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. . .

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Tools Innovation Processes Software Review Software 130

IdeaScale

DECEMBER 12, 2019

During my first two weeks as a Marketing Intern for IdeaScale, I learned about how the business world operates, particularly how an organization uses crowdsourced innovation with tools such as IdeaScale. Every company says they want to be “innovative” and some of them use “crowdsourcing” to do so.

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Crowdsourcing Learning Innovation Training 227

IdeaScale

APRIL 14, 2021

Social innovation refers to both the new strategies, concepts and ideas innovated to meet the social needs of society (including, but not limited to, working conditions, education, health, and community development) as well as the social processes of innovation, including open innovation techniques.

Radical Innovation 264

Radical Innovation Open Innovation Innovation Social Innovation 264

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 179

Technology Change Agile Innovation 179

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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Software Review Software Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 222

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

Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 20, 2019

Ideas are easy Ideas are the raw material of innovation. Whether your innovation process is need driven (finding a need and then finding a solution) or emergent technology or idea driven (having a technology or idea and seeking a market) ideas represent a recurring theme. There can be little doubt about that.

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Technical Review Idea Generation Strategy Strategy 235

Idea to Value

JANUARY 7, 2022

I will go through each of them one at a time, and explain the positive and negative aspects of each: Different possible organisational locations for innovation resources: Option 1: A bridge between R&D and Sales / Marketing. Multiple teams and business units can innovate simultaneously in parallel.

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IdeaScale

JULY 9, 2019

At the intersection of modern technology and advertising, digital marketing is one of the fastest changing industries in the world. And to stay relevant in digital marketing, you need to be innovative. And perhaps one of the most competitive and technology-dominated industries is digital marketing.

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Industry Change How To Marketing 213

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.

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Agile Collaboration Innovation Competition 183

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

What distinguishes an innovation ecosystem and makes it a must-have, is its ability to create a highly interconnected, dynamic, and supportive environment where innovation can flourish. What sets an innovation ecosystem apart? This makes the path to market smoother and more predictable.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Innovation Policies Collaboration 140

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 183

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Agile Innovation 183

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.

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Strategy Strategy Innovation Course 249

Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

An important part of the innovation process is validating ideas. When done correctly, it is a powerful way of getting feedback from the market on what it would take to make the innovation a success. However, many people fall into a trap when looking for feedback.

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Innovation Innovation Processes Product Innovation Creativity 249

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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Innovation Processes Innovation Innovation Management Industry 52

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?

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Data Innovation Design Marketing 208

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In a nutshell, the pace of innovation is simply the speed at which an organization can improve their existing products and services, but also at which it is able to introduce new ones to capture the needs of the constantly evolving markets they operate in. The difference is profound, as you’ll soon see.

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Competition Innovation Software Marketing 284

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.”

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IdeaScale

MARCH 21, 2019

Connecting internal organization resources with external ones to innovate produces many important benefits, including better products and services, lower research costs, better risk spread, and faster time-to-market. Open innovation can lead to improvements in existing products and services or the development of completely new ones.

Open Innovation 178

Open Innovation Innovation Resources Policies 178

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.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence 148

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 8, 2023

(Larry Schmitt- The Innovation Stack) A comprehensive innovation ecosystem design offers several benefits, including fostering a culture of innovation, accelerating the innovation process, enhancing collaboration, leveraging diverse perspectives, and driving competitive advantage.

Design 183

Design Innovation Collaboration Innovation Management 183

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

They have had a model of a constant growth success for years but it is getting harder as the market is fragmenting and looking for greater flexibility within the range of solutions. The IM software market is stirring. In my opinion, they need actually a more robust end-to-end innovation software solution as something of a real need.

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Innovation Management Management Software Review Software 200

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In today’s world, nothing seemingly ‘stands still’, and organizations, business models and market approaches are in constant flux. Organizations are often too early or too late to market. Innovation is far too linear in its approach; it can be different. Enabling technology and processes.

Software Review 163

Software Review Innovation Design Technical Review 163

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From incremental to radical : Innovation used to be seen as an incremental process where organizations improved their existing products, services, or processes by making small changes. Disruptive innovation is the creation of a new value proposition that displaces existing ones 2.

Artificial Inteligence 174

Artificial Inteligence Change Generative AI Innovation 174

IdeaScale

APRIL 25, 2019

The ultimate result is open innovation, the concept that good ideas come not just from within organizations, but from outside them as well. This is not to say that with open innovation, political and cultural barriers magically go away. This is one of the main problems holding back adoption of innovative ideas.

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Open Innovation Innovation Project Disruption 174

Idea to Value

OCTOBER 8, 2020

We discuss how challenging it is to develop completely new technology, the difficulty in describing its value and marketing it, and getting buy in for innovation processes in your company. 00:08:00 – Innovation is not a team sport, it is usually done by one or two people.

Technology 147

Technology Design Product Development Leadership 147

Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 22, 2017

What role will innovation play in delivering on our strategy? Where do we need innovation – products, services, processes, marketing, sectors etc? How good are we at innovation today? What is impeding innovation in the business? What type of product innovation do we need?

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Meeting Innovation Conference Tips 211

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In the past few months, I have been writing consistently on the need to change our innovating process, thinking and designs into Innovation Ecosystem ones. This will be my initial view of how this needs to be shaped as the overriding architecture of an Innovation Ecosystem. Source: tmforum.org.

Innovation 205

Innovation Technical Review Design Collaboration 205

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. Earlier this year, I proposed a different framework for the innovation process and thinking.

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Generative AI Design Innovation Data 163

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 148

Collaboration Artificial Inteligence Agile Ideation 148

IdeaScale

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Along the way, you’ll have to reinvent all the systems within the car, most likely, and you’ll have to apply creativity each step of the way, and then innovate to reach your goal. This means you’ll be using creativity constantly during your innovation process.

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Creativity Innovation Innovation Programs Strategy 219

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 26, 2024

Combining all these islands of knowledge into some form of combined force would be a healthy step but before we go there I was thinking about what does an innovation consultant contribute and where? Understanding the innovation planning process and how to achieve input across the enterprise to align and effectively deliver.

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Innovation Crowdsourcing Innovation Processes Leadership 130

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. It suggests that this framework offers a solution to the challenges and complexities of innovation management.

Software Review 246

Software Review Software Innovation Design 246

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 163

Open Innovation Innovation Design Collaboration 163

IdeaScale

JANUARY 21, 2020

Managing the innovation process can help you improve customer experience with your brand.?. The solution is to combine customer data with product information to form innovative ideas. This process, known as idea management, is what drives business and improves the customer experience.

Idea Management 182

Idea Management Management Product Development Software 182

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 19, 2023

We cannot afford to avoid changing our innovation processes as we deal with a far more complex and challenging world. We seem to be keeping innovation as a disappointing and often frustrating outcome for many leaders of organizations. Indeed our existing innovation processes are doing an (adequate) job. Why change?

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Case Study Innovation Design Collaboration 148

Idea to Value

JANUARY 15, 2024

In fact, IDEO was one of the pioneers of Design Thinking back in the late 1970s, but the process of using Design Thinking as part of innovation work really exploded in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Design Thinking Design Project Training 238