Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I have argued in the past that innovation management needs to radically adjust and needs to be designed differently, it needs to be highly adaptive. I’d like to offer some views, partly looking out to the future, partly considering what is potentially within our grasp, if we step back and rethink innovation design.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 10, 2020

The more we embrace change and recognize innovation demands more of our time, the more we must seek out knowledge that ‘feeds’ innovation. Innovation needs organizing but it also needs a better understanding of its contributing parts. So what is your capacity for innovation really like within your organization?

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BrainZooming

JUNE 19, 2017

3 Conditions for Explosive Creative Thinking Skills. Reflecting on grain elevators led me to consider explosive creative thinking skills , and the parallels between the two. Finally, by having creative thinking exercises in place, you provide the right structure for group collaboration. We Can Help!

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 7, 2021

There are many different exercises that people use for innovation, but very few of them are as effective as mind mapping. In this article, we will walk through what a mind map is while discussing some of the important ways it fuels innovation. Enables Tiered Thinking. What Is Mind Mapping?

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Creative thinking is key. We all know how easy it is to throw out the baby with the bathwater when it comes to innovation. Still, the process will lead to your best innovation. If you want to start building a better innovation strategy, contact us. So, how do you build a good idea review process?

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

I was talking with someone who was wondering aloud about how to boost the creative thinking skills of a group made up primarily of fact- and logic-driven individuals. Think accountants, engineers, compliance officers, and others in right-wrong answer professions. Click below and download the FREE Disrupting Thinking eBook.

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eZassi

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Idea Management: The Strategic Competitive Edge for Transformative Innovation It is undeniable that innovation is likely the single-most impactful means of staying ahead of the competition. This leads to a more innovative culture where creativity is recognized, and every team member has the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 6, 2017

It is all part of not ASKING for big ideas ; we use big questions that enhance peoples’ natural creative thinking skills. Based on our experience using extreme creativity questions, they DO tend to yield bigger ideas. 5 Quick Tips on Extreme Creativity and Creative Thinking Skills. Here are five of them: 1.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

When you are undertaking such a transformation in any system like energy, innovation becomes vital to inject new forces of dynamism and creative thinking to tackling such a change. As we switch from conventional power to renewables or we look to upgrade the distribution grids, we need to look towards innovative solutions.

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2021

Collaborative innovation software brings purpose, focus, and structure to collaboration to help you turn ideas into commercial value. Collaboration tools are necessary to the proper functioning of any business, especially for organizations with a large workforce spread across many different locations around the globe.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

Keynote Presentations for Team Collaboration Importance of Team Collaboration Keynote Presentations Team collaboration is the cornerstone of any successful organization. The best team collaboration keynote presentations serve as catalysts for change, inspiring and motivating teams to work together more effectively.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The training programs established by this partnership will reach worldwide and will address important matters such as: Problem-solving Decision-making Ongoing innovation. IdeaScale is the largest cloud-based innovation software platform in the world and facilitates collaboration among professionals from all industries.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 28, 2018

Some companies have success due to collaboration, sometimes it’s due to someone’s singular vision, sometimes it’s because of dogged persistence and sometimes it’s luck. Why We Like It: This type of in-depth psychology gives us ideas for how to better engage the crowd, inspire creativity, and drive innovative thinking.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

We facilitated a follow-up innovation workshop for an industrial client. They requested a follow-up innovation workshop to inspire bigger, further out thinking. We brought two specific inspirations to the innovation workshop: extreme and analogy-based creative thinking exercises.

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IdeaScale

MAY 28, 2019

Companies in every industry are accepting that complacency and failure to innovate are tantamount to negligence. Failing to innovate can cause even a large established business to lose ground to competitors that more fully embrace innovation. It requires more than just saying “Innovation is good.” Innovation Consultant.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I have written extensively, certainly over the past eighteen months, about our need to take innovation into a new era, designed for today and tomorrow’s “fit for purpose” Below you will see my view of how I see this sketched out, as my suggested concept outline. Does it make sense?

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Cris Beswick

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

While many companies proudly display values like “Innovation” and “Excellence” on their walls, few successfully translate these aspirational concepts into meaningful cultural change. This presents a core challenge for leaders wanting to drive innovation.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 22, 2017

Keeping with the eight theme, here are eight new questions from the Brainzooming R&D Lab to boost your creative thinking skills. There are two extreme creativity questions to stimulate breakthrough ideas from four perspectives: Aspiration, Authority, Disruption, and doing More. Find New Resources to Innovate !

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ImagineNation

AUGUST 6, 2024

This results in resistance to the creative changes using Generative AI might bring because they lack the vital creative and emotional energy to generate creative thinking with AI; they will typically resist innovation-led change and stay ‘stuck’ in their habitual, safe and conventional roles, capabilities and identities.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 26, 2017

We can simply go on and on in the many ways we have evolved our problem-solving techniques or methodologies, as those help the innovation and discovery process; incremental, piecemeal and experimental. We have never ‘cracked’ the full innovation management system. A new cycle of innovation. Perhaps we can today.

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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.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The problem of scaling can confuse those innovating and can this be changed? You can follow their work over on innovation-3, where they help companies to set the Scaling-Up of a fully validated innovation concept up for success. I am thinking scale differently here, So let me explore this, it is only emerging for me.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Virtual team building activities play a pivotal role in fostering communication, collaboration, and a cohesive culture within distributed teams. Increased Trust : By participating in team-building exercises, employees develop deeper trust in their colleagues, which is crucial for successful collaboration.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 27, 2016

As the customer advocate, you work closely with employees to keep customers at the forefront of innovation. You want your employees to innovate with the customer in mind. These insights can become the inspiration sparks of your group’s creative thinking. Support staff to engage in open innovation with customers.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Understanding the sensory and cognitive abilities of innovators Following on from my first post on building an Innovator’s Sensory profile, the combination of various cognitive, emotional and environmental factors heightens our awareness, so I needed to explore this further in this post. Nothing is set in stone.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 30, 2016

I mentioned upcoming business collaboration opportunities for Brainzooming yesterday , including co-presentations, creating content, and developing new workshop and training offerings. What to look for in a business collaboration? The collaborator brings something different (and complementary) to what we do and offer.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

What office environments make people more creative? The ‘perfect’ office environment for innovation and productivity. But the question remains as to what is the office layout and facilities which actually brings out the most innovative work in people? What office environments make people more creative?

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BrainZooming

MARCH 1, 2018

Sometimes, we get to design a creative thinking exercise that seems like so much fun during its development that it causes me to continually smile and giggle. Do you like the idea of working with a partner that designs what it does all around what makes sense for your brand and the innovators you have on your team?

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eZassi

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

A human analyst to validate technology search results, conduct crucial subject matter expert interviews , and evaluate unique ideas from experienced, creative employees and stakeholders through open innovation challenges will prove to be the best approach to a fully developed innovation management strategy.

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InnovationManagement

MAY 25, 2022

Creative thinking and innovation don’t come naturally to everyone, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t good at them. Sometimes, teams need practice and routine to improve their creativity skills. This article will highlight some popular innovation exercises you can conduct with your team to get your creative juices flowing.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2017

Short Story: Look for specifics and things that people can actually do or perform to move creative thinking into action. How do you move from creative thinking into action? Two of the client’s senior staff members said this was a question they expected us to answer during the strategic thinking workshop.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 27, 2018

Looking for a quick way to generate tons of innovative ideas? If you need a lot of innovative ideas in a hurry, here’s a mega-simple way of generating them : Select the objective, opportunity, or challenge you are trying to address. Scores of innovative ideas! – Mike Brown. Find New Resources to Innovate !

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 4, 2022

Design Thinking Human-centered Approach to Innovation. This is where Design Thinking steps in to create better solutions, services, and experiences to solve our current problems. . At the root of effective Design Thinking methodologies is empathy and emotional intelligence. Approaching human-centered innovation. ?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Sometimes creative thinking challenges come from inside your own head. In many organizations, however, substantial creative thinking challenges come from leaders and cultures that may say they want new thinking, but seem to do everything they can to scuttle creativity.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 2, 2024

While some methods like SCAMPER and brainstorming cards are well-known, there are other effective techniques that can greatly enhance your innovation program. This article delves into the top ideation techniques beyond the usual suspects, providing insights into how these methods can be leveraged to foster innovation.

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ImagineNation

MARCH 26, 2025

We need to reframe disruption to increase the possibilities for game-changing inventions and innovations to succeed in an uncertain and unstable future. How does this link to being innovative? These continue to create paralysing, fear-driven responses to embracing change and adopting innovation.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Building an Innovation Culture Importance of Innovation Culture In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, fostering an innovation culture within your organization is not just a bonus; it’s a necessity. Key Elements of an Innovation Culture An innovation culture thrives on certain foundational elements.

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