Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I have argued in the past that innovation management needs to radically adjust and needs to be designed differently, it needs to be highly adaptive. In my opinion, it needs to be based on the thinking around the shift from products to solutions, from transactions to building far more value-adding ongoing relationships, from a supplier of product services into highly valued network partnerships, exploring innovation across all options. instead of delivering on discrete elements; this requires man

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

IdeaScale learns from all its best customers, but in our latest interview with Redwood Credit Union we learned three things that make innovation management easier: Pre-Populate Your Campaign. When RCU launched their first campaign that asked for ideas that would help improve the member experience, they seeded that campaign with ideas that they had received in the past.

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HYPE Innovation

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

We have seen the incredible rise of platforms that have become part of our everyday lives. Be these Apple, Google, eBay, Amazon, Android, Facebook, Microsoft, Alibaba, Salesforce, Uber, Airbnb, PayPal and many more, all becoming some of the hottest companies in value, as they have built out their business on powerful platforms for us to simply connect into and draw down what we value.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we chat with Paul Sloane, one of Twitter’s biggest innovation influencers and author of multiple books on the subject, including the third edition of The Leader’s Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills. In this week’s episode, we talk about why leader’s need courage to actually try new things and innovate, and learn some case studies of inspiring leaders who have succeeded in doing just that.

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Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, CTO of Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI prototypes into

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

The new Apple iPhone X uses facial-recognition software (FRS) to unlock the device rather than a pin or fingerprint. Apple’s adoption of FRS underlines the importance of this burgeoning technology. We will likely see a massive spread in the use of FRS which will bring many benefits but some serious risks which we need to start addressing now.

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Imaginatik

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

This week, I was talking with one of our clients about additional ways to leverage our innovation software. I soon learned they had been offered an innovation platform from a competitor for three years, for free. They were tempted to take the offer of “free.” For a day. But then they thought about what they need the platform to do, namely: COLLECT ideas, through engaging employees and other stakeholders.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

A breakthrough can be an even bigger deal than a disruption. Aren’t breakthrough innovation and disruptive innovation the same thing? It’s a common question when building innovation strategy. After all, the car, the telephone, the smartphone, the electric car, the solar panel, weren’t these all breakthroughs that were also disruptive?

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

I was thinking over the weekend that for years we've positioned innovation incorrectly. Too often we position innovation as creating a new and valuable offering or solution, ready when customers are ready to demand new products and services. In other words, we've positioned innovation as something to do to prepare for future business, future needs and future demands.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

There are few things more detrimental to a person’s self-confidence and motivation than failure to achieve the goals they set for themselves. Yet this is something that happens to countless people every day. In fact, around 20 percent of business startups in the US do not reach the end of their second year. It does not need to be due to a lack of drive, creativity or passion for your project; sometimes the problem can be quite the opposite.

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HYPE Innovation

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In a previous post I was telling you about engineering an open culture and how tricky this task can be. As research shows, the structures for innovation and open innovation are just as prone to failure, despite sizable investments and the best of intentions. And by structures I mean the physical spaces where innovation takes place and the formal reporting relationships (levels of hierarchy, managers’ span of control, communication patterns) within them.

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Speaker: Jason Tanner

While growth of software-enabled solutions generates momentum, growth alone is not enough to ensure sustainability. The probability of success dramatically improves with early planning for profitability. A sustainable business model contains a system of interrelated choices made not once but over time. Join this webinar for an iterative approach to ensuring solution, economic and relationship sustainability.

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Exago

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

A Gallup report shows that US companies lose $350 billion in revenue every year due to employees’ disengagement. In fact, 70 per cent of your employees are probably disengaged. Yet full participation is an emotional commitment that cannot be forced. With the Millennials and Generation Z joining the workplace, the challenge rises: no longer can we believe that it is enough for a company to provide the work, and that an employee’s motivation will come naturally.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

We need to recognize that innovation is one of the hardest things to align to strategy. It’s inherently messy, fairly unpredictable and its team-orientated approach sometimes cuts across borders, challenges different established positions and seemingly conflicting priorities. It often challenges the status quo and can on certain occasions, potentially challenge the stated strategic goals as those ‘disruptive forces’ have not been addressed radically enough.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

So, your company is investing in innovation, but do you lack the confidence to be creative? A 2017 Crowdsourced Innovation Report published by IdeaScale noted that more and more companies are embedding innovation initiatives at their organizations. 53% of the innovation programs are focused on leveraging the collective wisdom of employees. The report list below the six innovation priorities that companies are focusing on in 2017.

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Digital Tonto

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

"If your idea is any good, you'll have to ram it down people's throats" Related posts: How to Create Ideas that Evolve. (Ideas Having) Sex and the City. All Great Innovators Have One Thing In Common. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

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Imaginatik

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Oracle’s new global startup program connects startup companies with Oracle global customers to create and nuture an ecosystem of codevelopment and coinnovation where everyone—the startups, customers, and Oracle—can win. This is a tall task—one that other corporations have promised but failed to deliver. It’s also hard to scale. Corporations working with startups isn’t new.

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Exago

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Millennials and Generation Z are often disconnected from the strategic vision of a big organisation because they cannot see any links between their everyday work and the company's business objectives. Being able to align an individual's everyday work and goals clearly with the organisation’s strategy gets people to think in new ways and imagine new possibilities.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

In the past week or so, I have been looking a little harder at the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry relating to innovation, it left me a little frustrated. I felt that warm and fuzzy feeling, as I read all too often those comforting words or platitudes of how “innovation is vital to us” and one of the “highest areas of focus.” Yet as you then listen to the voices of the very leaders within these industries in interviews, or read on blogs, or in discussing what are the challenges they face, i

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Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The crowd you source from doesn’t have to be outside the company. Crowdsourcing is just one facet of innovation strategy. For some, it may not be the most workable. Perhaps there are legal concerns that make it impossible. Maybe your industry is so specialized you just don’t have that big a crowd to source from. Or perhaps there’s just institutional skepticism to deal with.

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Digital Tonto

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

It’s the ability to identify and solve important problems that transforms disruption into opportunity. Related posts: If You Want To Innovate, Avoid These Myths. Build For The Few And Not The Many. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We have all heard the myth that we only use 10% of our brains. But how close is this to reality? It would be more accurate to say that we only use between 1% – 16% of our brain, at any one time. This is because of the amazing way that our brain is set up to use energy as efficiently as possible. Check out this great video (above) which goes into more detail about how the brain is set up to work, and how this evolution has enabled the unique ability for humans to become creative.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I think we often over complicate the work of innovation, because we believe it cannot be simple and straightforward. After all, how can an activity that can disrupt an industry, create compelling new products or services and reap significant riches be simple? To drive all of this change, certainly innovation must be difficult and complex, right? Consultants often benefit from this assumption that innovation is difficult or unusual.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Braden Kelley

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

One of the best ways to challenge people’s thinking and get a group moving in a direction towards innovation is to get the group to define the box.

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HYPE Innovation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The Tour de France is a gruelling race, clawing your way up mountains, pounding along mile after mile of roads – and all with the whirr of gears and the click of your competitor’s pedals in your ears. Winning the precious yellow jersey, each day is a real feat – and managing to hold on to that lead through time trials, hill climbs and general jostling with the others in the peloton before the final triumphant roll into Pairs is something else.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

The world of ideas is vast, but what’s their value? What’s the value of an idea ? What makes an idea truly valuable? It’s a more practical answer than you might think. What’s An Idea Worth? There is an old adage that there’s nothing new under the sun and it is, to some degree, true. We’ve all heard about the man who invented both the iPod and iTunes in the 1970s or how science fiction authors like Jules Verne or H.G.

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Digital Tonto

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

What the quantum era needs most is not sensationalism and fear, but understanding. Related posts: Quantum Encryption Is Coming Sooner Than You Think. The Time To Prepare Is Now. IBM Is Using The. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

James Corrigan (born 1924) joined the Durham Light Infantry at the age of 17. He took part in the Sicily landing and the D-Day landing. He was mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the Legion d’Honneur and the Croix de Guerre. Here he recounts some of his memories to Paul Sloane. James Corrigan aged 17. Abridged Interview (27 mins). [link].

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

In television, an outlandish episode that seeks to introduce revive a series often signals the eventual downfall of the show. Those old enough to remember the TV series Happy Days will remember the episode when Fonzi jumped the shark on water skis. This gave us the expression that something had "jumped the shark", an event signalling an inevitable downfall.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This video, right here, is an example of what I would say constitutes the worst business advice on the internet. Please, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE FOLLOW THIS ADVICE! “But Nick, that seemed like pretty good advice, what’s wrong with it???” Let me explain why… How the internet helps share knowledge. There is no shortage of excellent business advice out there.

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Imaginatik

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Boston, MA – Imaginatik, the innovation company, is pleased to announce that it has signed a new contract for its full-service innovation offering with a large US-based investment management company. The initial contract is for a three-year term and is valued at approximately $0.5M. This contract will see Imaginatik deliver a comprehensive full service innovation solution consisting of its enterprise innovation software platform and consultancy services, including innovation strategy advisory wo

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Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of

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