Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I have written extensively, certainly over the past eighteen months, about our need to take innovation into a new era, designed for today and tomorrow’s “fit for purpose” Below you will see my view of how I see this sketched out, as my suggested concept outline. I’d love to engage on this to realize its potential.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

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. This section will guide you through the process and show you how to integrate it with other forward-thinking approaches.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 11, 2025

Yet we must make the case for innovation to change before it is to late So what are many of those changing conditions in innovation practice?

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Flexibility : Innovation gives your business the agility to dodge and weave with market changes. Like, if you’re looking to reach more folks, putting some fresh thinking into how to tap into new audiences could make a big splash. Agile’s all about being quick on your feet and staying nimble with projects.

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Planview

OCTOBER 27, 2021

On the jam-packed agenda were several presentations, customer stories, and roundtable discussions aimed at supporting Agile leaders at all levels of the organization. If you didn’t get to attend these engaging sessions, read on to get the scoop! Becoming Agile and Beyond. How to Build High-Performing Agile Teams.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Learn how to further develop these leadership qualities at develop executive leadership to drive organizational culture change. Embracing culture change also positions your organization to better navigate uncertainties and challenges, making it more agile and resilient.

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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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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In this article, I am going to show you: The costs of projects and team leadership failing (and the incredible scale of project failure that rarely gets talked about) The reasons why so many projects fail (and how to avoid these pitfalls) How Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Ambiguity leads to confusion and misaligned efforts.

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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. Working in the innovation space offers you the opportunity to grow and learn what this means and how it works for you. The Big Recognition Innovators All Need.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

It gives you insights into how to utilize your emotions to influence the direction of your work. You’ll generally find the jobs which build EQ are those that see you engaging closely with other people. Adaptability and Agility. Your best way to avoid this is to cultivate adaptability and agility. Conclusion.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Enhances organizational engagement Encourages participation and motivation by focusing on strengths. Establish Results (Measures of Success) Results define how progress will be measured. Qualitative measures Brand recognition, employee engagement, social impact. Questions to ask: How will we know if we have achieved our goals?

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 5, 2021

First, make sure to properly engage your employees at every step of the way. Remember, only around 41% of employees were actively engaged during 2020. To keep staff engaged going forward, you’ll need to make sure you’re constantly communicating with your teams, offering recognition, and responding to their needs.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

How Competitive Analysis Supports Strategic Decision-Making Enhancing Market Positioning Helps businesses position themselves effectively by understanding how competitors engage with customers. Social Media & Advertising Observe competitors engagement strategies, ad campaigns, and influencer collaborations.

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TechEmpower Innovation

OCTOBER 9, 2023

So let’s summarize what we've already found to be different about searching with LLMs: What’s Different About Search with LLMs Search methods powered by LLMs stand out as transformative tools, offering businesses an edge in their information retrieval and customer engagement processes.

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CMOE

MARCH 17, 2025

How to Think Strategically as Leaders and Build Stronger Teams Great leaders dont just react to challenges- they anticipate them. How Do You Start Thinking Strategically? Understanding strategic thinking is important , but knowing how to implement it is another challenge entirely.

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Strategyzer Innovation

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Nowadays there is no escaping the Agile hype. Large organisations are “becoming Agile” one after the other, fuelled by hopes of higher employee engagement and more efficient product development.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Competitive Landscape Analysis helps organizations: Identify industry trends Understand where the market is heading and how to adapt. Heres how to overcome them: Lack of Comprehensive Market Data – Without accurate data, insights may be incomplete.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

If you need more pointers, swing by our article on how to use innovation to turbocharge your business strategy. For more on similar topics, mosey on over to our article on how to apply design thinking to the strategic planning process. Quick Reflexes (Agility): Ever seen a cat dodge a falling vase? That’s agility.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

Let me provide these: Increased agility : Embracing a Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework enables organizations to be more agile in responding to market changes and customer needs. I highlight the key value points.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 22, 2020

It involves planning along with engagement and enactment; it encourages agility. The key is knowing what is critical and then how to focus and invest in those that drive and sustain performance. It’s not just a planning role; it’s also strategic. Appreciating and leveraging those ordinary capabilities is equally essential.

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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. My 2nd offer point.

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eZassi

MARCH 11, 2025

The Hidden Challenges of Corporate Venture Capital (And How to Overcome Them) Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) groups have grown in popularity as a vehicle to drive disruptive innovation and growth. Through CVC, corporations can diversify their innovation efforts, mitigate risks, and stay agile in an uncertain business environment.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Driving continuous improvement Ensuring that businesses remain agile and adaptable in dynamic markets. customer satisfaction, employee engagement) should be analyzed together to form a holistic understanding. Highlighting industry best practices Learning from top-performing businesses and adopting proven methodologies.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 3, 2025

Increased Efficiency : By automating repetitive tasks, AI frees you up to focus on more strategic aspects of your consulting engagements. For more information on how to leverage AI in your consulting services, visit our article on ai in consulting services. Learn about this in our piece on ai-powered process optimization.

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ImagineNation

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Like many others, I invested time in isolation during the pandemic to engage in various online learning programs. As a highly credentialed coach to many global Agile and SCRUM leaders in major international and local organisations, I enrolled in an agile coach certification program and enthusiastically attended all daily sessions.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 5, 2021

COVID has reset the operating model for many businesses, sending many people to work from home, where they have less engagement with a broad assortment of people from different functions, so they tend to work primarily with their small work teams, again limiting experiences and breadth.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Thinking about strategy is thinking about how to win in a competitive marketplace and making decisions about investments and differentiations that will happen in the future and be realized in real time. Companies today talk about being "agile" and nimble but make annual plans that are fixed to a specific set of conditions and assumptions.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

These are the people who understand the strengths and weaknesses of initiatives in the current environment and know how to convey the benefits of things like IoT, 5G, and instant connectivity to their teams. leaders will foster a transparent and creative culture that isn’t afraid of agile changes and evolution. Leadership 4.0

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 13, 2021

We need to convey throughout the organization and encourage a closer alignment on not just what to do but also to support the how to do it and where to do it. This is where the engagement from the top of the organization becomes pivotal. We need to achieve alignment, all sorts of alignment.

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Qmarkets

JULY 11, 2024

Engage Leadership and Stakeholders in the Innovation Strategy For innovation to thrive, it requires strong support from leadership and active involvement from key stakeholders. Engaging leadership and stakeholders not only provides necessary resources and support but also fosters a culture of innovation across the organization.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2024

This is the second post looking more at collaboration and idealization and how and what has helped it evolve in this period. Hopefully, this change has enabled better value creation and learning how to innovate. From linear to agile: Idea generation is now a continuous process, not a one-time event. Has the methodology changed?

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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.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Competitive needs to think through the action orientation, the business acumen that is needed, the customer engagement intent and the result focus outcomes expected. These need to be recognized as constantly fluid, adaptive and agile. These need to be at individual, team and organization levels. Seeking out the motivators.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 9, 2024

By engaging with startups or launching new business initiatives, companies can tap into fresh ideas, cutting-edge technologies, and untapped market opportunities. Startups bring agility and fresh perspectives, helping larger organizations adopt new innovations more quickly.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This approach supports a culture of continuous learning, adaptation, and external collaboration, positioning the organization for sustained success in an ever-evolving business landscape that recognizes and learns how to collaborate and co-create, moving towards recognizing the value of Business Ecosystems.

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mjvinnovation

JULY 1, 2021

Keep reading to understand why agile project management provides numerous advantages over traditional forms of project management. What is agile project management? Agile practices can be incorporated into project management, adding numerous benefits. We call this initiative agile project management. The answer is simple.

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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 concept revolves around breaking innovation into modular building blocks, enabling organisations to achieve greater agility and efficiency in their innovation efforts.

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