Creativity in times of uncertainty
A sense of unease can have knock-on consequences on our ability to be creative and come up with new ideas, even in the nominally separate world of R&D.
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A sense of unease can have knock-on consequences on our ability to be creative and come up with new ideas, even in the nominally separate world of R&D.
Over 300 papers have been presented at the R&D Management Conference representing a huge body of work.
R&D Today officially launched at R&D Management Conference 2016; community website aims to be ‘trip advisor’ of best practice.
Resources are increasingly scarce and organizations are looking for ways to do more with less. The frugal approach can be applied to intellectual and skilled resources as much as to physical ones – something of relevance in a world where R&D productivity is increasingly an issue.
R&D Management Conference is kindly sponsored by Beko, BP, thyssenkrupp, Routledge Taylor & Francis and Wiley. Sessions will be of interest to academics and practitioners.
R&D Management Conference includes many sessions of interest to practitioners including keynotes by Warren East of Rolls-Royce plc, Joe de Sousa AstraZeneca, David Teece Haas School of Business and Mark Samuels NIHR.
Many of the tools used in valuing and selecting projects are only really applicable to large portfolios because they assess value by using statistical concepts such as probability, mean and risk.
If you manage scientists or engineers and want to foster their creativity this is the paper to read. It’s also a good one to give your manager, if you want to help her/him do a better job at helping your own creativity!
Technology can be acquired in various ways and deciding which option is best for your own particular company can be complex and challenging. This guide, produced by The Institute of Manufacturing, is designed to provide support for firms looking to acquire new technologies from external sources/providers rather than relying solely on their own internal R&D activities.
Many organizations struggle to come up with novel product concepts as focus groups and surveys often fail to gain sufficient insight into the customer’s hidden needs. These writers suggest an alternative approach.
What is the best way to acquire new technology? The IfM has produced a useful workbook that includes four checklists to help you decide what is best for your organisation.
People often think that being innovative means having a lot of ideas. But where do the ideas come from? The history of innovation is full of examples of people suddenly