R&D Today
R&D Today – sharing ideas, good practice and innovation in R&D management.
R&D Today aims to share knowledge, new approaches and well proven techniques, it is the outreach site for the Research and Development Management Association (RADMA), a charitable organisation that supports research, best practice and education.
The intention is to signpost resources, papers and tools that would be of value to someone working in R&D and innovation management. All content is credited and referenced back to the source in line with the fair use doctrine.
We have found the Pentathlon provides a useful framework for discussion – click through the slides below to explore further.
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Our Themes
There is no shortage of challenges facing R&D managers, but sources of practical help can be in short supply. To assist we have selected a number of themes that are of wide interest:
– technology strategy
– ideation and creativity
– managing the pipeline
– open innovation
– roadmapping
– managing international R&D
For each we have invited two guest editors, a practitioner and an academic, to curate a useful resource for each.
View more about our themes here.
The Pentathlon Framework
Without risk you cannot have game-changing innovation
The key to successful innovation is to fail fast at the front-end, where the impact on the business can be managed.
The Pentathlon Framework can be used to describe a structured process that removes the risk of failure as ideas progress through the ‘Innovation Funnel’.
Read more about the Pentathlon Framework here.
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R&D Management Conference 2021
Innovation in an era of disruption will take place on Wednesday 7 to Thursday 8th July Glasgow, Scotland. See more information here.
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Tool Fingerprinting: Characterising Management Tools
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Call for papers – Sustainable Ecosystems
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R&D Today sharing ideas, good practice and innovation in R&D management.
There is no shortage of challenges facing R&D managers, but sources of practical help can be in short supply. To assist we have selected a number of themes that are of wide interest:
– technology strategy
– ideation and creativity
– managing the pipeline
– open innovation
– roadmapping
– managing international R&D
For each we have invited two guest editors, a practitioner and an academic, to curate a useful resource for each.
View more about our themes here.
The Pentathlon Framework
Without risk you cannot have game-changing innovation
The key to successful innovation is to fail fast at the front-end, where the impact on the business can be managed.
The Pentathlon Framework can be used to describe a structured process that removes the risk of failure as ideas progress through the ‘Innovation Funnel’.
Read more about the Pentathlon Framework here.
Latest news
Discovery science for the Large Hadron Collider upgrade will fast track innovation
The upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider requires new technologies and components. Professor Carsten Welsch believes this development that initially targets discovery science has excellent potential to translate into medical and industrial applications.
Read more Direct coaching supports SMEs with inbound knowledge transfer from university
Could coaching provide the support that SME's require to improve their innovation activities? In a pilot 10 SMEs were introduced to strategy and technology management tools developed through research and given coaching on applying these tools to their own...
Read more Tool Fingerprinting: Characterising Management Tools
Management tools and techniques such as roadmapping, portfolio management methods and scenario planning are considered useful for a variety of business issues, but there is a need for a more stable approach.
Read more Call for papers – Sustainable Ecosystems
What is required for an innovation ecosystem to be sustainable? The publication Sustainability is calling for submissions to its special issue.
Read more Reinventing supplier innovation relationships – nine key findings
Nine best practices that have been shown to help members of the Industrial Research Institute bring innovation to market are discussed in the paper Reinventing Supplier Innovation Relationships.
Read moreSee all news >>
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