R&D Today
R&D Today – sharing ideas, good practice and innovation in R&D management.
R&D Today aims to share knowledge, new approaches and well proven techniques, it is the outreach site for the Research and Development Management Association (RADMA), a charitable organisation that supports research, best practice and education.
The intention is to signpost resources, papers and tools that would be of value to someone working in R&D and innovation management. All content is credited and referenced back to the source in line with the fair use doctrine.
We have found the Pentathlon provides a useful framework for discussion – click through the slides below to explore further.
If you are working in this field do get in contact.
Our Themes
There is no shortage of challenges facing R&D managers, but sources of practical help can be in short supply. To assist we have selected a number of themes that are of wide interest:
– technology strategy
– ideation and creativity
– managing the pipeline
– open innovation
– roadmapping
– managing international R&D
For each we have invited two guest editors, a practitioner and an academic, to curate a useful resource for each.
View more about our themes here.
The Pentathlon Framework
Without risk you cannot have game-changing innovation
The key to successful innovation is to fail fast at the front-end, where the impact on the business can be managed.
The Pentathlon Framework can be used to describe a structured process that removes the risk of failure as ideas progress through the ‘Innovation Funnel’.
Read more about the Pentathlon Framework here.
Tools
R&D Management Conference 2022
Latest
Answering the question “What is the value of R&D activity?”
The question that all R&D managers are asked is "What value will this activity generate for the company, its products and services?” In her paper Valerie Lynch explores the ways that this thorny question can be answered.
Read more
Management Innovation: a processual approach through practices and bundles of practices
The Covid-19 crisis has stimulated the adoption of a number of managerial innovations, says Caroline Mattelin-Pierrard. She observes that one innovation - 'the liberated company' - provides opportunities for an organisation to develop greater agility.
Read more
How can Entrepreneurship Ecosystems support the development of rural territories
Entrepreneurial ecosystems have the potential to support the regeneration of low-density and rural territories, but they are predominately applied in urban environments, could these frameworks be applied in a rural context? João Almeida of the University of Aveiro (Portugal)...
Read more
Product technology roadmapping – a visual framework for ‘sense making’ in a changing world
One of the biggest challenges facing technology developers is how to blend and combine human, analytical and digital processes. A new six-week course, 'Product Technology Roadmapping' from the University of Cambridge, aims to help resolve these issues and show...
Read more
How ‘digital servitization’ is building value in B2B ecosystems
Digital servitization uses a platform strategy to develop mutually dependent ecosystems. In B2C firms take a 'winner takes all' strategy, but research has revealed that within the B2B sector the approach is used more collaboratively to expand the platform...
Read moreSee more news >>
R&D Today sharing ideas, good practice and innovation in R&D management.
There is no shortage of challenges facing R&D managers, but sources of practical help can be in short supply. To assist we have selected a number of themes that are of wide interest:
– technology strategy
– ideation and creativity
– managing the pipeline
– open innovation
– roadmapping
– managing international R&D
For each we have invited two guest editors, a practitioner and an academic, to curate a useful resource for each.
View more about our themes here.
The Pentathlon Framework
Without risk you cannot have game-changing innovation
The key to successful innovation is to fail fast at the front-end, where the impact on the business can be managed.
The Pentathlon Framework can be used to describe a structured process that removes the risk of failure as ideas progress through the ‘Innovation Funnel’.
Read more about the Pentathlon Framework here.
Latest news
Answering the question “What is the value of R&D activity?”
The question that all R&D managers are asked is "What value will this activity generate for the company, its products and services?” In her paper Valerie Lynch explores the ways that this thorny question can be answered.
Read more
Management Innovation: a processual approach through practices and bundles of practices
The Covid-19 crisis has stimulated the adoption of a number of managerial innovations, says Caroline Mattelin-Pierrard. She observes that one innovation - 'the liberated company' - provides opportunities for an organisation to develop greater agility.
Read more
How can Entrepreneurship Ecosystems support the development of rural territories
Entrepreneurial ecosystems have the potential to support the regeneration of low-density and rural territories, but they are predominately applied in urban environments, could these frameworks be applied in a rural context? João Almeida of the University of Aveiro (Portugal)...
Read more
Product technology roadmapping – a visual framework for ‘sense making’ in a changing world
One of the biggest challenges facing technology developers is how to blend and combine human, analytical and digital processes. A new six-week course, 'Product Technology Roadmapping' from the University of Cambridge, aims to help resolve these issues and show...
Read more
How ‘digital servitization’ is building value in B2B ecosystems
Digital servitization uses a platform strategy to develop mutually dependent ecosystems. In B2C firms take a 'winner takes all' strategy, but research has revealed that within the B2B sector the approach is used more collaboratively to expand the platform...
Read moreSee all news >>
Tools
