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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.
Congratulations to RADMA trustee Dr Valerie Lynch whose work in electronics innovation was recognised by Electronics Weekly with a “Lifetime Achievement Award.
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.
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 is the driving force for companies to stay relevant in the market, observes the guidance for ISO 56002:2019 Innovation management system.
How do you sustain breakthrough innovation? Gina O’Connor describes how a framework based on Domains of Innovation Intent can maintain true strategic innovation.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
Scott May heads up the innovation ecosystem MISTA focussed on the food sector. He explains how Regenerative Innovation can help overcome the inertia of the past that inhibits people, teams, and companies from continuously adapting and evolving to create new futures.
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