Business and Tech

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In an expansive interview, real estate expert Steve Weikal explains how technology is changing the housing market for the better. Sometimes we joke that the real estate industry still runs off of a 41-year-old technology called the spreadsheet. The second thing that’s happening is we have all of this new technology.

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Technical Review Technology Management Software Review 130

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 14, 2020

That will come from the use of the physical space and technology warning us of possible threats. Invention and innovation thinking will come to the fore; technology will be far more used to protect us, to notify us or alert us. The daily meeting, gathered in the bosses office, can’t happen; it must be done at a distance.

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Technical Review Innovation System Meeting 344

Destination Innovation

APRIL 5, 2023

Meetings are unpopular. A study by Steven Rogelberg, of the University of North Carolina surveyed 182 senior managers in a range of industries: 65% said meetings keep them from completing their own work; 71% said meetings are unproductive and 64% said meetings come at the expense of deep thinking. Have Meeting Free Days.

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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.

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Technical Review Technology Internet of things Innovation 100

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

I am taking the opportunity to review the Web Summit, held in Lisbon last week of 5th (evening) to 8th November 2018. The Web Summit, originally Dublin Web Summit, is a technology conference held annually since 2009. The company was founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly, and Daire Hickey. Overhype is an understatement.

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Daniel Burrus

APRIL 20, 2022

New manufacturing plants will utilize the latest technologies in an effort to increase productivity and competitive advantage. Due to the fact that technology-driven exponential change affects everything, manufacturing businesses must always keep up. . Five Tech Trends Impacting the Manufacturing Industry.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

We need to be highly adaptive and that comes from a greater technology understanding. We are requiring a more abstract thinking as we are increasingly focused on “engineering our business in new and different ways” and this becomes the uniqueness and requirement of how we design our innovation systems, to meet specific needs.

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Design Technical Review Innovation System 233

Business and Tech

JUNE 28, 2023

Djang is not alone — in a recent survey conducted by Lightspeed, 68% of retailers said that adopting new technologies, including inventory management tools, had resulted in a positive impact on their businesses. But those legacy POS solutions are increasingly untenable due to expense and the difficulty of using and maintaining them.

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Technical Review Software Review Tools Entrepreneurship 246

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The core premise of the strategic concept of “proximity” is that, thanks to digital technologies, value is being created closer and closer to the moment of demand — not just in time but also physically closer.

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Meeting Brainstorming Trends Technology 139

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

To meet different challenges, to be highly adaptive it needs to begin to organize around ecosystems to deliver on a vision that recognizes it has to be part of a greater collaborating network to thrive in this highly connected world. Technology offers them the transforming means but can they, as leaders, take their people with them?

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 20, 2019

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 is only so much bandwidth to review, evaluate and process ideas, so many ideas never get reviewed or considered.

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Technical Review Idea Generation Strategy Strategy 235

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 9, 2021

The growing fears are that we are falling behind the need to meet the Energy Transition required goals to the World has agreed to by 2050, set to meet the Paris Climate Agreement. These technologies are at widely varying stages of development. Tracking Power which is not on track to meet the SDS goals.

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Policies Technical Review Innovation Report 190

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

For me, the energy transition that the world is undertaking requires all forms of innovation, to offer technically advanced, as well as breakthrough solutions, to an incredibly complex system of energy delivery. The growing concern today is we are not raising the deployment rate; it is currently far too slow to meet the potential by 2050.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Generative AI will forever change the way meetings are conducted. In the near future, meetings will offer personalized content and purpose-driven expertise, while also serving as guardians against bias and promoting active learning.

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Generative AI Meeting Learning Change 145

eZassi

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This often results when a company pursues technologies specific to one product, and that technology is not a fit, causing it to be shelved with no further plans for its use. A Technology-Market Fit analysis starts with assessment of the claims and potential capabilities of the existing technology.

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Technical Review Technology Marketing Analysis 52

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 24, 2023

Energy innovation systems need a really much stronger and more effective push to deliver a broad range of technologies and solutions to the market faster than what is happening today. The Energy Industry can be deemed as a laggard in adoption along the five stages of technology adoption.

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Technical Review Innovation System Collaboration 201

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

To meet different challenges, to be highly adaptive it needs to begin to organize around ecosystems to deliver on a vision that recognizes it has to be part of a greater collaborating network to thrive in this highly connected world. Technology offers them the transforming means but can they, as leaders, take their people with them?

Collaboration 273

Collaboration Disruption Innovation Technical Review 273

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

” With the argument, we need to change the innovation narrative and significantly update the innovation approach and processes to meet today’s and tomorrow’s business challenges. So this post reviews many great contributors to advancing innovation over the years.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 17, 2019

It’s not uncommon for corporate boards to lack strong expertise in the areas of innovation and technology. It turns out, getting buy-in from the board of directors can be particularly vexing due to the typical board makeup, their strengths, and their skills gaps. Boards Don’t Prioritize Innovation.

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Project Technical Review Innovation Disruption 185

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 9, 2020

A growing reality might be that many people will be forced to stay at home until a vaccine is found, due to their risk of infection. The previous reliance on showcasing their latest products or technology will be less at physical events but in digital environments through a range of social mediums. Guardian Article. .”

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

To do this, technology adoption and diffusion across the ecosystem needs to improve dramatically. Equally the nature of much of production has been designed “on the fly” and the equally tough job of connecting the whole process up in a new integrated, fully connected system meets huge resistance.

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Industry Technical Review Design Innovation 213

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Technology innovation, suggested new business models, outline proposals for changing policies, processes, and market design all are being “sketched out.” It is evident innovation must be way broader than just technological RD&D. During this past week, I have been working through specific aspects of the energy transition model.

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Technical Review Software Review Report System 145

InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. We’ve all been to uninspiring organizational meetings before. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. You can host more innovative innovation meetings that inspire.

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Business and Tech

AUGUST 27, 2021

The technology industry is working diligently 24 hours a day to erode the business of on-premise restaurants and retailers,” explains the popular reality TV host. Technology is stepping in, and it wants to take that business trip away from the hotels and create a digital meeting. They’re destroying our profitability.

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Technical Review Industry Video Technology 130

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 9, 2019

What fascinates me presently is the energy transition currently being undertaken, due to the enormous amount of innovation options being considered and applied. New technologies are changing the very nature of how energy is going to be produced and delivered over the next ten to twenty years.

Technical Review 177

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence System Innovation 177

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 27, 2017

T he potential value of abundant data and information is greatly constrained by the technical challenges of storing, processing, sharing and analyzing it. Technological risks to information, from hacking to cybercrime and privacy concerns to identity theft are on the rise. Inaccessible information. “T Information risks.

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Technical Review Innovation Report Disruption 179

Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The second step then, after getting that feedback, is to design and implement a process to meet those expectations, including both what the employees and the supervisors expect. A few years ago, there was a shift by some companies when it came to performance reviews; the standard was conducting employee performance reviews on an annual basis.

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Engagement Tips Technical Review Meeting 130

Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There are great many companies and leaders that obsess about their market share, competitors, or technological prowess. If your technology doesn’t create value for customers, they won’t buy it. Need a contract reviewed by your legal team? Customer obsession. If you don’t have customers, your market share is zero.

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Agile Innovation Technical Review Leadership 312

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

To help meet these challenges, this report provides you with a meaningful understanding of some of the critical topics related to innovation: Budget and Resources, Collaboration and Spaces, Focus and Activities, and Challenges and Enablers. Is that due to it being “too risky” or the appetite for change, is less but due to what?

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Innovation Report Technical Review Software Review 225

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As he points out, “Today, Generative AI stands as a testament to the power of human imagination and technological innovation. It has grown from humble beginnings into a sophisticated technology capable of producing remarkable output.” Arthur D Little offer a well-stated position of innovation today in this detailed review.

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ChatGPT Technical Review Generative AI Innovation 183

IdeaScale

APRIL 6, 2021

March proved the busiest month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many employees began working remotely, which meant using technology to attend meetings, collaborate on ideas, and sell products. Other organizations used technology to create unique virtual customer experiences. The platform averaged 3500 ideas per month.

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Crowdsourcing Technical Review Ideation Innovation 130

Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Geoffrey Moore developed the concept of the "whole product" in the 1980s and the concepts are still true today, especially in high tech fields. Whole product refers to the idea that the majority of customers don't want to buy untested, unproven technologies. A seamless experience is almost by definition a designed experience.

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Tools Technical Review Design Thinking Innovation 162

Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2019

Such innovations can come in the form of adopting new technologies, but also by adapting the business practices typically associated with startup culture. Corporations and startups operate differently by nature due to the differences in their culture and business environment. Say no to those startups that don’t meet your requirements.

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Change Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Innovation 187

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Keynote speakers often carry the responsibility of tying together various themes and messages of the event, making them a centerpiece of the conference or meeting. A speaker specializing in innovation can also highlight trends, emerging technologies, and industry disruptions, providing valuable context for future strategic planning.

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Technical Review Innovation Engagement Conference 100

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Technology is radically altering our need for innovation. We see increasingly innovation is feeding off the “ digital response rate ” Connecting technology and innovation is altering how we should re-access organizations ability to build out. I got a lot out of that mapping that is continuing to take my thinking out.

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