Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

Benchmarking is not about imitationits about learning from others to accelerate progress, improve competitiveness, and inform strategic decision-making. This allows the innovation team to focus on the areas with the greatest competitive leverage. Primary methods may include surveys, interviews, site visits, or direct observation.

Comparison 130

Comparison Technical Review Data Competition 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

In todays competitive business landscape, organizations must be proactive in identifying and addressing customer challenges. This step involves: Conducting customer research, surveys, or interviews to gather direct insights. Lead Successful Change Management Projects! Conduct direct interviews or surveys with real customers.

Underperforming Technical Team 130

Underperforming Technical Team Analysis Survey Project 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

In todays fast-paced business environment, organizations must continuously adapt and evolve to meet changing customer expectations and market dynamics. By integrating Design Thinking into their strategic approach, organizations can increase customer engagement, drive competitive differentiation, and foster a culture of continuous innovation.

Design Thinking 130

Design Thinking Design Ideation Brainstorming 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

It helps organizations assess what is changing in the environment around themand how those changes affect strategy, decision-making, and execution. This tool is especially valuable in fast-paced industries or during periods of transformation, where understanding context can be the key to staying competitive.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Roadmap Trends Innovation Processes 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 20, 2025

Ohmae’s 3Cs Model: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects The 3Cs Model , developed by Kenichi Ohmae , is a strategic framework that helps businesses achieve a sustainable competitive advantage by focusing on three key stakeholders: Customer, Company, and Competitor. Ensuring a competitive edge through unique differentiation.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Analysis Competition 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 18, 2025

First Mover Advantage: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects First Mover Advantage (FMA) is a strategic concept where a company gains a competitive edge by being the first to enter a new market or introduce a groundbreaking product or service. What is the First Mover Advantage?

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Technical Review Roadmap 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

This process is particularly beneficial in industries where competition is fierce, and market trends shift rapidly. Lead Successful Change Management Projects! Conduct small-scale surveys or focus groups to test initial reactions. Lead Successful Change Management Projects!

Comparison 130

Comparison Technical Review Roadmap Project 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

It is particularly useful in rapidly changing environments where flexibility and adaptability are critical. It provides a structured method to think through business design, adapt to market changes, and scale innovation efforts. The tool is widely used in startups, corporate innovation, nonprofit planning, and product development.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Tools Project Resources 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 7, 2025

How a USP Supports Strategic Decision-Making Defines Competitive Advantage Clarifies how the brand stands out in the industry. Analyze the Competitive Landscape To craft a USP, companies must assess how they compare to competitors. Consider: Conducting customer surveys to test messaging impact. What gaps exist in the market?

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Competition 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

It highlights the dynamics of industry change and offers a lens through which teams can identify transformational opportunities. Engage these users through interviews, ethnographic research, or survey tools to understand their needs and pain points. Initially underestimated, they ultimately reshaped entire industries.

Disruption 130

Disruption Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Technical Review 130

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

By systematically comparing performance metrics, organizations can determine whether they are operating efficiently, meeting customer expectations, and staying competitive in their market. Enhancing Competitive Positioning Helps businesses understand their standing in the market and where improvements are needed.

Analysis 130

Analysis Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 130

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Hear From Customers : Listen to what your customers are saying through surveys, chats, or any feedback they throw your way. Size Up the Competition : Watch what others in your field are doing, learn from their hits and misses, and find ways to stand out. Make them part of the change. Compare your turf with rivals.

Course 113

Course Strategy Strategy Technical Review 113

Leapfrogging

MARCH 3, 2025

Artificial Intelligence is changing the landscape of business consulting. Implementing AI enables you to offer more nuanced and effective strategies, thus gaining a competitive edge. For more on these topics, explore our sections on ai and ethical considerations and ai in change management. Lead Successful Strategy Projects!

Artificial Inteligence 130

Artificial Inteligence Strategy Strategy Analysis 130

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

I continue to receive reports on the latest surveys on the management of open innovation and its progress. So little is said or discussed on changing the innovation system, it seems organizations are (really) comfortable with incremental or experimental innovation as the extent of their ambition.

Innovation 100

Innovation Agile Open Innovation Generative AI 100

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. This agility is particularly important in fast-paced markets where consumer preferences can change rapidly.

Artificial Inteligence 130

Artificial Inteligence Analysis Trends Data 130

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Shaping Innovation for a Meaningful Change Following on from my initial post, “ Our Need is to Shape Innovation Dynamically, ” this post outlines the eight value-adding points that I can help build out and deliver alongside you in different delivery modules to fit your circumstances and budgets.

Change 173

Change Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Innovation 173

Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2022

Amid the competitive war for talent and labor shortages, now is the time for employers to step up and ensure their culture is one that focuses on employees’ experience in the world of work. Are you prepared to change tack if they disagree? Employee engagement surveys are a good start, but they are not enough on their own.

Culture 246

Culture How To Survey Engagement 246

IdeaScale

MARCH 10, 2020

Run a satisfaction survey that includes a net promoter score (NPS) as another measure of engagement. You can also devise other surveys or questionnaires for employees to answer that will reveal how they feel about your organization’s innovation strategy and whether they feel their contributions are important. Encourage Innovation.

Strategy 195

Strategy Strategy Survey Innovation 195

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Imperative of Culture Change Understanding the Stakes: Innovation and Business Growth Culture change within an organization is not just about altering the workplace environment; it is a strategic imperative. Initiating a culture change demands courage, vision, and a steadfast commitment from the leadership team.

Culture 130

Culture Change How To Agile 130

Destination Innovation

AUGUST 10, 2017

This is the key reason why wages, growth and competitive performance are all held back. Resistance to change. Managers and staff are often risk averse and reluctant to change. The UK ranked 18th out of 20 leading countries in a survey of employee engagement involving 7,000 respondents by research firm ORC International.

Underperforming Technical Team 0

Underperforming Technical Team Survey Leadership Training 0

Business and Tech

MARCH 24, 2022

Well-being isn’t just a perk, it’s a competitive advantage. I learned everything I could about the connection between well-being and productivity, and I made a lot of changes to my life based on what I found out. The way that companies have to treat employees has rapidly changed over the last two years.

Culture 246

Culture Technical Review Tools Leadership 246

Idea to Value

MAY 12, 2020

They can be turned into a source of competitive advantage. You likely won’t be able to change them, so you’ll just have to adapt to them. In these kinds of environments, constraints can even become a source of competitive advantage. There are a few key reasons for this: Constraints help you understand the problem better.

Innovation 296

Innovation Creativity Ideation Competition 296

IdeaScale

JUNE 2, 2021

Overview: Change agents are individuals or groups who find and manage change across your organization. Where Do I Find Change Agents? There are multiple places where people driving change in your team are visible, inside and outside your organization, and you’ve likely already met them.

Change 130

Change Knowledge Base Culture Tools 130

Tim Kastelle

APRIL 12, 2018

They have responded to these changes in their competitive environment and have started to position themselves as the most innovative firm in their market. The chart below shows the responses to a questionnaire I administered called the Innovation Value Chain survey , and it demonstrates what an air sandwich looks like in practice.

Strategy 249

Strategy Strategy Innovation Innovation Processes 249

IdeaScale

APRIL 21, 2020

According to a study conducted by Adobe , 81 percent of digitally mature businesses surveyed cite innovation as a strength of their organization’s success. During the COVID-19 crisis, technology is driving competition beyond traditional boundaries. Business leaders seek to create innovative strategies that promote growth.

Brainstorming 204

Brainstorming Innovation Survey Strategy 204

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The status quo of the existing places an increasing drag on the forces of change. Am I happy with this, no of course not but in my view “nothing can change until something does change” What do I mean by that? The other valuable point for me was another insight from the survey. “ So Why Isn’t It?”

Report 212

Report Innovation Survey Disruption 212

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 20, 2015

They become fixed, rigid and locked into their established ways, not adapting to the changes occurring around them. Then it becomes a mad scramble to transform ourselves, often with damaging consequences of deteriorating performance, battling more competition that are sensing our weakness, never capable of returning to those previous highs.

Change 100

Change Technical Review LEAN Design 100

IdeaScale

APRIL 28, 2020

Now that companies are turning to customers for ideas when creating new products, they’re finding the landscape has changed. According to a recent Gartner survey , over 80 percent of businesses expect to compete based on the benefits provided by stellar customer experience. Success through Customer Involvem ent.

Idea Management 162

Idea Management Software Management Crowdsourcing 162

Digital Tonto

JULY 23, 2023

Wise leaders survey the board of play, plan their moves carefully and execute flawlessly. Organizations could build up sustainable competitive advantage by painstakingly building up bargaining power within the value chain. We need to be more iterative, see what works and change course as needed.

Strategy 162

Strategy Strategy Survey Data 162

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

A culture that embraces change and is open to new ideas will naturally drive innovation, leading to greater business growth and the development of competitive advantages. A culture that is flexible and adaptive to change will enable your organization to navigate challenges and capitalize on opportunities more effectively.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Culture Leadership Change 100

IdeaScale

JUNE 16, 2021

Staying on top is about more than just beating the competition. Innovation One and IdeaScale have developed a six-question survey to help you assess your organization’s innovative capabilities. Adopting change ensures you will remain competitive. Adopting change ensures you will remain competitive.

Underperforming Technical Team 130

Underperforming Technical Team Survey Innovation Collaboration 130

IdeaScale

MAY 30, 2018

In this survey from 2015, researchers report that 43% of large companies have some sort of top innovation executive in place, which was up from 33% in 2011. A Chief Innovation Officer can look to an organization for guidance and principles, but they also have to create meaning and excitement around change.

Ideation 150

Ideation Innovation Training Survey 150

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

As you lead culture change for greater innovation & business growth , you will notice a surge in novel ideas and solutions that can propel your company forward. For leaders, recognizing the need for change is the first critical step in this journey. To prevent this, you must be vigilant in spotting the telltale signs.

Culture 100

Culture Change Management Agile 100

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Human-centered innovation is gaining momentum as a key strategy for businesses that want to foster meaningful growth and stay ahead of the competition. Flexibility : Being open to change and iteration throughout the innovation process. But what exactly sets this approach apart from more traditional innovation methods?

Innovation 52

Innovation Idea Management Software Innovation Processes 52

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Feedback Integration: Continuously gather stakeholder feedback through surveys, polls, and interactive discussions. Innovation Challenges and Competitions: Host innovation challenges or competitions that encourage stakeholders to develop solutions using technology. This fosters engagement and generates fresh ideas.

Technology 173

Technology Collaboration Ideation Innovation 173