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.
If you are working in this field do get in contact.
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.
Tools
R&D Management Conference 2022
Latest
Innovation under the radar at Wiley Book Club
African firms are innovative but unsupported, argues Xiaolan Fu in her most recent book 'Innovation Under the Radar'. The book provides the first survey-based analysis of innovation in the informal economy.
Read more
Impact of the rise and fall of the great US labs
There are three things that make the iPhone possible – cellular networks, lasers and solid-state electronics and transistors – all these innovations were made possible with a significant contribution from fundamental research at the Bell Labs, now these labs...
Read more
Democratisation of access to IP information
"Although the pandemic has stimulated digital innovations and digitisation of many B2C sectors, the pandemic has made it more difficult for companies developing ‘hard’ technologies," says Jane List, editor-in-chief of World Patent Information.
Read more
Science policy for sustainable growth – Chris Freeman revisited
2021 marks the centenary of Chris Freeman's birth, founder of the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU). An influential economist and science policy advisor, he argued that growth should be sustainable economically and socially. Jeremy Hall, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal...
Read more
“Green Check Your Idea” – assess the environmental impact of innovation ideas
The Green Check Your Idea tool helps innovation managers prepare an initial assessment of potential environmental impacts and to draw up proposals for improvement. It enables environmental effects be examined more closely and optimised in early innovation phases.
Read moreSee more news >>
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
Innovation under the radar at Wiley Book Club
African firms are innovative but unsupported, argues Xiaolan Fu in her most recent book 'Innovation Under the Radar'. The book provides the first survey-based analysis of innovation in the informal economy.
Read more
Impact of the rise and fall of the great US labs
There are three things that make the iPhone possible – cellular networks, lasers and solid-state electronics and transistors – all these innovations were made possible with a significant contribution from fundamental research at the Bell Labs, now these labs...
Read more
Democratisation of access to IP information
"Although the pandemic has stimulated digital innovations and digitisation of many B2C sectors, the pandemic has made it more difficult for companies developing ‘hard’ technologies," says Jane List, editor-in-chief of World Patent Information.
Read more
Science policy for sustainable growth – Chris Freeman revisited
2021 marks the centenary of Chris Freeman's birth, founder of the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU). An influential economist and science policy advisor, he argued that growth should be sustainable economically and socially. Jeremy Hall, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal...
Read more
“Green Check Your Idea” – assess the environmental impact of innovation ideas
The Green Check Your Idea tool helps innovation managers prepare an initial assessment of potential environmental impacts and to draw up proposals for improvement. It enables environmental effects be examined more closely and optimised in early innovation phases.
Read moreSee all news >>
Tools
