Idea to Value

JANUARY 15, 2024

A few weeks ago, I saw an article in Fast Company about the layoffs at IDEO , one of the world’s most respected Design Thinking firms. In fact, IDEO was one of the pioneers of Design Thinking back in the late 1970s, but the process of using Design Thinking as part of innovation work really exploded in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Explore more about artificial intelligence leadership development and how it can revolutionize your program design. Leveraging AI Tools for Program Design Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds transformative potential for leadership development programs.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 10, 2024

So equally I share these four threads here again as they are so important to Business Ecosystem thinking and design going forward. I raised the ecosystem thinking and design story “ At the heart of this story lies the understanding that innovation is NEVER a solitary endeavor; it thrives really well within ecosystems.

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Digital Tonto

JULY 10, 2022

When we’re passionate about something, we want to take action. We want to launch an initiative, start a business, hit the streets, get stuff done. Yet our bias for action can be a trap that. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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HYPE Innovation

JANUARY 20, 2025

Two pivotal events influenced my view of the world and how important innovation could be for a better one: (1) a course on designing systemic change about the Why, the What and the How of making change happen, and (2) participating in a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)-led academic research project.

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Digital Tonto

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Unfortunately, few seem to learn this basic principle of change. The truth is that change isn’t about persuasion, but power. The truth is that change isn’t about persuasion, but power. If you want change and can access the power to implement it, it will happen. The post Change Isn’t About Persuasion.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The importance of Recognizing Dynamic Ecosystems We recognize the need for business to embrace change and thrive through adaptation in a rapidly evolving business landscape does require a very dynamic environment. They have the ability to adjust quickly and effectively to changing circumstances.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2023

What matters most In IBI’s recent survey , employers stated that cost mitigation, and attraction and retention are the most influential factors in benefit design decision-making. Ensure your employees can afford care, and evaluate plan design decisions and how they affect outcomes.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In innovation projects, we often hear about companies resisting a change to the status quo. As a result, many innovation projects fail at the final hurdle, when they are asked to actually implement the change they were designed for. How then should we ever hope to achieve change in ourselves, our teams and our companies.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 16, 2022

Using the system, you can highlight where in an image you want a change to take place, and write out what the change should be. For example, look at the second example listed here. A human gave the command “a girl hugging a corgi on a pedestal”, and highlighted the existing dog.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Design Thinking : AI can assist in the design thinking process by providing data-driven insights and automating repetitive tasks. Learn more in our article on AI in design thinking. Rapid prototyping helps in identifying design flaws, gathering user feedback, and making necessary adjustments to improve the final product.

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Destination Innovation

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Shigeru Miyamoto : The Japanese video game designer who created iconic franchises like Mario , The Legend of Zelda , and Donkey Kong. By choosing examples that embody diverse backgrounds and industries, you can show your team that innovation can come from anywhere, and that anyone, regardless of their background, can be an agent of change.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Well we do need to move beyond both of these and start thinking and designing with Innovation Ecosystems. I would argue we need to adapt to thinking and designing in Innovation Ecosystems. We do need to recognize we are in an evolution stage moving from open innovation into this innovation ecosystem thinking and design.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

The Experiment Canvas is a structured template used to design, test, and evaluate assumptions behind new ideas. It is widely used in agile innovation, design thinking, lean startup, and product development methodologies. Design the Experiment Choose the best method to test the hypothesis. What is the Experiment Canvas?

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 28, 2024

Designing a Composable Innovation Framework During May and June 2023, I worked through and concluded my thinking on why we needed to change our Innovation approach. A radical change from far to often a linear one, into a new, more up-to-date, and dynamic solution for managing innovation.

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Destination Innovation

JANUARY 13, 2025

Dassault Systmes is known for its 3D design software and digital twin technologies, Dassault is at the forefront of innovation in manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, and other industries. UK ARM is a leader in semiconductor design and has revolutionized the mobile and computing industries with its energy-efficient processor architectures.

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Digital Tonto

APRIL 7, 2024

The biggest misconception about change is that once people understand it, they will embrace it. That’s why we need to think about change as a strategic conflict between the present state and an alternative vision. The truth is that change isn’t about persuasion, but power. That’s almost never true.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

Instead of building a rigid business plan based on speculative projections, DDP encourages teams to identify key uncertainties, design experiments, and refine the strategy as new information emerges. Design Learning Milestones Set checkpoints where you will test assumptions and evaluate progress. Prepare to pivot as you gather data.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

Consider a medical device company designing a new glucose monitor. It allows companies to differentiate their offerings based on unmet needs and design features that directly support the customer’s job to be done. Design specifications and UX goals. Monitor Market Changes and Update Outcomes Customer needs evolve.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 11, 2025

Innovation has changed , it is changing remarkably fast for some well beyond today’s general acceptance and understanding, and those “enlightened” are reaping the benefits of approaching innovation differently, working hard on connecting it all up and capturing the dynamics of the interactions, exchanges and data recognition.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Within a short series about Innovation Ecosystems this post asks what really are the distinct differences within innovation ecosystem thinking and design, to provide a set of common distinguishing points to move from “just” open innovation. This resilience is increasingly important in a rapidly changing world.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

We are witnessing a very radical change, driven by technology, increasingly disrupting and breaking down past traditional boundaries, partly built to defend positions so as to achieve economic scale. The innovative design has become paramount to these new offerings. Ecosystem design will create new business opportunities.

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Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Innov8rs | Culture change is a persistent challenge for organizations. They focus on changing individuals rather than altering the environment in which they operate. In a recent Innov8rs Learning Lab session, Matt Furness, a business psychologist and founder of Click, discussed why traditional approaches to culture change fail.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 24, 2025

Evolutionary thinking makes Innovation different When we are conceptualizing organization structures and relationships in Ecosystem thinking and design we often begin by attempting to relate this to Natural Ecosystems. We need to stop trying to predict the unpredictable and instead build systems that can adapt to whatever comes.

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Digital Tonto

JULY 28, 2024

We tend to see change as an engineering problem. There is a desired end state, so we design a logical strategy to achieve it, build a timeline and execute the plan. They don’t design their garden as much as tend to it, nurture it and support its surrounding ecosystem. Related posts: Change Always Involves Strategic Conflict.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

This ensures that your innovation efforts can grow and adapt to changing market conditions. Here are some ways AI can streamline prototyping: Automated Design Generation : AI algorithms can generate multiple design variations based on predefined parameters, allowing you to explore a wide range of options quickly.

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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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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

The Context Map Canvas is a strategic tool designed to help organizations understand and navigate the external factors that influence innovation and business performance. It helps organizations assess what is changing in the environment around themand how those changes affect strategy, decision-making, and execution.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

Developed by Alexander Osterwalder, this tool allows organizations to design, describe, analyze, and iterate on their business strategies. It is particularly useful in rapidly changing environments where flexibility and adaptability are critical.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 5, 2025

The Objectives & Key Results (OKR) is a structured framework designed to facilitate successful organizational change. This process provides a systematic approach to diagnosing, planning, and implementing change initiatives while addressing potential challenges and resistance.

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