Idea to Value

JANUARY 17, 2025

But heres the uncomfortable truth: you can never prove your innovation will succeed. The Futility of Proof in Innovation Why is it impossible to prove an innovation will succeed? Innovation requires the same humility. However, this isnt a cause for despair. Consider a company developing a new app.

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Survey Innovation Analysis LEAN 178

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 11, 2025

Is the horizon the past or the future in innovation dynamism? Innovation has entered its death spiral as many have known it. I mean it, innovation is starved, bleeding from a lack of resources, finances and top leadership resolve. Lets start by defining innovation ecosystems.

Innovation 130

Innovation Leadership Agile Collaboration 130

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 27, 2025

They unwrap and apply some clever thinking applying the principals and telling the dynamic ecosystem story in a very different, engaging way. Key characteristics include adaptability, collaboration, resilience and continuous innovation, driven by network effects and decentralized decision-making.

Agile 130

Agile Design Engagement Collaboration 130

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 18, 2021

It brings innovation together, a unifying point for the activity and momentum of innovation to become central to the core of the business, in its future investment and value impact. First , as an executive team you will create cohesion and a consistent innovation framework that reduces barriers or uncertainties for innovators.

Leadership 280

Leadership Innovation Engagement Exercises 280

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

To keep your business on top of its game, you need to understand how innovation and strategic planning work together. Strategic planning maps out how you’ll crush your long-term goals, and stirring some innovation into the mix helps your business roll with whatever curveballs the market throws.

Innovation 113

Innovation Agile Creativity Brainstorming 113

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Innovation is the lifeblood of businesses seeking to thrive in a rapidly evolving market. Importance of Innovation in Today’s Business Landscape In the current business landscape, innovation is not just a buzzword; it’s a necessity.

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LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence Agile 100

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

It helps innovation teams reduce uncertainty by laying out the elements of a business or product hypothesis in a clear and visual way. It is widely used in agile innovation, design thinking, lean startup, and product development methodologies. Innovation often involves uncertainty. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

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Underperforming Technical Team LEAN Agile Project 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2025

For example, Google maintains strategic alignment by integrating innovation-driven strategy (Strategy), a flexible organizational structure (Structure), and a highly skilled workforce (Staff), all guided by a strong culture of creativity (Shared Values). Does our structure support collaboration and innovation?

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Agile 130

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 20, 2024

Combining Ecosystems, technology and GenAI to unlock innovation The concepts of ecosystem innovation and generative AI has arrived at the point where we need to question workflows have the real poential openness has become central to our process of thinking and development building. New Areas of Accelerating Innovation Discovery.

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Engagement Generative AI Innovation Collaboration 162

Leapfrogging

MARCH 18, 2025

For example, Teslas pioneering work in the electric vehicle market has allowed it to dominate EV technology, build a robust charging network, and benefit from the learning curve in battery technology innovation. The following steps outline a structured approach to harnessing this advantage: 1.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Technical Review Roadmap 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

Engage employees at all levels in strategic execution. Improves communication and engagement Encourages collaboration across all levels of the organization. Facilitates agility and adaptation Encourages ongoing refinement of strategy based on results. Maintain a continuous cycle of improvement and learning.

System 130

System Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 130

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

The process breaks innovation into three continuous phases: build a prototype or solution, measure how it performs, and learn from the results to refine the product or strategy. It promotes agility, customer focus, and data-driven decision-making by minimizing time and resource waste on ideas that may not deliver value.

Learning 130

Learning LEAN Agile Project 130

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The building always the Innovation Business Case offers a unique approach to tackle one of the real problem areas within innovation- making the case compelling. One of the toughest aspects within Innovation is making the Business Case. It is no different for understanding your innovation fitness.

Innovation 321

Innovation Guidelines Analysis Agile 321

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Feeling trapped, break out of the box with Innovation Ecosystems We continue to fail to unlock the full potential of innovation. I continue to receive reports on the latest surveys on the management of open innovation and its progress. We are trapped in a ever decreasing cycle.

Innovation 100

Innovation Agile Open Innovation Generative AI 100

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

The Design Thinking Toolkit provides practical tools and frameworks that help organizations innovate, solve complex problems, and drive growth. Without a structured approach to problem-solving and innovation, businesses risk inefficiency, misalignment, and stagnation. What is the Design Thinking Toolkit?

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Design Thinking Design Ideation Brainstorming 130

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Check out our article on mixing business strategy with the innovation process. The Perks of Innovation in Your Game Plan Let’s face it: innovation is the secret sauce in any killer business strategy. Being innovative lets businesses flip the script and dive into ventures nobody’s dared to try.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Internet of things Strategy 113

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

In innovation projects, the MVP approach helps businesses explore ideas, experiment with solutions, and learn through real-world interactions. Minimum Viable Product in Innovation In real-world innovation initiatives, the MVP model plays a critical role by turning abstract concepts into actionable experiments.

Software Review 130

Software Review LEAN Development Team Review Roadmap 130

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. Here is where innovators are going to be well-positioned. The Big Takeaway for me is the positioning of working in the Innovation Space. Let me explain why.

Artificial Inteligence 263

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Agile Engagement 263

Leapfrogging

MARCH 14, 2025

Supporting continuous learning and adaptation Helps businesses stay agile and responsive to market shifts. For example, Netflix uses KPIs like viewer engagement, retention rates, and content performance to optimize its streaming platform and improve user experience. Lead Successful Strategy Projects!

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Agile Project 130

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Paul Hobcraft and Jeffrey Phillips in conversations around innovation. In this series, planned to be only of 10 to 15-minute conversations, we are picking up on many of the fundamental building blocks of innovation. Jeffery and I go back within the innovation space a long way. We call this the engagement- alignment gap.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Agile Collaboration 246

Leapfrogging

MARCH 14, 2025

Increasing motivation and engagement Helps employees and teams stay accountable for their performance. Facilitating agile adaptation Allows for adjustments based on performance trends and market changes. Innovation and Growth SMART Metrics Launch three new AI-driven product features within the next 12 months.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Technical Review Agile 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

Discovery Driven Planning (DDP) is a structured framework for planning innovative initiatives in uncertain or ambiguous environments. At its core, this tool supports a disciplined approach to innovation, one that balances creativity with accountability. Corporations launching internal innovation programs.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Roadmap Project Tools 130

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 4, 2025

This approach to business ecosystems fosters continuous innovation and works towards lasting competitive advantage through its interconnected parts. There is a boundless potential of applying the interconnected ecosystem design so it can radically reshape and define continuous innovation, customer-centricity and enduring market leadership.

Design 130

Design Roadmap Engagement Collaboration 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Understanding this cycle helps businesses time investments, plan for obsolescence, and develop new innovations to stay ahead. By strategically managing technological transitions, businesses can optimize product longevity, enhance operational efficiency, and create opportunities for sustained innovation.

Technology 130

Technology Roadmap Disruption Agile 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

Improve agility by enabling regular goal adjustments. For example, Google has used OKRs since its early days , helping it scale rapidly by focusing on measurable innovation, product growth, and operational excellence. Enhances Motivation and Engagement Encourages teams to set ambitious, inspiring objectives.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Software Review Technical Review 130

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Drives innovation and competitive advantage Identifies opportunities for differentiation and growth. For example, an HR department conducting Gap Analysis might assess current employee engagement levels using surveys and exit interviews. Supports strategic planning Ensures goals are realistic and actionable.

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Analysis Strategy Strategy Development Team Review 173

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. By capturing these dynamics visually, the canvas enables teams to anticipate challenges, uncover opportunities, and align innovation efforts with real-world conditions.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Roadmap Trends Tools 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

The goal is to identify performance gaps, set realistic improvement targets, and adopt best practices that drive innovation and efficiency. Traditionally used in manufacturing and operations to track metrics like production time, cost efficiency, and quality, benchmarking has evolved into a broader innovation and strategy tool.

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Comparison Technical Review Data Competition 130

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Having an innovating passion. So many multiple strands constantly need to be pulled together to build a complete innovation picture. Innovation ‘speaks to us all in different ways and has multiple meanings. Innovation needs to speak to us. I like to think of myself as an innovation journeyman.

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Innovation Agile Learning Project 242

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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Design Technical Review Innovation Agile 232

Leapfrogging

APRIL 1, 2025

This shift not only enhances job satisfaction but also drives innovation within the organization. For example, administrative tasks such as scheduling, data entry, and basic customer service can be managed by AI, freeing up employees to engage in higher-value activities.

Analysis 130

Analysis Training Agile Tools 130

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 13, 2021

We need to think about a choice-cascade integrative model for innovation. Often we fail to understand our role in contributing to innovation; we need a cascading effect. Here I want to explain my thinking behind this and provide the visual cascading steps I feel help us succeed in innovation. It is complex.

Innovation 246

Innovation Engagement Resources Agile 246

Leapfrogging

MARCH 12, 2025

Supports innovation and learning Encourages continuous employee development. For example, Google applies the Balanced Scorecard to track innovation efforts, user experience improvements, and workforce productivity, alongside financial metrics. Internal Processes Perspective Focuses on operational efficiency and innovation.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 130

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

How and where does innovation fit will clearly depend on this transforming effect. We are fairly clear that incremental innovation is just not cutting through to give the types of growth expected. It ‘upends’ much, if not all, of how our business organizations have been organized around, mostly within themselves needing radical change.

Collaboration 273

Collaboration Innovation Technical Review Disruption 273

Leapfrogging

APRIL 1, 2025

Personalized Employee Development : AI-driven platforms can tailor learning and development programs to the specific needs of each employee, fostering continuous growth and engagement. AI algorithms can analyze employee performance data, including productivity metrics, engagement scores, and feedback from peers and managers.

Artificial Inteligence 130

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Trends Analysis 130

eZassi

MARCH 18, 2025

The Ezassi Advantage: Enhancing Supply Chain Agility for Procurement Executives Why CPOs and Supply Chain Executives Should Pay Attention For Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), procurement leaders, and supply chain executives, staying ahead of disruptions while driving efficiency, cost savings, and sustainability is more challenging than ever.

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Agile Strategy Strategy Open Innovation 52

Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

Innovation-driven projects. Accelerates innovation by testing assumptions quickly. Enhances Innovation Capabilities Encourages iterative improvements rather than rigid execution. Adapt offerings based on real-world engagement. Agile Development Adapts product evolution based on customer insights.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Project Data 130