Paul Hobcraft

JULY 11, 2019

Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2018. 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. We continue to hear and begin to see the effects of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Artificial Inteligence 263

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Engagement Agile 263

Destination Innovation

MARCH 9, 2020

I reported to the CEO and he was adamant about his belief in promoting innovation in the organisation. The CEO gave a rousing and inspiring speech about our vision for innovation and agility. Unfortunately, things did not work out well and there are some hard lessons to be shared. Here are some things I wish I had anticipated.

Innovation 242

Innovation Project Agile Resources 242

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 29, 2018

While most large companies want to become more agile and innovative, many of them fail to turn this wish into a reality. According to a Deloitte report , 50 percent of companies are undergoing an organizational transformation, yet only 11 percent think they will succeed. We are increasingly facing very different competitive pressures.

Innovation Programs 222

Innovation Programs Innovation Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 222

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2023

Organizational innovation is fueled through effective and agile creation, management, application, recombination, and deployment of knowledge assets and know-how.

Generative AI 126

Generative AI Training Data Policies 126

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.

Change 174

Change Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Agile 174

Idea to Value

JULY 1, 2020

10 people write 10 reports in 10 hours. If you hire 10 more people how many reports will all 20 people write in the same time? This is why “lean” and “agile” have become buzzwords today. According to Parkinson’s Law it’s still 10. Published in 1942, the theory states that “work expands to fill the time available to complete it”.

Report 148

Report Big Data Leadership LEAN 148

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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Agile Software Review Roadmap Technical Review 52

Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

leaders will foster a transparent and creative culture that isn’t afraid of agile changes and evolution. Going forward, access to 5G will give companies the freedom to experiment with everything from connected systems in the IoT environment, with smart devices that can proactively monitor and report on their own performance.

Industry 220

Industry Leadership Artificial Inteligence Training 220

Planview

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The State of Value Stream Management Report 2023 , in particular, stands out due to its inclusivity, drawing data from respondents across various organizational sizes, ranging from nimble startups with 1-99 employees to massive enterprises boasting 50,000+ personnel.

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Report Technical Review Management Software Review 64

Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This is one reason why ideas like agile and rapid sprints seem so compelling. We have an artificially imposed time constraint on innovation activities, forced upon us by the financial reporting mechanisms of the stock market. Agile, lean and rapid methodologies meant to accelerate the innovation cycle?

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LEAN Agile Innovation Project 155

Planview

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

That’s why we’re thrilled to have been recognized as a leader in the first 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Adaptive Project Management and Reporting. Along with APMR, Gartner has also recognized Planview as a leader in strategic portfolio management (SPM) and enterprise agile planning (EAP) Let’s take a closer look at why.

Report 52

Report Project Management Agile 52

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 19, 2017

I provided a recent digital transformation report that might help you in planning this digital journey. I wrote a meta report on the recent developments in the digital transformation in late 2016 that was published by Hype. I provided an opening backdrop to the report here as triggering points to reflect upon and recognize.

Report 168

Report Technology Engagement Data 168

Business Innovation Brief Submitted Articles

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

When it comes to the trifecta of innovative Project Portfolio Management (PPM), PPM, Continuous Innovation and Agile come together to create a complete framework for innovation success. However, as the 2020 State of Corporate Innovation Report by Planbox reveals, 72% of PMOs are not involved in innovation projects.

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Project Management Agile Innovation 229

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Often innovation governance gets caught up in the (life-threatening) aspects of governance’s need to have reporting, metrics, reporting and accountability dominating. It encourages agility, adapting, being fluid and dynamic in the way to undergo innovation.

Innovation 196

Innovation Report Guidelines Resources 196

InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 18, 2021

Deloitte’s latest 2021 Global Human Capital Trends Report makes the compelling argument that organizations need to shift from a “survive” mindset to a “thrive” mindset. In today’s post, we’ll share the five key trends from this report as well as additional insights related to design thinking and innovation. Putting It All Together.

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Trends Report Design Thinking Design 59

InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 15, 2020

A high-level summary of IBM’s latest report on transformations in HR. More than two thirds of executives surveyed in IBM’s latest research report said that HR is ripe for disruption – and the time is now to make a move to fundamentally change the way organizations think about their human resources department.

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Study Design Thinking Agile Survey 98

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

In a recent report, jointly from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey called the “ The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the factories of the future ” t hey made a number of observations. According to a recent Deloitte report: Most manufacturing lines still look a lot the same way they did 10, 20 or even 30 years ago.

Industry 213

Industry Technical Review Design Innovation 213

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I have read recent reports from the WEF, McKinsey, and Deliottes all coming to the defense of Europe. There is plenty of counter-arguments with this Deloitte report, they claim many assessments of Europe’s present position are excessively bleak. It is not a pretty picture of the future when you look at Europe.

Innovation 179

Innovation Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Report 179

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 27, 2018

There was a number of sessions held at Davos, relating to this 4IR but more importantly, a release of a number of reports or white papers on the growing impact of this revolution. Being fully connected-up will teach us to be adaptive, agile and alert. Nothing will stand still, we are heading to a fluid world.

Industry 238

Industry Disruption Technology Data 238

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The lean startup methodology emphasizes the importance of agility and learning, with a mantra of “build-measure-learn” to minimize waste and speed up learning. This iterative process aligns with the lean startup methodology and agile product development practices, which emphasize flexibility and rapid iteration.

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Product Development Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence 100

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. For many, it is a very uncomfortable place to go that have invested millions in their supply chain.

Innovation 222

Innovation Software Review Design Engagement 222

Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2023

The full report will be available at [link]. Perhaps that is why IT professionals report knowing the hard skills of running a business better than their customers. The uncertainty of all this is the essence of digital transformation — the journey is fraught with the never-ending need to be agile. Keep up that understanding.

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Agile Technology Competition Marketing 130

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 9, 2020

Innovation gets caught up in the needs of the reporting requirement so it can fit an arbitrary and stupid timeline that is required to adapt to a financial calendar year. Forced by the “bean counter” to be broken down into reporting on a quarterly result, as that is required by the system.

Innovation 254

Innovation Design System Creativity 254

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 15, 2016

Following on the heels of reading and then reviewing reports from Accenture on how US big business was treating their innovation as left to chance in cloudy execution, it felt not so good for my beliefs that we were actually not making progress. Both reports, as I was reviewing them, left me a little depressed to say the least.

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Company Technical Review Report Disruption 100

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Organizations that prioritize innovation are more likely to report high growth rates, increased profitability, and improved market share. Adaptability : An innovative culture equips your organization with the agility to pivot quickly in response to market changes and consumer needs.

Culture of Innovation 100

Culture of Innovation Culture Agile Innovation 100

Planview

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Both companies sought to streamline data and reporting while empowering their stakeholders, using a centralized enterprise PPM solution. High-level goals were to facilitate informed decision-making and support the different ways teams and individuals are working, such as Agile, Scrum, collaborative work, and others.

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Project Agile Data Tools 98

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

To avoid the pitfalls of a static strategy and ensure your business is future-proof, it’s essential to foster a culture of agility and strategic foresight. Embracing Flexibility and Agility In a rapidly changing business environment, staying nimble is more than a virtue—it’s a necessity.

Disruption 100

Disruption Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 100

Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Overnight, teachers, office executives, and many other white-collar jobs turned remote while doctors, nurses, and other service industry professionals reported to new on-site tasks, labeled as essential workers and sent to the front lines to wage this terrible battle against an invisible enemy. Exponential Thinking.

Trends 93

Trends Agile Disruption Industry 93

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2018

Ecosystems that ultimately produce new business models rest on a large capacity for agility within the participating organizations. One recent report I was reading from Deloitte , based on some of its recent analysis, suggests that we need to consider and recognize where ecosystems and the platforms will help us. No easy task.

Collaboration 241

Collaboration Design Innovation Technical Review 241

Planview

JUNE 28, 2024

Paired with immediate customer input, product-based models enable increased agility, faster time to market, improved customer satisfaction, and optimized resource allocation. Benchmarking the Shift Last year, we published a report that detailed how people, teams, and companies navigate the adoption of product operating models.

Project 69

Project Underperforming Technical Team Report Survey 69

Imaginatik

JULY 22, 2016

Many innovation teams are so concerned with being agile and entrepreneurial that they spend precious little time understanding where to point their efforts. Read our new report on “ How to Win at Corporate/Startup Collaboration 2016 ”. For a moment, let’s adopt a pessimist mindset. Move straight to “solution” mode.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Programs Innovation LEAN 100

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Thus, the bigger and more complex the problem, the more important it is to take this agile and modular approach that focuses on the speed of making tangible progress. Iterative, agile approach. The perfect example of this is SpaceX.

Competition 284

Competition Innovation Software Marketing 284

Christensen Institute

MARCH 22, 2022

A mission-driven, agile culture that prioritized relationships was also a common feature of prepared schools. The Prepared Project report notes that the schools studied for the project spent years before the pandemic developing their shared visions of 21st century success. The Prepared Project report emphasizes that “??Willingness

Technical Review 88

Technical Review LEAN Culture Agile 88

Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Will the same team of people who were so agile and entrepreneurial in the start-up become even more innovative once they have some capital and recognition behind them? His 2014 report, Does Going Public Affect Innovation? What happens to an innovative start-up which goes public? Apparently not.

Marketing 100

Marketing Innovation Report Company 100

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 18, 2016

As Accenture in one of the few reports discussing risk and innovation “ The art of managing innovation risk ” state: “Few decision makers want to take responsibility for a failed experiment, so extreme caution usually prevails when new ideas are assessed. So we tend to go to default. Risk mitigation kicks in.

Innovation 133

Innovation Guidelines Learning Management 133

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 18, 2016

As Accenture in one of the few reports discussing risk and innovation “ The art of managing innovation risk ” state: “Few decision makers want to take responsibility for a failed experiment, so extreme caution usually prevails when new ideas are assessed. So we tend to go to default. Risk mitigation kicks in.

Innovation 133

Innovation Guidelines Learning Management 133