Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Innovation is ready for those accelerating and being fully committed to their 4IR journey. Then innovation can finally play its true part in discovering, leveraging and delivering new value and impact. We have to recognize the days of simple product innovation are dwindling. Innovation emerges out of the Industrial 4.0

Industry 222

Industry Innovation Collaboration Design 222

IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

And those innovations can be either small, incremental changes that improve an existing concept to huge, transformational that shift the foundation of an organization. An example of a workplace production innovation was a new sick PTO policy co-created by NYU employees.

Policies 206

Policies Innovation Disruption Strategy 206

Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

Foster a Culture of Accountability and Learning A strong OKR system promotes ownership, responsibility, and continuous improvement. For example, Apples OKRs for product innovation are reinforced through cross-functional collaboration, leadership involvement, and rapid iteration cycles. Celebrate wins and learn from setbacks.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Software Review Technical Review 130

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 9, 2019

This is the way PLM innovation platforms are progressing and currently being assessed by CIMdata in a PLM Innovation Assessment Scorecard shown further below. We know that the flow is essential to innovation. One stands out for me in giving that significant focus on innovation management, not just product is Aras.

Software Review 186

Software Review Software Innovation Collaboration 186

Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Maybe take a major new product or service and also an important internal process or system innovation. For a new product innovation the IJM might look a little like a stage gate diagram. Next examine a project which made some progress and then got canned.

Innovation 212

Innovation Tools Project Innovation Processes 212

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

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. The system complexity, understanding and investment delays are often huge and difficult to unwind.

Industry 213

Industry Technical Review Innovation Design 213

Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The Power of Bottom-Up Systems in Organizational Success In the dynamic landscape of modern business, the success of an organization is heavily influenced by its management style and approach to goal setting. But what makes bottom-up systems so integral in the contemporary corporate world?

System 62

System Case Study Policies Culture 62

eZassi

JANUARY 16, 2025

Quality Control and Product Innovation : Machine vision, a neural network application, will transform quality assurance processes by identifying defects and ensuring consistency in production. Additionally, predictive maintenance in power plants and distribution systems will enhance reliability and reduce operational costs.

Industry 52

Industry Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Data 52

Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Somewhere in the offering there may be tangible products, but increasingly the services, business models, data, platforms and even ecosystems will be what draw customers to a solution. Impacts on Innovation This is, and will, have a huge impact on innovation. First, product innovation is almost passe.

Technology 174

Technology Tips Product Innovation Data 174

Qmarkets

APRIL 10, 2025

Just as importantly, the product development cycle helps ensure alignment with the companys product innovation charter. This is a strategic document that outlines the goals, boundaries, and success criteria for a new product initiative. High-value ideas can come from employees , customers, suppliers, and even competitors.

Product Development 52

Product Development Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 52

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

This whole area has been rapidly modernizing into a product innovation platforms to support key elements of sustainable solutions that maintain, adapt, upgrade, integrate and keep multiple systems of record for designs that due to the platform approach can be easily shared within, across and outside the old environment.

Innovation Management 200

Innovation Management Software Review Management Technical Review 200

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Innovation is our 100% of our focus and we can, without question , advance your knowledge and insights across all of its complexities to be simplified through our workshops, dialogues and discovery approaches. Building the workshop it is deliberately designed to help you need to think through many areas of productive innovation opportunity.

Design 243

Design Engagement Creativity Ideation 243

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Prioritisation & Portfolio Management: Ability to manage a pipeline of ideas and projects, identifying which ideas will help the company achieve its short, medium and long-term innovation goals, and ensuring that the portfolio has a balance of incremental, adjacent and transformational innovations. Leading Innovation.

Company 301

Company Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Leadership 301

eZassi

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Transformative Power of 3D Modeling Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) : Accelerating Product Innovation The CPG Industry is embracing 3D modeling to enhance product development, streamline packaging design, and drive sustainability efforts.

Innovation 52

Innovation Industry Technology Artificial Inteligence 52

Business and Tech

DECEMBER 14, 2021

When someone consumes a hemp-derived product, these compounds interact with the receptors of their endocannabinoid system to create an effect. The receptors in the endocannabinoid system react differently to CBD than to THC, so CBD doesn’t produce the “high” that THC does.

Survey 130

Survey System Product Innovation Report 130

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 7, 2018

The “impact economy” has been defined by the Aspen Institute as the “twin forces of supply and demand, impact investing and social entrepreneurship, that is driving systemic change in the US and around the world.”. When we map problem spaces (U.S.Healthcare) we are looking for impact investing. So, we need a different way to evaluate ROI.

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Innovation Technology Change Entrepreneurship 196

Business and Tech

MARCH 25, 2022

Legacy systems and disparate data hinder this. They need to be in continuous learning mode as the business evolves, customers change and their needs evolve, new competitors come into the marketplace, product innovations emerge, their suppliers’ and logistics providers’ businesses change, and the technologies advance.

Artificial Inteligence 130

Artificial Inteligence Data Technology Design 130

Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 2, 2019

I've been struck by the importance of two rapidly converging forces - digital transformation and new product innovation. As we've discussed, here and elsewhere, ad nauseam, there is increasing demand for new products and services, making stretching the capacity of tenuous innovation processes and teams.

Innovation 142

Innovation Data Product Development Innovation Processes 142

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

These goals should be aligned with the larger vision of your organization and serve as a roadmap for your innovation journey. Consider the following when outlining your objectives: Specificity : Define what innovation means for your organization. Moreover, establish a rewards system that aligns with your innovation goals.

Culture of Innovation 100

Culture of Innovation Culture Innovation Training 100

Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Here are just a few of the major benefits businesses can receive: Improved Efficiency Automating manual processes, integrating AI-driven decision-making, and leveraging cloud-based systems help businesses reduce errors, speed up workflows, and free employees for higher-value tasks. Here are four key types of digital innovation.

Tools 59

Tools Crowdsourcing Ideation Innovation 59

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

AI systems can also identify patterns and insights that may be missed by human analysts, providing a more comprehensive understanding of market dynamics. This level of analysis can lead to the development of innovative strategies that leverage untapped opportunities or mitigate potential risks.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Analysis Trends 100

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The thinking through on the contribution around innovation needs to be changed. Yet this seems emerging, one that can be a prelude to opening-up a far more cross-disciplinary field that studies molecular materials, structures and systems and their application to real-word problems than any one company possesses the complete insight to own it.

Artificial Inteligence 138

Artificial Inteligence Collaboration Technical Review Industry 138

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2024

From the early days of mechanical automatons to more recent conversational bots, scientists and engineers have dreamed of a future where AI systems can work and act intelligently and independently. With their supercharged reasoning and execution capabilities, agentic AI systems promise to transform many aspects of human-machine collaboration.

Change 22

Change System Product Innovation Collaboration 22

Qmarkets

MARCH 13, 2025

Choose the Right Crowdsourcing Model Selecting the right model depends on the type of insights needed: Internal Crowdsourcing Engages employees to improve processes, workplace culture, or product innovation. Without the right systems, businesses risk losing valuable contributions or struggling with decision-making.

Crowdsourcing 52

Crowdsourcing Examples Software Review Technical Review 52

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Peterson believes that every organization can embrace a set of principles to increase organizational trust levels internally – which can, in turn, make a big difference for productivity, innovation, and the retention of people. With proper metrics, people learn to trust the system. Create a Common Dream.

Culture of Innovation 113

Culture of Innovation Culture Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 113

Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

AI-powered systems help optimize transportation routes, cutting fuel consumption and emissions. This form of sustainable innovation not only reduces costs but also enhances brand reputation and customer trust. Consumer demand for eco-friendly alternatives continues to rise, making sustainable product innovation a key driver of growth.

Innovation 52

Innovation Trends Competition Strategy 52

IdeaScale

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Prioritization does just that – they help teams come up with a vetting system for everyone’s ideas. An example of a prioritization framework that innovation teams should consider is the RICE method. The RICE method is a prioritization framework that doesn’t have to exclusively be used for building products.

Underperforming Technical Team 130

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Brainstorming Idea Generation 130

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 25, 2017

In complex innovation systems, the question becomes how to strategize across the ecology, and how to map forward into the long-term future so that innovators can persist with projects that take. Complex innovation requires orchestrating collaboration among many organizations, institutions, regulators, and other agents.

Technical Review 80

Technical Review Project Technology System 80

Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Product concepts are the lifeblood of your company. Flowing through your company’s system, like blood through the veins of a human body, new product concepts are the future of your company’s health and the source of its growth. Too many.

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Management How To Innovation System 102

IdeaScale

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Productivity, Innovation, And Work. Any discussion of productivity and innovation needs to begin with a reminder that we only have so much to give in a day. Fortunately, headphones and personal audio systems can help keep the peace. Daylight Exposure. We all need a certain amount of daylight built into our day.

Innovation 130

Innovation Course Study Brainstorming 130

Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 25, 2021

How Innovation Marketing Helps Disruptors Launch New Products. Innovation marketing is a discipline that encompasses activities and novel processes to introduce and deliver entirely new products.

Marketing 81

Marketing Innovation Web Developers Web Development 81

Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 23, 2016

From the data presented it's clear that "innovation" is still defined very narrowly, as improvements to existing products and services. In other words, most of these executives and their teams are just scratching the surface, when right underneath the surface a range of innovation options and outcomes is just waiting to explode.

Survey 100

Survey Innovation Disruption Innovation Processes 100

Qmarkets

MARCH 4, 2025

Businesses that continuously reinvent themselves whether through product innovation, new business models, or operational improvementswill maintain a competitive edge. True innovation comes from continuously developing, adapting, and bringing ideas to life through collaboration and execution.

Crowdsourcing 52

Crowdsourcing Innovation Idea Management Collaboration 52

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Develop accountability systems to ensure leaders embody the cultural attributes. This may include revising policies, rethinking reward systems, and realigning organizational structures to support the desired behaviors. Establish clear and measurable goals that reflect the desired cultural shift.

Agile 130

Agile Culture Underperforming Technical Team Leadership 130

Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

Operating in unpredictable environments relies on an agile organization , following an adaptive, evolutionary and more bottom-up approach, resembling complex adaptive systems, e.g. in biology. Incremental innovation : Even in highly mature industries, such as automotive, experimentation gains ever more importance.

Innovation Management 100

Innovation Management Management LEAN Innovation 100

Christensen Institute

AUGUST 9, 2022

These innovations have a significant impact on development because by targeting new markets MCIs are more than a product or service. Instead they are systems that pull in jobs, infrastructure, and regulations necessary for the new market to thrive. Back then people often purchased moldy bread in opaque wrapping.

Marketing 89

Marketing Strategy Strategy Resources 89

Planview

OCTOBER 2, 2024

A value stream encompasses the entire process from product conception to customer delivery and feedback. By refining these value streams, organizations can unlock new levels of productivity, innovation, and agility, empowering them to excel in the dynamic automotive landscape.

Software 98

Software Agile Industry Software Developers 98