Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 22, 2016

Some three years back I worked in collaboration with Jeffrey Philips of Ovo Innovation to build an integrated innovation framework that is designed as a strategic part of the corporate boards’ need to deliver and cascade down the organization. Explaining the Executive Innovation Work Mat briefly. All rights reserved.

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IdeaScale

MAY 12, 2020

Innovation is the art of finding and overcoming challenges. Yet sometimes the challenges will find you as you work on your innovation strategy. Here are some of the key challenges for innovation programs across the business world in 2020.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The Power of Innovation Leadership In the dynamic landscape of modern business, the ability to innovate is not just an advantage; it is a necessity for survival and growth. As a leader, your approach to innovation can significantly influence your organization’s future.

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Viima

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Whenever you’re building a new innovation program , or an initiative such as an idea challenge within it, one of the things you need to get right is to win employees over and get them to support the initiative and to participate in it actively.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

A 2017 Crowdsourced Innovation Report published by IdeaScale noted that more and more companies are embedding innovation initiatives at their organizations. 53% of the innovation programs are focused on leveraging the collective wisdom of employees. Improve innovation leadership. Scale innovation programs.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

It’s determining what you’ll do with those ideas and how they’ll change your organization for the better that will help build a truly sustainable innovation program. Not developing a diverse incentivization program, or not having any incentivization program at all. People are motivated in a variety of different ways.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

The basic needs of an innovation mandate should include: Innovation Mandate for [XXXX Organization Name] – an example Vision and Objectives : Our vision is to be a leader in innovation, delivering breakthrough solutions that create value for our customers, employees, and shareholders.

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Acuvate

APRIL 16, 2019

The goal of innovation programs is to encourage employees to come up with ideas – give them the opportunity to pitch their ideas, provide experimental capital to employees, test ideas, and then invest in the successful ones. But what accurately will it take to build a sustainable innovation program?

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Overview : Innovators face a number of challenges, as detailed in our choose-your-own-adventure infographic , including leadership buy-in, resources, and team-building. Leadership. The first step in building an innovation culture in any organization is to develop the idea of innovation as a priority.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 21, 2018

Does senior leadership reward new bets and do they celebrate lessons learned from ideas that fail to launch? If you’ve got an innovation program at your company, but no one associates it with the company leadership it’s unlikely to be seen as a company mandate. No Process for Managing Ideas and Testing Concepts.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 29, 2018

We are fragmenting much within innovation. “ The Ten Types of Corporate Innovation Programs ,” an article was written by Jeremiah Owyang , founder of Catalyst Companies, provides a terrific list of possible types of innovative programs to consider. Dedicated Innovation Team. Innovation Tours.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 18, 2025

How do you build momentum behind an innovation program while navigating the complexities of a merger and integrating new teams? Sometimes, innovation success stories can be a bit myopic, focusing too narrowly on a single shiny campaign or headline-worthy results. Yet, even amid these challenges, innovation was never sidelined.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 10, 2020

Successful innovation strategies drive profit over the long term. Some proven techniques for encouraging innovation include: Model a top-down innovative mindset by ensuring leadership within your organization is actively involved in any innovation initiatives. Give employees the tools to learn about innovation.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 24, 2018

Contreras dived into the importance of goal-setting and quantifiable metrics to any innovation program. Instead, focus on “actionable metrics,” which are “leading indicators of achieving the aligned objectives of your innovation program.”. Closing out the morning sessions was Commander Andy Howell from the U.S.

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Qmarkets

JULY 26, 2024

In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the essential components of a successful strategic innovation program. By managing innovation strategically, companies can achieve sustained growth and maintain their competitive edge in the market.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 14, 2019

Listening is key to innovation. Just like innovation itself, an innovation program is constantly being shaped by the environment around it over time. A good innovation program absorbs new information and ideas constantly. Innovation is about more than applause. So how do you refine it?

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helloFUTURE

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Like most big companies, you’ve probably run or are currently running, at least one internal innovation program. It might be small workshops, departmental level programs, the rollout of an enterprise idea management tool like Spigit, or something less formal. appeared first on hellofuture.

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IdeaScale

JULY 19, 2017

And their key frustrations are senior leadership resistent to change and a lack of budget. And then the profile for the embedded innovation group within an organization: A majority of IdeaScale customers have some level of program maturity (between 1-3 years old).

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Qmarkets

JULY 29, 2024

In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the essential components of a successful strategic innovation program. By managing innovation strategically, companies can achieve sustained growth and maintain their competitive edge in the market.

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Business Innovation Brief Submitted Articles

JULY 15, 2020

Giving your employees a stake in the game, having them take part in the action and witnessing in real-time the fruits of their labor is rewarding and empowering for all parties involved in the innovation and creative problem-solving lifecycle. Leadership is critical for innovation to be a home run hit however.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

We’re constantly looking for ways to improve, and the Innovation Program provides leadership for that constant renewal. Often you’ll hear leadership wondering what to do about an emerging issue. IdeaScale : What are you most proud of in your innovation program?

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Moves the Needle

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

How do you measure the success of your innovation program? You are measuring website traffic, video views, innovation team sign-ups, etc. When it comes to measuring the success of your innovation program, engagement in the real world and observed behavior change are primary. Getting the numbers right is crucial.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Qmarkets’ Innovation Standard Operating Procedures (SOP): In this series, we will present different guidelines on how to bring innovation theory to practice. When senior leadership says they want ‘innovation’ within the company, what does that mean? As the CEO goes, so goes the company.

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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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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

A 2017 Crowdsourced Innovation Report published by IdeaScale noted that more and more companies are embedding innovation initiatives at their organizations. 53% of the innovation programs are focused on leveraging the collective wisdom of employees. Improve innovation leadership. Scale innovation programs.

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IdeaScale

JULY 13, 2021

The company had an innovation program in place that was well-versed and effective both in running workshops to gather ideas and to iterate and develop those ideas to implementation. Yet what Manuel Moreno, the company’s corporate director of innovation, noticed was that ultimately the approach was time and location dependent.

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Destination Innovation

JUNE 15, 2018

An Open Innovation program is fully implemented and integrated. A significant proportion of innovations originate from outside. More than 2 suggestions/employee/year are implemented. Blame culture has been replaced with openness and challenge. The Minimum Viable Product concept is fully adopted. Achievement.

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eZassi

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Innovation Leadership – Strategies for Executives Despite a focus on disruptive innovation, collaboration is lacking between business units, and the necessary structures between corporate entities and partners are often missing, causing breakdowns in the innovation process and missed opportunities.

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Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Innov8rs | Corporate innovators face a frustrating paradox. Leadership teams expect measurable outcomes, but traditional financial metrics fail to capture the full impact of innovation. When we evaluate the innovation programs companies run, we actually evaluate on both dimensions.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

T o overcome this challenge, and as innovation became a top priority, most companies have created diversified corporate innovation programs to generate new innovation projects. How to Tackle the Problem. Our experience, however, is that without a proper approach in place, the outcome can lead to disappointment.

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IdeaScale

MAY 9, 2018

So a company that provides silica and sand based products actually has a wide range of innovation opportunities as they build out their product portfolio. Periodically the SDBI presents promising ideas to leadership who help to remove roadblocks.

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Imaginatik

MARCH 23, 2017

For the vast majority of companies, innovation is either an occasional or newfound discipline. Making it into a repeatable, scalable set of practices tends to highlight organizational roadblocks and politics – even with deft, careful leadership. The conversation about innovation metrics can be polarizing. Incremental revenues.

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Braden Kelley

MARCH 13, 2018

Many of you reading this have created or operated innovation or insights programs for organizations of a variety of sizes, or are curious about how to go about it. Operating an innovation program or leading an insights group is definitely … Continue reading →

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IdeaScale

MARCH 7, 2017

Creating a repeatable innovation portfolio helps you plan more efficiently, scale resources, and gain insight for the growth of your innovation program. There are five key elements of a repeatable innovation portfolio: Opportunity Identification and Campaign Creation. Idea Collection and Inspiration. Proposal Generation.

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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. All of these need to be used at the right time, and in the right way, so that your innovation program delivers maximum value at minimum cost.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 21, 2017

Through open innovation, they were able to collect hundreds of ideas for improvements and upgrades, collect thousands of votes, and even assist the PR team with responding to inquiries. How to Use Open Innovation in Your Organization. Our latest whitepaper shares guidance and best-practices from organizations who do it right.

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Solution: Drive Outcomes With Portfolio Management Discipline Imagine a thriving innovation program. Leaders have established clear goals for all innovation efforts. Thousands of grassroots innovators are continuously developing ideas in line with those goals, confident in their next steps. Here’s how.

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