Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the field of innovation management by providing advanced tools and methodologies to enhance creativity and efficiency. As an innovation professional, you can leverage AI to analyze vast amounts of data, identify patterns, and predict future trends.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 28, 2023

Where will Innovation Management Software go? This morning I decided to have a chat on ChatGPT on the future of Innovation Management Software, I asked a number of questions in a short series and can well-relate to the answers provided incredibly quickly. chat.openai.com/chat Where will Innovation Management Software go?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

By managing these stages effectively, you can streamline your innovation processes and enhance the chances of success for new initiatives. Introduction to Leveraging AI in Innovation Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize how you manage the Innovation Lifecycle.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

I think with the recognition that innovation occurs across the whole organization the innovation management (IM) providers have to radically alter their business model or recognize they need to broaden out their target market inside organizations as innovation is occurring in all corners of the organization today.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

We need to get far more comfortable with working in ecosystems, managed in platform designs to work more collaboratively. Innovation management itself must become “fluid” in design, in adaptation so the right approach is to be constantly ‘adaptive’ and put together what is needed to tackle the challenge that needs resolution.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 22, 2017

They are looking to complement and reinforce existing capabilities through more open innovation thinking and approaches. There is a significant transformation of the value lying within this extended system of collaborators and organization design.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Businesses are rapidly realizing that innovation isn’t something that “strikes,” but something that can be encouraged, generated, and managed for the good of the company, its employees, and its customers. Innovation colors outside the lines and thinks outside the box. Your innovation initiatives will be unlike anyone else’s.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Otherwise, corporations such as Amazon and Netflix can bankrupt giant conglomerates that do not innovate like Sears and Blockbuster ; Sears and Blockbuster were seen as nearly invincible at the time. Creating a Concrete Innovation System Helps Firms Get Ahead. Some companies such as Tesla take this even further.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In recent years, more companies have embraced this model as a key approach to scale their innovation efforts and stay ahead of the curve. What Is an Open Innovation Strategy? An open innovation strategy involves actively sourcing ideas, technologies, and knowledge from both internal and external stakeholders to accelerate innovation.

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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. We go and simply ‘grab them’ to fit the innovation we are working upon. We design the innovation system we need after we know what we are trying to achieve in the challenge or idea.

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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.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

IdeaScale recently announced the winners of our 2018 Innovation Management Awards. Queensland Police Service was recognized for Best Engagement Strategy, Covia won the award for Best Innovation Process, and the Transportation Research Board won for Best Innovation. Queensland Police Service (QPS).

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

We need systems and processes that are flexible, adaptable, and can enable continuous improvements but are fully connected, transparent, and integrated across the entire business. We need a radically different comprehensive innovation system solution.

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Software Review Innovation Software Design 246

IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The deadline of the annual Innovation Management Awards is now upon us and we are still accepting submissions. Best Innovation Process. The only way that innovation management programs live on is to have a process that is successful time after time. Wildest Innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 8, 2023

My fun has been piecing these together to lead me to my suggested Vertical and Horizontal Framework for achieving a different innovation management design. Here I offer a different perspective of innovation that leads to proposing such a change. Where will Innovation Management Software go?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

The Intersection of AI and Innovation Management My journey into the realm of innovation management began as I witnessed many clients wrestling with the increasing complexity of developing new products and services. The Rise of AI in Innovation Management What is Artificial Intelligence?

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Strategos

JUNE 19, 2019

What is Innovation Management? Innovation Management involves all activities that provide the right conditions for innovation to repeatedly deliver value for customers, competitive advantage and growth for the business as well as benefits for employees and all other stakeholders. Approach Innovation Systemically.

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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.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 17, 2024

However, the business environment for corporate innovators has since shifted, and they are now being asked to do more with less. Following a more generic call to “stop innovation theatre”, the current assignment is to create new revenue streams that contribute to top- and bottom-line in the short term.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 10, 2017

In a turbulent marketplace, when complexity can add even more confusion, it is important to have a simple and straightforward innovation system. Shared and easy-to-use innovation practices and tools can enable everyone in a company to work together to develop ideas that deliver compelling customer value. Innovation Processes .

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 10, 2017

In a turbulent marketplace, when complexity can add even more confusion, it is important to have a simple and straightforward innovation system. Shared and easy-to-use innovation practices and tools can enable everyone in a company to work together to develop ideas that deliver compelling customer value. Innovation Processes .

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System Design Innovation Handbook 100

PlanBox Innovation

MAY 9, 2023

Innovation is the key to staying ahead of the competition and meeting the ever-changing needs of customers. To be successful, organizations must be able to effectively manage their innovation processes, from idea generation to commercialization. I help organizations build a sustainable culture of innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 28, 2024

As so often happens in innovation, it has complexities that seemingly grow and multiple changes from far more rapid changes in the business landscape and our current innovation process often breaks down and we struggle to regain control across the whole development to delivery lifecycle.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

In my view any new approach to innovation needs to aim to achieve interdependent and interlocking innovation, solving problems that have not been addressed before and offering sustainable value, impact, and returns to all involved or significantly improving on the existing solutions.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 26, 2017

Yet we still get caught out by no t resolving or addressing the essential building blocks of innovation (culture, environment, climate, governance, alignment. We have never ‘cracked’ the full innovation management system. A new cycle of innovation. Innovation is seemingly more complex today.

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PlanBox Innovation

MAY 10, 2022

This article originally appeared on Innovation Leader. Launching an innovation management system does not have to be guesswork, and it is a lot easier than most organizations imagine it to be. Innovation by definition is very different from typical business processes, and it should be in a constant state of flux.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 19, 2020

One of the challenges to innovation in government is a lack of insight into what citizens have to offer in the way of innovative strategies. Governments are aware of the increasing need to capture perspectives and insights of citizens to spark the innovation process. ” Adopt the Right Technologies.

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Technical Review Innovation Trends Innovation Management 182

Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

At the beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts. A well-suited way to govern this approach is to manage a portfolio of initiatives.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

.” I do think we need to restate the current barriers to innovation. These barriers do not ‘magically’ change by delivering what I believe moves us to a better system for innovation, that of an ecosystem and platform architecture. Enabling technology and processes.

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Innovation Software Review Technical Review Creative Process 162

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 6, 2023

Introduction : Mapping out the relationships within an innovation management system is a challenging task. It requires understanding how individuals, data, and communications connect to contribute to innovation at every stage, from discovery to execution. Section 1: Understanding Innovation Stack Components A.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 9, 2019

Throughout the past couple of years, I have been constantly arguing about the need to put innovation management on a digital platform. These have come in different thoughts on digital platforms, ready for cross-industry and having in place, a rapid digital innovation process that scales and evolves on new technology and insights.

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Software Review Software Innovation Collaboration 186

Qmarkets

JANUARY 31, 2025

Some of the most impactful innovations dont come from high-tech labs in advanced economiesthey emerge from the ingenuity of resource-constrained markets. Now, these solutions are disrupting industries in wealthier economies, proving that innovation thrives under constraints.

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Qmarkets

JULY 25, 2024

Innovation management in business is quite similar; it requires a blend of talented people, structured processes, and powerful platforms to orchestrate success. In this article, we explore how to master innovation management from three vital perspectives: people, process, and platforms.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

What it is: Going by many names, this is the process by which a company can set a challenge that they want ideas for, and gather ideas from hundreds, thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, both within their organisation and externally. An example of the dashboard of Idea Management Systems: Wazoku’s Idea Spotlight.

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Company Innovation Brainstorming Underperforming Technical Team 254

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 10, 2019

Just, if you have time take a read of my post here of “ We require a shift of Innovation Management Solution Providers ” as to give you a more detailed background as to why there is such a need. We need ecosystems for innovation to thrive and prosper in faster ways.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 26, 2023

Innovation application and practice seem to have stayed stuck, largely due to how it is organized. Even with all the countless advice, ideas and concepts written by many, innovators still stay marooned on individual islands, lacking insights, alternative opinions and broader diversity in thinking. I got ‘hooked’ twenty-plus years ago.

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Software Review Innovation Technical Review Collaboration 182

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Innovation thinking in Ecosystem and Gen AI design I believe there is a real need to construct a different innovation process. We are rapidly seeing the past of innovating simply in terms of operating on our own. The deployment of AI-driven thinking utterly alters my perspective of “delivering” innovation.

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