Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 6, 2023

By leveraging the tools, frameworks, and mechanisms provided by the innovation stack, organizations can create an ecosystem that fosters a culture of innovation, accelerates the innovation process, enhances collaboration, leverages diverse perspectives, and drives competitive advantage.

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Qmarkets

JULY 12, 2024

Entrepreneurship has long been a driving force behind groundbreaking innovations and industry disruptions. In the context of large businesses, harnessing the entrepreneurial spirit can significantly enhance innovation management, leading to sustained competitive advantage.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 2, 2024

This article delves into the concept of organizational innovation, explores its benefits, provides real-life examples of successful implementations, and offers practical strategies for fostering a culture of innovation within your organization. What is Organizational Innovation?

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 2, 2024

This article delves into the concept of organizational innovation, explores its benefits, provides real-life examples of successful implementations, and offers practical strategies for fostering a culture of innovation within your organization. What is Organizational Innovation?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They bring stories of success and failure that can humanize the innovation process and make it more relatable. Their talks can be a catalyst for change, encouraging your team to pursue innovation with renewed vigor. By discussing the innovation process, they can: Ignite the spark of ideation and creativity within your team.

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Qmarkets

JULY 18, 2024

However, innovation isn’t confined to one area; it’s a multifaceted approach that spans various aspects of a business. Among these, technology innovation stands out as a critical component that can significantly impact a company’s competitive edge and operational efficiency.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 23, 2023

We’ll explore examples, discover the key benefits of this type of innovation, and identify the best way of developing your own incremental innovation process. First Things First: What is Incremental Innovation? Examples of Incremental Innovation Incremental innovation can take a lot of forms.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 25, 2022

We want to be the OpenTable of X” (with X referring to a market outside of dining) became a familiar phrase in Silicon Valley following the company’s market success, and remains so today. Even though this was over 20 years ago, OpenTable’s “backstory” demonstrates tried and true practices for innovators that remain important today.

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Qmarkets

JULY 12, 2024

Agile innovation is transforming how companies develop new products and services, fostering a culture of flexibility, speed, and customer-centricity. As the business world becomes increasingly competitive, understanding and implementing agile innovation can be the key to staying ahead. What is Agile Innovation?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

However, with the advent of artificial intelligence in innovation management , these stages and gates are being reimagined. AI technologies offer unprecedented capabilities in data analysis, pattern recognition, and predictive modeling, which can significantly enhance the efficacy of the Stages and Gates process.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 27, 2024

Razors have undergone incremental innovations over time Source: The Hustle Incremental innovations may not make headlines, but they’re the steady pulses that keep businesses competitive and responsive to market demands.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 1, 2024

What is Business Innovation? Business innovation refers to the process of implementing new ideas, workflows, methodologies, services, or products to improve a company’s operations and boost its competitive advantage. The companies that thrive are those that continuously innovate and adapt.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Importance of Fostering Innovation in Leadership Defining Innovation Culture An innovation culture refers to the values, behaviors, and norms that ensure an organization not only generates new ideas but also executes them to achieve positive outcomes.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 17, 2024

This alignment ensures that innovation efforts are not siloed endeavors but integral components of the organization’s core objectives, driving sustainable growth and competitive advantage. An integral part of operationalizing the framework is the establishment of clear metrics and KPIs for innovation management.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 17, 2024

Discontinuous innovation represents a seismic shift in how industries function and evolve. By definition, it refers to the introduction of groundbreaking products or services that fundamentally change market dynamics, often rendering existing solutions obsolete.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Surprisingly, I felt they lacked a more holistic view of innovation; a clear innovation process, and dedicated focus on this, which is required. Innovation is certainly central to the future of Siemens but it seems to me not to have the core positioning it should have. I felt innovation needed a more holistic focus.

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Idea to Value

MAY 18, 2020

They simply won’t have the capacity to make sure that the process actually performs well, let alone maintain and develop multiple processes for different kinds of innovations for different parts of the organization. Different kinds of innovations simply need different kinds of processes, resources and expertise.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 8, 2022

It seems the current peak of expectation and the emerging innovation trigger are in my present research focus. According to Gartner , “ AI-driven innovation refers to the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the process of innovation.” Now that I liked! More on those in the weeks ahead.

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Strategyzer Innovation

JUNE 17, 2019

Alex and Anton discussed innovation within the context of an existing organization. Anton consistently referred to the challenge of innovating at an existing company (exploit portfolio) and how to convince stakeholders to assess innovation differently than execution. Innovation Processes: Innovation is a black box.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

The Intersection of AI and Innovation Management Defining Innovation Management with AI Innovation management refers to the process and activities that organizations use to manage and nurture new ideas into marketable products and services.

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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 17, 2023

The same applies to innovation. We all have areas where we are unaware, uninformed, prejudiced, or unappreciative of certain things, and this makes it difficult to recognize an innovation. This is referred to as an innovation blind spot. What is an Innovation Blind Spot? Thirdly, adopt a risk-taking mindset.

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hackerearth

JANUARY 28, 2018

Continuous innovation is critical to achieving and maintaining a steady competitive advantage. There are three types of innovation: product innovation, process innovation, and business model innovation.A Process innovation catalyzes extraordinary results. Implementing.

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hackerearth

JANUARY 28, 2018

Continuous innovation is critical to achieving and maintaining a steady competitive advantage. There are three types of innovation: product innovation, process innovation, and business model innovation.A Process innovation catalyzes extraordinary results. Implementing.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 14, 2019

“Open innovation presupposes that companies can and should use external ideas as well as internal paths as they seek to move forward in their innovation process. It is the use of intentional inflows and outflows of knowledge to accelerate internal innovation and expand markets for external use, “the researcher wrote.

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Norbert Bol

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

The persistence of innovation can be described as the phenomenon where past and current innovation are a good indicator for future innovation because there is the belief that the competitive advantage of firms are rooted in the the capability to innovate over longer periods of time. Norbert Bol. Literature.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Why Innovation is a Critical Theme for Keynote Speeches Innovation remains a key driver of success in the business world, and as such, it is a critical theme for keynote speeches at corporate events. A focus on innovation helps companies to adapt to rapidly changing markets, embrace new technologies, and stay ahead of the competition.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Understanding this evolution is crucial for businesses that wish to stay competitive in an increasingly automated and data-driven landscape. The advancement of design thinking, particularly with the incorporation of AI, signifies a progressive leap towards more informed, user-centric, and efficient innovation processes.

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mjvinnovation

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

They have the most significant impact because new markets or customer needs may arise from this innovation; ? Sustainable innovation: it helps companies to defend their position in the market and remain competitive. Agile innovation: the ideas are implemented using collaboration and iterative prototype loops.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

We also know today that innovation management itself must become “fluid” in design, in adaptation so the right approach is to be constantly ‘adaptive’ and put together what is needed to tackle the challenge that needs resolution. Innovation today conflicts with much of our existing organizational designs. We “pull down” what is needed.

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Acuvate

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Adopting digital transformation is the only way to stay ahead of the competition in today’s digital era. Innovation management is one of the crucial contributors to digital transformation, along with a few other factors. Digitization implies the process of converting data into digital format. Understanding innovation management.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

This requires companies to proactively or reactively innovate their business models in order to remain competitive. Recent research has confirmed successfully disrupting as well as outperforming companies to be significantly more engaged in business model innovation. Cases in point: Lego and Burberry.

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Daniel Burrus

DECEMBER 2, 2020

In the last decade, manufacturing in the United States faced intense international competition, increasing market volatility and complexity, a declining workforce, and a host of other challenges. Next-Generation Manufacturing Principles. From there, manufacturers communicated the strategies they developed.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 5, 2016

Sometimes a crowdsourcing problem is hijacked by a party with a cause, or it becomes more of a competition between selected individuals that influence and shape the debate. Be alert to these and have some of your own experts readily on hand to refer these and clarify. Is there an opportunity for scandal or a potential for fraud?

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Imaginatik

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

At Imaginatik, we refer to these different values as “currencies” when we are modeling the “value” of a project or a portfolio of innovation projects. Too often, projects live and die based on internal competition or a managers’ charisma, title or other less relevant criteria.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Using experiential learning tools like drawing isn’t really new in innovation process. Sunni Brown , Dave Gray , Dan Roam, and yours truly all use experiential learning tools in innovation projects. The article I reference is in Inc. ” Accelerated Learning Leads to Accelerated Innovation.

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mjvinnovation

MARCH 29, 2021

“Innovation” used to mean the difference between dictating trends in your sector or following the trail of your competition’s success, but today the term refers to a fundamental condition of existence for businesses in the volatile and demanding Digital Age. Process review and redesign. Using only robots.

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 4, 2018

From that information, we were able to plan out what a couple of sprints might look like in order to help employees and leadership understand the Lean Innovation process and increase the frequency of making decisions based on evidence. “ >>>>Save this case study for future reference. Download it here.

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