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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.

We have found the Pentathlon provides a useful framework for discussion, click on the numbers below to explore further.

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    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'.
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    1 > Strategy steers innovation
    where it is most needed
    An innovation strategy guides and influences ideas
    selection and implementation, identifying the business priorities
    and ensuring senior management buy-in at an early stage.
    The strategy may recommend acquisition, a new supply chain or new skills.
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    2 > Ideas Generation
    Ideas generation is a response
    to problems and challenges.
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    3 > Selection &
    prioritisation of ideas
    A process is required for the selection and prioritisation
    of ideas when incomplete information is available
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    4 > Implementation
    of ideas to market
    Strong project management skills are needed
    to move ideas from conception, through implementation
    to market in an environment of high uncertainty.
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    5 > People & organisations
    An enterprise culture is one that can manage the
    tension between taking risks and minimising
    failure as products and services near market.
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THE PENTATHLON FRAMEWORK - click to read more
2 > IDEAS
3 > SELECTION
4 > IMPLEMENTATION
1 > STRATEGY
5 > PEOPLE
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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 – and invited two guest editors, a practitioner and an academic, to curate a useful resource for each.

View more about our themes here.

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    Improving Product Features: When is More Less?
    Different types of feature have different effects on customer satisfaction - analysis by Quality...
  • Tools support objective discussion of portfolio strategy
    Paul Barrett is part of a RADMA working group providing a selection of recommended...
  • Innovation Fitness Test - a tool to help scoring
    John Bessant recommends this tool developed by colleagues in Canada which helps with using...
  • Would an analogy help?
    nalogies are a useful tool for creative problem solving, to help one move away...
  • Valuing and comparing small portfolios
    Many of the tools used in valuing and selecting projects are only really applicable...

R&D 2018 Conference

The annual R&D Management Conference this year takes the theme of  ‘Digital innovation’. It explores how the Internet of Things, Big Data and AI are reshaping and transforming society and business, and will provide a forum for new ideas and thinking on how management approaches can be adapted to enable innovation in a dynamic environment.

R&D Management Conference 2018

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Mark Richardson

Working with the best people is more important than employing them

  • By rnd-admin
  • on 19 March, 2018

Six things I have learnt about R&D management - Mark Richardson, former VP of Research and Technology at Smith & Nephew plc, shares his experiences.

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Yuta Hirose

Why technology entrepreneurs fail to realise potential of new product developments

  • By rnd-admin
  • on 19 March, 2018

Yuta Hirose discusses why technology entrepreneurs fail to realise their potential as part of a PhD funded by the RADMA Doctoral Studies Programme.

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Vincenzo Buttice

Finance for Innovation: New Tools and Approaches

  • By rnd_l8e3ag
  • on 30 January, 2018

Digital and technological innovation is changing the way innovative firms access debt and equity funding.

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Jasper Brinkerrink

Innovation and R&D management in family firms

  • By rnd_l8e3ag
  • on 29 January, 2018

The systematic differences between the technological innovation processes of family and non-family firms has been well documented. However, further knowledge development in this domain is important as effective strategic and technological renewal is a principal determinant of the firm-survival...

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Marcelo Nogueira Cortimiglia of  Departamento de Engenharia de Produção e Transporte, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Digitally-enabled business model innovation

  • By rnd-admin
  • on 29 January, 2018

How Digital Innovation can enable (or hinder) “Digitally-enabled Business Model Innovation”.

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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’.

1. Innovation Strategy

An innovation strategy guides and influences ideas selection and implementation, identifying the business priorities and ensuring senior management buy-in at an early stage. The strategy may recommend acquisition, a new supply chain or new skills.

2. Ideas Generation

Ideas generation is a response to problems and challenges.

3. Selection & Prioritisation

A process is required for the selection and prioritisation of ideas when incomplete information is available

4. Implementation

Strong project management skills are needed to move ideas from conception, through implementation to market in an environment of high uncertainty.

5. People & Organisations

An enterprise culture is one that can manage the tension between taking risks and minimising failure as products and services near market.

R&D Today sharing ideas, good practice and innovation in R&D management.

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    Six things I have learnt about R&D management - Mark Richardson, former VP of...
  • Yuta Hirose
    Why technology entrepreneurs fail to realise potential of new product developments
    Yuta Hirose discusses why technology entrepreneurs fail to realise their potential as part of...
  • Vincenzo Buttice
    Finance for Innovation: New Tools and Approaches
    Digital and technological innovation is changing the way innovative firms access debt and equity...
  • Jasper Brinkerrink
    Innovation and R&D management in family firms
    The systematic differences between the technological innovation processes of family and non-family firms has...

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    Paul Barrett is part of a RADMA working group providing a selection of recommended...
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  • Kano model of product or service features 2
    Improving Product Features: When is More Less?
    Different types of feature have different effects on customer satisfaction - analysis by Quality...
  • Valuing and comparing small portfolios
    Many of the tools used in valuing and selecting projects are only really applicable...
  • Frugal Innovation Index
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    Frugal innovation allows a company with a quality product to compete effectively with cheaper...
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    John Bessant recommends this tool developed by colleagues in Canada which helps with using...
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    Leaders want their teams to think beyond the day-to-day and create thriving visions for...
  • 'How to' statements
    A useful tool in creative problem solving is the ‘how to’ statement which provides...
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    Using the game 'Top Trumps' as a communications tool
    Large R&D centric businesses have a huge asset in the vast experience that exists...
  • Would an analogy help?
    nalogies are a useful tool for creative problem solving, to help one move away...

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