Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

What is White Space Innovation? White Space Innovation is a strategic framework used to identify and pursue growth opportunities beyond a companys current product lines, markets, or business models. This approach encourages curiosity, risk-taking, and adaptabilitytraits essential for thriving in uncertain markets.

Roadmap 130

Roadmap Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Trends 130

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

The primary goal of an MVP is to minimize risk by validating key assumptions about customer needs and market demand before investing heavily in full-scale development. In innovation projects, the MVP approach helps businesses explore ideas, experiment with solutions, and learn through real-world interactions.

Software Review 130

Software Review LEAN Development Team Review Roadmap 130

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 30, 2020

It seems so simple doesn’t it – “bringing final ideas to market”. Here in Europe, it is often suggested that “Europe is the cradle of creativity”, perhaps but I think the United States is “the crucible of innovation”, it forges ideas and takes them to market far better.

Marketing 235

Marketing Underperforming Technical Team Resources Leadership 235

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

It is particularly useful in situations where assumptions outweigh factssuch as launching a new venture, developing disruptive products, or entering unfamiliar markets. Discovery Driven Planning in Innovation In innovation projects, Discovery Driven Planning plays a vital role by providing a clear roadmap for navigating unknown territory.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Roadmap Project Tools 130

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Building Innovation Ecosystems can tackle unique challenges How do we differentiate (traditional) approaches of Innovation to (evolving) Innovation Ecosystems? Is your innovation process closed only to you? Or have you gone to being more open in innovation with outside selected partners?

Open Innovation 162

Open Innovation Innovation Collaboration Design 162

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

Traditionally used in manufacturing and operations to track metrics like production time, cost efficiency, and quality, benchmarking has evolved into a broader innovation and strategy tool. It now applies across business functions, including customer service, technology, marketing, supply chain, and product development.

Comparison 130

Comparison Technical Review Data Competition 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

The 70-20-10 Innovation Rule is a strategic framework that guides organizations in allocating time, budget, and resources across three categories of innovation: core, adjacent, and disruptive. These are initiatives with low risk and high predictability, aimed at maintaining market share and improving operational efficiency.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Innovation Underperforming Technical Team Disruption 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

This structured, data-driven approach reveals innovation opportunities that might otherwise remain hidden. By using ODI, organizations can build offerings that align more precisely with market demand, increase customer satisfaction, and create lasting competitive advantage. Providing a prioritized innovation roadmap backed by data.

Innovation 130

Innovation Roadmap Ideation Analysis 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

By aligning team efforts around what matters mostthe riskiest and most uncertain parts of an ideathe Experiment Canvas prevents wasted resources and accelerates the path to product-market fit. It is especially useful when launching new products, entering new markets, or making significant changes to business models.

Underperforming Technical Team 130

Underperforming Technical Team LEAN Agile Project 130

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

It guides teams through a structured cycle of experimentation that reduces risk and accelerates time to market. In real-world applications, the loop enables: Faster learning cycles : Instead of relying on lengthy market research or planning cycles, teams test and iterate quickly. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

Learning 130

Learning LEAN Agile Project 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 3, 2025

By leveraging AI, you can fundamentally transform your consulting practice and gain a competitive edge in the market. AI can automate routine tasks, allowing you to focus on high-value client engagements. Lead Successful Innovation Projects! These strategies will position you as a forerunner in AI-driven business innovation.

Artificial Inteligence 130

Artificial Inteligence Case Study Analysis Innovation 130

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

This tool is widely used in startups, corporate innovation teams, product management, marketing, and customer experience design. Its simplicity and visual clarity make it accessible while remaining powerful in guiding strategic thinking and customer-centric innovation. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

Software Review 130

Software Review Roadmap Tools Strategic Thinking 130

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2020

In any innovation process, these “proof points” become “go / no go” decisions. The innovation process becomes a clearly defined and well-disciplined one; it has to be. Our innovation focus should be well focused on this- “to decarbonize” as the central innovation focal point.

Innovation Processes 187

Innovation Processes Innovation System Design 187

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

It supports both incremental improvements and disruptive ideas, making it a versatile tool for innovation professionals, product designers, marketing teams, and operations leaders alike. A customer service process causing delays. A marketing campaign that needs to drive more engagement.

Underperforming Technical Team 130

Underperforming Technical Team Ideation Idea Generation Brainstorming 130

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

” We need to leverage technology in significant ways to automate the process and capitalize on the power of data, intelligence, and flexible design, delivered in highly adaptive ways. In my view I visualize a new integrated innovation engagement platform to be like this shown below. Does it make sense to you?

Engagement 205

Engagement System Innovation Design 205

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

Evaluate Risks and Mitigation Plans Identify potential risks across categories: Market risk (e.g., Lead Successful Innovation Projects! Validate key assumptions with finance or market research. Lack of Stakeholder Engagement Secure input before presenting the case. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

Underperforming Technical Team 130

Underperforming Technical Team Roadmap Technical Review Analysis 130

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

This approach promotes parallel thinking, where participants explore different angles of a situation one at a time, rather than engaging in adversarial or chaotic discussions. For example, an innovation team evaluating a new subscription service might use the hats as follows: White Hat: Review market data and competitor analysis.

Underperforming Technical Team 130

Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming Analysis Project 130

Idea to Value

JANUARY 17, 2025

The Futility of Proof in Innovation Why is it impossible to prove an innovation will succeed? Markets evolve, customer behavior shifts, and competitors adapt. By embracing the impossibility of proof, you open the door to a more agile, efficient, and ultimately successful innovation process.

Survey 178

Survey Innovation Analysis LEAN 178

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Pitching the reasons to change to Innovation Ecosystems in thinking and design So after working through the values of the Innovation Ecosystem over a series of three posts I asked Chat GPT to help me in making a pitch for the change from existing internal orientated innovation processes and structures.

ChatGPT 113

ChatGPT Open Innovation Innovation Agile 113

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

Select Units or Teams to Evaluate Determine the scope of the assessment: Entire organization Business units or functions Product teams or geographic markets Each unit will receive a rating for competence and commitment, placing it in one of the four quadrants. Lead Successful Innovation Projects! Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

Innovation 130

Innovation Training Leadership Tools 130

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Strategic planning maps out how you’ll crush your long-term goals, and stirring some innovation into the mix helps your business roll with whatever curveballs the market throws. Innovation keeps strategic planning fresh by finding new angles and solutions to old headaches.

Innovation 113

Innovation Agile Creativity Brainstorming 113

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 13, 2023

It is primarily dealing with the benefits of collaboration and bringing up to a ‘given point’ a compelling value proposition for potential collaborators in understanding the basic building blocks to consider, for achieving the engagement outcomes required.

Collaboration 147

Collaboration Engagement Innovation Resources 147

Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The business vibe these days is a whirlwind—tech is always one step ahead, folks are changing their minds faster than a kid in a candy store, and the market’s mood swings like a pendulum. Check out our article on mixing business strategy with the innovation process. Craving more on meshing business plans with innovation?

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Internet of things Strategy 113

Leapfrogging

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Value Proposition Canvas is useful for refining a new product or service innovation to make sure it is well received on the market. A solution is a good fit for the market when its features align with what the customer needs from the product or service. . .

Innovation Processes 130

Innovation Processes Tools Software Review Innovation 130

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Innovation is the lifeblood of businesses seeking to thrive in a rapidly evolving market. Importance of Innovation in Today’s Business Landscape In the current business landscape, innovation is not just a buzzword; it’s a necessity.

LEAN 100

LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence Agile 100

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

I want to offer some thoughts that need us all involved in innovation to think about as we finish out 2018. If you are frustrated with your current innovation process then read on. Much of the current innovation process you are currently working with is a Dinosaur, it should have disappeared long ago. I think not.

Software Review 222

Software Review Innovation Software Innovation Processes 222

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Human-centered (or human-centric) innovation is an approach that places people—both customers and employees—at the center of the innovation process. It prioritizes understanding the real needs, pain points, and desires of individuals to create products, services, or processes that deliver meaningful solutions.

Innovation 52

Innovation Idea Management Software Innovation Processes 52

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 27, 2017

We need to change our thinking and design in the digital insight part more specifically within and along the innovation process. Technology in all its forms is altering the innovation game but are we adapting to this radical change potential? Digital threatens (thankfully) this entire incremental pathway.

Technology 178

Technology Change Innovation Agile 178

IdeaScale

DECEMBER 17, 2019

A repeatable innovation process is a key driver for its business. “I However, she explains, it’s all about the process. Spotless uses a detailed, repeatable process with innovation to identify ideas and guide corporate culture toward innovation. I have very little creativity.”

How To 195

How To Innovation Innovation Processes Culture 195

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

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 3, 2019

Much of our innovation work today is caught up in out-of-date information, poor and inadequate data, restricted research and limited market understanding. We need to digitize our innovation activities fully. Why does the combination of digitalization and innovation have such a transforming effect?

Innovation 208

Innovation Data Design Software 208

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

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. We “pull down” what is needed.

Design 232

Design Technical Review Innovation Agile 232

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Quiet quitters are a classic example of poorly engaged employees. Employee engagement refers to the extent to which a company’s staff are invested in their roles and in the success of the business as a whole. Highly engaged employees, on the other hand, are invested in their work. Are Engaged Employees More Productive?

Engagement 98

Engagement How To Idea Management Culture of Innovation 98

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It shifts our thinking and the management of innovation dramatically. The ability to have a more “rapid response, adaptive designs and flexible manufacturing” can align more to market shifts earlier. There are so many opportunities for innovation well beyond products and services. We can open up so many new possibilities.

Industry 222

Industry Innovation Collaboration Design 222

Tim Kastelle

APRIL 12, 2018

They have responded to these changes in their competitive environment and have started to position themselves as the most innovative firm in their market. The chart below shows the responses to a questionnaire I administered called the Innovation Value Chain survey , and it demonstrates what an air sandwich looks like in practice.

Strategy 249

Strategy Strategy Innovation Innovation Processes 249

Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Which says something about Honda and its marketing targets, but I digress. As markets, technologies and competitors accelerate, as customers increase their demands, you'll be faced with either speed up the innovation process and generate more new products and services at greater speed or you will be the dinosaur.

Artificial Inteligence 179

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Innovation Processes Big Data 179

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

The thrust of the framework is “ Organizations can create a more comprehensive and effective innovation ecosystem by utilizing building blocks as components of the innovation stack, guiding platform development using the innovation stack, and supporting the innovation stack with a platform.

Agile 182

Agile Innovation Collaboration Design 182