Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

Each horizon represents a different timescale, level of uncertainty, and type of innovation, allowing businesses to manage the present while preparing for the future. Horizon 2 (Adjacent Innovation) explores emerging opportunities adjacent to the core business. Horizon 2 teams work on scaling innovations and new business models.

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Technical Review Innovation Roadmap Disruption 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

It is particularly useful in situations where assumptions outweigh factssuch as launching a new venture, developing disruptive products, or entering unfamiliar markets. Discovery Driven Planning in Innovation In innovation projects, Discovery Driven Planning plays a vital role by providing a clear roadmap for navigating unknown territory.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Roadmap Project Tools 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Validating new ideas is crucial in the innovation process. By validating ideas early, you can identify potential flaws, understand market needs, and refine your concepts before significant investments are made. This process helps in minimizing risks and maximizing the chances of developing successful products or services.

Artificial Inteligence 130

Artificial Inteligence Analysis Trends Innovation Management 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

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. It now applies across business functions, including customer service, technology, marketing, supply chain, and product development.

Comparison 130

Comparison Technical Review Data Competition 130

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

What distinguishes an innovation ecosystem and makes it a must-have, is its ability to create a highly interconnected, dynamic, and supportive environment where innovation can flourish. What sets an innovation ecosystem apart? This makes the path to market smoother and more predictable.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Innovation Collaboration Policies 140

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

By leveraging AI, you can gain a deeper understanding of consumer behavior, preferences, and trends, which are crucial for driving innovation and staying competitive in the market. AI in innovation management is not just about automating processes; it’s about augmenting your decision-making capabilities with data-driven insights.

Artificial Inteligence 130

Artificial Inteligence Analysis Trends Data 130

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

The primary goal of an MVP is to minimize risk by validating key assumptions about customer needs and market demand before investing heavily in full-scale development. In innovation projects, the MVP approach helps businesses explore ideas, experiment with solutions, and learn through real-world interactions.

Software Review 130

Software Review LEAN Development Team Review Roadmap 130

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

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 keeps strategic planning fresh by finding new angles and solutions to old headaches.

Innovation 113

Innovation Agile Creativity Brainstorming 113

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.

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ChatGPT Open Innovation Innovation Agile 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.

LEAN 100

LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence Agile 100

Idea to Value

JANUARY 17, 2025

The Futility of Proof in Innovation Why is it impossible to prove an innovation will succeed? Markets evolve, customer behavior shifts, and competitors adapt. By embracing the impossibility of proof, you open the door to a more agile, efficient, and ultimately successful innovation process.

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Survey Innovation Analysis LEAN 178

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The business vibe these days is a whirlwind—tech is always one step ahead, folks are changing their minds faster than a kid in a candy store, and the market’s mood swings like a pendulum. Check out our article on mixing business strategy with the innovation process. Craving more on meshing business plans with innovation?

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Internet of things Strategy 113

Leapfrogging

JUNE 29, 2019

What is the Agile Innovation Process, and what are best practices, tools and online templates for teams and organizations? Today, everyone wants to be agile. It’s seen as sexy and cool to be agile, but most people don’t know what the term really means. There’s little surprise that the agile framework has taken off.

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Agile Software Development Software Developers Roadmap 100

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 27, 2017

We need to change our thinking and design in the digital insight part more specifically within and along the innovation process. Technology in all its forms is altering the innovation game but are we adapting to this radical change potential? Digital threatens (thankfully) this entire incremental pathway.

Technology 178

Technology Change Innovation Agile 178

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

The thrust of the framework is “ Organizations can create a more comprehensive and effective innovation ecosystem by utilizing building blocks as components of the innovation stack, guiding platform development using the innovation stack, and supporting the innovation stack with a platform.

Agile 182

Agile Innovation Collaboration Design 182

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

Many tools, techniques, frameworks, mechanics, and emerging methodologies have allowed different parts of the innovation process to be explored and exploited. We are moving innovation along but not at a pace or design that reflects the need to connect “it ” into one comprehensive process.

Artificial Inteligence 182

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Innovation Agile 182

Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This is a great mode that I constantly refer back to with my clients, to convince them to think about innovation beyond product innovation. Today, experience innovation, process innovation and service innovation is as important as a new product. Product innovation is of course necessary for survival.

Innovation 201

Innovation Agile Product Innovation Software 201

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2024

Ideas and feedback are flowing back and forth throughout the innovation process. This iterative approach is driving innovation by ensuring that solutions are aligned with user needs and market realities. Everyone in the innovation process can contribute, regardless of their position or role.

Collaboration 147

Collaboration Artificial Inteligence Ideation Agile 147

Ecosystems4Innovating

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

I took a look at 1) how can AI drive innovation in different ways, 2) would this require a new operating model and 3) how the innovation workflow will require a transformational change to the operating model and 4) the outcome of a fundamental rethinking of how innovation is approached and executed. Surely not?

Generative AI 64

Generative AI Ideation ChatGPT Innovation 64

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Check the Score : Put systems in place to see how your innovative ventures are paying off. How to Dig Up Innovation Gold : Market Recon : Get real with market waves and hear the buzz from customers. Market Grip : Keep tabs on your spot in the market night thanks to your killer offerings.

Strategy 113

Strategy Strategy Innovation Artificial Inteligence 113

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

We need systems and processes that are flexible, adaptable, and can enable continuous improvements but are fully connected, transparent, and integrated across the entire business. It suggests that this framework offers a solution to the challenges and complexities of innovation management.

Software Review 246

Software Review Innovation Software Design 246

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

In my opinion, it needs to be based on the thinking around the shift from products to solutions, from transactions to building far more value-adding ongoing relationships, from a supplier of product services into highly valued network partnerships, exploring innovation across all options. We need to design our systems to be highly agile.

Design 232

Design Technical Review Innovation Agile 232

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In a nutshell, the pace of innovation is simply the speed at which an organization can improve their existing products and services, but also at which it is able to introduce new ones to capture the needs of the constantly evolving markets they operate in. The difference is profound, as you’ll soon see.

Competition 300

Competition Innovation Software Marketing 300

Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

I've written previously about having a bias for innovation in your culture , seeking and finding important and unmet needs or opportunities , and introducing discovery and exploration in your innovation process. This is one reason why ideas like agile and rapid sprints seem so compelling.

LEAN 155

LEAN Innovation Agile Project 155

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Market Share Are you David or Goliath in the market? Innovation Rate Anything fresh on the menu lately? Grab more wisdom on keeping the innovation fire burning in our piece on staying ahead in today’s ever-tumbling world. Check out connecting business strategy and the innovation process.

Underperforming Technical Team 113

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Design Thinking 113

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

Innovation is advancing but most of it has been designed for a different time, the old era of stable markets, predictable solutions and having a clear sense of your competition. It is often an environment that we must encourage to become a ‘feeding frenzy’ of experimentation, learning and being adaptive, fluid and agile.

Innovation 178

Innovation Design Agile Innovation Processes 178

Qmarkets

JANUARY 31, 2025

Some of the most impactful innovations dont come from high-tech labs in advanced economiesthey emerge from the ingenuity of resource-constrained markets. Now, these solutions are disrupting industries in wealthier economies, proving that innovation thrives under constraints.

Innovation 52

Innovation Agile Software Trends 52

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

In my view any new approach to innovation needs to aim to achieve interdependent and interlocking innovation, solving problems that have not been addressed before and offering sustainable value, impact, and returns to all involved or significantly improving on the existing solutions.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Software Review Artificial Inteligence Innovation 147

Idea Drop

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Agile project management involves dividing tasks into short phases of work, or ‘sprints’, with continuous reassessment and adaptation of plans. Stemming from the word agile, meaning to move quickly and easily, it is no surprise that such a methodology goes hand in hand with innovation.

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Agile Strategy Strategy Innovation 61

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 28, 2024

These are the critical reasons we need a radical change in our innovation approaches We have been in very static, traditional approaches to innovation, very segmented and often insular. Using modular components allows organisations to experiment, learn from failures, and optimise their innovation efforts continuously.

Change 162

Change Innovation Design Collaboration 162

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?

Agile 52

Agile Software Review Roadmap Innovation 52

eZassi

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Whether you’re a startup founder, R&D leader, or innovation manager, the transition from concept to market-ready solution involves navigating a series of interconnected stages. To complement this planning, Ezassi offers Technology Discovery & Market Analysis services. Why Ezassi?

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Technical Review Ideation 52

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 19, 2023

Organizations in today’s business environment need to adapt rapidly and dynamically, the need to bring the innovation management process is a constant technological advancement. We cannot afford to avoid changing our innovation processes as we deal with a far more complex and challenging world. Why change?

Innovation 147

Innovation Case Study Design Agile 147

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

They have had a model of a constant growth success for years but it is getting harder as the market is fragmenting and looking for greater flexibility within the range of solutions. The IM software market is stirring. In my opinion, they need actually a more robust end-to-end innovation software solution as something of a real need.

Innovation Management 200

Innovation Management Software Review Management Technical Review 200

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It shifts our thinking and the management of innovation dramatically. The ability to have a more “rapid response, adaptive designs and flexible manufacturing” can align more to market shifts earlier. We can reach far more into underserved markets through greater customer connections and engagement, we can co-design with them.

Industry 222

Industry Innovation Collaboration Design 222

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 3, 2018

This could be in a new plant, in where production should be situated, so it can be allowed to scale at a later date, in resources able to achieve scale or more importantly you scale according to the type of goods or demand so they can be readily available, closer to the market they are needed. It needs to be more agile and flexible.

Innovation 222

Innovation Software Review Design Software 222

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

We need to short-circuit our innovation development process, we must have as much visibility (and controls) into our value chain, we need to develop a riskier mindset to explore, validate and experiment to bring our products and services to market.

Innovation 185

Innovation Radical Innovation Agile Design 185