Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2023

I believe in approaching innovation differently by combining the ingenuity of human and artificial intelligence in a more modern way, through the application of building blocks delivering specific API solutions, and innovation stacks that connect it all up, based on a technology platform that flows across all our innovation processes.

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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. So how to set about making this change and who should be involved as it is a more radical design of a holistic nature is what I am outlining in this post.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 30, 2019

Digital Transformation (also known as “DX”) is the phenomenon that virtually all companies are incorporating digital technology at some level. In fact, it has been around since the 1990s, when technology started to become commonplace in businesses, and email and the Internet emerged as ubiquitous productivity tools.

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Rmukesh Gupta

APRIL 10, 2019

Like Southwest Airlines’ obsession on being the lowest cost airlines or Alcoa’s obsession of having zero incidents in their factories or Amazon’s obsession on serving the customer what they want (even if they themselves don’t know what they want) or Apple’s obsession on design. .

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Boxes and Arrows

JULY 15, 2017

For example, an airline product team might monitor conversion rates of its mobile app, whereas perhaps flight check-ins are a more meaningful metric for that product. conversion rate, renewal rate, revenue) and technology-oriented metrics (e.g., Theme: Engagement. high priority tickets, team velocity, etc.) Sample UX metrics.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 17, 2023

The imperative to develop green innovations coupled with the emergence of various technologies that can improve transport services and customer experiences means that the transport industry is an incredibly fertile ground for innovation. One thing that carbon has shown us is that pressure makes diamonds.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 25, 2020

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a technology application governed by business logic and structured inputs, which aims to automate business processes. With RPA technology, however, software that has the ability to adapt, learn and self-correct deals with the exception and interacts with the payroll system without human assistance.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 6, 2023

Additionally, an Accenture study revealed how technology leaders, companies that invested heavily in technology during the COVID-19 crisis, have been growing at a faster rate than their competitors. For example, Delta Air Lines, one of the leading airlines, managed to get back to their leading position even after bankruptcy.

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CREATORS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The motivation to engage in coopetition can vary: Competitors may aim to increase the size of the current market, create a whole new market, become more efficient or improve their competitive position. They partnered with Lufthansa Systems, Boeing and Gate Group to create innovative solutions for the whole airline-industry.

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CMOE

MARCH 10, 2021

Retreats can help colleagues get to know each other better, overcome challenges, make decisions, engage in skill-building, or collaborate on plans and strategies. As you structure the virtual retreat, look for ways to vary the delivery method, so you can keep engagement and productivity high. Small group work and breakout sessions.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Southwest Airlines receives a job application every two seconds. Given the talent shortage facing our industry, you’d think we’d be tempted to snap up many of those candidates, particularly ones with backgrounds in engineering and technology. That’s because we view engagement as a two-way street.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Providing our airmen and women and operators of the US Air Force with top-notch technology is crucial to keeping our country safe. The process of engaging with the AFWERX Challenge is very interactive. Revolutionizing Pilot Training Open Challenge : In the last several years, the USAF has been losing pilots to the airline industry.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Becton Dickinson , a global medical technology company, has made its purpose helping all people live healthier lives. These practices have allowed Southwest Airlines to develop high employee commitment, to be admired for their customer service, and to outperform the industry.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

Bringing new technology and tools into your organization can increase productivity, boost sales, and help you make better, faster decisions. However, 63% said the pace of technological change in their workplaces is too slow, primarily due to a “lack of urgency” and poor communication about the strategic benefits of new tools.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

Last month, when I tweeted to American Airlines about a delay, no one tweeted back to me and no one realized that the tweet was also from a long-standing AAdvantage Gold member. It may seem simple to combine these discrete data sets into one holistic customer profile, but there are major technology obstacles brands need to get past.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2016

However, with technology, digitalization, and artificial intelligence accelerating changes to jobs, the relationships between performance and value become even more complex and yield potentially exponential opportunities for value creation. This is the reason airlines invest in elongated career paths for pilots. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Eighteen years ago, five airline companies—Lufthansa, Air Canada, United Airlines, Thai Airways and Scandinavian Airlines—formed an alliance with a vision to offer better services to their customers. Even when dealing with any one airline, they could enjoy access to the resources of several airlines.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

That's exactly what Portuguese airport operator ANA Aeroportos de Portugal did in its quest to attract more major airlines and connecting routes. Their findings quickly confirmed that ANA's focus on its customers' customers would benefit the airlines, as well. The team kicked off by conducting in-airport interviews with travelers.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2014

I decided to test his claim by interviewing current and former C-suite executives, including Bob Crandall, former CEO of American Airlines; David Norton, former CMO of Harrah’s casinos; Will Ethridge, CEO of Pearson Education; and Pat O’Keefe, former CEO of Watts Water Technologies. Encourage employees to monitor rivals, too.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

They include the biotech, semiconductor, personal computer, and airline industries. Over the years, the CEOs of these companies faced massive technology disruptions, deep industry recessions, sudden collapses in demand, price wars, oil shocks — you name it.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2012

In other words, what are Citibank, American Airlines, Amazon, UPS, and Volvo doing to create engaging apps that bind the user to the company, build brand equity, and provide high exit barriers for customers (and equally high entry barriers for competitors)? Leaders in this space include American Airlines and American Express.

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Rmukesh Gupta

MARCH 3, 2017

It was still a struggle trying to convince someone to invest in the technology and develop it into product. It really took off, once an airline pilot, Robert Plath , affixed two wheels (instead of four) and a long handle to suitcases that rolled upright that the luggage with wheels took off. What do we learn from them.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

But too many major companies — Bank of America, Sports Authority, United Airlines, Best Buy, and Walmart to name just a few — that need to get it, don't. In the industrial era, power was from holding what we valued closed and separate; in the Social Era, there is another framework for how we engage one another — an open one.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

The best, like American Airlines, make it feel natural. That limits the ability of companies to engage authentically and emotionally with their customers. The energy, finance, and technology sectors tend to tweet using a male-biased tone of voice. American Airlines again provides a good example. Measuring empathy.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

.” And yet the lean startup methodology, born in Silicon Valley as a way for startups to tune in to customer needs with limited resources, has been gaining major momentum inside big companies like General Electric, Alaska Airlines, Telefonica, 3M, and W.L. ’ Sometimes you need to be reminded of that.”

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

Last month, when I tweeted to American Airlines about a delay, no one tweeted back to me and no one realized that the tweet was also from a long-standing AAdvantage Gold member. It may seem simple to combine these discrete data sets into one holistic customer profile, but there are major technology obstacles brands need to get past.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

It may walk like a person and talk like a person, but without the nuance, context, and tone that make for real engagement, what’s left rings false. While this type of engagement represents a step forward in personalizing experiences with customers, clumsy efforts at retargeting often feel intrusive and annoying. Magazine Article.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

In a world underpinned by ever more powerful, affordable, and public technology platforms, software is still king. By understanding what Disney did well that others did not, the team envisioned using technology to create personalized visits with less friction: no turnstiles, shorter waits, and less zigzagging through the park.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2015

To a large extent, he’s speaking directly to us humans, who may well lack confidence that we can continue to provide a superior value proposition relative to advancing technology. In airlines, for example, seat pricing and crew scheduling optimization systems are practically part of the woodwork.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

You can be the one who figures out that putting the TV in everyone's airplane seatback could make for a great new airline. Here are a few examples where a simple twist on an existing paradigm changed everything — often in complicated technological businesses. And it's not exactly like bicycles were a new technology.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Have we engaged our references and advocates in long-term relationships? Are we taking advantage of new advocacy technologies that can do things like automate organization and packaging of customer testimonials and other customer content? Can your organization answer these questions? How many are references and advocates for us?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Emotionally engaged customers are typically three times more likely to recommend a product and to repurchase. They will feel more engaged with the company and more committed to its goals. Airline JetBlue has embedded this philosophy in its hiring process. The theme park team didn’t consult a script or seek advice from managers.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Have we engaged our references and advocates in long-term relationships? Are we taking advantage of new advocacy technologies that can do things like automate organization and packaging of customer testimonials and other customer content? Can your organization answer these questions? How many are references and advocates for us?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

My point is, inside the walls of your company, there are superconsumers who are passionate and engaged. The airline industry has experienced great volatility from deregulation, takeovers through mergers and acquisitions, and, as always, unpredictable forces of nature. When this middle feels valued, then they stay engaged.”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

BMW falls into this camp, maybe Ritz-Carlton and Emirates Airlines. Apple is an obvious passion brand in the performance-obsessed technology world — maybe the greatest passion brand in the world. You have to engage them emotionally, to conduct yourself as a company and as a leader in ways that are unusual and unforgettable.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2016

Once companies are logging and storing detailed data on all their customer engagements and internal processes, what’s next? Firms value accurate demand forecasts because inventory is expensive to keep on shelves and stockouts are detrimental to both short-term revenue and long-term customer engagement. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

In the oil industry, for example, what used to be weeks of inspection work now takes just days, thanks to drone-based thermal imaging and gas “sniffer” technology to inspect oil rigs and pipelines. Airlines Easyjet and Lufthansa have adopted drones as a tool for aircraft inspections.

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