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MARCH 26, 2025

The goal is to identify performance gaps, set realistic improvement targets, and adopt best practices that drive innovation and efficiency. Benchmarking is not about imitationits about learning from others to accelerate progress, improve competitiveness, and inform strategic decision-making. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

AI in innovation management involves using machine learning algorithms, natural language processing, and predictive analytics to streamline and optimize various stages of the innovation process. Risk Mitigation : AI can help you identify potential risks and challenges early in the innovation process.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

It proposes that approximately 70% of innovation investment should focus on improving existing products and processes, 20% on expanding into adjacent markets or offerings, and 10% on exploring transformative, disruptive ideas that could redefine the business. What capabilities do we need to develop to remain competitive?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

For more insights on how AI can be utilized in different stages of innovation, explore our article on ai in innovation management. Here are some key advantages: Enhanced Data Analysis : AI algorithms can process and analyze large datasets quickly, providing you with valuable insights that would be difficult to obtain manually.

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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. AI-powered tools can also assist in other areas of innovation management, such as ai-driven market research , ai for rapid prototyping , and ai in product roadmapping. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Validating new ideas is crucial in the innovation process. This process helps in minimizing risks and maximizing the chances of developing successful products or services. This can include consumer preferences, market conditions, and competitive landscapes. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2020

When do we ramp up and scale in a competitive marketplace. Regretfully we are still in the chase for “individual defining technologies” that give a competitive advantage. We need to shift our validation into implementation and then refinement, through innovation. We need innovation to drive change and behavior.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 4, 2017

Let me summarize where we are today in design thinking. In the past couple of weeks, I have been spending a fair amount of time on investigating design thinking. This is part one of my thoughts that came out of investigating and researching design thinking in the past couple of weeks.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 8, 2023

My fun has been piecing these together to lead me to my suggested Vertical and Horizontal Framework for achieving a different innovation management design. Here I offer a different perspective of innovation that leads to proposing such a change. I will go into the final proposed components in my next post.

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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. By organizing innovation strategy into distinct building blocks, the Business Model Canvas improves decision-making and accelerates the path from idea to execution. Are assumptions validated?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Additionally, AI can be integrated into ai in design thinking to streamline the design process and improve user experience. Benefits of Integrating AI in Innovation Processes Integrating AI into your innovation processes offers numerous benefits. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

Scale innovations without being constrained by existing structures. This approach encourages organizations to challenge industry orthodoxy and design innovations that meet latent or emerging needs, often leading to breakthrough value creation. Lead Successful Innovation Projects! Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

Companies that embrace White Space Innovation aim to break out of stagnation, stay ahead of disruption, and create long-term competitive advantage. It enables innovation teams to envision the next horizon of value while keeping the core stable and profitable. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the field of innovation management by providing powerful tools to enhance consumer insights. By leveraging AI, you can gain a deeper understanding of consumer behavior, preferences, and trends, which are crucial for driving innovation and staying competitive in the market.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 9, 2017

Improve your innovation process with gamification. The ideal moment in any innovation process is when innovating becomes fun. That’s where gamification comes in, and it can blast your innovation onto a whole new plane. Gamification is the addition of game-like ideas and rewards to a work process.

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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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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 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. A well-implemented strategy is key to any innovation process, but that doesn’t mean finding one is easy.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

For a deeper dive, check out our piece on connecting business strategy and the innovation process. Why You Can’t Ignore Innovation in Your Business Playbook Rolling innovation into your business playbook is a must for a bunch of reasons.

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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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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 7, 2017

This is part two of my thoughts that came out of investigating and researching design thinking in the past couple of weeks. Within these two posts, I want to provide my thoughts, bridging the present and pointing towards a better design thinking future, one that in my opinion, is urgently needed. Part one is here.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 3, 2025

By leveraging AI, you can fundamentally transform your consulting practice and gain a competitive edge in the market. AI Strategies for Competitive Advantage Strategically implementing AI in your practice can offer substantial competitive advantages. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Competitive Analysis : How’s your strategy stacking up against the Joneses? Competitive Analysis See if you’re winning or need a mid-game pep talk. Design Thinking for Business Creativity Design thinking’s the secret sauce for spicing up your strategy. Customer Feedback : Are your clients raving or ranting?

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IdeaScale

APRIL 14, 2021

It can also refer to innovations that have a social purpose, such as distance learning and online volunteering. Process Innovation. Process innovation is the development and application of technology, production method, or method of delivery that’s newly introduced or improved to a notable degree. Value Innovation.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that combines empathy, creativity, and rationality to meet user needs and drive successful business outcomes. Defining Design Thinking Design thinking involves five key stages: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

Thinking in different horizons prompts you to go beyond the usual focus of fixing innovation just in the present it provides the connections of the present with the desired future. I recently applied the three horizons thinking to ‘frame’ a new innovation design.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

” With the argument, we need to change the innovation narrative and significantly update the innovation approach and processes to meet today’s and tomorrow’s business challenges. To look forward, I would argue we always need to look back and account for the progress made in managing innovation over the years.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

This augmentation of human creativity can lead to more original, impactful, and differentiated innovations. Optimize Product and Process Design : Generative AI can be used to procedurally generate and iterate on product designs, manufacturing processes, supply chains, and other complex systems.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

I proposed a new Framework for managing innovation this week, called the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework. This is approaching innovation and its management in more of a holistic, technology-enabled way based on the use of a cloud-enabled Platform and Ecosystem thinking and design.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Innovation is the lifeblood of businesses seeking to thrive in a rapidly evolving market. It is the driving force behind the competitive edge that allows companies to stand out and meet the ever-changing demands of their customers. However, with a tailored approach, it can be adapted effectively.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 27, 2017

We need to get closer to ‘real-time’ This reliance on rapidly out-of-date understanding cannot be the basis for any justifications for high-stake bets when it comes to innovation. We need to change our thinking and design in the digital insight part more specifically within and along the innovation process.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 3, 2019

The powerful effects of digitalization are opening up different business opportunities, the chance to design different business models and get far closer to the ultimate need, to understand the customers wishes from the products and services they are wanting to buy. We need to digitize our innovation activities fully.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2017

We are increasingly recognizing all the different collaborative tools increasingly at our disposal We are exploring both platforms and forming ecosystems to radically alter the competitive edge previously seen to reside inside the single company. This is where understanding the power of platforms and ecosystem designs plays a vital role.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Embracing the Evolution: AI Meets Design Thinking The intersection of artificial intelligence and design thinking is poised to redefine the landscape of innovation and strategy. From healthcare to finance, AI’s ability to process vast amounts of data at unprecedented speeds has revolutionized traditional practices.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Innovation “fights” to attract resources, gain management attention or understand its difficulties in the time it takes, its potential risks and its need for a more ambitious and bold commitment of support. Firstly, we need to ask, “Why change the innovation narrative? ” constrained them.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Human-centered innovation is gaining momentum as a key strategy for businesses that want to foster meaningful growth and stay ahead of the competition. But what exactly sets this approach apart from more traditional innovation methods? What is Human-Centered Innovation?

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

When you step back and recognize all the different advancements we have making in designing tools and frameworks, in understanding innovation, it holds promise. We still lack the alignment to strategy as this remains unclear, poorly communicated and lacking in this critical connecting up of strategy and innovation.

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