Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Access to Diverse Knowledge and Expertise Collective Intelligence : Innovation ecosystems bring together diverse participants with different expertise, experiences, and perspectives. This collective intelligence fuels creativity and problem-solving by enabling the cross-pollination of ideas across disciplines and industries.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Innovation is a process that relies heavily on creativity and individual thinking, and these are things that don’t come easily. In order to get your creative juices flowing it can be important to engage in creative thinking exercises and practice ways you can improve your innovation process.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 7, 2021

It would seem that the innovation process is simple: Get an idea, refine that idea, implement it, and repeat the process. Here are five common problems with the innovation process and how to resolve them. Solving this issue requires both encouraging creativity and broadening the scope of what an “idea” is.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

By blending innovation into your strategy, you’re cooking up a plan that’s as flexible as a yoga guru and keeps you ahead of the pack. For a deeper dive, check out our piece on connecting business strategy and the innovation process. It pushes you to think ahead, building a vibe of creativity and non-stop betterment.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2024

Collaboration, Idealization and the enabling of innovation I have have been looking back at innovation and how it has changed over the last twenty-five years. This is the second post looking more at collaboration and idealization and how and what has helped it evolve in this period.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Whether businesses are launching new products, improving internal processes, or adopting emerging technologies, Agile Innovation provides the strategic foundation needed to remain competitive. Agile Innovation in Business Strategy Traditional innovation processes can be slow and rigid, often resulting in missed opportunities.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Here’s a peek at how strategic planning can jazz up your business performance: Key Metric Wingin’ It With a Plan Revenue Growth 2% 7% Market Share 5% 12% Operational Efficiency 60% 85% Want the scoop on mixing strategy with a hint of creativity? Check out our article on mixing business strategy with the innovation process.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 13, 2023

This is the fourth and final post discussing cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations. Yet to get to these cross-sector collaborations you do need to take a very considered holistic view of what is needed in any collaboration, let alone ane cutting across sectors to generate a successful outcome.

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IdeaScale

MAY 26, 2021

It can come in many different forms and styles, but regardless of the methods you use, innovation cannot be ignored. However, when working in a digital workspace, creating lasting innovative solutions is much more difficult than usual. This directs contributions and collaboration towards the goals you’re trying to meet.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

By managing these stages effectively, you can streamline your innovation processes and enhance the chances of success for new initiatives. Introduction to Leveraging AI in Innovation Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize how you manage the Innovation Lifecycle.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

This can significantly speed up the front-end of the innovation funnel, allowing organizations to explore a much wider range of possibilities. Enhance Creative Capabilities: Generative AI can assist human creatives by generating content, visuals, and ideas to complement and inspire their work.

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IdeaScale

JULY 19, 2021

It’s well known that design thinking is a creative problem-solving process, which focuses on reaching solutions that were previously inaccessible. To the trained eye, this may ring a bell as a common goal of innovative thinking as well. Design Thinking and Innovation. Design Thinking and Online Whiteboards.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

We design the innovation system we need after we know what we are trying to achieve in the challenge or idea. Can we design a totally ‘adaptive’ innovation process to fit the specific need? Through a blend of pattern recognition, predictive analytics and exploring cognitive computing we can change much with innovation.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 10, 2021

Business leaders continually search for more creative ways of conducting business. Idea sharing is the first step in the innovation process. It helps designate innovation roles and outlines how they will fit with the innovation program. Leading Innovation Workshop. Collaborate on Innovative Projects.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

The thrust of the framework is “ Organizations can create a more comprehensive and effective innovation ecosystem by utilizing building blocks as components of the innovation stack, guiding platform development using the innovation stack, and supporting the innovation stack with a platform.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 8, 2023

Innovation is a complex process that requires effective connections and collaborations among individuals and teams. To build an effective innovation ecosystem, it is crucial to identify the key components that make up the ecosystem, including products, services, channels, partners, regulations, policies, and technology.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

To look forward, I would argue we always need to look back and account for the progress made in managing innovation over the years. Many tools, techniques, frameworks, mechanics, and emerging methodologies have allowed different parts of the innovation process to be explored and exploited. This evolved over many years.

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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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IdeaScale

JUNE 27, 2019

True innovation requires diverse perspectives and confidence in everyone’s ability to add value to the innovation process. Define Roles and Processes. An innovation department needs a leader with a clearly defined role. Likewise, everyone else on the innovation team should have a defined role.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In this guide, we’ll explore what makes human-centered innovation unique, how customer- and employee-centered innovation fit within this framework, and why adopting this mindset can position businesses for long-term success. What is Human-Centered Innovation?

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Culture Assessment Definition and Importance of Innovation Culture Innovation culture refers to an environment that encourages creative thinking and the advancement of new ideas. This can be a straightforward yet comprehensive way to capture the state of your innovation culture.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In the past few months, I have been writing consistently on the need to change our innovating process, thinking and designs into Innovation Ecosystem ones. This will be my initial view of how this needs to be shaped as the overriding architecture of an Innovation Ecosystem. Source: tmforum.org.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 4, 2025

Their words offer timeless wisdom on creativity, problem-solving, and the strategies behind business success. This article explores 12 thought-provoking innovation quotes, each revealing a key lesson in crowdsourcing, collaboration, idea management , or continuous innovation.

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Planview

JULY 9, 2019

To help you in your search for the right innovation management platform, we have compiled a checklist of what to look for in an innovation management platform, complete with project collaboration and project delivery capabilities. Crowd endorsements : Recognize others as a Citizen, Maker, Connector, and All-Star.

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 14, 2025

At ABN AMRO Bank, Anna-Lena Lorenz and her team are navigating this transformation by exploring how humans and AI can collaborate to drive innovation. For example, they integrated Figmas AI plugins into design stages and actively researched other tools that could enhance specific phases in the innovation process.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 20, 2024

So, how do we undertake this need to think through and recognize a new innovative way of discovery. Thinking through any engagement process, one that is required to break through traditional innovation processes needs to break down the new areas of discovery. Encourage collaboration between AI and human experts.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

Their impact can often extend beyond the event, influencing long-term team dynamics and innovation. Importance of Keynote Speakers in Team Innovation Harnessing the collective creative power of a team is essential for innovation and growth within any organization. Keynote speakers play a significant role in this process.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The best method for drawing on open innovation is to have a platform designed for it that encourages participation while giving you control of the process. It gives you oversight and allows creativity to grow while letting you pull the intellectual weeds, like trolls and people who are overly hostile to what they perceive as criticism.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Innovation thinking in Ecosystem and Gen AI design I believe there is a real need to construct a different innovation process. We are rapidly seeing the past of innovating simply in terms of operating on our own. Earlier this year, I proposed a different framework for the innovation process and thinking.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Today most organizations have barriers towards creativity, ideas and innovation. Many of these barriers to innovation lie in attitudes and perceptions at the leadership level but also can run through the organization’s design. Enabling technology and processes. Let me outline many of these here.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From linear to systemic : Innovation used to be seen as a linear process where ideas were generated, tested, and implemented in a sequential manner. Today, innovation is recognized as a systemic phenomenon, where multiple actors interact and collaborate across different domains and levels 1.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Process innovation requires alignment between the reasoning behind the innovation and the overall organizational goals. Does the envisioned innovation line up with the company’s values and goals? And is the right balance between creativity and day-to-day business necessity possible?

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eZassi

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Ezassi’s Idea Management Software fosters creativity both internally and externally by engaging employees, partners, and customers in the process. Through our Innovation Strategy Solutions , we help clients build a culture of creativity and align their ideas with corporate objectives.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 26, 2017

Many of those innovation tools that have been emerging in recent years have now built up a powerful body of validation, and they become necessary to know and practice yet often miss the basic building block needs of innovation. A new cycle of innovation. Innovation is seemingly more complex today.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Brainstorming is where innovation and product development strategy begin, but sometimes you need a little push to get started. Learn how to get those creative juices flowing with tools such as: Google Docs Visual Thesaurus Coggle and more. How Does Globalization Impact Innovation Strategy?

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In this article, well explore what implementing ideas truly means and how it fits into the broader innovation process. Idea implementation is the process of taking a concept and turning it into an actionable plan that is executed to achieve measurable outcomes. Strong collaboration accelerates progress and improves outcomes.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 9, 2019

Throughout the past couple of years, I have been constantly arguing about the need to put innovation management on a digital platform. These have come in different thoughts on digital platforms, ready for cross-industry and having in place, a rapid digital innovation process that scales and evolves on new technology and insights.

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