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
New models of corporate incubation create ‘engines of innovation’
To transform themselves into 'engines of innovation', established corporates are adopting powerful new models for engaging with startups, writes Tobias Weiblen and Henry Chesbrough in their paper "Engaging with Startups to Enhance Corporate Innovation" 2015 California Management Review
Read more
Assessing innovation and technology management capabilities in an organisation
To extract best value from investments in technology and innovation, managers need to address a wide range of aspects. The emerging ISO standards provide an opportunity for improved tools to assist. One such tool, the Innovation Technology Management (ITM)...
Read more
Integrating sustainable value thinking into technology forecasting: a configurable toolset
Sustainable value gives longer term business return because it delivers the triple bottom line of economic, environmental and social value. However, current assessment methods are essentially audits and can only be used when every detail of an innovation are...
Read more
How to avoid the pitfalls of trying to be an instant R&D expert in every science field
Quickly assessing a mass of diverse and sometimes misleading information, such as that presented by the COVID-19 crisis is exactly what many R&D managers have to do, writes Steve Bone. Fortunately, there are tools that can help those that...
Read more
How Air Products and Chemicals Inc overcame silo mentality
Air Products’ approach to open innovation was to identifying and prioritising the key technical needs and use a toolbox of approaches to accelerate solutions,however the move from inhouse to open innovation was not without its challenges.
Read more
