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The great textile shift driven by digital blueprint tech: Syre

60 million tons of polyester produced each year from virgin oil and little is recycled, creating a global problem. Syre is tackling the challenge by using a new recycling method to turn old clothes into high-quality polyester.

Dr Valerie Lynch awarded life-time achievement award for her contribution to electronics [credit: Electronics Weekly]

Lifetime achievement award for Dr Valerie Lynch

Congratulations to RADMA trustee Dr Valerie Lynch whose work in electronics innovation was recognised by Electronics Weekly with a “Lifetime Achievement Award.

Innovationsledarne support for Innovation Management Systems

New practitioner track at R&D Management Conference

If you want to know more about developing your organisation’s Innovation Management System and the role ISO56000 can play in that process – then you are invited to join a special session tailored for industry at the R&D Management Conference, 17 June 2024.

Is it time to professionalise Innovation Management?

The challenge of how Innovation Management can gain the recognition it deserves stimulated a lively discussion in our webinar “Is it time to professionalise Innovation Management”. If you missed the webinar – you can watch the presentations from our two speakers and listen to the full discussion via a podcast on Soundcloud.

Innovation Management System ISO 56002:2019

Innovation is the driving force for companies to stay relevant in the market, observes the guidance for ISO 56002:2019 Innovation management system.

Domains of innovation intent

How do you sustain breakthrough innovation? Gina O’Connor describes how a framework based on Domains of Innovation Intent can maintain true strategic innovation.

What is the role of social media in new product development?

The Adidas Creators Club is a platform where customers and athletes share ideas and participate in the design process. This type of collaborative R&D is made possible by social platforms but how can the power of social media be captured for new product development?

Orchestrating orphan ideas at the fuzzy front end to create value

Orphan ideas are unexpected concepts that can lead to step-changes in innovation. However, as they fall outside of a firm’s strategic roadmap and their development is a risk for innovation managers. How can you nurture them and ensure value creation?

Metrics for measuring radical innovation project success

Applying traditional product development metrics in the early stages of a radical innovation project can be very damaging. They are based on the assumption that the alternative is the status quo, however a more realistic scenario is a deteriorating competitive and financial future.

Innovation management is high-risk, but would professional status bring high reward?

Although 45% of CEOs prioritise innovation in the boardroom, for innovation leaders it is a high-stress, high-risk career. Success is uncertain and failure is poorly tolerated. Would making it a profession help career progression? Join the discussion in a free event on 25th April 2024.

Innovation Manager job description

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.

Is innovation management a profession? And should it be?

Innovation is the force behind superior business performance and its managers provide this competitive advantage through their skills and expertise. But is it a profession?

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