Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Exploring the interplay between Humans, Technology and AI for design thinking Why is design thinking regarded as so crucial to the future of innovation in a world of accelerating interplays between humans, technology and generative AI? Operating sustainably is not only good for the environment but also good for business.

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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 21, 2025

AI technologies, such as machine learning and natural language processing, enable you to analyze vast amounts of data quickly and accurately, uncovering patterns and insights that would be impossible to detect manually. Learn more about this in our article on personalization and targeted marketing strategies.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

Benchmarking is not about imitationits about learning from others to accelerate progress, improve competitiveness, and inform strategic decision-making. Define the Scope and Objectives Begin by clarifying what you want to learn and why benchmarking is the right tool for the task. Heres a step-by-step guide to getting started: 1.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

By using machine learning algorithms and data analytics, AI can simulate various scenarios and predict the potential success of a concept. This leads to faster validation cycles and more agile decision-making. For best practices on integrating AI with human expertise, read our article on ai in design thinking.

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Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

AI Meets Design Thinking: Crafting a People-Centric Business Future Imagine this — a customer service agent can deeply empathize with a frustrated customer because an AI assistant analyzed the customer’s tone and background to provide insights ahead of time. The agent knows just how to console them — that’s the future we can build.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I decided to try to question it about design thinking and what were the most important things to learn. If I wanted to succeed in design thinking, what should I learn or do? Design thinking is a creative approach to problem-solving that involves empathy, collaboration, and experimentation.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Flexibility : Innovation gives your business the agility to dodge and weave with market changes. For a deeper dive into mixing creativity with planning, have a look at our article on using design thinking to shape your game plan. Agile’s all about being quick on your feet and staying nimble with projects.

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 24, 2023

The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking In the competitive landscape of modern business, the approach we take to leadership can make or break an organization. Hinders Responsiveness to Change In a rapidly changing business landscape, agility and adaptability are crucial.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

It is identifying the critical capabilities and being adept and agile enough in learning from these, to embed them into the changing culture. We are having to adjust our learning to have increased levels of higher human-centered approaches, through exploiting design thinking, to learn and adapt.

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InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 22, 2021

These top agile and scrum sprint retrospective templates can be used during remote meetings with your team. Keep reading to learn more on how to do this with your team and find links to our favorite sprint review retrospective templates. Facilitating Agile Retrospectives Workshop. Agile Retrospective Template.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking has become a cornerstone methodology in the worlds of innovation, business strategy, and product development. Design thinking involves five key phases: Empathize : Understanding the human needs involved.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We used AI to identify the most frequently asked questions about design thinking. Here are your design thinking FAQs and answers. You can also see our “human” responses to the big question: what is design thinking ? Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1.

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InnovationTraining.org

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

An exploration of resources and advice for design thinking in education. Design thinking is a unique learning and problem solving mindset that we highly recommend to innovation-minded organizations and businesses. Tapping into empathy is critical in the design thinking process.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

We are moving innovation along but not at a pace or design that reflects the need to connect “it ” into one comprehensive process. These tools and techniques enable ideation, validation, design-build and scaling. This evolved over many years.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

How can we learn from previous projects to improve our performance here? This demonstrates the importance of independence to brainstorming and how online whiteboards can promote new techniques that achieve independence and free-thinking. Design Thinking. How does our solution address the functional needs of the customer?

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Ecosystems4Innovating

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Design Thinking is seen as the essential element that will combine with technology and AI in the future yet it is still the need for the human touch will still be essential. As we form more around ecosystem thinking and design, design thinking will be essential as the significant enabler to creative input.

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mjvinnovation

JANUARY 3, 2019

The key factor to help you leverage your business may be the combination of project management methodologies, such as Design Thinking and Scrum. Below you will learn how these two approaches can complement each other, their benefits and how to properly use them in your business. The Benefits of Design Thinking.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

For me, I think the real need is in speeding up of the whole innovation process, approaching the whole innovation in a systematic way, as the only path to tread in the years ahead. We need to broaden out the whole process of rapid innovation application beyond the two current favorites of lean and design thinking.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Enable Autonomous Innovation Processes : With advancements in self-supervised learning and few-shot adaptation, generative AI could eventually handle end-to-end innovation workflows with limited human intervention. Agile methodologies, design thinking, and other iterative approaches should be embedded throughout the innovation lifecycle.

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Tullio Siragusa

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Transforming Your Business with Bottom-Up Management: The Design Thinking Way In the ever-evolving landscape of modern business, a significant shift is occurring from traditional top-down management to a more inclusive and innovative strategy: bottom-up management. Benefits This approach leads to increased engagement and motivation.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2024

Hopefully, this change has enabled better value creation and learning how to innovate. This openness is driving innovation by bringing in fresh perspectives and new ways of thinking. From linear to agile: Idea generation is now a continuous process, not a one-time event. Has the methodology changed?

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Tullio Siragusa

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Applying Design Thinking to Personal Growth and Innovation In today’s rapidly changing world, the ability to adapt and innovate is more crucial than ever, not just in the realm of product development but also in our personal and professional lives. The key is to start small and be willing to fail and learn from the experience.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Verizon scaled agile methodologies and a product-driven model across their entire Consumer Group. Agile Methodology Reinforcement: Vanguard had used agile since 2006 but lacked proper CI/CD pipelines. This initiative focused on returning to true agile principles with comprehensive training and modern development practices.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

What it is: Inspired by a number of Lean Startup principles along with aspects of Design Thinking and Agile Development, Lean Innovation Management is a framework to manage innovation projects in a more agile way than traditional project management. 5 – Design Thinking. Suggested reading: .

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Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As AI and sophisticated systems become the norm, it’s essential for organizations to retain their creative spirit, agility, and grit. Companies should invest in design thinking, ethnographic research and other human-centric innovation methods. Don’t let your tech stack undermine your agility.

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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.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

Are we leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning enough from the explosion of data to identify patterns and insights leading to emerging concept creation? By adopting a composable approach, organizations can achieve greater agility, adaptability, and scalability in their innovation efforts.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Keep Learning: Offer courses and sessions so your bunch stays sharp and on par with the times. Always Be Learning : Stay in the know with hot-off-the-press industry happenings and the latest in tech. Go Agile : Embrace a get-and-go approach for quick tweaks and turns. Here’s how to keep it fresh and on the move.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 13, 2022

And finally, the most obvious thing for anyone in HR, Learning & People Development or Leadership, is that no matter what the coming year brings, it will be vital to continue upskilling your people. Upskill your workforce.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The lean startup methodology emphasizes the importance of agility and learning, with a mantra of “build-measure-learn” to minimize waste and speed up learning. At its core, design thinking involves five phases: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 15, 2020

turns HR into its own agile consulting organization that focuses not only on delivering services, but also practices design thinking to push innovative solutions, tools, and transparency into the organization. Build and apply capabilities in agile and design thinking (more on this below).

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In this article, we will highlight some of the main advantages of creative thinking and we’ll walk through some of our favorite creative thinking exercises that your team can do to both build team alignment and improve your creative process. . Advantages of Creative Thinking Exercises. Brainwriting. Conclusion.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 14, 2018

And in practice, we combine three important ideas: design thinking, Lean Startup, and agile methodology. When facing uncertainty, we need processes that allow us to optimize learning, not just execution. What is Design Thinking? In this way, lean innovation and design thinking go hand in hand.

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mjvinnovation

MARCH 13, 2019

She is the woman of the moment and can teach you a lot about agile project management! She is the woman of the moment and can teach you a lot about agile project management! In this article, in besides knowing better the Japanese sensation of the present, you will see what lessons she can bring us about agile project management.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

An innovation culture transformation begins with a mindset shift, redefining failure as a learning opportunity, and embracing change as a constant. Adaptability : An innovative culture equips your organization with the agility to pivot quickly in response to market changes and consumer needs.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

Even with the proliferation of lean startup, design thinking, innovation labs, accelerator programs, hackathons and innovation marathons, crowdsourcing and a host of designer canvases that keeps pushing our advancement along, success is still piecemeal and random. Yet does it need to be like this?

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