Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2021

So defining stories and narratives, you see the growing potential of having a good narrative for your innovation activities. They are a call to action and engage those listening to the narrative to make a difference. ” So narratives attract, engage, motivate and call people to push and achieve their potential.

Innovation 318

Innovation LEAN Engagement Innovation Processes 318

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

Lead Successful Innovation Projects! Get instant innovation processes Get expert tools & guidance Lead projects with confidence Learn More Project Recommendations for Success Creating Vague or Generic Profiles Avoid assumptions and surface-level insights. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

Software Review 130

Software Review Roadmap Tools Strategic Thinking 130

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

Many tools, techniques, frameworks, mechanics, and emerging methodologies have allowed different parts of the innovation process to be explored and exploited. We are moving innovation along but not at a pace or design that reflects the need to connect “it ” into one comprehensive process.

Artificial Inteligence 182

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Innovation Agile 182

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

By blending innovation into your strategy, you’re cooking up a plan that’s as flexible as a yoga guru and keeps you ahead of the pack. For a deeper dive, check out our piece on connecting business strategy and the innovation process. They make sure your company stays in the game, no matter how much the market shifts.

Innovation 113

Innovation Agile Creativity Brainstorming 113

Idea to Value

MARCH 26, 2020

A while back, one of my consulting partners from another office asked me to review their client’s innovation process. Their team had been engaged to review why their innovation process was not delivering results. What most companies get wrong about innovation processes.

Innovation 249

Innovation Technical Review Innovation Processes Creativity 249

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Check out our article on mixing business strategy with the innovation process. The Perks of Innovation in Your Game Plan Let’s face it: innovation is the secret sauce in any killer business strategy. If you need more pointers, swing by our article on how to use innovation to turbocharge your business strategy.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Internet of things Strategy 113

Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

I've written previously about having a bias for innovation in your culture , seeking and finding important and unmet needs or opportunities , and introducing discovery and exploration in your innovation process. Agile, lean and rapid methodologies meant to accelerate the innovation cycle?

LEAN 155

LEAN Innovation Agile Project 155

IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

We’ve all been “talked at,” and it can stall good ideas and innovative processes before they even start. Body language says a lot about how engaged you are. Even if they’re not looking at you directly, you can show engagement with “open” body language such as sitting up and leaning forward.

Creativity 182

Creativity LEAN Video Engagement 182

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2024

Ideas and feedback are flowing back and forth throughout the innovation process. This iterative approach is driving innovation by ensuring that solutions are aligned with user needs and market realities. Everyone in the innovation process can contribute, regardless of their position or role.

Collaboration 147

Collaboration Artificial Inteligence Ideation Agile 147

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

Even though we have so many new initiatives going on in the larger organizations to keep the troops happy and hopefully engaged they are not making the level of difference that innovation is expected to achieve. So going a step further in my own design within this new innovation era. Each of us has a part to play in innovation.

Innovation 178

Innovation Design Agile Innovation Processes 178

Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

When should it be used: Any company which has or is thinking of building an Innovation Team / Department / Lab / Skunkworks should be aware of this concept of Dual Innovation and make sure your teams have the skills and permission to engage in it. 9 – Understanding the science of creativity.

Company 254

Company Innovation Brainstorming Underperforming Technical Team 254

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

We are seeing blurred boundaries, digital is raising the stakes and fear of missing out, it is upping the speed at which others are competing with new concepts, ideas, and engagement with customers. Traditional methods and approaches to innovation are completely breaking down, hence my total belief we are in the new era of innovation.

Innovation 185

Innovation Radical Innovation Agile Design 185

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2021

So defining stories and narratives, you see the growing potential of having a good narrative for your innovation activities. They are a call to action and engage those listening to the narrative to make a difference. ” So narratives attract, engage, motivate and call people to push and achieve their potential.

Innovation 130

Innovation LEAN Engagement Innovation Processes 130

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2021

So defining stories and narratives, you see the growing potential of having a good narrative for your innovation activities. They are a call to action and engage those listening to the narrative to make a difference. ” So narratives attract, engage, motivate and call people to push and achieve their potential.

Innovation 130

Innovation LEAN Engagement Innovation Processes 130

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. The excitement of ‘breaking innovation’ is in the pioneering, experimenting, discovering, sharing and exchanging.

Innovation 174

Innovation Technical Review System Change 174

Moves the Needle

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Lean Innovation Case Study: Bringing a New Product to Market Don’t have time to read the whole article? This is the story of how Edmunds.com used Lean Innovation practices to make their mission a reality. Eventually, they determined that Lean Innovation principles would be the best way to tackle this uncertainty.

LEAN 58

LEAN Case Study Innovation Study 58

IdeaScale

APRIL 4, 2017

Leaders with a deep belief that innovation is essential and who care about the value it can deliver to their customers—and perhaps to society at large—help elicit that extra spark of inspiration that innovators need. Easily utilize the tools and techniques of the innovation process to create value. Be inquisitive.

Handbook 150

Handbook Innovation Leadership Project 150

Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They bring stories of success and failure that can humanize the innovation process and make it more relatable. Their talks can be a catalyst for change, encouraging your team to pursue innovation with renewed vigor. By discussing the innovation process, they can: Ignite the spark of ideation and creativity within your team.

Innovation 113

Innovation Ideation Innovation Processes Leadership 113

Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

Recent research has confirmed successfully disrupting as well as outperforming companies to be significantly more engaged in business model innovation. These communities stimulate social engagement around the product through participation in forums, sharing, collaboration or even user-driven innovation by co-creating new products.

Innovation Management 100

Innovation Management Management LEAN Innovation 100

Values Centered Innovation

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The result can be profound insights into yourself and others that bring out your full, innovative potential, whether in small, daily tasks or major projects. . Jolt #28: Lean into myths, not just methods. Being innovative is not always easy. A comparable model of the innovation process mirrors this plotline: .

LEAN 52

LEAN Culture Innovation Processes Brainstorming 52

Qmarkets

JULY 11, 2024

Aligning innovation opportunities with business objectives ensures that your efforts are focused on areas with the highest potential for impact. Engage Leadership and Stakeholders in the Innovation Strategy For innovation to thrive, it requires strong support from leadership and active involvement from key stakeholders.

Software Review 104

Software Review Technical Review Strategy Strategy 104

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The lean startup methodology emphasizes the importance of agility and learning, with a mantra of “build-measure-learn” to minimize waste and speed up learning. This iterative process aligns with the lean startup methodology and agile product development practices, which emphasize flexibility and rapid iteration.

Product Development 100

Product Development Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence 100

Qmarkets

JANUARY 22, 2025

By challenging established norms, organizations can uncover new opportunities for growth and customer engagement. Strategic Approaches Proven frameworks like the Blue Ocean Strategy and Lean/Agile Innovation provide actionable pathways to achieve radical innovation.

Radical Innovation 52

Radical Innovation Examples Strategy Strategy 52

Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Too often, companies participate in what is known as innovation theater, where executives talk about innovation but little actually gets done. Executives need to talk about innovation, but also engage in innovation, check in with direct reports, better yet, go do some innovation work.

Innovation 120

Innovation Culture Training Innovation Processes 120

Qmarkets

JULY 25, 2024

By focusing on attracting the right talent , establishing effective reward and recognition systems, and fostering a collaborative culture, businesses can create an environment where innovation thrives. Managing Innovation: Process Effective innovation management requires robust and well-defined processes.

Software Review 98

Software Review Strategy Strategy Management 98

Fehmida Kapadia

JANUARY 3, 2018

We have started integrating the agile and lean methodology (popularized by the IT industry) into our waterfall methodology (popularized by the manufacturing industry). The key tenet of agile and lean development is to quickly and iteratively build?—?test?—?learn. At this stage of the process, I like to use Ash Maurya’s Lean Canvas.

Engagement 40

Engagement Tools LEAN Design Thinking 40

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

The upside for achieving greater growth and revenue comes from the experience of greater customer engagement. As you chase for engagement, you seek customer experiences and this leads you to expect and look for growing market share. These call for a different approach to the innovation process. Is it possible?

Innovation 133

Innovation Technical Review Technology Disruption 133

Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Ultimately, you build a portfolio of innovation projects and some will succeed. Part of the innovation process is also to kill projects, so that you can focus your investments on the projects that are working. In general we find that it takes about three years to build a fully functional capability for strategic innovation.

Technical Review 59

Technical Review Handbook Generative AI Innovation 59

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 20, 2015

Unless we create a strategy to transform, how can we re-imagine our innovation processes? We talk so much about “innovation is critical” today and in our future, but is rarely achieved. This does require a transformation of how we design, structure and bring together all the relevant part of the innovation process.

Change 100

Change Technical Review LEAN Design 100

Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2021

Accenture reveal the receipe behind portfolio growth with their 12 key rituals to governing innovation. Employee Engagement The benefits of employee engagement are no secret, especially to organizations who want to drive business success and longevity. What are the Various Approaches to Innovation in Business?

Innovation 98

Innovation Innovation Programs Technical Review Open Innovation 98

Moves the Needle

JANUARY 8, 2019

How The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Used Lean Innovation to Create New Value for Their Customers Take this Case Study with you! ” — Guillermo Ortiz de Zárate, Chief Innovation and Information Officer, NCARB. Click here to download.

Marketing 65

Marketing LEAN Case Study Innovation 65

Innovation in Practice

DECEMBER 7, 2015

For innovators working within the confines of large enterprises, the possibilities for transformation, especially with mobile and digital products, are endless. Lean, digital disruptors threaten their larger, more rigid corporate counterparts.

Innovation Processes 40

Innovation Processes Data Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 40

Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Challenge: A giant problem in media (and in every industry, really) is that in many organizations, there’s not enough time and space created for employees to engage with customers on a consistent basis. What’s an Innovation Sprint? ” — Thais Cunha, Project Coordinator, Bomnegocio.com.

Groups 45

Groups Case Study Underperforming Technical Team LEAN 45

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

The upside for achieving greater growth and revenue comes from the experience of greater customer engagement. As you chase for engagement, you seek customer experiences and this leads you to expect and look for growing market share. These call for a different approach to the innovation process. Is it possible?

Innovation 120

Innovation Technical Review Technology Disruption 120

Planview

JULY 9, 2019

While most innovation management software makes it possible for teams and organizations to gather and iterate on ideas, the question you must ask is, how do you ensure the best ideas become reality? Kanban boosts motivation and engagement within the project team and makes follow-up of project deliverables both easier and more accurate.

Software 64

Software Innovation Management Collaboration Creativity 64

Qmarkets

JULY 29, 2024

However, navigating the complexities of innovation processes requires strategic planning, expert involvement, and robust measurement techniques. This guide will delve into the essential strategies for managing your innovation pipeline effectively. Their expertise ensures that innovations are technically sound and market-ready.

Management 52

Management Technical Review Software Review How To 52

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Nine essential questions CEO’s should be asking about innovation. Are people empowered to innovate? Does your culture support innovation? Are your people trained in innovation process? Do you have the skills, the specific people, you need to innovate? Is your organization doing continuous projects?

Innovation 74

Innovation Design Thinking Project Training 74