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. Takes a Holistic View of Problems.

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Design Thinking Design Ideation Brainstorming 246

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 4, 2025

This approach to business ecosystems fosters continuous innovation and works towards lasting competitive advantage through its interconnected parts. There is a boundless potential of applying the interconnected ecosystem design so it can radically reshape and define continuous innovation, customer-centricity and enduring market leadership.

Design 130

Design Roadmap Engagement Collaboration 130

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.

Collaboration 290

Collaboration Innovation Software Tools 290

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 11, 2025

Is the horizon the past or the future in innovation dynamism? Innovation has entered its death spiral as many have known it. I mean it, innovation is starved, bleeding from a lack of resources, finances and top leadership resolve. Lets start by defining innovation ecosystems.

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Innovation Leadership Agile Collaboration 130

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 10, 2024

I closed out my posts in 2023 reflecting on the “golden” threads that need to weave through innovation business ecosystems. So equally I share these four threads here again as they are so important to Business Ecosystem thinking and design going forward. It is through the exchange of knowledge that innovation thrives.

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Design Collaboration Strategic Thinking Competition 100

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. Social, environmental and climate challenges need greater collaborations for example.

Collaboration 182

Collaboration Innovation Design Culture of Innovation 182

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way innovation is approached and managed. By integrating AI into the innovation process, you can leverage advanced algorithms and data analytics to enhance creativity, streamline workflows, and make more informed decisions. Scalability Supports the scaling of innovation projects.

Innovation Processes 130

Innovation Processes Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Ideation 130

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.

Design 208

Design Artificial Inteligence Innovation Collaboration 208

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way you manage innovation. By leveraging AI, you can streamline various aspects of the innovation process, from idea generation to product launch. Design Thinking : AI can assist in the design thinking process by providing data-driven insights and automating repetitive tasks.

Product Development 130

Product Development Tools Artificial Inteligence Roadmap 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way you approach innovation management. By leveraging AI, you can enhance your creative processes, streamline idea generation, and foster a culture of innovation within your organization. This makes AI an invaluable asset in the realm of innovation management.

Brainstorming 130

Brainstorming Creativity Artificial Inteligence Idea Generation 130

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. The need for radical innovation changes the present position.

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Radical Innovation Innovation Technical Review Engagement 321

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

What is Agile Innovation Template? Agile Innovation is a dynamic approach to project execution that breaks initiatives into small, manageable tasks, enabling organizations to rapidly adapt to market changes. Innovation is no longer optional in todays fast-paced business landscape.

Agile 130

Agile Innovation Project Leadership 130

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.

Tools 130

Tools Leadership Artificial Inteligence Design 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the landscape of innovation management. By leveraging AI, you can enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of your innovation projects. This technology can be applied across various stages of innovation, from idea generation to product development.

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Resources Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Innovation 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Innovation Lifecycle Management (ILM) refers to the systematic process of managing the journey of an idea from inception to market release. For innovation professionals, understanding each phase is crucial to ensure that new products or services are successfully developed and launched.

Artificial Inteligence 130

Artificial Inteligence Roadmap Idea Generation Generative AI 130

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The search is seemingly on to find greater value, which will increasingly coalesce around different innovation ecosystems. In many different ways, we need to form significantly more relationships that increasingly matter to each organization, add value and insight, and bring external expertise inside to work on ‘greater’ innovation solutions.

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Innovation Collaboration Competition Engagement 334

Ecosystems4Innovating

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Dynamic Ecosystems are central to providing the engine to collaborations, adaptation and future leadership. Central to investing and exploring innovation, leveraging network effects, capitalizing on synergies and diversities to deliver into decision making the best options and value.

Design 72

Design Collaboration Trends Disruption 72

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.

Software Review 130

Software Review Technical Review Tools Design 130

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. Through regular use, the Context Map Canvas becomes a living reference that supports strategic foresight and adaptive innovation. What is Context Map Canvas?

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Roadmap Trends Tools 130

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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ChatGPT Open Innovation Innovation Agile 113

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.

Design 182

Design Innovation Collaboration Innovation Processes 182

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 10, 2021

Mapping any innovation journey can be complicated. There is a fairly detailed journey needed to be undertaken for mapping out your future direction of innovation. Let’s get straight into it, and the process and sequence needed within any innovation journey. Then thirdly, we go into the process design stage shown.

Innovation 279

Innovation Roadmap Collaboration Design 279

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

Developed by Alexander Osterwalder, this tool allows organizations to design, describe, analyze, and iterate on their business strategies. The tool is widely used in startups, corporate innovation, nonprofit planning, and product development. Follow these steps to apply it to your innovation project. Are assumptions validated?

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Tools Project Resources 130

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.

Software Review 130

Software Review Roadmap Tools Strategic Thinking 130

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. Innovation needs reinventing. The building out of the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework.

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Generative AI Design Innovation Innovation Processes 162

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

The Build-Measure-Learn Feedback Loop is a core concept from the Lean Startup methodology, designed to help organizations test new ideas quickly and learn from real customer feedback. Its especially useful in digital product development, service design, and business model innovation. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

Learning 130

Learning LEAN Agile Project 130

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 18, 2023

The needs of Innovation Coherence. Innovation often fails to align with strategic needs. They are not drawn into the need for change and its implications from an innovative perspective. Building our capacity to innovate needs understanding and reflects the organization’s business activities.

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Guidelines Innovation Resources Strategy 342

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Feeling trapped, break out of the box with Innovation Ecosystems We continue to fail to unlock the full potential of innovation. I continue to receive reports on the latest surveys on the management of open innovation and its progress. We are trapped in a ever decreasing cycle.

Innovation 100

Innovation Agile Open Innovation Generative AI 100

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 15, 2021

I have just finished the second of a planned series with one of my favourite long-term collaborators Jeffrey Phillips. as a conversation between us, where we emphasise the important linkage between innovation and strategy. We need to resolve that issue within any innovation activity, it needs a “tight” linkage to strategy.

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Strategy Strategy Innovation Resources 312

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

I have called this the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework – here is why and what went into this proposal that I feel should be adopted for managing innovation in the future. We need to shift our innovative thinking from static to dynamic.

Software Review 246

Software Review Innovation Software Design 246

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 19, 2021

Having people at the centre of designs enables more intelligent, rapid and lasting innovation. Applying human-centred innovation. Siemens provided a three-day event showcasing their hardware and software solutions and many other technology innovations. The rapid need for Vaccines.

Innovation 278

Innovation Software Design Technology 278

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!

Underperforming Technical Team 130

Underperforming Technical Team Tools Leadership Analysis 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

The goal is to identify performance gaps, set realistic improvement targets, and adopt best practices that drive innovation and efficiency. Traditionally used in manufacturing and operations to track metrics like production time, cost efficiency, and quality, benchmarking has evolved into a broader innovation and strategy tool.

Comparison 130

Comparison Technical Review Data Competition 130

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.

Design 182

Design Collaboration Roadmap Agile 182

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

SCAMPER is a structured ideation tool designed to enhance creative thinking and innovation by prompting systematic questions around an existing product, service, or process. SCAMPER in Innovation SCAMPER plays a strategic role in innovation by helping teams move beyond status quo solutions. What is SCAMPER?

Underperforming Technical Team 130

Underperforming Technical Team Ideation Idea Generation Brainstorming 130

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. faster, when serious supply chain issues arise. Competitive necessity drives wider adoption. Financial performance.

Collaboration 130

Collaboration Competition Disruption System 130

Leapfrogging

JANUARY 7, 2025

Innovation party: Cooking up new ideas and exploring cutting-edge solutions. Is it innovation, syncing up on strategy, or crafting killer business plans? 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.

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