Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Innovation is struggling to really perform and unleash breakthrough products due to many ‘inbuilt’ inhibitors. We need a radical redesign of the innovation process and that is becoming full connected up and have a distinct digital thread running through it.

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eZassi

MARCH 6, 2025

Technology discovery and scouting are essential activities for enterprise innovation programs and R&D departments to identify emerging technologies, startups, and market trends that can drive competitive advantage. Technology Scouting Reports identify specific solutions or partners.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A new partnership between Qmarkets and New York-based innovation and venture strategy firm Arable Ventures will provide a specialized innovation solution for enterprises across North America comprising both strategic consultancy services and dedicated software. That’s where we come in.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 4, 2025

This article explores the fundamentals of strategic partner management, from core definitions to high-impact use cases. It also covers essential best practices and shows how partner ecosystem management and technology scouting tools can support stronger, more scalable ventures. What Is Strategic Partner Management?

Technical Review 52

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Qmarkets

JULY 11, 2024

Innovation is critical for businesses of all shapes and sizes, from launching a first product to making a new global acquisition. However corporate innovation is often the most complex and challenging due to its scale and scope. Success in corporate innovation requires a thoughtful approach to overcoming these obstacles.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Build a diverse advisory group consisting of internal leaders, industry experts, and external partners, such as venture capitalists or technology specialists. After each accelerator cycle, conduct a full review and refine the program to ensure future iterations are even more impactful.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 28, 2018

By not adopting a common set of innovation reference points you can remain often unproductive, consistently re-adapting, re-working and plugging gaps that could be better invested in managing the many aspects of complexity you always find in a better thought-through innovation management structure, one that focuses on advancing your activity.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

But what does a well-balanced innovation portfolio look like? One of industry standard answers comes from research by Deloitte Partners Bansi Nagji and Geoff Tuff, in their groundbreaking 2012 article in Harvard Business Review: Managing your innovation portfolio. The 70-20-10 ratio was always an average though.

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Sopheon

JUNE 18, 2024

Finding the right innovation management software can resemble purchasing a racing bike. Research is paramount to ensuring you get what you need out of the bike, and without that due diligence, you may waste a lot of money on technology that doesn’t help you achieve your fitness goals.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Well also examine the common challenges businesses face during implementation, share effective strategies to bridge the gap between ideation and execution, and discuss how idea management software can accelerate and simplify this journey. Its where creativity meets practicality, transforming abstract ideas into concrete results.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 10, 2025

Well cover the key stages, common roadblocks, and how certain key approacheslike idea management and technology scouting can help streamline the entire process. Stage 6 Post-Launch Review and Lifecycle Management The product development cycle doesnt end at launch. What is the Product Development Cycle?

Product Development 52

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Planview

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Roni Lev, Software Engineer at Planview. In the same way, to be a Software Engineer you need to have an extensive knowledge of programming languages. Roni Lev, a Software Engineer, is one of the faces behind the Planview Clarizen software and he knows a thing or two about all the above. .

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 26, 2023

I have written on this site alone, www.paul4innovating.com, by just coming up to a milestone of 700 posts focusing on innovation thoughts and opinions, so I just wanted to pause and think about all the different places I have tried to get the innovation message(s) out. Let me start. This is my primary focal point today.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 13, 2025

This article explores what value innovation is, how it fits within blue ocean strategy, and real-world examples of how companies apply it. Well also break down the steps to implementing value innovation and examine how idea management and technology scouting can accelerate its success. What is Value Innovation?

Examples 52

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

I see great synergies between us not only due to our complementary offering, but also in terms of client base, where we already have many customers in common.” The focus lies on the integrative design of strategy, business processes, business models, innovation, and culture.

Technical Review 98

Technical Review Innovation Management Management Software Review 98

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

I see great synergies between us not only due to our complementary offering, but also in terms of client base, where we already have many customers in common.” The focus lies on the integrative design of strategy, business processes, business models, innovation, and culture.

Technical Review 98

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

I am suggesting a vertical and horizontal design applying innovation stack and building block approaches, all “housed” on a technology platform. Are we leveraging fully what is available to us to build better innovation concepts? This post explains this thinking, and validation and provides the way I envisage this.

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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. Reinvention through business model innovation. Let’s remind: One size does not fit all.

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Planview

JULY 11, 2017

In the wake of new technological advances in pretty much every industry, a growing number companies have identified a new way to surface new opportunities for driving both business and societal value. Crowdsourced innovation, managed by. innovation management software. What is it? Automation. Crowd Science.

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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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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 14, 2023

Here I want to summarize the posts that were part of this build-up, that build the compelling business case for the need to change our thinking about innovation. The challenge faced by innovation software : The post “ Innovation Software, is it Facing the Innovators Dilemma? What this all means?

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 3, 2020

I’ve already written about how the management-consulting industry is being disrupted by various trends like emerging technologies, the commodification of knowledge, and outdated business models. The rapid adoption of remote work and related technologies that occurred during the pandemic will stick.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

To look forward, I would argue we always need to look back and account for the progress made in managing innovation over the years. So this post reviews many great contributors to advancing innovation over the years. Briefly, I summarize what these have been bringing into innovative thinking.

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ITONICS

AUGUST 14, 2020

This technology is a well-known enabler of a variety of innovations serving the needs of humanity, be it in healthcare or mobility. However, how can one apply complex AI algorithms to steer innovation management in a company and add value to the business? Why AI in Foresight & Innovation Management.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

It raises the question of where can Innovation Management Software go ever to broaden out, and gain a scale and adoption momentum to support these (individual) efforts significantly. That is a worry, is it organizations becoming more risk-averse or organizations settling for less out of the innovation work?

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There are great many companies and leaders that obsess about their market share, competitors, or technological prowess. If your technology doesn’t create value for customers, they won’t buy it. If you’re familiar with software, you probably know what an API is, and that’s essentially what you want to build between your teams.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

I am on a personal mission to convince innovation software providers, corporations and innovators to change how they undertake innovation. In some recent posts, I argued that we need to adopt a broader innovation ecosystem thinking and design. Enabling technology and processes. Rapidly altered environments.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

However, these processes are not designed to work with innovation projects, where there is no clear plan, or even a confirmation that the innovation idea will actually work once it is delivered. There is no clarity on what innovation teams need to do in order to successfully deliver a project. But do not fear.

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Qmarkets

JUNE 20, 2023

This partnership will enable both Qmarkets’ customers to benefit from the vast experience and expertise of Accel IQ and its community, and Accel IQ’s to benefit from Qmarket’s best-in-class software tools to drive their innovation programs forward. That’s where we come in.

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Open Innovation Technical Review Innovation Management Management 98

Qmarkets

JULY 13, 2023

Hill and her colleagues in an article published in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) last year. Examining the question through the lens of innovation, the authors spell out the answer for us by introducing their “ABCs”, three key roles that drive innovation at scale. What makes a great leader?

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Over 90% of the world’s leading banks are either exploring, experimenting (PoCs), or formulating a strategy for leveraging blockchain technology, says an Accenture survey. An overview of Blockchain in Business Process Management (BPM). Guarantees the integrity of the process and upholds coded guidelines. Areas of impact.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 3, 2025

In many cases, its not due to a lack of creativity, but a lack of clear direction. Without a focused approach, product innovation becomes a gamble instead of a growth strategy. This guide explains product innovation, how it differs from other forms of innovation, and what it takes to develop a winning strategy.

Product Innovation 52

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eZassi

AUGUST 30, 2022

Build your Innovation Portfolio on the best ideas captured through Ideation. For innovative and creative organizations, the challenge is not a lack of good ideas, but no effective system in place to review, score, catalog and process these ideas through the pipeline. Technology Scouting. Review Calculators and Analytics.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2023

Today, innovation processes are partly designed this way but are more rigid and hold knowledge often as “islands” within a possible solution. So far, in my series of posts on Building a Different Innovation Process, I have argued in my first post: “ Are we EVER going to embrace innovation ” differently?

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eZassi

MAY 24, 2017

Pharmaceutical Companies Accelerate Innovation with Software Technology. By leveraging open innovation models and creating an ecosystem of collaboration and idea exchange we can swiftly identify opportunities. How Innovation Software Can Accelerate Pharmaceutical Time-to-Innovate.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

In the wake of new technological advances in pretty much every industry, a growing number companies have identified a new way to surface new opportunities for driving both business and societal value. Crowdsourced innovation, managed by innovation management software. What is it? Automation. Crowd Science.

Software Review 40

Software Review Software Innovation Management Crowdsourcing 40

Qmarkets

JULY 18, 2024

For businesses, innovation software serves as the modern compass, map, and crew management system combined. While some companies may start with basic tools like spreadsheets, these often fall short in managing the complexities of true innovation. What is Innovation Software?

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