Leapfrogging

APRIL 1, 2025

By integrating AI into organizational design, you can streamline processes, improve decision-making, and optimize resource allocation. Benefits of Incorporating AI in Organizational Design Incorporating AI into organizational design offers numerous benefits that can significantly enhance your organization’s efficiency and effectiveness.

Analysis 130

Analysis Training Agile Tools 130

Leapfrogging

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. R&D teams exploring emerging technologies. Technological capabilities or scalability. Market demand or pricing models.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Roadmap Project Tools 130

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 27, 2017

Digital technologies are beginning to have a real impact on the methods, approaches, and rates of our innovation outputs. Social technologies are giving us real-time understanding. We need to change our thinking and design in the digital insight part more specifically within and along the innovation process.

Technology 178

Technology Change Innovation Agile 178

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.

Design Thinking 147

Design Thinking Technical Review Design Technology 147

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 11, 2025

We need to bring AI into parts of the innovation thinking and processes as AI is the potential game-changer it is when aligned with technology as our capturing and accelerator platform that, we humans, engineer and transform and translate.

Innovation 130

Innovation Leadership Agile Collaboration 130

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.

Design 208

Design Artificial Inteligence Innovation Collaboration 208

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Within a short series about Innovation Ecosystems this post asks what really are the distinct differences within innovation ecosystem thinking and design, to provide a set of common distinguishing points to move from “just” open innovation. What distinguishes an Innovation Ecosystem from Open Innovation?

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Innovation Collaboration Policies 140

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 are critical to delivering through collaborative arrangements and diversity of thinking and knowledge sharing.

Design 72

Design Collaboration Trends Disruption 72

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

The Context Map Canvas is a strategic tool designed to help organizations understand and navigate the external factors that influence innovation and business performance. It provides a structured way to analyze macro-environmental elements such as market trends, regulatory shifts, technological advancements, and customer behavior.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Roadmap Trends Innovation Processes 130

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Pitching the reasons to change to Innovation Ecosystems in thinking and design So after working through the values of the Innovation Ecosystem over a series of three posts I asked Chat GPT to help me in making a pitch for the change from existing internal orientated innovation processes and structures.

ChatGPT 113

ChatGPT Open Innovation Innovation Agile 113

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

With technology advancing at an unprecedented pace, consumer behaviors shifting, and new market entrants disrupting traditional industries, your ability to innovate determines your potential for growth and sustainability. Coping with the rapid pace of technological change and its impact on product relevance.

LEAN 100

LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence Agile 100

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

It now applies across business functions, including customer service, technology, marketing, supply chain, and product development. In the innovation context, it is a vital diagnostic and planning tool that guides decisions related to product design, process improvements, market positioning, and organizational transformation.

Comparison 130

Comparison Technical Review Data Competition 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 14, 2025

Facilitating agile adaptation Allows for adjustments based on performance trends and market changes. For example, Meta (formerly Facebook) sets realistic targets for metaverse user adoption based on current VR technology and market trends. Achieve a 20% return on investment (ROI) in new technology adoption by year-end.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Technical Review Agile 130

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

where technology and diversity of experiences and broader market potential are demonstrating significant growth opportunities in more collaborative and co-creative ways. Your internal system may excel at refinement, but ecosystems excel at speed and agility. I asked Googles NotebookLM to provide a podcast of this series.

Innovation 100

Innovation Agile Open Innovation Generative AI 100

Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2025

For example, Amazon prioritizes Operational Excellence by offering low-cost, fast delivery through its advanced logistics and supply chain systems, while Apple focuses on Product Leadership with continuous innovation in its technology ecosystem. Prioritizes agility, experimentation, and early adoption of trends.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Leadership Competition 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

It involves creating multiple plausible scenarios to explore how different factorssuch as market trends, technological advancements, economic shifts, or geopolitical changescould impact a business. A well-designed scenario planning process ensures that companies: Identify key uncertainties and their potential impacts.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Disruption 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 20, 2025

For example, Apple uses the 3Cs framework to align customer expectations (premium, high-quality products), company strengths (design, brand loyalty, ecosystem integration), and competitor positioning (offering unique innovations that rival Samsung and Google). Technology and innovation capabilities.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Analysis Competition 130

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. Innovation is undergoing a radical change, in opening up to technology, collaborative thinking and the value of generative AI thinking. Innovation needs reinventing.

Generative AI 162

Generative AI Design Innovation Innovation Processes 162

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.

Design 147

Design Technical Review ChatGPT Collaboration 147

Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Digital transformation - a "third wave" of information technology that creates an entirely new way to capture real time data and perhaps make sense of that data on the fly, could radically change how businesses operate, how they make money and how they interact with customers, consumers and suppliers. What should our "major aims" be?

Technology 171

Technology Strategy Strategy Innovation 171

Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

Discovery Driven Planning: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects Discovery-Driven Planning (DDP) is a strategic approach designed for uncertain, high-risk initiatives , where traditional planning methods may not be effective. Adjust pricing, positioning, or technology as needed. What is Discovery Driven Planning?

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Project Data 130

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.

Artificial Inteligence 320

Artificial Inteligence System Industry Agile 320

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

We need to approach innovation differently through connected agility, have speed and automation more central, and provide roles for a great diverse set of participants. The principles of this Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework are the recognition and value of having a building block and innovation stack design.

Software Review 246

Software Review Innovation Software Design 246

Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

Improve agility by enabling regular goal adjustments. T ime-bound Designed for a specific timeframe (e.g., Technology OKR: Improve real-time tracking accuracy by 15%. Agile Planning Frameworks – Ensures adaptability and continuous iteration. Measure progress through quantifiable key results. quarterly, annually).

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Software Review Technical Review 130

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

For example, Apples core competencies include innovative product design, seamless software integration, and a strong brand ecosystem. For instance, Amazons core competence in logistics and supply chain management allows it to dominate e-commerce while expanding into cloud computing (AWS) and smart home technology (Alexa).

Analysis 130

Analysis Strategy Strategy Technical Review 130

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.

Design Thinking 282

Design Thinking Collaboration Radical Innovation Design 282

Leapfrogging

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.

Design Thinking 140

Design Thinking Artificial Inteligence Design Analysis 140

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. To leverage organizational culture for greater business agility and resilience, it’s essential to align the cultural dynamics with your company’s vision and operational tactics.

Agile 130

Agile Culture Underperforming Technical Team Leadership 130

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 182

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Innovation Agile 182

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

I have written a fair amount about the new innovation era, offering a view on its future design. One that is jumping to a fresh cycle of innovative design. We are in the middle of it, some of you may not have noticed its impact and change but it is significant on the understanding of innovation, in it’s future design.

Innovation 185

Innovation Radical Innovation Agile Design 185

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

We need to broaden out the whole process of rapid innovation application beyond the two current favorites of lean and design thinking. Designing the complete rapid innovation application process. Digital technologies are beginning to have a real impact on the methods, approaches, and rates of our innovation outputs.

Innovation Processes 206

Innovation Processes Innovation LEAN Agile 206

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. This agility is particularly important in fast-paced markets where consumer preferences can change rapidly.

Artificial Inteligence 130

Artificial Inteligence Analysis Trends Data 130

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

This is approaching innovation and its management in more of a holistic, technology-enabled way based on the use of a cloud-enabled Platform and Ecosystem thinking and design. This agility allows them to seize new opportunities, stay ahead of competitors, and effectively navigate uncertainties and disruptions in the business landscape.

Agile 182

Agile Innovation Collaboration Design 182

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.

Design 130

Design Creativity Agile Radical Innovation 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

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. To explore more about AI’s role in innovation, check out our article on ai for idea generation.

Artificial Inteligence 130

Artificial Inteligence Analysis Trends Innovation Management 130

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.

Design Thinking 97

Design Thinking Technical Review Design Technology 97

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

To do this, technology adoption and diffusion across the ecosystem needs to improve dramatically. Equally the nature of much of production has been designed “on the fly” and the equally tough job of connecting the whole process up in a new integrated, fully connected system meets huge resistance.

Industry 213

Industry Technical Review Innovation Design 213