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.

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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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etventure

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Friedrich Arnold, Senior Project Manager at etventure, explains how manufacturers can embrace the Lean Startup methodology as the centerpiece of their Digital Transformation. Proudly, the Head of Production explained to me: “We use Lean Production – meaning we eliminate waste from our manufacturing process.”

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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?

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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.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

Additionally, software systems like this do not replace people in the innovation process and cannot automate its management. This can lead to a much larger number of innovations being tested much more quickly, for a lower cost and at a lower risk than traditional management methods.

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Sopheon

AUGUST 8, 2018

See why it's important to establish an effective innovation process architecture and explore the four pillars of innovation management. The post Establishing an Effective Innovation Process Architecture appeared first on Sopheon.

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Integrative Innovation

MAY 3, 2014

The resonance to my recent post on integrating Lean Startup and Design Thinking features to a combined process has been stunning. Interestingly, it looks like others support the idea of balancing and combining elements of both innovation approaches, too. It really seems to have hit a nerve!

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 2, 2024

The same is true for innovation within an organization. Innovation process models serve as navigational charts, guiding businesses from idea inception to successful execution. What is an Innovation Process Model? What is an Innovation Process Model?

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

We’ve all been “talked at,” and it can stall good ideas and innovative processes before they even start. Even if they’re not looking at you directly, you can show engagement with “open” body language such as sitting up and leaning forward. In any group, one of the most fundamental needs is to be heard.

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Creativity LEAN Examples Video 182

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.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Implementing the Lean Startup in any company is hard. Innovation at times seems like you’re swimming up hill. Now compound that level of effort with trying to put a Lean Startup culture in place in Japan. And weak leadership leads to a reluctance to change and the inability to mandate Lean as an innovation process.

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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.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has been one of the largest supporters of innovation in the U.S. Now they are starting to use the Lean Innovation process (see here and here ) to turn ideas into solutions. The result will be defense innovation with speed and urgency. Lean Innovation is a Process.

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Innovation Excellence

JULY 31, 2016

GE Powers up a New Generation of Corporate Innovation The company formerly known as General Electric (GE) is synonymous with technological advances such as the light bulb, TV and nuclear power but until recently its innovation processes that were forged in the industrial revolution had not kept pace.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 24, 2019

From that wave we've had successive efficiency strategies: Six Sigma (an outgrowth of the quality movement), business process re-engineering, lean, outsourcing and right-sizing. Creating methods and innovation processes and training your teams helps them become more capable and productive.

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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. Execution and Value Delivery needs to drive the whole innovation process. Exploring and Aligning.

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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: .

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2021

Prescriptions are focusing on best practices, adopting popular concepts like design thinking, lean startups principles, having innovation boot camps and working through co-creation with customers. ” The value of the innovation narrative is it should offer beliefs about the company’s ability to innovate.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2021

Prescriptions are focusing on best practices, adopting popular concepts like design thinking, lean startups principles, having innovation boot camps and working through co-creation with customers. ” The value of the innovation narrative is it should offer beliefs about the company’s ability to innovate.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

It requires a more deliberated approach, such as the lean startup process, design thinking or a combination thereof. Tip: Tim Kastelle has posted a worthwhile series on how to implement lean startup for innovation initiatives.

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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.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

This needs significant process redesign and the redesign into small, nimble teams and cross-trained groups who collectively gather around a problem to solve it and then disperse and reform in different shape and form to address the next need. I liked the suggested digital design principles that BCG outlined in their report.

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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.

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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.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 6, 2016

I know the feeling, there has been such a considerable investment that has gone into previous innovation processes to get them established but much of this is actually out of date, it has become today a real ‘legacy’ issue but there is, of course, a real reluctance to challenge it. Well you should!

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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.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 25, 2022

We can also see how these approaches were precursors to larger movements in lean startup, design thinking, and agile. The backstories of how great companies, services, and business models achieve success reveal a messiness that’s an inherent part of the innovation process.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

By now, everyone in your organization knows how to do lean, agile and six sigma. I am a firm believer in defining a fungible innovation process - a set of steps to help ensure that innovators complete a set of activities and learnings before they recommend an idea. Develop real training to build skills.

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Imaginatik

JULY 12, 2016

In many product development processes, companies tend to create incremental improvements within the fairly well known scope of their current production and distribution scale. Why the ability to “scale up” promising bets is critical to transformative innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 6, 2016

I know the feeling, there has been such a considerable investment that has gone into previous innovation processes to get them established but much of this is actually out of date, it has become today a real ‘legacy’ issue but there is, of course, a real reluctance to challenge it. Well you should!

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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.

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Qmarkets

JULY 11, 2024

Implement robust processes to guide innovation activities from ideation to execution. Develop a stage-gate process for managing projects through different phases and use methodologies like Agile or Lean for flexibility and efficiency. Fostering a culture of innovation is crucial.

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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.

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hackerearth

MARCH 5, 2018

However, having leaders who drive and foster innovation accelerates a company’s growth. Top-tier managers handling innovation roles in successful companies set an example for the company’s employees to contribute to the innovation process. It also shows the company’s interest in investing in innovation.

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Innovation in Practice

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Delivery via drones, real-time data insight into your operations, transformation of your business models— what will 2016 bring for your innovation practice? For innovators working within the confines of large enterprises, the possibilities for transformation, especially with mobile and digital products, are endless.

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Open Innovation EU

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Innovation Cycle (Avans). The Lean Startup (Ries). The Lean Enterprise. New Product and Development Service Process (Hauser). End-to-End Innovation Process (Furr). Citizen-Drive Innovation (World Bank). Please drop a comment if you would like one or more methodologies included in this overview.

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