Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking has become a cornerstone methodology in the worlds of innovation, business strategy, and product development. Design thinking involves five key phases: Empathize : Understanding the human needs involved. It helps teams to observe and develop empathy with the target user.

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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

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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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design Thinking is a methodology used by designers to solve complex problems and find desirable solutions for clients. A design mindset is not problem-focused, it’s solution-focused and action-oriented towards creating a preferred future.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 17, 2023

You developed and are using a best-in-class Innovation Process. Once you find a problem and fall in love with it, you start dreaming and designing possible solutions. GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Congratulations! You imagine what could […].

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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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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We used AI to identify the most frequently asked questions about design thinking. Here are your design thinking FAQs and answers. You can also see our “human” responses to the big question: what is design thinking ? Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1. Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1.

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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. Nothing can work in isolation.

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Tullio Siragusa

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Design Thinking in Education: Shaping Creative Minds for the Future In a world characterized by rapid changes and complex challenges, the traditional education model, which primarily focuses on the dissemination of knowledge, is increasingly proving to be insufficient.

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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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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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Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

By definition, innovation involves continuous reinvention. A well-designed organization attracts and retains top talent, just as better-designed products and services attract customers. Yet organizations resist change and lack the courage to re-design themselves and adapt to uncertain socio-economic conditions.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 25, 2022

Let’s review the three stages of this design thinking framework. This article is part 3 in a series designed to explore the design thinking process. Click the link here to read through Part 1: What is Design Thinking and Part 2: Attitudes That Hurt Design Thinking & How to Change Them. .

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 20, 2024

Innovation does need reinventing as a discovery process. Adopting ecosystem thinking and design , combined with Generative AI, has the impact of augmenting, automating, and rapidly scaling innovation in significantly different ways than ever before.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Open Innovation Moves beyond to Innovation Ecosystems Ecosystem thinking and design for Business is becoming a real essential need to do. Open Innovation Culture Knowledge Sharing and Open Access : Foster a culture of openness where participants willingly share knowledge, data, and best practices.

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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. Implementation: 6 Questions to Help You Design Innovative Meetings. Innovative Meeting Approaches that Work.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

This model segments the innovation process into distinct phases, each culminating in a gate. It’s a systematic approach designed to minimize risk and allocate resources effectively. The typical stages might include concept development, design, testing, and launch.

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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

JUNE 19, 2023

I wonder if that is the current incumbents, be these current innovation management software providers or individuals inside the organizations resisting change, as it brings significant uncertainty of change and disruption to the (inadequate) process, one that I feel is not fit for today’s and tomorrow’s innovation purpose.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 8, 2023

Here, I want to briefly talk about the importance of the learning components that support the innovation design and especially the different innovation stacks. I plan to add another element of Sustainability , both social and corporate value, later as it should run through our innovation thinking throughout.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 10, 2017

Leaders have the responsibility to ensure effective, innovative architecture is created, understood, and widely shared throughout their enterprise. An integrated innovation system covers the full end-to-end innovation process and ensures the practices and tools are aligned and flow easily from one to the other.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 10, 2017

Leaders have the responsibility to ensure effective, innovative architecture is created, understood, and widely shared throughout their enterprise. An integrated innovation system covers the full end-to-end innovation process and ensures the practices and tools are aligned and flow easily from one to the other.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

What distinguishes an Innovation Ecosystem from Open Innovation? Within a short series about Innovation Ecosystems this post asks what really are the distinct differences within innovation ecosystem thinking and design, to provide a set of common distinguishing points to move from “just” open innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 21, 2023

The potential returns, including increased agility, improved innovation outcomes, enhanced collaboration, and long-term competitiveness, make this radical change worthwhile for organizations aspiring to thrive in today’s dynamic business environment. You need a systematic approach and project staging plan.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 10, 2021

Idea sharing is the first step in the innovation process. Take advantage of IdeaScale’s innovation services to get the most out of your crowdsourcing experience. The innovation blueprint helps leaders refine the areas where they need to innovate and define why. Leading Innovation Workshop. Project staffing.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 20, 2024

In this article, we’ll define what an innovation framework is, explore different types, discuss best practices, and highlight how innovation management software can streamline these processes. What is an Innovation Framework? Strategy and Vision At the heart of any innovation framework is a clear strategy and vision.

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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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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

JULY 18, 2024

This article will guide you through more effective options, highlighting advanced integrated innovation management platforms that can help your business thrive on its innovation journey. What is Innovation Software? At its core, it helps businesses systematically manage the flow of ideas from inception to implementation.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

Traditional Stages and Gates Framework The traditional stages and gates process is a project management approach used to drive new products and services from concept to launch. Streamline the development stage with AI-powered design tools that optimize product features and functionality.

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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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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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Idea to Value

JANUARY 7, 2022

This would be a company where only a small number of people are trained in innovation capabilities, and their remit is primarily around finding a market, such as through ethnographic research and design thinking. Not many innovation resources required. Fits into existing organisational design. Positives: Simple.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Design Thinking for Business Creativity Design thinking’s the secret sauce for spicing up your strategy. It’s a hands-on human-centric process all about coming up with fresh, out-of-the-box solutions. Here’s how design thinking breaks down: Empathize: Get cozy with your customers’ needs and woes.

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

According to Tom, streamlining our portfolio is the first thing to do in 2023 to increase customer satisfaction and speed up the overall innovation process. “If If you cannot demonstrate that a project has the potential to win hearts, minds, and wallets, then park it or put it on a different path”.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2016

Projects, Projects, Projects. Innovation is complex and difficult — but one thing about it is not. What’s quite simple about innovation is that projects are what make innovation real. are Not Innovation. Unless they are in the context of an actual project. Some will fail.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 26, 2020

A while back, one of my consulting partners from another office asked me to review their client’s innovation process. Their team had been engaged to review why their innovation process was not delivering results. What most companies get wrong about innovation processes. So what can we do about it?

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