption charts , the fascinating nuggets of data that tell you how quickly different products or technologies were acquired by millions of customers. The question isn't even: should we become more agile or more nimble? How good is your competitive intelligence? And so on and so on.

Change 113

Change Agile Industry Marketing 113

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 7, 2017

At present I have SIX channels open on innovation advice or advisory service that has made my life partly more complicated but more importantly, able to separate my thinking into these parts as they deserve a ‘deeper’ dive or broader exposure. Agility Innovation Specialists. Its areas of focus: [link]. Guide4innovating.

Innovation 154

Innovation Engagement Collaboration Agile 154

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 19, 2017

Yet for others, who recognize the future lies in technology and the power of networks and community engagement, it is the opportunity to radically alter their way of doing business; the opportunity to forge new competitive positions that have the collaborative engagement at its heart. We have to embrace new technology – or leave the stage.

Report 168

Report Technology Engagement Data 168

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Lastly, they have such limited ability to adapt to change and drag down performance when you are at the point of time when you need to improve performance as your competitive landscape seems more threatened than ever. Then the last in a long list of legacy problems we never achieve the potential of organizational agility and efficiency.

System 192

System Design Innovation Data 192

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Importance of the Startup Ecosystem for Corporate Growth For corporates, the startup ecosystem presents a fertile ground for innovation, offering fresh perspectives and cutting-edge technologies that can complement or revolutionize existing business models.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Agile Collaboration Engagement 113

Qmarkets

JULY 31, 2023

This will increase productivity, improve customer experiences, streamline workflows, and reduce costs, resulting in long-term competitive edge. Our combined expertise in digital transformation, omnichannel strategies, and innovation management will empower businesses to stay competitive and adapt to changes in the market and customer demands.”

Culture 98

Culture Technical Review Software Review Roadmap 98