Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 26, 2023

I always find the post-New Year to be a reflective part of the year of reviewing, deciding, and then setting new goals. Innovation application and practice seem to have stayed stuck, largely due to how it is organized. This is a post about the sources of my knowledge that feeds my innovation passion. Let me start.

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Planview

MAY 31, 2024

Value Stream Management (VSM) is crucial in software development as it provides a comprehensive view of the entire workflow, from ideation to delivery. This visibility is necessary to manage the productivity of development teams and ensure that software is delivered on time, on schedule and on budget. Top 3 Features of VSM Software 1.

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Boxes and Arrows

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Early agile pioneers were working on in-house IT projects (custom software) or enterprise software [ 1 , 2 ]. The economics are different in selling consumer products than when developing software for enterprises—UX matters more for consumer products. Larry makes money even if people can’t use his software.

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IdeaScale

JULY 27, 2021

Over the past year, both due to necessity and the more natural process of remote work becoming more popular, Microsoft Teams has taken center stage as the collaboration software of choice. At IdeaScale, we’ve been focused on collaboration software such as Teams and Slack from the beginning. Here’s how it works.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 10, 2019

He is an advocate for using open source software and hardware available for any entrepreneur, no matter what their background is. In 1954, he was found dead due to a reported cyanide-based suicide. In June 2012, in honor of Alan Turing, Hall published an article in Linux Magazine announcing that he is gay.

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Matthew May

JULY 17, 2015

I was looking at a tire called the Mescal, which had gotten some good user reviews in the mountain bike forums. Now where it gets interesting is in the comparison of different version of the tire…Vittoria makes it super easy by using color-coded overlays. Amazon, which of course owns Zappos, obviously see the value.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Many employees have had enough, of (sometimes) low pay, or uncertain futures, or simply don't want to go back to the office, or in some cases are deciding to take on an entirely new course or trajectory in their lives. Of course, to be a part of one of those teams you need a lot of technical skills.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Their software products have a Suggest a Feature button on the home tab, enabling users to submit request features and describe them in detail. Of course, there’s more to innovation than getting as many feature requests from your users. Specialized software allows you to segment your feature requests from different customers.

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Christensen Institute

JULY 26, 2022

Quizzes and adaptive learning software give students opportunities to review content and practice basic skills with immediate feedback. In this model, students do most of their learning independently with materials designed for fully online courses and meet periodically with teachers at a brick-and-mortar site.

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Business and Tech

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Additionally, the survey showed the most commonly adopted tool during this time was cloud-based technology, such as Zoom and other software. More than 100,000 small businesses closed due to the pandemic, with a disproportionate impact on Black- and Lantinx-owned small businesses.

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Planview

MARCH 15, 2024

It’s no surprise the abundance of moving parts contributes to an ever-ambiguous world for software delivery. With a multitude of products and services that companies serve to customers, the recognition of Value Stream Management (VSM) in modern software delivery has never been stronger.

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CMOE

MARCH 31, 2021

A 2018 study conducted by the Harvard Business Review found that companies with higher-than-average levels of diversity in the workplace had 19% higher innovation revenues. A study conducted by Forbes using Cloverpop, a decision-making tracking software, followed over 600 business decisions by 200 different teams over the course of two years.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 12, 2021

That is, of course, easier said than done when you’ve had a lot of success working the other way for years or even decades. That still doesn’t guarantee innovation success, of course, but it does go a long way in improving your odds of getting it right. To achieve those, you of course have to work BOTH hard and smart.

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Acuvate

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Over the course of the last few years, we have witnessed that companies that integrate Robotic Process Automation (RPA) into their back-end operations manage to improve their business metrics exponentially. UOB has also entrusted RPA with repetitive and time-consuming tasks such as reviewing credit card applications. Journal entries.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 7, 2018

Ideas should garner a certain number of comments, reviews, funds (or whatever you define at each stage) to move forward and then you can focus on building on those ideas and not moving them forward through an ideation funnel. Of course, these are just a few tips to get you started.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 31, 2017

” You might not include each of these people in the decision-making process in the exact same way or at the exact same time, but you can use software to develop an inclusive yet efficient system. For example, an ideation phase is a great time for discussion and a review phase is a great time for decision-maing).

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 4, 2018

Of course, some of the replies from Management remain vague, sometimes annoyingly so, couched in future options that can leave you in negative territory. Well, duh, of course, results are down for many well-explained reasons, market reasons. Let’s give credit, where credit is due. This needs well-managing.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 22, 2018

Due to the variation involved in experiences of attendees, it is important to gather as much information as possible in order to ensure that the next conference can be made better. A conference is an ideal platform for professionals to come together to share their experience and knowledge.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Productive discussions can illuminate diverse perspectives, foster innovative thinking, and chart a course for future success. By carefully assigning responsibilities, establishing accountability, and diligently monitoring progress, you can ensure that your team’s hard work during the offsite translates into tangible business success.

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Boxes and Arrows

AUGUST 13, 2013

It tied in quite nicely with the book I’m reviewing here. “Microiteration” is a term I coined at Infragistics—it is extremely timely iteration within a sprint where you work hand-in-hand with devs to review stuff right as they build it, provide feedback, and iterate. Book Reviews lean' Enter the book.

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CMOE

JUNE 21, 2021

CMOE’s Supervisor Development Series consists of multiple, self-paced, digital learning courses that offer supervisors the opportunity to elevate their leadership skills. It covers eight competency areas (these courses may also be purchased individually): Role of the Supervisor. Kantola’s Employment Laws Learning Course.

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Boxes and Arrows

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

As the web browser becomes basic technology for software interfaces, more and more elements derived from graphic and web design replace the traditional desktop approaches to the concrete design of human-computer interfaces. In the near future, this development will become even more relevant.

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

According to Maryville University , for instance, studying software development can be a solid foundation for a career as a UX designer. One course that stands out as an example of bridging the academic divide between design and business is the Luxury Design and Strategy course in collaboration with Columbia Business School.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

There’s no question that teams are capable of great things when working remotely, and there is no shortage of project management tools, virtual whiteboards and prototyping software out there to help. Once teams have left the physical workshop space, it’s easy for other priorities and distractions to take the project off course.

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InnovationTraining.org

APRIL 21, 2020

Many weeks ago I saw the first social media post from someone being “suddenly remote” due to COVID-19 and wondering what tools they should use for online collaboration. These are software tools you can use to communicate, collaborate, & innovate virtually. Learn a New Software. Teach with an Online Course.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors. Of course, not all friction is bad. For the unindoctrinated, “lean” is the term coined in a 1988 MIT Sloan Management Review article by John Krafcik, who recently retired as CEO of Google’s Waymo division.

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The Human Factor

AUGUST 25, 2021

Today, the market is filled with useful tech and software. If you’ve identified the benefits of this system of work and have transitioned your business to operate like this, what should you be considering when searching for useful software? Meeting Software. Collaboration. Communication.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Together, Qmarkets and Capgemini Invent will provide leading global enterprises with a combined package of strategic consultancy services and dedicated innovation software.   Capgemini Invent helps clients from a diverse range of industries to remain competitive through customer-centric innovation. They are a great bunch of innovators.

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Boxes and Arrows

JUNE 11, 2013

how-to guides, user reviews. conversations or reviews within similar discipline or field. conversations or reviews between different disciplines. software, hardware, mobile devices, equipment. seeking or attracting new opportunities for expansion using a range of social media. Experiential. Disciplinary. Environments.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2023

If ICL met quarterly to review those, why not treat innovation with the same transparency? ICL’s employees around the world can submit their ideas on ICL’s ideation platform PITCH BIG, powered by Qmarkets’ Q-ideate software. The BIG Basics: the core principles of ICL’s idea management program Here’s how it works.

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TechEmpower Innovation

JULY 24, 2023

” Of course, it’s more complicated than just checking boxes on a question list. Accounting Beyond reviewing transactions, what accounting support do you need? Team and Process Are you using, or planning to use any software development methodologies? The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation.

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Planview

MAY 3, 2023

Outcomes and Capabilities Many clients come to Blumhorst and Derbyshire with a particular problem, but often don’t think about the outcomes before they decide on what software solution they are trying to implement. Of course, not every PMO has considered working with a PSA before.

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Boxes and Arrows

MARCH 10, 2015

Imagine if your team has just launched an A/B test on your company’s homepage, only to learn that another team had just released new code the previous day that had changed the homepage design entirely. Optimization tools work by adding a small snippet of code to your pages. If your tool does this, you can include the link here.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

We sat down with Jean-Philippe Mathes, Innovation Lab Director for RCI Bank and Services , to learn more about his experience managing the company’s innovation project utilizing Qmarkets’ idea management software. Qmarkets: So how did you decide which innovation management software to use?

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Stephen Shapiro

APRIL 21, 2020

Michael Hammer, the father of business process reengineering, wrote a seminal Harvard Business Review article titled “ Reengineering Work: Don’t Automate, Obliterate.”. Back then, companies would use software to automate bad processes, speeding up bad results. You can, of course, repeat the process multiple times.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Collaboration Software and Apps Collaboration software and apps are designed to enhance the way teams communicate and collaborate, regardless of physical location. These tools can include messaging apps, video conferencing software, and digital whiteboards, among others.

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