Leapfrogging

MARCH 3, 2025

Lead Successful Innovation Projects! Get instant innovation processes Get expert tools & guidance Lead projects with confidence Learn More Establishing Your Leadership in AI-Driven Innovation Elevating your consulting practice in the AI arena requires integrating AI into your methodologies and enhancing client engagements.

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Artificial Inteligence Case Study Analysis Training 130

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This shared risk allows for bolder experimentation and innovation, as the potential downsides are not borne by a single entity. This dynamic interaction fosters a virtuous cycle where innovation begets more innovation, creating a continuously evolving and expanding ecosystem.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Innovation Policies Collaboration 140

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?

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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.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 17, 2023

You developed and are using a best-in-class Innovation Process. You start by talking to consumers, studying mega-trends, and scanning the globe for emerging technologies and disruptive offerings. GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Congratulations! You imagine what could […].

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Innovation Processes Disruption Trends Study 98

Qmarkets

MARCH 28, 2023

Establishing the right innovation process to deliver on your enterprise company-wide strategy can be a real challenge, but it is crucial to the success of any innovation program. In this article, I’ll go through the key points to consider to help you develop the most effective innovation process for your organization.

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Innovation Processes Innovation Programs Innovation Software 98

IdeaScale

APRIL 8, 2020

Machine-readable technology is one of the most important innovation processes in use by organizations today but poses key challenges for government entities. Citizen experience is driven by technology. There are several challenges facing government agencies today that require the use of innovation processes to overcome.

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Technical Review Data Innovation Report 246

IdeaScale

APRIL 14, 2021

The paradigm is that companies cannot afford to rely strictly on their own internal methods of innovation, but can buy or license processes or inventions from other companies. This helps to further their goals while also providing the opportunity to license or use joint ventures to share their under-utilized technology or processes.

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Radical Innovation Open Innovation Innovation Social Innovation 264

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 26, 2015

I recall reading that up to now, each digital technology change was a separate era of change, to absorb and adapt towards, yet today we are facing something seemingly different, a collision, a whole mash-up of disparate technologies and systems, that seem to be heading for such an explosion of change, a post-digital transformation.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Technology Internet of things Innovation 100

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.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Jim is Honorary Professor at Aston Business School (UK) and Editor in Chief of Research-Technology Management, a peer-reviewed journal for practitioners of innovation, technology and research management. 00:05:00 – The importance of Innovation accounting. Links mentioned in this episode: Jim on Linkedin: [link].

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LEAN Technical Review Innovation Processes Technology 213

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

I cannot agree more with PwC and the fact that the innovation and changing risk landscape is making us all think differently. I have called this the “ new innovation era ” where technology is underpinning so much of innovation’s activity and outcomes. These are all emerging frontiers for innovation to explore.

Technical Review 235

Technical Review Innovation Industry Technology 235

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 Agile Innovation 182

Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Faster We'll do innovation faster than we do today because 1) we'll know more about innovation and how it works 2) we'll have more information about needs and emerging technologies and capabilities but 3) most importantly customer demands and emerging competitors will be coming for your customers and markets faster than ever.

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Artificial Inteligence Innovation Innovation Processes Big Data 179

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. Craving more on meshing business plans with innovation?

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Internet of things Strategy 113

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.

Technical Review 235

Technical Review Idea Generation Strategy Strategy 235

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 Software Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 222

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.

Open Innovation 113

Open Innovation ChatGPT Innovation Agile 113

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.

Technical Review 249

Technical Review Innovation Innovation Processes Creativity 249

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. The principles of this Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework are the recognition and value of having a building block and innovation stack design.

Software Review 246

Software Review Software Innovation Design 246

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 182

Design Innovation Collaboration Innovation Management 182

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 11, 2019

Then we have the opportunity to build Innovation Capital. Key elements of innovation capital also, equally, consist of mostly non-technological intangibles, embodied in the organizational routines and employees’ mindset. The integrating function of environment, culture, and climates that stimulate innovation activities.

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Learning Innovation Engagement Innovation Processes 208

Ecosystems4Innovating

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Enable Autonomous Innovation Processes : With advancements in self-supervised learning and few-shot adaptation, generative AI could eventually handle end-to-end innovation workflows with limited human intervention. This could revolutionize the speed, scale, and adaptability of the innovation process itself.

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Generative AI Ideation ChatGPT Innovation 64

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. Not directly involved in seeking new customer opportunities, rather just finding uses for new technology.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Resources Project 302

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

I proposed a new Framework for managing innovation this week, called the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework. This is approaching innovation and its management in more of a holistic, technology-enabled way based on the use of a cloud-enabled Platform and Ecosystem thinking and design.

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Agile Collaboration Innovation Competition 182

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Importance of Innovation in Today’s Business Landscape In the current business landscape, innovation is not just a buzzword; it’s a necessity. Some of these challenges include: Aligning innovation with customer needs and market trends. Balancing creativity with practical implementation and scalability.

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LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Product Development Artificial Inteligence 100

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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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 27, 2023

After a series of posts introducing and explaining the thinking and design behind the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework, I thought it would be a good idea to put this into a sequence of visuals that should take you through this to provide a decent understanding of its make-up and logic. Each stack “sits” on a technology platform.

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Innovation Design Innovation Processes Collaboration 173

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 147

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence 147

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.

Technical Review 182

Technical Review Trends Innovation Innovation Management 182

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 26, 2019

It is how we should be thinking about undertaking innovation. Forget the advice on establishing an innovation process or much of the sage advice. This becomes the enabler space for innovation for thinking innovation in that wider context. The four spaces are intelligence, solution, technology, and talent.

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Innovation Tools Technology Design 212

Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This article explores the essentials of developing an effective open innovation strategy and the role of innovation management software in executing it, including tools for idea management, technology scouting, and trend management. What Is an Open Innovation Strategy?

Open Innovation 52

Open Innovation Software Innovation Management Strategy 52

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 3, 2019

Our innovation insights are badly lagging, with the effect being the solutions offered are not ‘tuned’ into the present and anticipated needs, as they often lack dynamic data. We need to digitize our innovation activities fully. These all rely on connected technology. The increasing need to build-in flexibility.

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Data Innovation Design Marketing 208

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. Do you agree?

Innovation 204

Innovation Technical Review Design Collaboration 204

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Innovation is one of those activities that constantly “swim against the currents of the dominating culture of the organization” We cripple our creative process as it is often not visible or transparent; the innovative process can be seen as a “black box” by many in the organization; they only can judge the end result.

Software Review 162

Software Review Innovation Design Technical Review 162

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 26, 2017

The day before the main event I was included in the Industry Analysts visit to the Siemens Technology Center, at Neuperlach in Munich. We were provided a variety of insights in different presentations and demonstrations, of the technology they are working upon. Time to market suffers for one. Time to market suffers for one.

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Industry Technical Review Competition Technology 187