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. Within two posts, I want to provide my outcomes, bridging the present and pointing towards a better design thinking future, in my opinion urgently needed.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 1, 2017

In a fast-paced corporate environment where there are many expectations and a steady stream of work, how (and more importantly) why, would you carve out time to contribute to your company’s new ideation platform? Recently a customer asked me if I could share some insight as to what type of incentives really work to drive engagement across divisions and companies.

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Destination Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2017

Behavioural nudges are clever policy tweaks often used by governments to influence the choices that people make. They are often found to be more effective and less costly than direct actions such as quotas, taxes or subsidies. Here are some simple examples: Putting calorie counts on menus encourages people to make healthier choices – salads instead of french fries.

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HYPE Innovation

JULY 30, 2017

“Anything that just costs money is cheap” John Steinbeck - American novelist. Before we move on to see how ecosystems are built and managed, let’s take a moment to grasp their underlying logic. In as follows, a crash course on “goods-dominant” versus “service dominant” logic, customer focus, resilience thinking and value co-creation. In short, the “stuff” ecosystems are made of.

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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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Digital Tonto

JULY 30, 2017

The truth is that every innovation strategy fails eventually, because there are always new problems to solve. Related posts: Here’s Why Your Innovation Strategy Will Fail. The Difference between. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 3, 2017

Don’t get frustrated with your crowdsourcing campaign. Crowdsourcing and open innovation are great ideas. But like any great ideas, great results need smart execution. Too many ideas fall into a crowdsourcing gap, so here are the problems to avoid. Unfocused Strategy. By far the biggest problem is people have an idea and decide, vaguely, to throw crowdsourcing at the problem.

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HYPE Innovation

AUGUST 1, 2017

Gijs van Wulfen has created a wonderful innovation method, the Forth Innovation Methodology , to provide a systematic way to take ideas into tested business case concepts. Using a highly visual approach he takes the notion of “ the Innovation Expedition ”, as a way to think about the path along which ideas travel, from discovery, to business case concept, to finally emerging as winning ideas in the marketplace.

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Exago

AUGUST 3, 2017

Once you've understood the four quadrants of the innovation model - steady growth, productivity gain, industry leadership, game change -, you'll need a plan to conquer your own Daily Innovation Zone. This means also learning how to create game changing innovation with minimum cost and risk. The post How to conquer your Daily Innovation Zone appeared first on Exago.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 2, 2017

Good innovators recognize that our ability to create meaningful, positive change doesn’t just depend on gathering good ideas, but on our ability to recognize great ideas. That means that we get a lot of questions from our customers about how to select the best idea – things like “how do I prioritize good ideas when I have them?” or “how do I control for the fact that I don’t have a lot of resources to implement ideas?

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Idea to Value

AUGUST 4, 2017

Despite what the current US president keeps saying, renewable energy is the way that the world will be powered in the future. Two of the most established technologies which already provide electricity to millions of people are solar power and wind power. However, wind power has a number of drawbacks which are often not considered, especially due to the extremely large infrastructure needed to support the blades and turbines.

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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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HYPE Innovation

AUGUST 1, 2017

The history of management is littered with outmoded fads, those tools that seem to have a short shelf-life. There are a few that are seemingly enduring, but one that perhaps does endure is the Baldrige Excellence Framework. Since its inception in 1988 thousands of organizations around the world have used the framework to improve their organization's effectiveness and achieve sustaining results.

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Braden Kelley

AUGUST 1, 2017

According to multiple sources, including McKinsey, 70% of change efforts fail. The reason many change efforts fail is that they often lack a clear plan.

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Digital Tonto

AUGUST 2, 2017

They need to function as enablers of networks, not extensions of hierarchies Related posts: How to Run Effective Meetings. We Need To Stop Chasing The Last Big Thing And Start Preparing For the Next. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Idea to Value

AUGUST 4, 2017

How is it possible for the brain to imagine something which it has never seen before? While you may never think about it, it is a complex problem which requires sophisticated coordination of different parts of your brain. Check out this excellent TED video above where Andrey Vyshedskiy explains exactly what is going on in your head when you imagine something new.

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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 1, 2017

In a fast-paced corporate environment where there are many expectations and a steady stream of work, how (and more importantly) why, would you carve out time to contribute to your company’s new ideation platform? Recently a customer asked me if I could share some insight as to what type of incentives really work to drive engagement across divisions and companies.

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BrainZooming

JULY 31, 2017

Ten years ago, last week, I gave what I’ve always considered my worst presentation ever. I call it my “Lee Harvey Oswald presentation.”. The horrible experience wasn’t for lack of public speaking skills, sufficient preparation, and scouting the unusual location ahead of time. It wasn’t for not being ready with options in case something didn’t work. And it wasn’t for not having a friendly audience.

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Board of Innovation

AUGUST 2, 2017

The purpose of this article is to discuss several key cognitive biases and their effects on decision making within strategic innovation management as well as how to minimize their effects so that team members can contribute optimally to the fuzzy innovation process. They are essential in understanding and managing appropriately to ensure your innovation outputs are most suitable to your.

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Exoplatform

AUGUST 1, 2017

IT has become an essential part of our lives nowadays. IT allows us to complete most of our daily tasks, and most jobs require software and a computer. The post 5 of the Biggest Information Technology Failures and Scares appeared first on eXo Platform Blog.

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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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Be-novative

AUGUST 1, 2017

The subsidiary of Allianz Group revealed areas for improvement in their employee satisfaction survey. HR identified two areas pointed out by their members: the need for internal process improvement for more efficiency and the want for more opportunities to grow professionally as an organization.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 2, 2017

Is there such a thing as a quick check to determine whether a strategic plan is on the right track or not ? While reviewing mini-strategic plans attendees developed at a recent logistics company customer event we facilitated, I relied on one that works well. We designed a group exercise for participants to identify strategic plan topics. We also provided an overview with instructions about how to write a mini-strategic plan.

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IdeaConnection

AUGUST 4, 2017

Do you want to hear about the latest open innovation research? Are you keen to know more about how open innovation can help your business? If so, point your feet toward Silicon Valley, San Francisco this coming December for the 4th Annual World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC 2017). This huge annual event lays claim to being one of the most well attended open innovation conferences in the world.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 4, 2017

The modern generation has bred a new and unusual workforce. In 2017, the ever-connected millennial expects to be an active influencer in every aspect of life. From reviewing products to circadian social media interactions with friends, the modern person has a voice, and they demand it to be heard. This notion has trickled into the workplace – employees want to be involved in top-level processes, and with just a click of a button.

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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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Svava

AUGUST 2, 2017

Your Corporate Ideation Submission Process Directly impacts the success of your innovation initiatives The means through which internal team members submit their ideas for innovations, the feasibility of submitting the ideas, the framework for their submission ensuring their quality, and the organization or storage of these ideas (or lack thereof), has a direct impact + Read More.

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Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 1, 2017

Innovation is the lynchpin to success in an era dominated by exponential growth and transformational change. You know that. For some reason, many of your employees seem to know it even better. This raises the question: Is it an issue if your employees are more innovative than you are? And, what happens if there is a culture of innovation among staff that’s more developed and productive than anything your leadership team may have tried to encourage?

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The BMI Lab Blog

AUGUST 3, 2017

There are two complementary approaches to innovation: incremental vs radical. When setting up an innovation strategy, there are many decisions to take. And, probably, one of the first challenges is to choose between two different approaches. Should I choose an incremental innovation path? Or should I rather look for a radical, or disruptive, approach?

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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 3, 2017

Governments around the world are beginning to see just how much the everyday citizen, the small business owner, or a startup can change the world. They understand that it is no longer just the Walmarts and BPs of every industry that have a significant impact on the economy. Innovators can pop up out of anywhere, […].

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Speaker: John Mansour

If you're looking to advance your career in product management, there are more options than just climbing the management ladder. Join our upcoming webinar to learn about highly rewarding career paths that don't involve management responsibilities. We'll cover both career tracks and provide tips on how to position yourself for success in the one that's right for you.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 1, 2017

Clearly, we need to rethink education. Our kids will face a much different world than we live in now. In fact, a study at Oxford concluded that nearly half of the jobs that exist today will be automated in the next 20 years. To prepare for the future, we need to replace our regimented education system with one that fosters skills like teamwork, communication and exploration.

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Innocentive

JULY 31, 2017

With the launch of the second Challenge on the bauma Open Innovation (OI) platform , we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight this exciting collaboration! bauma is the leading trade fair for the construction and construction machinery industry and the world's largest trade show. The bauma Open Innovation initiative aims to extend the bauma experience for their exhibitors and attendees beyond the trade show, providing opportunities throughout the year for Solvers to tackle industry leaders’

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Idea Drop

JULY 30, 2017

The Suggestion Box This box is where you go to store ideas, not act on them. As one of the oldest and most basic forms of market research, the suggestion box is flawed for one key reason: anonymity. The obscurity of the suggestion box was first invented to make employees feel safe in giving their bosses honest, unfettered feedback. Sadly, this whole concept undermines itself pretty quickly.

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Mike Shipulski

AUGUST 2, 2017

When the work is new, it can’t be defined and managed like work that has been done before. Sometimes there’s a tendency to spend months to define the market, the detailed specification and the project timeline and release the package as a tidal wave that floods the organization with new work. Instead, start with a high-level description of the market, a rough specification and the major project milestones, all of which will morph, grow and inform each other as the team learns.

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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.

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