Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 23, 2018

After working through a number the one that held my attention and has become central to my thinking to take organizational practices forward was provided by a recent report from McKinsey “ How to create an agile organization ”. Agility for me is vital, it allows us to increasingly be adaptive in an uncertain world.

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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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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Driving continuous improvement Ensuring that businesses remain agile and adaptable in dynamic markets. For example, a software company might benchmark its customer support response times against competitors to improve service quality. Customer Feedback Survey responses and reviews to understand how customers perceive competitors.

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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 Composable Innovation Enterprise framework aims to overcome the limitations of current traditional approaches to innovation (software) design.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 13, 2025

Finally, well look at how idea management software helps organizations structure and scale their crowdsourcing initiatives for maximum impact. By breaking down barriers to participation, crowdsourcing helps organizations tap into a wealth of collective intelligence while driving faster and more agile innovation. What Is Crowdsourcing?

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eZassi

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Ezassi’s Idea Management Software , Technology Discovery Software , and Pipeline Management Software help organizations manage every phase of innovation, ensuring ideas are not only generated but also refined, implemented, and optimized for long-term success. Understanding the Idea-to-Implementation Process 1.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

So this post reviews many great contributors to advancing innovation over the years. The idea encouraged exploring the organisation’s boundaries and engaging with customers, suppliers, and partners to co-create and co-innovate. The need today is not to dispense with this but to link it fully up. This evolved over many years.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Innovation software management continues to be sold piecemeal, so often just bolted onto the other parts already in place, not being optimized. We are shifting critical capabilities that are growing the agility to trial, pilot and learn quickly as information flows in. We are achieving a faster adaptation and exploring mentality.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

There is still a real reluctance that the supplier of innovation software solutions has to change. Secondly, if open innovation has gone way beyond a one to many relationships into a many to many then does the reliance on single entity software provision makes sense? The IM software market is stirring.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 3, 2018

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. Hierarchy and delegation are flattening out and seeking engagement. We then adapt our scale.

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Qmarkets

JULY 11, 2024

However corporate innovation is often the most complex and challenging due to its scale and scope. Many organizations face difficulties in establishing effective innovation programs, often due to misaligned strategies, unclear processes, and inadequate tools. What emerging trends or disruptions could your company capitalize on?

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Every year, organizations lose billions in revenue due to inefficiencies embedded in their operations. While lean process improvement originated in manufacturing, it has evolved into a vital strategy for sectors ranging from healthcare to technology, where speed, precision, and agility drive competitive advantage.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

By adopting a composable approach, organizations can achieve greater agility, adaptability, and scalability in their innovation efforts. Platform Components : Idea management software, online communities, social media listening tools, collective intelligence, corporate venturing, and design thinking.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Legacy systems plague the ability to break out of our present traps of silo’s and we are still struggling to solve these issues, machine by machine, a process by process, incompatible software and hardware, piece by piece. Arguably Industry is trapped by complexity. The internal change is slow. One is growing the business through I4.0

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 12, 2024

By using idea generators to explore creative solutions, startups can navigate challenges with agility and identify paths to sustainable growth. This is where idea management software emerges as the ultimate solution, combining the benefits of multiple idea generation tools into one cohesive platform.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Moving to the edge : Organizations are becoming more agile by adopting an “edge” approach. Our innovation tools and design approaches must evolve due to the potential of bringing humans, technology and AI into this interplay thinking. This involves moving computing power, data storage, and decision-making to the edge of operations.

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Qmarkets

JULY 12, 2024

Agile innovation is transforming how companies develop new products and services, fostering a culture of flexibility, speed, and customer-centricity. As the business world becomes increasingly competitive, understanding and implementing agile innovation can be the key to staying ahead. What is Agile Innovation?

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 28, 2018

Certainly, many other large and successful industries have common standards – in technology for definitions and common software and platform building, or in common accounting protocols have significantly advanced business confidence, common understanding, and sharing. We are gathering around the protocols in Industry 4.0

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 27, 2025

Engaging cross-functional stakeholders ensures: Buy-in : Involving different departments fosters ownership and aligns everyone with the roadmaps objectives. Build in review cycles to evaluate progress, assess risks, and adapt to new opportunities. This ensures your roadmap remains agile and relevant.

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etventure

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In this article, etventure’s Head of Product Gregor Ilg will take a closer look at the buzzword “Agile” – and de-mystify Agile in a business context. We love Agile at etventure – but we also understand it can create stress and confusion. If it is not applied properly, agile development can easily turn into chaos!

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Its not just about cutting costsits about creating systems that are more agile, productive, and capable of delivering consistent quality. When production processes are inefficientwhether due to delays, waste, or inconsistent qualitythe entire operation suffers. This is where Manufacturing Process Improvement (MPI) becomes essential.

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Qmarkets

JULY 25, 2024

Additionally, we’ll highlight how innovation management software, like Qmarkets, can seamlessly integrate these elements to drive your business forward. Regular Reviews Conduct regular reviews at each gate to evaluate progress and make necessary adjustments.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2023

We can mix and match different emerging or established innovation approaches but sometimes miss valuable points and due to this lack of “being connected up” we lose flexibility, sometimes meaning and miss some of the potential value as the parts are not as well interlinked or dynamic; we screen out more than we add-in.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Managers and leaders are recognizing that fostering team collaboration practices can yield a more agile and responsive organization. Increased Agility: Teams that collaborate well can adapt more quickly to changes in the business environment, maintaining a competitive edge.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. The top innovative companies in the world know that hosting effective, engaging meetings makes all the difference. Agile Stand-Up.

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Qmarkets

JULY 31, 2023

Qmarkets’ innovation management software facilitates idea generation, evaluation and implementation, collaboration, and data analysis. With a network of experienced and reliable partners and specialists, it believes in LEAN, AGILE, and PRAGMATIC strategies. About Qmarkets Managing innovation at large company is never easy.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

As you lead your distributed teams, understanding the nuances of virtual collaboration is crucial for driving innovation, productivity, and engagement. The agility to respond quickly to market changes and customer needs. Encouraging Active Participation and Engagement Active participation is vital for the health of your virtual team.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

As you lead your distributed teams, understanding the nuances of virtual collaboration is crucial for driving innovation, productivity, and engagement. The agility to respond quickly to market changes and customer needs. Encouraging Active Participation and Engagement Active participation is vital for the health of your virtual team.

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Qmarkets

MAY 16, 2024

PDCA software has become an essential tool for businesses looking to refine their operations. Let’s explore how this software can modernize and streamline your continuous improvement efforts, making your business processes more cohesive, efficient, and scalable.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Businesses that innovate can respond to shifts in consumer behavior, leverage emerging technologies, and enter new markets with agility. Behavior Analysis Machine Learning Quantitative analysis of user engagement patterns. This automation not only accelerates the research process but also enhances its accuracy by reducing human error.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 15, 2016

So some ‘grief’, some compliments, and I ended up feeling ‘warm’ but a little chastened, as I had failed in clearly raising the level of curiosity intended in my mail out for a greater, deeper engagement that I was attempting. Broader engagement in innovation creation is presently hampered by this narrow view.

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Imaginatik

APRIL 7, 2017

Investments vertical tends not to have a great appetite for trial and error nor, given the dramatic increase in the complexity of algorithmic analysis and trading, anytime to understand an arcane code base. Another many-to-many relationship wanting some way to converge is the relationship between investors and data scientists.

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Planview

MARCH 27, 2025

Step 1: Start With a Small-Scale Pilot The journey began in 2022 when Vanguard initiated a pilot within their Chief Technology Office and IT department, focusing on improving the software developer experience. There was initial resistance to measuring the full software development lifecycle beyond engineering cycle time.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

Recent research has confirmed successfully disrupting as well as outperforming companies to be significantly more engaged in business model innovation. These communities stimulate social engagement around the product through participation in forums, sharing, collaboration or even user-driven innovation by co-creating new products.

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mjvinnovation

MAY 16, 2019

Agile practices transform business in multiple directions, providing powerful models of product and service creation, project management, and much more. In this article, you will understand what agile practices are, what benefits this approach offers to your company. What are Agile Practices. Check it out! How Sprint Works.

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Meaning anyone who provides the vision for a product, whether it be in code, wireframes, comps, prototypes, or cocktail napkins. The best designers take advantage of the opportunity to engage in a strategic discussion. Developers own the code, business owns the proposition, yet design is considered a “service.”

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mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Keep reading to see how successful executives are achieving results in their everyday business through incorporating agile methodologies like SCRUM! The agile mindset. Before we get into the agile mindset, we need to remember that it is linked to Agile Philosophy. Software that works with broader range of documentations.

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