Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

Contingency Planning: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects Contingency planning is the process of proactively preparing for potential risks, disruptions, or crises that could impact an organizations operations, strategy, or financial stability. For example, Microsofts contingency planning includes : Cloud-based disaster recovery systems.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

For example, a software startup conducting a SWOT Analysis may identify its strong technical team (Strength), limited marketing budget (Weakness), increasing demand for automation tools (Opportunity), and growing competition (Threat). Technology and innovation Patents, R&D capabilities, proprietary software.

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Analysis Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2025

For example, Teslas success in the electric vehicle industry can be attributed to a strong market demand (Market Attractiveness), innovative technology (Sustainable Competitive Advantage), and strong supply chain relationships (Connectedness Across the Value Chain). These could include: Unique technology or intellectual property.

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Strategy Strategy Technical Review Software Review 130

ImagineNation

MARCH 26, 2025

We need to reframe disruption to increase the possibilities for game-changing inventions and innovations to succeed in an uncertain and unstable future. The crucial first step in managing this is to accept responsibility for recognising and disrupting your internal structures, mental models, mindsets, and habitual behaviours.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 12, 2025

Without a structured approach, organizations risk disruptions, resistance, and unforeseen challenges that can derail change initiatives. Technology: Are system updates or new software implementations needed? Failure to Identify All Impact Areas Neglecting certain areas can lead to unforeseen disruptions.

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Analysis Change Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 130

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 21, 2020

We are being challenged in our system of beliefs, ideas, values, and habits that are a way of thinking about the real world and what it means. We are entering a position of significant disruption. Thus, we have no pre-existing defenses or experience against this level of astonishing disruption.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

We are witnessing a very radical change, driven by technology, increasingly disrupting and breaking down past traditional boundaries, partly built to defend positions so as to achieve economic scale. These are: The constant exponential of technology and its power to change is forcing up to change.

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Radical Innovation Innovation Technical Review Engagement 321

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

We design the innovation system we need after we know what we are trying to achieve in the challenge or idea. We need to adapt our system thinking to the challenge identified, not the other way around, that of trying to fit them into a generically designed process. We “pull down” what is needed. It adjusts and you learn.

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Design Technical Review Innovation Agile 232

Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 23, 2018

Similarly, Blockbuster experienced almost the exact same disruption. The fact of the matter is, Schumpeter's 'creative destruction' will occur more rapidly and more frequently, and we need to be anticipating disruptive innovation, if not simply welcoming it and accepting it. What does this mean for innovators?

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Disruption Technical Review Innovation Trends 113

Daniel Burrus

APRIL 20, 2022

New manufacturing plants will utilize the latest technologies in an effort to increase productivity and competitive advantage. Due to the fact that technology-driven exponential change affects everything, manufacturing businesses must always keep up. . Five Tech Trends Impacting the Manufacturing Industry.

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Technical Review Trends Technology Software Review 96

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 9, 2020

A growing reality might be that many people will be forced to stay at home until a vaccine is found, due to their risk of infection. The previous reliance on showcasing their latest products or technology will be less at physical events but in digital environments through a range of social mediums. Possible, very possible.

Technical Review 321

Technical Review Engagement Creativity Change 321

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

The Winds of Change- Innovation Software facing the Innovators’ Dilemma In my research, I am getting a real sense that the current Innovation Management Software model is about to be upended and disrupted as per Clayton Christensens’ “Innovators Dilemma.” source Wikipeda) Today the reversal is happening.

Software Review 211

Software Review Software Innovation Technical Review 211

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The Evolution of Product Development Product development has transformed significantly over the years, adapting to changes in consumer behavior, market demands, and technological advancements. Agile product development is a powerful approach that can help you navigate the complexities of today’s disruptive world.

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Product Development Agile Software Review LEAN 100

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 27, 2017

T he potential value of abundant data and information is greatly constrained by the technical challenges of storing, processing, sharing and analyzing it. Technological risks to information, from hacking to cybercrime and privacy concerns to identity theft are on the rise. Inaccessible information. “T Information risks.

Technical Review 178

Technical Review Innovation Disruption Report 178

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 11, 2018

I am really frustrated by the legacy we have in our processes, systems and the ways we approach innovation, and its development lifecycle. What is clear anyone that does develop a fully integrated platform designed for innovation will certainly disrupt the current way products are managed. These are tue legacy systems.We

Product Innovation 221

Product Innovation Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Innovation 221

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Energy is tackling one of the world’s toughest tasks, turning our existing energy system, reliant on fossil fuels into one based on renewables, is an enormously complex set of challenges in its goal of decarbonizing it. It is evident innovation must be way broader than just technological RD&D.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Software Review Report System 145

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

To do this, technology adoption and diffusion across the ecosystem needs to improve dramatically. Equally the nature of much of production has been designed “on the fly” and the equally tough job of connecting the whole process up in a new integrated, fully connected system meets huge resistance.

Industry 213

Industry Technical Review Innovation Design 213

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 1, 2022

How often are they missing the strategic mark due to their inability to find that innovative pathway? The rise of Ecosystems and platforms requires a more effective innovation mechanism, a more holistic, whole innovation system that can transform. In many ways, their success requires innovation; it is wrapped up in their destiny.

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Innovation Design Leadership Engagement 319

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 26, 2015

Our innovation systems are lagging significantly behind. The whole discovery to final execution, is for most organizations still a very fragmented, often disconnected system. It is highly reliant on manual systems with people often disconnected from the real innovation engagement making decisions on inadequate data or insights.

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Technical Review Technology Innovation Internet of things 100

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 9, 2021

The urgency of speeding up the changes over from fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) into our renewables of solar, wind, and water will never happen unless we innovate across the entire Energy System. These technologies are at widely varying stages of development. This current decade is essential. To nature, to where and how we live.

Technical Review 189

Technical Review Policies Innovation Report 189

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

We fail to constantly review and re-engineer the innovation process and tend to layer more upon it, without a consistent reassessing what we are trying to achieve. It is this ‘raw’ power of technology that is transforming much. This often needs different perspectives to form the final position.

Innovation 174

Innovation Technical Review System Change 174

Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

As one of the world’s top experts on innovation and growth, Rita’s work is regularly published in the Harvard Business Review. Are there systems and structures in place that will assist with the generation, progression and implementation of developing and implementing fledgling ideas? Twitter: rgmcgrath. Tiffani Bova.

Innovation 270

Innovation Technical Review Creativity Leadership 270

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

They want to navigate the new world order of digital disruption. The whole redesign to collaborate around a single set of processes spanning systems engineering, hardware and software development, variant and options management, part release, manufacturing planning, quality, technical documentation, program management, and more.

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Innovation Management Software Review Management Technical Review 200

The BMI Lab Blog

MAY 26, 2021

Sometimes, companies approach us with requests like “I have developed a new technology but how do I build a business around it?” or “Our technology is superior to our competitors’ – why don’t our customers see that?”. Hence, it is not surprising that many of the world’s leading companies reportedly work on integrating this technology.

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Technical Review Technology Disruption How To 85

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The typical goals of this sort of collaboration are better solutions and disrupting economic development — ultimately, it’s an early pipeline of new technologies. In exchange for financing and mentorship, an established business can be at the forefront of new products, models, and technologies.

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Collaboration Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Innovation 174

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Digital technology has been involved in the energy system for decades. What is new, is the pace of digitalization occurring through technological innovation, providing solutions that enable the energy system to be transformed? Digitalization is the catalyst for engagement and connectivity within the energy system.

Technical Review 173

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review System 173

Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2022

Organizations have been plagued in the last two years by major shifts that have disrupted business and threatened their profitability. Dealing with the loss of family and friends due to the pandemic and the mental health impact of the health crisis forced many workers to rethink their whole life vis-à-vis “work.”. employers $36.4

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Technical Review Policies Culture Underperforming Technical Team 246

Planview

JANUARY 9, 2025

More companies not just tech are adopting a set of structures and practices best suited to delivering value in this way. What was once considered the management system for software companies is now becoming the new standard for traditional organizations. These structures and practices are called the product operating model.

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Software Review Technical Review Project Generative AI 69

Leapfrogging

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

In the melee of getting kids prepared to head back to school, it’s easy to overlook the bigger disruptive changes happening in education nationally and even globally. But banning phones may actually be a dis-service to our ever tech connected youth. Many teachers struggle to maintain students’ attention.

Software Review 113

Software Review Technical Review Disruption Innovation 113

IdeaScale

JANUARY 10, 2017

In a turbulent marketplace, when complexity can add even more confusion, it is important to have a simple and straightforward innovation system. The Value of an Integrated Innovation System . A small group of innovation leaders from various disciplines to review ideas and give rapid responses for approval and resources.

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System Design Innovation Handbook 100

IdeaScale

JANUARY 10, 2017

In a turbulent marketplace, when complexity can add even more confusion, it is important to have a simple and straightforward innovation system. The Value of an Integrated Innovation System . A small group of innovation leaders from various disciplines to review ideas and give rapid responses for approval and resources.

System 100

System Design Innovation Handbook 100

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Then disruption suddenly hits. Technology trends lay in the seventh position in this “biggest strategic challenges.” Both, for me a little damming for preparing for a disrupting world or positioning innovation as the future catalyst for growth. The other valuable point for me was another insight from the survey. “

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Report Innovation Survey Disruption 212

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2018

The ability to tackle those larger societal problems within an ecosystem, or combine unique resources to overcome a complex challenge you are incapable of solving alone, do have greater potential in a collaborative adaptive system. They survive and thrive due to that uniqueness and attraction. Watch out for those “burning platforms”.

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Innovation Collaboration Design Technical Review 241

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Competitors are disrupting – even ones who were not around 12 to 24 months before. We see mergers, closures, or once great beacons of industry shrink before our eyes due to new alternatives. But still, our advanced societies find it hard to make robust policy for a complex innovation system.” Apple, Alibaba, Amazon).

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Innovation Innovation Programs Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 222

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

It is the dynamics within the system that brings Dynamic Ecosystems into the core, representing its “nerve center” in an environment that is constantly pulsating, ever-changing that feeds and reacts to the surrounding Ecosystem layers of Innovation, Entrepreneurial/Start-up, Business and Enterprise Ecosystems.

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Technical Review Resources System Design 147

hackerearth

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Over 90% of the world’s leading banks are either exploring, experimenting (PoCs), or formulating a strategy for leveraging blockchain technology, says an Accenture survey. But when it comes to intra-organizational processes, challenges arise due to process design and lack of mutual trust. Areas of impact. Sample use cases.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review System 82

Acuvate

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

By leveraging Microsoft Fabric pipelines, the system ensures consistency in data processing, minimizes the risk of human error, and reduces manual effort. Cost Savings Lower operational costs due to minimized emergency repairs and more efficient resource allocation. The trained models are then exported for deployment in Azure ML.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Data 59