Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Recently, I got caught up in some announcement by Siemens, where they announced the acquisition of Mendix, the Low-Code providers, for the explicit purpose to combine Mendix with Siemens MindSphere, claiming it has the potential to cover off all elements of the Smart App Stack. That got my attention.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

There is still a real reluctance that the supplier of innovation software solutions has to change. Secondly, if open innovation has gone way beyond a one to many relationships into a many to many then does the reliance on single entity software provision makes sense? The IM software market is stirring.

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Business and Tech

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Elizabeth Francisco, president of ResMan, offers expansive insights from being a woman in business to the rapid advancement of property management technology. Residents in a community are welcomed members, and interactions with the management team and fellow residents are encouraged. Elizabeth Francisco President, ResMan.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 12, 2025

Change Impact Analysis is a structured framework designed to assess and manage the effects of organizational change. Change Impact Analysis in Change Management Effective change management requires careful planning and a thorough understanding of how modifications will affect different parts of an organization.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Pros: Strong partnerships with high-potential startups; opportunity for equity returns Cons: High capital investment; risk involved due to startup failure rates Open Innovation Platforms Using open innovation platforms allows companies to present specific challenges and invite startups to pitch solutions.

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Business and Tech

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Digital safety has never been more important in our increasingly technology-driven world, as the pandemic forces professionals and students to adapt to working and learning from home. . Fortunately, you don’t need to be a cybersecurity expert to learn how to secure your home office — anyone can do it. Secure Your Wi-Fi.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

Objectives & Key Results (OKR) in Strategy OKRs play a crucial role in modern strategic management by ensuring that businesses focus on results-driven execution rather than just setting static goals. Encourages Continuous Learning and Adaptation Provides a feedback loop for refining strategies. Lead Successful Strategy Projects!

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In this guide, we’ll explore the key components of idea validation, the frameworks that make it effective, and how dedicated software can transform your process. The Role of Idea Validation in Idea Management Idea management involves capturing, organizing, and developing ideas from across an organization.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 8, 2020

However, for every technological advancement, there seems to be a learning curve or adjustment period as we try to figure out how to implement automation into our daily lives. For example, apps are great for promoting business, adding value, and managing certain aspects of our lives, but they also pose a security risk.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Moreover, learning from disruptive innovation examples can provide a clearer understanding of how agile methodologies facilitate breakthroughs in today’s competitive landscape. Kanban Kanban is a visual workflow management method that uses a board and cards to represent work items and their progress.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Highlighting industry best practices Learning from top-performing businesses and adopting proven methodologies. For example, a software company might benchmark its customer support response times against competitors to improve service quality. Enhancing decision-making Utilizing data-driven insights for strategic planning.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This new management method makes it nearly impossible for innovation teams to fail at delivering multiple challenging innovation projects faster, with less risk and lower required budgets. Most innovation experts often say that traditional management processes are not the way to run innovation projects. And this is true.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

For example, a software startup conducting a SWOT Analysis may identify its strong technical team (Strength), limited marketing budget (Weakness), increasing demand for automation tools (Opportunity), and growing competition (Threat). Enhances Risk Management Encourages proactive solutions to potential threats.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 18, 2022

For female executives, entrepreneurs, and managers looking to start or grow their business operations, using available resources and technologies is beneficial, along with getting input from seasoned professionals. Our programs are hands-on, and we let students learn at their own pace, at a time that works for them,” she said.

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eZassi

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Product-Lifecycle Management 2.0 One powerful way to achieve these goals is by applying the principles of Kaizen —the Japanese concept of continuous improvement—to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). What is Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)? As prototypes are created, the design is continuously tested and refined.

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HYPE Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Let’s imagine you are as diligent a company as GfK and are running a permanent idea campaign on leveraging new idea sources using the HYPE Enterprise software. For example, your company is keen on learning about learning, Organizational Learning that is, in the context of strategic renewal.

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Idea to Value

AUGUST 10, 2021

This can also be the reason why company performance begins to suffer over time, as more bureaucratic processes are introduced to manage employee performance. Sales Managers whose performance is tracked based on the total number of sales they make. Even if it means that more important overall success criteria suffer as a result.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

I have called this the Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework – here is why and what went into this proposal that I feel should be adopted for managing innovation in the future. The Composable Innovation Enterprise framework aims to overcome the limitations of current traditional approaches to innovation (software) design.

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IdeaScale

JULY 18, 2017

This program helps government entities buy cloud services with confidence in the security levels of the services and their underlying software. IdeaScale now has an agency reviewing its FedRAMP offering and is on path to receive its first Agency Authorization early this fall. Feel free to ask questions or make comments.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

IdeaScale recently announced the winners of our 2018 Innovation Management Awards. Here’s what they learned. They came away with the following lessons learned. IdeaScale began revamping the process across departments with innovation management software which was faster and allowed for greater cross-pollination of ideas.

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Business and Tech

APRIL 8, 2022

Eric Koslow, CTO and co-founder of Lattice, a workforce management company, has seen that dynamic firsthand. There are so many unique and wonderful ways for employers to embrace their new cultures—they can lean on software to enable and foster connection online. You need the baseline: psychological safety,” he notes. Beyond work.

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Business and Tech

JUNE 28, 2023

Ana Wight General Manager of Retail, Lightspeed “When you integrate your payments with your commerce platform, you take out a lot of manual steps, a lot of errors.” There are a ton of pain points with legacy POS solutions,” noted Ana Wight, general manager of Retail at Lightspeed , a unified POS and payments platform.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Can we manage innovation the way many still are? Innovation is struggling to really perform and unleash breakthrough products due to many ‘inbuilt’ inhibitors. Embedded software is becoming more important in value than the physical product. I think not. Risks are actually rising not falling.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Roni Lev, Software Engineer at Planview. When travelling to a different country, you need to practice and learn the common vernacular of the country you are visiting. In the same way, to be a Software Engineer you need to have an extensive knowledge of programming languages. Tell us about your career journey to date?

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eZassi

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Whether you’re a startup founder, R&D leader, or innovation manager, the transition from concept to market-ready solution involves navigating a series of interconnected stages. At Ezassi, we specialize in helping organizations streamline the idea-to-implementation process with our suite of Innovation Management Products and Services.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Seasoned innovation managers know that one of the best strategies is looking to feature requests obtained from customers for direction. Whenever you’re dealing with an influx of product feature ideas, requests, or similar data, you’re going to need ways to manage them. Here’s how you can do that.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 28, 2018

When you don’t have a common approach to something, in this case, the management of innovation, you can have considerable pockets of inefficiency and a high level of ineffectiveness to deal with. So we need to begin to build an Innovation Management Understanding. A belief that has not changed. It degrades efforts in our view.

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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. Managing Innovation: What Does it Involve?

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Qmarkets

JULY 11, 2024

However corporate innovation is often the most complex and challenging due to its scale and scope. Many organizations face difficulties in establishing effective innovation programs, often due to misaligned strategies, unclear processes, and inadequate tools. Assess the alignment of these initiatives with evolving business objectives.

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TechEmpower Innovation

MARCH 4, 2024

In the sphere of software engineering , AI is pivotal for corporate IT by automating coding, optimizing algorithms, and enhancing security to boost efficiency and minimize downtime. Overall, generative AI is a transformative asset in the software engineering lifecycle, from conception to deployment.

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ITONICS

JANUARY 21, 2025

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) serves as the conductors baton, unifying diverse projects into a harmony that resonates. For project managers, project management brings clarityturning scattered tasks into a cohesive roadmap. Read on to explore the ten best practices for effective project portfolio management in 2025.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 15, 2018

If only we can get them prised out of the engineer, data scientists, or software experts hands. Machine learning works at understanding dependencies so emerging from any learning you get a growing sense of intent, objective and those important aspects that you are wanting to find out more upon, to build out even further.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

IdeaScale is partnering with The Idea Guy® to offer options that will expand our current offerings and significantly impact company performance by helping you develop an idea management strategy that works. Want to learn more about innovation strategy that can set your organization apart from competitors? Join our newsletter today.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 26, 2023

I always find the post-New Year to be a reflective part of the year of reviewing, deciding, and then setting new goals. I have pushed out and explored various aspects, learning myself as I go. Innovation application and practice seem to have stayed stuck, largely due to how it is organized. Let me start. It amazes me.

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Planview

JANUARY 15, 2025

What if the principles that transformed software development over the last decade could be the key to successfully implementing AI in your organization? Patrick Debois is credited with coining the term “DevOps” and has been instrumental in shaping how organizations approach software development and operations.

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