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.

ChatGPT 114

ChatGPT Open Innovation Innovation Agile 114

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 19, 2021

Having people at the centre of designs enables more intelligent, rapid and lasting innovation. Tony Hemmelgarn, the CEO of Siemens Digital Industries Software , presented “Human-centred Innovation” at the Hannover Messe show (April 12 th to 16 th , 2021), which was held in a virtual environment. It is a compelling digital solution.

Software 279

Software Innovation Technology Design 279

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Exploring the interplay between Humans, Technology and AI for design thinking Why is design thinking regarded as so crucial to the future of innovation in a world of accelerating interplays between humans, technology and generative AI? Operating sustainably is not only good for the environment but also good for business.

Design Thinking 148

Design Thinking Technical Review Design Technology 148

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.

Design Thinking 140

Design Thinking Artificial Inteligence Design Analysis 140

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

This calls for some radical rethinking of the existing business and deciding the design of the future business. This calls for thinking through a different designed structure for the business and different skills needed. The shifting from the current state to the future designed state is no easy task.

Design Thinking 283

Design Thinking Collaboration Design Radical Innovation 283

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 1, 2020

They provided an outstanding virtual showroom packed full of innovations, product presentations and use cases are exhibited in an exciting real 3D environment. The manufacturing steps are engineered by an Autonomous Factory- the factory design of of the future. The learning from these last nine to twelve months has been astonishing.

Artificial Inteligence 320

Artificial Inteligence Industry System Agile 320

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 4, 2022

Broader collaborations will become central for future organizations to find ways to cooperate, network and build relationships, that recognize the partnership value, to achieve a sustainable, future business that offers impact and connected design for customers to value, that meets their changing needs.

Design 130

Design Collaboration Innovation Competition 130

Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

Keynote Presentations for Team Collaboration Importance of Team Collaboration Keynote Presentations Team collaboration is the cornerstone of any successful organization. The best team collaboration keynote presentations serve as catalysts for change, inspiring and motivating teams to work together more effectively.

Collaboration 100

Collaboration Technical Review Team Building Culture 100

Tullio Siragusa

MAY 16, 2022

Design Thinking Can Help Grow Sales. Many businesses, in recent years, have started implementing Design Thinking to achieve more productive and profitable results. Identifying and understanding people’s preferences in designing products and services is key to growing sales. Why do Sales Teams Require Design Thinking?

Design Thinking 118

Design Thinking Design Trends Marketing 118

Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They may share insights on techniques for effective ideation such as design thinking, mind mapping, and leveraging technology for collaborative brainstorming sessions. These talking points are designed to help you understand the essential elements of nurturing an innovation culture within your organization.

Innovation 113

Innovation Leadership Ideation Innovation Processes 113

Ecosystems4Innovating

AUGUST 27, 2024

Thinking & designing Business Ecosystems to build innovation differently Why should we think about the potential within Business Ecosystems? What does thinking and designing for Business Ecosystems mean? Design products, services, and business models that are modular, adaptable, and easily integrated with others.

Design 97

Design Collaboration Industry Examples 97

Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Blueprint for Bouncing Back: A Design Thinking Guide to Unemployment Life’s journey is peppered with unpredictable twists and turns. Incorporating Design Thinking into the Unemployment Phase Design Thinking isn’t just a buzzword for the corporate world; it can be a lifesaver during unemployment.

Design Thinking 118

Design Thinking Design Brainstorming Ideation 118

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2017

For some time we have recognized the present innovating was simply not working. Our present poor performance in growth lies often within our existing innovation systems and their design. This is where understanding the power of platforms and ecosystem designs plays a vital role. Now we have to weave them together.

Innovation 300

Innovation Design Collaboration Roadmap 300

IdeaScale

AUGUST 10, 2021

It helps designate innovation roles and outlines how they will fit with the innovation program. Persuasive Presentation Workshop. Encourage employees to formulate and pitch new ideas at the Persuasive Presentation Workshop. Others will say yes and act to ideas that are presented in a clear and compelling way.

Crowdsourcing 246

Crowdsourcing Innovation Programs Survey Innovation 246

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

We are seeing many digitally aware organizations like Apple, Amazon, Salesforce all recognizing their future innovation is reliant on innovation and digital to be tied at the hip, wedded together in a design that builds towards satisfying customer needs. Embedded software is becoming more important in value than the physical product.

Software Review 222

Software Review Software Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 222

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 11, 2018

So as I read about the solution that Aras provides to the designers within Manufacturing to manage PLM complex systems and products, you have to wonder why this cannot be extended into all innovation’s management. I like the way Aras are designing their PLM platform system in broad functional designs.

Product Innovation 221

Product Innovation Underperforming Technical Team Software Review System 221

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 4, 2021

Sustainability is one of the hottest topics in the business world at present. A sustainable design that turns today’s promise of decarbonization into a real, meaningful one that delivers tangible and quantifiable solutions in product and the extended supply chain. To get to this new design, we need different thinking.

Design 307

Design Resources Technology System 307

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 28, 2021

This energy system needs to move from today’s reliance of fossil fuels and antiquated infrastructure into one based on clean, sustainable and renewable energy sources, delivered through a highly distributed infrastructure, designed for the final consumer of the energy.

System 332

System Resources Change Design 332

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Preparing for a Successful Offsite The foundation of an effective strategy offsite design lies in meticulous preparation. Designing the Offsite Experience The offsite experience is pivotal in determining the success of an executive strategy session.

Design 100

Design Strategy Strategy Leadership 100

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

What condition of ‘readiness’ in design, capabilities and capacity4. These form the ‘way forward’ in discussions, resolution and design. What are the expectations and the environment you chose to compete in3. Have the critical processes for creating success been laid in or still have critical gaps.

Innovation 322

Innovation Analysis Guidelines Project 322

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Well we do need to move beyond both of these and start thinking and designing with Innovation Ecosystems. I would argue we need to adapt to thinking and designing in Innovation Ecosystems. We do need to recognize we are in an evolution stage moving from open innovation into this innovation ecosystem thinking and design.

Open Innovation 163

Open Innovation Innovation Design Collaboration 163

Destination Innovation

APRIL 1, 2021

Say you roll 4, 4, 2, 6 the team has to conceive and design a plan for a TV program about a CEO and a teenager who get involved in a robbery at a theatre. After three or four goes they select the most promising idea, put together a plan and present it to the other teams and the moderator. Journalist. Restaurant. Window cleaner.

Brainstorming 275

Brainstorming Creative Thinking How To Groups 275

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Less than 30% of manufacturing companies are actively rolling out Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies at scale” No wonder we presently have trouble attracting many businesses onto platforms when they are still very much behind in deciding or deploying a strategically thought-through IIoT digital design, that is connecting everything up.

Industry 213

Industry Technical Review Design Innovation 213

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 18, 2023

For me, a handy number of analytical or visualization tools applied to where and how the function and design of innovations fit help deepen the understanding and “bubble up” to the board the right questions they need to address in support of their decision for change. The needs of Innovation Coherence.

Guidelines 342

Guidelines Innovation Strategy Strategy 342

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

Their approach to solutions are designed to keep strategy visible and continuously aligned with operational execution throughout the initiative life cycle and in my opinion that becomes vital to push as hard as they can. It is a very fragmented market, constrained by the existing designs in place.

Innovation Management 200

Innovation Management Management Software Review Software 200

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 9, 2020

As we come out of the present crisis, we need to look at our social engagement and influencer profiles as we need to engage with the world differently. We presently see the significant ramping up of webinars, @home advice, those multiple suggestions to fill our time but, is it making a real difference to you besides filling time?

Engagement 322

Engagement Technical Review Creativity Change 322

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 27, 2018

They gave fragmented insights for the future, much seemed to be retrospective and caught in the present or simply trying to catch up. Data can give us the raw material to design our virtual world, to model them. This will have a huge impact on our lives, far bigger than we can presently appreciate. That holds exciting promise.

Industry 238

Industry Disruption Technology Data 238

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.

Design Thinking 100

Design Thinking Artificial Inteligence Design Ideation 100

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2020

All of us are at present, caught up in the terrible spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Although we feel trapped in the present, worried over daily events and what they might mean, we must look beyond, we do need to look towards the future, to recognize there are challenges ahead but equally opportunities.

Innovation Processes 187

Innovation Processes System Innovation Design 187

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 3, 2021

The growing concerns of several intertwined issues need addressing as they will initiate a significant change to the Business and how it operates and presents itself to the world. A critical assessment of the present business and how it will “project” into the future is needed.

Disruption 312

Disruption Meeting Resources Engagement 312

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 7, 2021

Presently our Governments are obsessed with innovation- it sometimes feels it is the only game in town for future growth. The problem is we seem to be destroying more than we can build at present, yet a ‘few’ gain from these seeds of “destructive creation” while a majority don’t. The obsession with innovation- myself included!

Creativity 307

Creativity Innovation Industry Disruption 307

Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The authors of the paper conclude: When equal measures of good and bad are present, the psychological effects of bad ones outweigh those of the good ones. Hence, it would be adaptive to be psychologically designed to respond to bad more strongly than good. That is what evolution designed it to do.

Examples 273

Examples Analysis Learning Design 273