Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 9, 2020

We are in a very different time, a social distancing time that might lead to a different type of work, one that you will have to be forced to stand out from the crowd as a socially engaged person. You will need to begin to drive your significant engagement, not rely on others but your views and opinions !

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Networking : Engage with a diverse group of people in your industry or interests. Attend networking events, join forums or online communities, and participate in discussions. Art and Creativity : Engaging in artistic activities like painting, music, or writing can stimulate your creativity and lead to fresh ideas.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Why engage in changing to Innovation Ecosystems Following on from my last two posts related to recognizing the importance of Innovation Ecosystems we need to ask what makes these dynamic, interconnected and engaging, from a diverse groups perspective? It is a listening of 13 minutes but I like how it discusses this.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In this guest post, learn how to effectively implement a virtually-led design thinking project. Design thinking is a hot topic for business these days, and it’s no surprise. McKinsey & Company research shows that “Design-led organizations realize 10% more revenue than ones that aren’t.” Making Remote Teams Work.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

These events, often conducted away from the usual office environment, provide a setting conducive to strategic thinking, decision-making, and team alignment. Preparing for a Successful Offsite The foundation of an effective strategy offsite design lies in meticulous preparation.

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Leapfrogging

MAY 2, 2024

Team members who feel part of a united group are more likely to be engaged and committed to their work, which in turn can reduce turnover rates and foster a sense of loyalty to the company. Higher Employee Morale Team unity boosts job satisfaction and engagement. Increased Efficiency Collaborative efforts streamline processes.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

For me, ecosystem thinking and design are accelerating mutual learning, and through this innovation, outcome potential for sharing and knowledge building. The need for digital platforms and ecosystem designs has grown to achieve this collaborative environment. Ecosystems and platforms become the core of any design.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

“Fusing” human engagement with technology enablement involves creating a harmonious integration of human collaboration and technological tools to enable an ecosystem’s successful development and operation. Human-Centered Design: Begin with a human-centered approach. This fosters engagement and generates fresh ideas.

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Business and Tech

DECEMBER 7, 2021

For us, it’s been incredible to see how excited our audience has been to attend music festivals and concerts again – we’ve seen a major opportunity now that in-person events are coming back. You can control your voice, engage with your community, and find new shoppers who have been looking for a product like yours!”.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Organizations have learned what can work remotely and what can’t and are applying those lessons to post-pandemic work design over the last year. Grocery stores built pick-and-pack apps for curbside pickup, for example, while internal apps were designed to share information while limiting contact.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 23, 2018

As an innovation strategist at IdeaScale, I focus on helping our clients think creatively about how best to engage their crowd and leverage the wisdom of the crowd to source ideas for new products and services and improve processes. I often share this quote by Wayne Gretzky “Skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.”

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. The top innovative companies in the world know that hosting effective, engaging meetings makes all the difference.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 22, 2018

It is where there are engagements in deeper meaning and relationship growing, that can only emerge from sharing perspectives. We have two perspectives for this community to thrive in, the insiders working within a business like Siemens, and those outside, looking in, mutually engaging. So the recordings gave me longer term value.

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Business and Tech

JUNE 20, 2023

A former firefighter for the Town of Davie, Florida, experienced this firsthand when a dentist helped save his life after he’d attended a wellness lunch-and-learn event. Post-event, during a follow-up visit, the firefighter found out he had an early stage of cancer.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 13, 2021

For me, the “cascading effect” for innovation is “ a sequence of events in which each produces the circumstances necessary for the initiation of the next”. We are looking for a cascade of better choices to achieve the desired innovation outcomes that only an integrated innovation design can achieve.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from daily operations, you and your team can focus on long-term goals, engage in deep discussions, and forge stronger bonds. To assist you in crafting a focused agenda for your offsite, you might find valuable guidance in how to design and run a strategic planning offsite.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Engaging in this practice equips you with a clearer understanding of where your organization stands and where it needs to go, helping to navigate through competitive and rapidly changing markets. Engagement : Increases engagement and ownership among team members by involving them in the strategic process.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2019

The concept is more broadly related to product development and UX design. The idea behind MVP is that a product is designed and presented to customers and their behavior is monitored. Here is a list of some of the most common: Reverse pitching event. A coworking space or an industry event can be sponsored by the corporation.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 10, 2024

In the event, I was asked what the difference is and why we should shift from today’s traditional innovation models to this interconnected one where innovation ecosystems are the foundation. So, I want to explain the importance of shifting our thinking towards designing innovation ecosystems.

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Boxes and Arrows

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Now the time has come for us—designers, working on digital products—to step up our game and act like real gatekeepers. We have a huge responsibility here as designers. It’s up to us how we design these platforms and what social norms we set there. helps designers to craft useful feedback to each other. Source: uxfol.io.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 26, 2023

There needs to be a fundamental shift in how we manage innovation, which needs the power of ecosystem thinking and design. An ecosystem design so organizations can act differently on strategies, business models, leadership, and customer engagement to build new value and worth.

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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. What is Design Thinking? Its collaborative nature fosters creativity, leveraging diverse perspectives to uncover innovative solutions.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

How many constantly upgrade their skills, not just attend events? The efforts to extract efficiency and effectiveness from operations, supporting services and customer engagements to track productivity, do the same efforts and management focus go into innovation? Is that really the sum of innovation? I am only partly there.

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Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Dyson disrupted the vacuum cleaner market by creating bagless vacuum cleaners, a concept that challenged the traditional vacuum design and improved performance. LEGO’s User-Generated Content Platform : LEGO Ideas is an online platform where users can submit their own LEGO set designs.

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PlanBox Innovation

APRIL 5, 2022

Capturing and maintaining people’s attention during any innovation event is hard enough as it is, and the current imbalance between in-person and remote work, along with unpredictable travel restrictions, makes this all the more challenging. But it’s not all doom and gloom. Encourage Inclusivity, Equity And Psychological Safety.

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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. Innovation is advancing but most of it has been designed for a different time, the old era of stable markets, predictable solutions and having a clear sense of your competition.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Dynamic Ecosystems build future ecosystem resilience and including participation as the core to thinking evolution and discovery, to exploit and expand to what is possible, through ecosystem-centric thinking and design. Continuous Learning and Innovation : Learning is not a one-time event in dynamic ecosystems; it is an ongoing process.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 26, 2017

The day before the main event I was included in the Industry Analysts visit to the Siemens Technology Center, at Neuperlach in Munich. I did get some disconnects still at the event and this post is attempting to elaborate on these. The Siemens Innovation Event was digital all the way. I think there are some reasons for that.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 19, 2019

Designing the innovation pathway- this, for me, is so important to visualize and conceptualize. To achieve increasing value in this, there is an innovation pathway you have to design and be ready to travel. They must have a clear ‘fit’ within the strategy needs and be resourced well.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

When you think we are on a roll, we are making that transformation in technology, systems, new organizational designs, you are suddenly stopped in your tracks. They make up vital business processes that were designed years ago but not for the technology onslaught of technology we are witnessing. Can we continue to battle with legacy?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

The Power of Team Innovation Keynote Speakers Keynote speakers hold a pivotal role in setting the tone and driving the theme of corporate events, conferences, and leadership programs. Their impact can often extend beyond the event, influencing long-term team dynamics and innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In the past few months, I have been writing consistently on the need to change our innovating process, thinking and designs into Innovation Ecosystem ones. I am focusing here on arguing for changing our innovation process on the Business-to-Business or Industry-to-industry, not the retail or consumer ecosystems and their designs.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Is it because of this traditional way of working, designed into the company, that we are all becoming disengaged and disenchanted with what we do? They are reliant on engaging others, focusing on their specialized areas to hand over their time to innovation. Innovation flies in the direct opposite to this need of corporate design.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 19, 2021

Having people at the centre of designs enables more intelligent, rapid and lasting innovation. Siemens provided a three-day event showcasing their hardware and software solutions and many other technological innovations. Using Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio, the need was to design and simulate air quality.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 19, 2021

Having people at the centre of designs enables more intelligent, rapid and lasting innovation. Siemens provided a three-day event showcasing their hardware and software solutions and many other technological innovations. Using Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio, the need was to design and simulate air quality.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 6, 2019

Officers must be prepared to engage with the public in a variety of ways, and non-enforcement staff must be ready to take care of all back-office processes so that officers can do their jobs effectively and efficiently. Police in the Australian state of Queensland serve over 700,000 square miles.

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Innovating4Energy

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Engagement in the Energy Transition Movement How do you encourage engagement? ” My fifth encouragement point was during the launch of the Innovation Center event, Dietmar Siersdorfer – the Middle East Managing Director at Siemens Energy, added a further important aspect of collaborations, engagement and celebration.

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