Open innovation

Is Open Innovation the way to tackle the most pressing societal challenges?

By rnd-admin
on 18 October, 2021

Open innovation might be the way to tackle the world’s most pressing societal challenges - trials that can only be weathered when diverse sets of collaborative partners join forces - but very little understanding exists, beyond anecdotal, to link...

Open Innovation between established and emerging bio-pharmaceuticals

By rnd-admin
on 3 March, 2021

In the UK, early stage bio-pharmaceutical companies gain enhanced patenting performance through Open Innovation in contrast to the established companies, which experienced challenges. This is one for the findings by Despoina Filiou and is contrary to the experience in...

Figure 1 The New World Kirkpatrick Model (1994)

Direct coaching supports SMEs with inbound knowledge transfer from university

By rnd-admin
on 30 September, 2020

Could coaching provide the support that SME's require to improve their innovation activities? In a pilot 10 SMEs were introduced to strategy and technology management tools developed through research and given coaching on applying these tools to their own...

Collaborative innovation in a time of social distancing – 5 things we now know

By rnd-admin
on 1 May, 2020

Like so many meetings, the IfM’s Open Innovation Forum's March workshop, was hastily reconvened into a virtual event due to the coronavirus crisis. Co-organiser Dominic Oughton, discusses some of the learning points.

Interesting papers from Technovation

By rnd-admin
on 20 February, 2020

Imoh Ilevbare works at Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge as a Product Manager he has provided a quick overview of these papers from Technovation

Renault is on track for autonomous driving

By rnd-admin
on 6 June, 2019

Scenario identification is creating use case definitions for real world driving safety critical scenarios, explains Rémi Bastien, Vice President for Automotive Prospective, Renault Group.

Creating compelling objectives to deliver strategic growth platforms

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...
Valuing and comparing small portfolios

Many of the tools used in valuing and selecting projects are only really applicable...
Innovation Fitness Test - a tool to help scoring

John Bessant recommends this tool developed by colleagues in Canada which helps with using...
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

To fail fast can save enormous waste later in the product lifecycle. Failure Mode...