Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 1, 2023

So why is finding the right skills and competencies for innovation a real challenge but so essential? How do we know the critical skills, competencies and capabilities for innovation? Also, what are the additional dependencies for sustaining innovation capabilities that are becoming vital to understand so an organization can place the appropriate resources behind them, build upon a sustainable future and leverage these innovation dynamics?

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IdeaScale

APRIL 2, 2023

As businesses face an ever-changing landscape, it's crucial to have an agile innovation process in place. This allows companies to adapt quickly to new opportunities and challenges, and stay ahead of the competition. In this blog, we'll explore how the agile innovation process can revolutionize your business, and provide five key steps to get started. [.

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Kainexus

APRIL 4, 2023

Taiichi Ohno, the father of the Toyota Production System, once said, “Without Standard Work, there is no Kaizen.” That’s a pretty bold statement, but when you think about the continuous improvement cycle, it makes a lot of sense. How can you move from the current state to the desired state if the current state is a moving target? Standard Work , which documents the current best practice for performing a task or process, and ensures that everyone is applying it, is a prerequisite for improvement.

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Digital Tonto

APRIL 2, 2023

Empathy, as powerful as it can potentially be, is widely misunderstood. It is often paired with compassion in the context of creating a more beneficial workplace. That is, of course, a reasonable and worthy objective, but the one-dimensional use of the term is misleading and limits its value. When seen only through the lens of making others more comfortable, empathy can seem like a “nice to have,” trait rather than a valuable competency and an important source of competitive advantage.

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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 4, 2023

The Answer in Three Charts GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton “Everything changed since the pandemic.” At this point, my husband, a Navy veteran, is very likely to moo (yes, like a cow).

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Destination Innovation

APRIL 5, 2023

Let’s face it. Meetings are unpopular. A study by Steven Rogelberg, of the University of North Carolina surveyed 182 senior managers in a range of industries: 65% said meetings keep them from completing their own work; 71% said meetings are unproductive and 64% said meetings come at the expense of deep thinking. We all know these frustrations because we encounter them every day at work.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 4, 2023

Collaborations form the essence of discovery, relationships, innovation and new knowledge exchange. As we move increasingly towards more open innovation hubs and increased ecosystem management the recognition is that many of the challenges and problems have not just become too complex to tackle alone, or even in a single industry but require cross-sector innovation (ecosystem designed) collaboration (CSIC) in consortia-developed approaches.

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Collectivecamp

APRIL 3, 2023

How companies operate has significantly changed over the last years due to digital transformation. Regardless of their size, digital transformation is imperative for all businesses.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 3, 2023

GUEST POST from Greg Satell When I was 27, I moved to Warsaw, Poland to work in the nascent media industry that was developing there. I had experience working in media in New York, so I was excited to share what I’d learned and was confident that my knowledge and expertise would be well received.

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Strategyzer Innovation

APRIL 4, 2023

Here is a classic scene I have observed in many companies: Leslie, an innovation team lead, is pitching a project to the executive board. As required, he presents the business case for investing in the new offering and five-year projections for revenue growth and profits.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2023

This month I am completing a series on cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations. This is the second post that I am sharing on both my dedicated ecosystem thinking site and also through my paul4innovating posting site , which has different audiences to discuss this with. For me, cross-sector collaborations are becoming essential to our future in tackling highly complex challenging issues that need collaborative resolution.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2023

Strategies to help companies mitigate the legal risk and ensure they’re in compliance with the law.

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Sopheon

APRIL 4, 2023

Product managers and project managers are two distinct roles. To launch new products successfully, they play a crucial role and must collaborate tightly. Product managers set the vision for the product, gather requirements and prioritize them, but it’s the project manager’s job to act upon this vision and make sure that it gets executed on time and within budget.

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Daniel Burrus

APRIL 5, 2023

Every year and in every way, I try to help create more Anticipatory Leaders and individuals working at Anticipatory Organizations as opposed to reactionary ones who quickly miss opportunities that are in plain sight. The major cornerstone to an Anticipatory mindset is my Hard Trend Methodology, where we discern between Hard Trend future certainties that are based on future facts that will happen and Soft Trends that are open to influence.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 2, 2023

GUEST POST from David Burkus Teams are a central part of our work experience. Jobs that could have been solitary at one time or another happen more efficiently and at higher quality because we work in teams.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2023

Companies should find ways to connect employees and customers regardless of whether “customer service” is in their job description.

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Kainexus

APRIL 7, 2023

Over the past decade, I've presented countless webinars in different settings, and I've hosted and moderated more than 100 for KaiNexus. For a long time, I've said that webinar presenting is the most difficult format and venue. You don't get the energy, body language, and feedback that you get from a room full of people. Everybody else is muted, so you don't get any laughter if you've made a joke, and cameras for attendees are turned off, so you don't see any nods.

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Christensen Institute

APRIL 4, 2023

On March 30, 2023, I participated in the Technology and Anti-Corruption panel at the 2nd Summit for Democracy: Indo-Pacific Regional Meeting in Seoul. The summit focused on the challenges and progress in addressing corruption. I prepared these remarks for the summit. Why do people hire corruption? In an attempt to solve any problem, we must first ask why the problem exists in the first place?

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Speaker: Paul Heller

Most innovation work proceeds independently from company strategy. As a result, the products that arrive in the market are not well aligned with the company’s goals. This challenge is particularly significant in organizations with transformation-oriented strategies, where innovation must directly support growth, scalability, and strategic pivots. In this session, we will discuss why innovation in large companies is so often not aligned with the company’s strategy and what innovation leaders, pro

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 5, 2023

GUEST POST from Geoffrey A. Moore We are well into our first decade of digital transformation, with both the successes and the scars to show for it, and we can see there is a long way to go.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2023

And how to address them before your competitors seize the opportunity.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

APRIL 7, 2023

This month I am completing a series on cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations. This is the second post that I am sharing here on my dedicated ecosystem thinking site and also through my paul4innovating posting site , which has different audiences to discuss this with. For me, cross-sector collaborations are becoming essential to our future in tackling highly complex challenging issues that need collaborative resolution Cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations do have real diffe

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Christensen Institute

APRIL 4, 2023

Women are 33% more likely to see a doctor than men; but they are less likely to be taken seriously by doctors. For example: Women wait 29% longer than men to be seen by an ER for a possible heart attack, when presenting with chest pain; Women with acute abdominal pain are up to 25% less likely to be treated with powerful pain medications than men; Women experiencing symptoms of heart disease are more likely to be diagnosed with a psychiatric condition than heart disease—essentially being told th

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Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL

Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 7, 2023

Wow! Exciting news! From now until April 19, 2023 you can get my latest best-selling book Charting Change in hardcover for only $24.99 – plus FREE shipping! Sorry, unfortunately this sale doesn’t have a discount on the eBook, meaning the hardcover is temporarily cheaper.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2023

It offers new opportunities for interactivity, personalization, and adventure.

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Cascade Strategy

APRIL 7, 2023

Your quarterly plan is not just a piece of paper, but a crucial roadmap for executing your business strategies effectively. Without a solid quarterly plan, meeting management expectations becomes a game of chance.

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Acuvate

APRIL 6, 2023

In today’s highly tech-driven world, businesses have begun to recognize the importance of digital employee experience (DEX). Besides being beneficial to the organization, an engaging and satisfactory experience for employees is crucial to improve their productivity, engagement, and overall job satisfaction. A well-designed DEX strategy can help businesses create a single view of their entire organization, and enhance employee engagement, workplace technology, and productivity.

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Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 7, 2023

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski I stand by my statement that trust is the most important element in business (see The Trust Network.) The Trust Network are the group of people who get the work done. They don’t do the work to get promoted, they just do the work because they like doing the work.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2023

A survey of U.S. residents asks whether new subscription services from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat meet their expectations.

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Cascade Strategy

APRIL 6, 2023

Tired of being stuck in a cycle of putting out fires and feeling like you're not using your resources effectively? It's time to take a step back and revamp your strategic planning process to ensure successful strategy execution.

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Planview

APRIL 6, 2023

Last month, Planview released the inaugural 2023 Project to Product State of the Industry Report , and it is well worth the read. It examines anonymized data from over 3600 value streams, representing over 38K individuals across the value chain from ideation to value. To my knowledge, we are the only organization with access to such a large and complex value stream data set.

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