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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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

MARCH 28, 2023

Establishing the right innovation process to deliver on your enterprise company-wide strategy can be a real challenge, but it is crucial to the success of any innovation program. In this article, I’ll go through the key points to consider to help you develop the most effective innovation process for your organization.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Check out our article on mixing business strategy with the innovation process. The Perks of Innovation in Your Game Plan Let’s face it: innovation is the secret sauce in any killer business strategy. Reward Innovation : Give a high-five (or something more) to those bringing new and exciting ideas to the table.

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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. Agile’s all about being quick on your feet and staying nimble with projects.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 28, 2023

Innovation management software is expected to continue to evolve and improve in the coming years. Increased integration with other business tools, such as project management and collaboration software. More emphasis on data analytics and reporting to help companies better understand and track their innovation efforts.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 23, 2019

What Is Open Innovation? Traditionally, innovation in companies has been “closed.” Projects are kept secret, details are not shared outside the company or even certain departments, and secrecy is a requirement of working on the project. When Should I Use Open Innovation?

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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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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

APRIL 25, 2019

This is not to say that with open innovation, political and cultural barriers magically go away. Just like innovations that take place completely within an organization, innovations and ideas gathered from open innovation processes will bump up against turf wars, self-appointed “gatekeepers” and the like.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 17, 2023

You developed and are using a best-in-class Innovation Process. GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Congratulations! You start by talking to consumers, studying mega-trends, and scanning the globe for emerging technologies and disruptive offerings. You imagine what could […].

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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. At ABN AMRO, innovation is built on three core pillars: human-centered design, lean and iterative processes, and portfolio thinking.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 22, 2017

They are looking to complement and reinforce existing capabilities through more open innovation thinking and approaches. The collaborating edges are becoming our core. The core is far more found at the edge, in the collaborating capability and networks we form and this needs very different organizational design.

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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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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

They take a long-term view of their staff and see innovation projects as an opportunity to stretch their employees’ capabilities and to help them achieve their aspirations. Depending on the scope of their ideas, innovators’ careers can be significantly shaped by this journey. The M entor Role in I nnovation .

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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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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.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

In my view any new approach to innovation needs to aim to achieve interdependent and interlocking innovation, solving problems that have not been addressed before and offering sustainable value, impact, and returns to all involved or significantly improving on the existing solutions.

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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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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. Discovering New Ideas.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2017

There is a lot of change occurring in our innovation abilities. There is this constant shift to more open-sourcing and collaborating. We are seeing profound shifts that technology and digital transformation are bringing us to deliver innovate differently. What is radically changing how we innovate?

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Wellspring

AUGUST 23, 2021

Other business units and product lines, inspired after an ideation session or hackathon, come to the innovation team with an idea to explore. This engagement and collaboration allows the innovation function to stay close to strategic initiatives and high-level, vital projects.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 26, 2022

While some antibodies will just voice their disagreement with an innovation project, they will not have the ability to stop the project. They will however sap the speed at which the project can progress, and often also drain the energy of the team trying to execute the innovation. Status Quo Supporter.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For me, the last six months or so I have been spending increasing time working with ChatGPT to gain different ways to look at focus areas I spend in advising and mentoring and where innovation links into my different work. The deployment of AI-driven thinking utterly alters my perspective of “delivering” innovation.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 10, 2025

Martijn Antonisse Group Sustainable Director Portfolio Steering at DSM-Firmenich A Structured Approach to Sustainable Innovation Building a sustainable innovation portfolio follows a structured, multi-stage approach that ensures measurable impact at every step. It allows for streamlined data collection and strategic oversight.

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Qmarkets

JULY 25, 2024

Create a culture of appreciation where innovative efforts are recognized regularly. Fostering a Collaborative Culture Collaboration is the bedrock of innovation. Cross-Functional Collaboration Facilitate collaboration across different departments to integrate diverse perspectives.

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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. Look for a solution that has project Gantt charts and roadmapping capabilities.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 2, 2024

The same is true for innovation within an organization. Innovation process models serve as navigational charts, guiding businesses from idea inception to successful execution. What is an Innovation Process Model? What is an Innovation Process Model?

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 27, 2025

You can now use our powerful search to quickly identify, evaluate, and shortlist relevant startups, evaluate them through collaboration, and pinpoint the most impactful solutions using our dynamic sonar visualization. Identify relevant startups worldwide and engage them for collaboration.

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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. Communication Silos: In many organizations, teams operate in isolation , with limited collaboration or transparency between departments. Actionable steps transform abstract concepts into structured projects.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 19, 2023

We cannot afford to avoid changing our innovation processes as we deal with a far more complex and challenging world. We seem to be keeping innovation as a disappointing and often frustrating outcome for many leaders of organizations. Indeed our existing innovation processes are doing an (adequate) job. Why change?

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 26, 2023

The innovation mandate should clearly define the value goals for the innovation program and how they will be measured and tracked over time. The innovation mandate should articulate the organization’s innovation policy and how it will be implemented. The organization should build these into living dynamic documents.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

But what exactly does open innovation entail, and how can companies leverage it strategically? An open innovation strategy is about reaching beyond internal resources to collaborate with external sources—whether they’re customers, academic institutions, startups, or other firms—to discover, develop, and launch new ideas.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

Innovation has gone from being islands of knowledge, developing new products and services exclusive to that one company, then quickly copied by the competitors, into something radically different. There are needs to explore the ways of working, collaborating and engaging and that alone is a massive undertaking.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 10, 2019

BCG also suggests that 30% of those surveyed believe AI will have the greatest impact of any innovation area on their industry over the next three to five years. We need digital innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Innovation Stacks are ready to support different steps in the innovation engagement process Additionally, with the upgrade in technology and platform approach, we can support the rapidly emerging human-AI collaboration needed for each building block and component and provide a step-by-step validation.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

So, we seek out greater applied science knowledge we will use it to support and develop practical applications based on technology and innovation. We need to get far more comfortable with working in ecosystems, managed in platform designs to work more collaboratively. Impact and Intensity become the new mantra.

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