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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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2023

This month I am completing a series on cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations. For me, cross-sector collaborations are becoming essential to our future in tackling highly complex challenging issues that need collaborative resolution.

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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

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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Idea to Value

APRIL 21, 2022

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast , we speak with award winning designer Ayse Birsel. Ayse has been voted one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company, is a bestselling author, and has won international awards for designing everything from furniture to cars to toilet seats to vegetable peelers.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 11, 2023

In a series exploring cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations, this is the third post discussing different aspects and the approach to this that needs to be taken as my suggested starting point. Defining roles and responsibilities : The next stage is to define the roles and responsibilities of each partner in the collaboration.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Dynamic Ecosystems are central to providing the engine to collaborations, adaptation and future leadership. Dynamic Ecosystems build future ecosystem resilience and including participation as the core to thinking evolution and discovery, to exploit and expand to what is possible, through ecosystem-centric thinking and design.

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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. Improved Collaboration : AI-powered collaboration platforms facilitate better communication and coordination among team members.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Finding the new building blocks of innovation ecosystem design and thinking. Why change our thinking and designing around innovation ecosystems?“. For me, ecosystem thinking and design offer fresh ways for accelerating mutual learning, and through this innovation, outcome potential for sharing and knowledge building.

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Destination Innovation

DECEMBER 21, 2024

She collaborated with Charles Babbage on his Analytical Engine, providing the first algorithm intended for a machine. Shigeru Miyamoto : The Japanese video game designer who created iconic franchises like Mario , The Legend of Zelda , and Donkey Kong.

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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. What distinguishes an Innovation Ecosystem from Open Innovation?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

For more information on how AI can enhance your creative processes, explore our article on ai in design thinking. By leveraging AI tools, you can enhance creativity, streamline processes, and foster collaboration within your team. Feature Description Real-Time Collaboration Enables team members to contribute ideas simultaneously.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 26, 2024

The Interconnected Business Ecosystem framework is pioneering in its approach, which aims to help organizations navigate the complexities of today’s business landscape through this interconnected, collaborative ecosystem approach. They constantly search for adapting, evolving and collaborating to thrive and grow.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 8, 2023

Innovation is a complex process that requires effective connections and collaborations among individuals and teams. My fun has been piecing these together to lead me to my suggested Vertical and Horizontal Framework for achieving a different innovation management design. I will go into the final proposed components in my next post.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

Rapid Prototyping is a method used to quickly create physical or digital models of a product idea using tools like CAD (Computer-Aided Design), 3D printing, and iterative development software. The process encourages experimentation and validation, allowing for faster design cycles, improved usability, and better product-market fit.

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Leapfrogging

JANUARY 7, 2025

Agenda Design for Maximum Impact Structuring a killer agenda isnt rocket science but needs some finesse to keep heads in the game and not in the clouds. The post Crafting Powerful Strategic Offsite Meeting Designs first appeared on Innovation Keynote Speaking & Workshops. Logistics : Nail down the where and how.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 1, 2025

Enhanced Team Collaboration Alignment fosters better communication and teamwork. AI-powered communication platforms can also facilitate better collaboration among leaders. For more on how AI can enhance team collaboration, visit our article on ai and team effectiveness. Join the Consultant's Master Class!

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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. Spot emerging trends and opportunities to inform product or service design. Conduct workshops or collaborative sessions to: Validate findings.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Design thinking offers exactly that—a human-centered framework that transforms ideation into a process focused on meaningful, practical solutions. How Design Thinking Fits Into Ideation Design thinking provides a structured yet flexible approach to solving problems, and it’s particularly effective in guiding the ideation process.

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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. Innovation is undergoing a radical change, in opening up to technology, collaborative thinking and the value of generative AI thinking. Encourage collaboration between AI and human experts.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The innovative design has become paramount to these new offerings. Ecosystem design will create new business opportunities. The increasing need for collaborating and extracting external expertise contains increasing cost and investment. We need to make the business case. We need to become more ready to deal with the unknowns.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2025

A Requirements Breakdown Structure (RBS) is a hierarchical tool designed to systematically organize and categorize all project requirements into structured, manageable segments. Assign Ownership and Validate Requirements Ensure each requirement node has a designated ownertypically a product owner, system architect, or business analyst.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 10, 2025

Opening our minds to the alternative of being in a collaborative network, sharing in value and worth. How can organizations leverage these, through highly collaborative and co-creating approaches 4. We need to reshape and transform our future We are in a world of re-calibrating our business, where to invest and who to partner with.

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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 26, 2025

Developed by Alexander Osterwalder, this tool allows organizations to design, describe, analyze, and iterate on their business strategies. It provides a structured method to think through business design, adapt to market changes, and scale innovation efforts. Follow these steps to apply it to your innovation project.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

New Business Design- Empower Your Business Ecosystem. When looking at radically different thinking and design in business, where Ecosystems become central, you need to ask yourself what industries would benefit from such an alternative design and thinking due to the changing complexities and challenges they are facing.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Collaboration and Co-creation across diverse organizations sharing a common purpose are needed far more today to break through and provide new innovating solutions. If you commit to having an ecosystem design, be ready to challenge everything, and most probably, you will end up changing everything!

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Ecosystems have suddenly become of age, as they can be formed around common concepts fairly rapidly, they can enable cross-cutting innovation to be delivered in highly collaborative ways. Connecting and collaborating opportunities for business seem to be really powerful networks of value-adding effect, for finding new economic opportunity.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

The Value Proposition Canvas is a strategic innovation tool designed to ensure that a product or service aligns closely with what customers truly want and need. This tool is widely used in startups, corporate innovation teams, product management, marketing, and customer experience design. What is the Value Proposition Canvas ?

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 4, 2025

Comparing Operating Models to change to Business Ecosystems Forget how you operate in traditional business models if you are considering the value and benefits of applying Ecosystem thinking and designs. Initial assessments are highly valuable before you embark on participating in Ecosystem collaborations.

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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. Competitive necessity drives wider adoption. Financial performance.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

These tools can also facilitate collaboration by providing a platform for sharing and developing ideas with your team. 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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