Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I have argued in the past that innovation management needs to radically adjust and needs to be designed differently, it needs to be highly adaptive. I’d like to offer some views, partly looking out to the future, partly considering what is potentially within our grasp, if we step back and rethink innovation design.

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MARCH 26, 2025

This model is designed to help organizations strike a balance between optimizing current operations and exploring new frontiers. It provides a clear structure for managing innovation portfolios, ensuring that efforts are not disproportionately focused on either incremental improvement or risky experimentation.

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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. Enjoy… -Ash) As a product design manager and portfolio owner, I have found myself endlessly defending why it takes 9 months to design and launch a product with no guarantee of success.

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MARCH 26, 2025

The Experiment Canvas is a structured template used to design, test, and evaluate assumptions behind new ideas. It is widely used in agile innovation, design thinking, lean startup, and product development methodologies. Design the Experiment Choose the best method to test the hypothesis. What is the Experiment Canvas?

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APRIL 1, 2025

By integrating AI into organizational design, you can streamline processes, improve decision-making, and optimize resource allocation. AI can be applied in various aspects of organizational effectiveness, from ai-powered organizational assessment to ai in performance management.

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APRIL 3, 2025

The Build-Measure-Learn Feedback Loop is a core concept from the Lean Startup methodology, designed to help organizations test new ideas quickly and learn from real customer feedback. It promotes agility, customer focus, and data-driven decision-making by minimizing time and resource waste on ideas that may not deliver value.

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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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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 3, 2024

Braden Kelley is a popular innovation keynote speaker creating workshops, masterclasses, webinars, tools, and training for organizations on innovation, design thinking and change management.

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MARCH 26, 2025

Instead of building a rigid business plan based on speculative projections, DDP encourages teams to identify key uncertainties, design experiments, and refine the strategy as new information emerges. Design Learning Milestones Set checkpoints where you will test assumptions and evaluate progress. Prepare to pivot as you gather data.

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JANUARY 7, 2025

Strategic offsite meetings are a secret weapon for bigwigs and top management folks looking to shake up their game plan and spark fresh ideas. Agenda Design for Maximum Impact Structuring a killer agenda isnt rocket science but needs some finesse to keep heads in the game and not in the clouds. Logistics : Nail down the where and how.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

OCTOBER 14, 2024

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. They have mechanisms in place to manage risks, adapt to changes, and maintain stability in the face of challenges.

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MARCH 18, 2025

Get instant strategy processes Get expert tools & guidance Lead projects with confidence Learn More Getting Started with the First Mover Advantage To successfully capture first mover advantage, organizations must plan meticulously and execute with agility. The following steps outline a structured approach to harnessing this advantage: 1.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Managing limited resources while attempting to innovate and stay ahead of competitors. By leveraging best practices, such as agile product development and new product development strategies , you can mitigate risks and set the stage for successful product launches and service rollouts.

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Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 7, 2022

Design Thinking Applied to M&A Integration. The failure rate increases due to insufficient integration design and planning or faulty integration planning. Most of the failures point to a lack of design and alignment with people’s needs. This is where Design Thinking can be of tremendous value. It is people centric.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 22, 2024

Braden Kelley is a popular innovation keynote speaker creating workshops, masterclasses, webinars, tools, and training for organizations on innovation, design thinking and change management.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

I think with the recognition that innovation occurs across the whole organization the innovation management (IM) providers have to radically alter their business model or recognize they need to broaden out their target market inside organizations as innovation is occurring in all corners of the organization today.

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APRIL 1, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the landscape of organizational effectiveness by providing advanced tools and methodologies to enhance performance management. Better Talent Management : AI can analyze employee performance data to identify strengths and areas for improvement. Join the Consultant's Master Class!

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MARCH 21, 2025

By incorporating AI into your innovation management processes, you can enhance your ability to validate new ideas effectively, ensuring that your organization remains competitive and innovative in a rapidly changing market. For more on how AI can enhance your innovation processes, visit our article on ai in innovation management.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 26, 2024

The framework looks to 1) tap into collective intelligence, 2) accelerate innovation by cross-pollination, 3) enhance resilience and agility, 4) deliver superior customer experience, and 5) optimize resource utilization across the parties sharing in this interconnected ecosystem. Post two : Interdependence and Feedback Loops.

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MARCH 27, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the field of change management by providing advanced tools and techniques to streamline processes and enhance decision-making. By integrating AI into your change management processes, you can enhance your ability to manage complex transformations and achieve successful outcomes.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 17, 2025

Design a test to validate or invalidate this assumption quickly and cheaply. Lean Innovation, Validation & Execution) management framework Lessons from Science Science thrives on the principle that no theory is immune to being disproven. Test Critical Assumptions : Identify the assumptions your idea depends on.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This new management method makes it nearly impossible for innovation teams to fail at delivering multiple challenging innovation projects faster, with less risk and lower required budgets. Most innovation experts often say that traditional management processes are not the way to run innovation projects. And this is true.

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MARCH 21, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the field of innovation management by providing powerful tools to enhance consumer insights. AI in innovation management is not just about automating processes; it’s about augmenting your decision-making capabilities with data-driven insights. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

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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. The shifts from the predictable to managing in (total) uncertainty required a factory of significant flexibility in design understanding, digitally prepared and physically able to be reconfigured.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In the fourth conversation between Jeffrey Phillips and myself around parts of the Executive Innovation Work Mat, we took on several different issues around the design, function, structure and process needs for innovation. The ability to manage innovation design, function, structure and process.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

I have called this the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework – here is why and what went into this proposal that I feel should be adopted for managing innovation in the future. The principles of this Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework are the recognition and value of having a building block and innovation stack design.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

This calls for some radical rethinking of the existing business and deciding the design of the future business. This calls for thinking through a different designed structure for the business and different skills needed. The shifting from the current state to the future designed state is no easy task.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Innovation thinking in Ecosystem and Gen AI design I believe there is a real need to construct a different innovation process. For me, ecosystem innovation and generative AI have arrived at that pivotal point to significantly influence future innovation design. AI can help design experiments and analyze results.

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MARCH 10, 2025

A well-designed contingency plan should: Identify potential risks and disruptions that could impact the business. Financial reserves to manage economic downturns. Crisis management protocols for public relations challenges. Reduces financial risks Helps manage unexpected costs or revenue loss.

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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. Senior leaders are a significant driver in the success rate of an Agile transformation.

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MARCH 11, 2025

Improve agility by enabling regular goal adjustments. Objectives & Key Results (OKR) in Strategy OKRs play a crucial role in modern strategic management by ensuring that businesses focus on results-driven execution rather than just setting static goals. T ime-bound Designed for a specific timeframe (e.g.,

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APRIL 3, 2024

It encompasses the values, beliefs, and behaviors that determine how a company’s employees and management interact and handle outside business transactions. 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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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that combines empathy, creativity, and rationality to meet user needs and drive successful business outcomes. Defining Design Thinking Design thinking involves five key stages: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

I continue to receive reports on the latest surveys on the management of open innovation and its progress. Accelerated Innovation and Speed to Market In an innovation ecosystem, shared resources, collaborative platforms, and agile development processes dramatically reduce the time it takes to move from idea to implementation.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

You may know that in addition to my work on innovation and creativity , I work as a professional Project Manager. As I’ve just finished leading an 18-month project, I am reflecting on how project management and leading teams is changing as Artificial Intelligence becomes more common in the workplace.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

New Business Design- Empower Your Business Ecosystem. When looking at radically different thinking and design in business, where Ecosystems become central, you need to ask yourself what industries would benefit from such an alternative design and thinking due to the changing complexities and challenges they are facing.

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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? Moving to the edge : Organizations are becoming more agile by adopting an “edge” approach.

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