Destination Innovation

JULY 5, 2017

They asked customers to help design new products. A typical engineering mistake is wanting to invent all the things the product might consist of in one go. He transformed the culture into a creative, agile and rapid hothouse of innovation. Inventory was reduced and the number of individual parts was halved from 13000 to 6500.

Innovation 194

Innovation Video Study Culture 194

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 5, 2020

where technology, digital solutions, greater customer insights, where a new breed of designers, engineers, scientists, and software talent are combining built through a platform and new innovation ecosystems thinking, are all emerging. We have to recognize the days of simple product innovation are dwindling. coming from industry 4.0

Industry 223

Industry Innovation Collaboration Design 223

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

I am working through what I think this should become in design and application, involving providing the key innovation building blocks as components of the innovation stack, using the innovation stack to guide platform development and the platform to support this innovation stack.

Artificial Inteligence 183

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Agile Innovation 183

Planview

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Roni Lev, Software Engineer at Planview. In the same way, to be a Software Engineer you need to have an extensive knowledge of programming languages. Roni Lev, a Software Engineer, is one of the faces behind the Planview Clarizen software and he knows a thing or two about all the above. .

Software Engineering 98

Software Engineering Software Review Software Agile 98

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

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. One famous case is the dismissal of the digital camera concept by an engineer in the 1970s.

Design Thinking 108

Design Thinking Culture Design Underperforming Technical Team 108

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

Their approach to solutions are designed to keep strategy visible and continuously aligned with operational execution throughout the initiative life cycle and in my opinion that becomes vital to push as hard as they can. It is a very fragmented market, constrained by the existing designs in place. Take Aras and its solutions.[1].

Innovation Management 200

Innovation Management Management Software Review Software 200

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 3, 2018

how can we reverse engineer scaling up? Those of dealing with greater ambiguity, of building in the needs of agility, higher levels of flexibility, curiosity and the willingness to explore and experiment and take increasing risk. It needs to be more agile and flexible. This is where innovation comes into play.

Innovation 222

Innovation Software Review Design Engagement 222

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 26, 2017

We need to do better, we need to design a completely new innovation process that takes into account all that has evolved in our understanding and experiment in recent years. We design the innovation system we need after we know what we are trying to achieve in the challenge or idea. A new cycle of innovation.

Innovation 160

Innovation Design Innovation Processes Agile 160

Boxes and Arrows

MARCH 30, 2010

Large scale websites require groups of specialists to design and develop a product that will be a commercial success. This case study shows how the ComputerWeekly user experience team integrated with an agile development group. It was badly out of date, and the information architecture was decrepit to both users and search engines.

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Case Study Study Agile Underperforming Technical Team 84

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 Renaissance of Empathy: Design Thinking Design Thinking emerged from this shift.

Design Thinking 118

Design Thinking Design Meeting Artificial Inteligence 118

Boxes and Arrows

AUGUST 13, 2013

Although I was attending as a sponsor/exhibitor for Indigo Studio, I did manage to break away to go to the “There’s more than one way to skin a cat: Integrating UX into an Agile environment” session. Clearly, the problems of integrating UX practice into Agile are a common source of pain for UX people. Enter the book.

Agile 80

Agile LEAN Development Team Review Software Review 80

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. Large enterprises often lose their agility due to organizational inertia and bureaucracy.

Software Review 118

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Agile 118

Planview

MARCH 29, 2024

Traditional engineering metrics drive efficiency, not effectiveness Engineering leaders are under increasing pressure to deliver more value, but many struggle to make impactful change. In other words, they do not align engineering activities with business strategy. Efficiency : Are we working well?

Software Engineering 64

Software Engineering Software Underperforming Technical Team Data 64

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

I don’t buy into all the innovation hype jargon unless we begin to recognize the changes we are undergoing in our business landscape today need a comprehensive and robust innovation structure and design. Innovation will be central to this; it will be based more on agility, being highly adaptable, flexible and acting at speed.

Innovation 190

Innovation Design System Software 190

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I have been building a stronger, more robust narrative that is built around what I continue to refine and offer as my advisory and coaching practice at Agility Innovation, my eight skill development and creative thinking steps , which will be discussed in depth in a subsequent post or two.

Innovation 183

Innovation Agile Creative Thinking Culture 183

Ecosystems4Innovating

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Dynamic Ecosystems are central to providing the engine to collaborations, adaptation and future leadership. Dynamic Ecosystems build future ecosystem resilience and including participation as the core to thinking evolution and discovery, to exploit and expand to what is possible, through ecosystem-centric thinking and design.

Design 72

Design Collaboration Trends Disruption 72

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

into future ones built far more around innovation ecosystems in thinking and design that are integrated and connected, to open up conversations and exchanges, seeking common points of value in a broader network of solution providers. This “work mat” gives a solid design for discussions and recognition.

Innovation 183

Innovation Design Resources Change 183

IdeaScale

JUNE 5, 2018

Be more agile. Deliver consistent process improvement throughout your organization and that will keep the engine purring no matter what influencing factors are creating change. When engineers design airplanes they take turbulence into account by focusing on the structural integrity of the airplane.

Idea Management 133

Idea Management Management Disruption Competition 133

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. Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1.

Design Thinking 74

Design Thinking Design Underperforming Technical Team Ideation 74

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 31, 2020

.” It is a necessary time where we need plenty of adaptive thinking on our needs to start thinking how we are going to emerge out of this “lockdown,” so many of us are in and apply our reasoning to literally “crank starting” the economy engine again. Then we have to make a set of transition points.

Creativity 257

Creativity Learning Change Training 257

Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 8, 2017

Among several characteristics, the authors also particularly anticipate future-proof companies to be required to manage two types of businesses by deploying distinct "engines". Bain and Company has recently published a worthwile article, debating on the question: What will the firm of the future look like?

Management 68

Management Company Agile Disruption 68

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

We fail to constantly review and re-engineer the innovation process and tend to layer more upon it, without a consistent reassessing what we are trying to achieve. We all need to think through the value of the pivot, prototype, the constructing of minimal viable products and rapid experiment and design.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Innovation System Change 175

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. The best software is created by dedicated teams, in a condensed period of time, with Agile ways of working.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Software Developers Software Development 52

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. The best software is created by dedicated teams, in a condensed period of time, with Agile ways of working.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Software Developers Software Development 52

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. The best software is created by dedicated teams, in a condensed period of time, with Agile ways of working.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Software Developers Software Development 52

Idea to Value

JULY 1, 2020

When it becomes possible through re-engineering (1990s) so 5 people and a machine can generate 100 reports, or through digitalization (these days) so 5 people and a cloud can let users generate any report they might need, the Parkinson crowds get angry. This is why “lean” and “agile” have become buzzwords today.

Report 148

Report Big Data Leadership LEAN 148

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.

Design Thinking 62

Design Thinking Design Management Agile 62

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. It involves five key stages: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test.

Design Thinking 62

Design Thinking Design Underperforming Technical Team Ideation 62

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 29, 2015

These have been advances in technology, methodology or design- thinking and we do need to stop and think about how we could do ‘things’ differently by asking “what is possible?” The concept of human-centered design sets out a counterbalance which puts the human and social imperatives first and foremost.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Innovation Design Software Review 100

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 3, 2020

Agility, adaptability & innovation. Adoption Engineering. As-Is and To-Be grand designs. Agile product development. Network analysis and social capital. Enterprise Architecture. Behaviour Based Systems. Stability & predictability. Change Management. Next state, evolving, “adaptive change”. IT systems. IT systems.

Learning 163

Learning System Agile Competition 163

Business and Tech

AUGUST 26, 2021

Hospitality organizations must be nimble and agile to respond to multiple changes the industry faces. At MSU, for example, we have world-class engineering, design, technology, and hospitality schools, so we can bring different pieces of knowledge together to provide the best solutions. Change is the only constant in business.

Industry 130

Industry Technology Agile Change 130

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Thus, the bigger and more complex the problem, the more important it is to take this agile and modular approach that focuses on the speed of making tangible progress. Iterative, agile approach. Speed by design. The key is to design your processes with speed in mind from the get-go. The perfect example of this is SpaceX.

Competition 282

Competition Innovation Software Marketing 282

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2023

These stacks follow an established logic, such as working through idea discovery, relating to given problems, exploring solutions, and determining the final model or design and the execution delivery to achieve this. We stack them and they interlink. Different innovation thinking needs always require different adaption.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Software Review Innovation Design 130

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.

Innovation 113

Innovation Creativity Strategy Strategy 113

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Busch spoke at some length on finding a new way to unlock the potential in the people, the blending of different engineers into a team environment where software redesign gets increasingly factored in. It can become an interesting model in design for companies wanting “dialogues of trust” in community exchanges.

Engagement 235

Engagement Groups Industry CTO 235

Planview

OCTOBER 2, 2024

By refining these value streams, organizations can unlock new levels of productivity, innovation, and agility, empowering them to excel in the dynamic automotive landscape. In this new paradigm, automotive organizations must prioritize agile software delivery practices, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), and DevOps methodologies.

Software 98

Software Agile Industry Competition 98