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On February 1, 2003, the world watched in disbelief as the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated, taking the lives of seven astronauts.
Beyond the technical causes, the Investigation Board identified a deeper, systemic problem: a cultural failure.
This is the story of how NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston rebuilt its innovation culture.
Innovation managers often struggle to access the resources required for radical innovation. This study shows how a tailored innovation management system, supported by leadership and embedded in the organisation was successful in creating recognition and reward.
“How can we encourage our R&D teams to feel empowered to create new opportunities?” This concern emerged from a meeting of industry members and explored in a research project which discovered, that access to the big picture, the leadership skills of team leaders and clear strategic goals tempered with an agile approach, created motivated and innovative teams.
When Rick Mitchell became R&D Manager at Domino, the pioneering inkjet printing company, he was not to know that his work would become a such an excellent example of successful innovation strategy – that he would become a respected authority on innovation management.
His enthusiasm for innovation has been a life-long passion and RADMA has been enriched by his contributions as a Trustee.
Are you researching innovation and R&D management? Do you want helpful input for your PhD?
Apply now for the Doctoral Colloquium head of the R&D Management Conference – an opportunity to interact and network with your peers and experienced researchers.
Will recent changes to the tax reliefs be sufficient to support UK innovators? Are tax incentives the best way to keep entrepreneurs? In this guest post, Bhavika Nesbitt and Emma Richards of the Wilson Partners, discuss how policy makers use tax to incentivise enterpreneurship.
The innovation management professional job role is broad. It encompasses both strategic and operational elements. These elements can be combined into a single role, or divided into separate roles. Innovationsledarna has created this useful job description that can be used as a guide to assembling one’s own job description or to create a new role as appropriate.
The Institute of Innovation Management (IIM) aims to raise global standards in innovation practice – it has spun out from work by the BSI which supported the development and launch of the ISO Innovation Management Standard 56001.
Have we inadvertently narrowed our understanding of the real strategic potential of Open Innovation? Ahead of the Henry Chesbrough Festschrift, Wim Vanhaverbeke asks if the simple metaphor of innovation as a porous R&D funnel needs re-evaluation.
