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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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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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design thinking

The Right Way to Lead Design Thinking – a review

  • By rnd-admin
  • on 25 October, 2019

Design thinking is challenging because it involves something more fundamental than managing change: It involves discovering what change is needed. Rick Mitchell has found this paper in Harvard Business Review of interest.

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art inspires innovation

R&D Management Conference: Innovation across Boundaries call for proposals

  • By rnd-admin
  • on 8 October, 2019

Look beyond the walls. The call for proposals has opened for the 2020 R&D Management conference: Innovation Across Boundaries: Historical Reflection and Future Vision closing date 28th October 2019

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Most influential projects world wide web

50 Most Influential Projects of the last 50 years announced

  • By rnd-admin
  • on 8 October, 2019

In a first-of-its-kind ranking, the PMI showcases the transformative power of projects and how project management has helped turn these ideas into reality.

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online ideation

Improving objectiveness of idea selection

  • By rnd-admin
  • on 10 September, 2019

With the increase in use of online ideation platforms to harness creativity, it is important that ideas are fairly judged, without bias, and that the truly best ones bubble up to the top, comments Phil Kennedy.

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HOW SUCCESSFUL USE OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ADDS VALUE

How successful use of Absorptive Capacity adds value

  • By rnd-admin
  • on 10 September, 2019

The most effect bringers of new external ideas into an organisation, comments Phil Kennedy are individuals that are not only tech-savvy but business-savvy. He reviews a paper on absorptive capacity and offers learning points for new product development.

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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

art inspires innovation

R&D Management Conference: Innovation across Boundaries call for proposals

  • By rnd-admin
  • on 8 October, 2019

Look beyond the walls. The call for proposals has opened for the 2020 R&D Management conference: Innovation Across Boundaries: Historical Reflection and Future Vision closing date 28th October 2019

Read more
Most influential projects world wide web

50 Most Influential Projects of the last 50 years announced

  • By rnd-admin
  • on 8 October, 2019

In a first-of-its-kind ranking, the PMI showcases the transformative power of projects and how project management has helped turn these ideas into reality.

Read more
online ideation

Improving objectiveness of idea selection

  • By rnd-admin
  • on 10 September, 2019

With the increase in use of online ideation platforms to harness creativity, it is important that ideas are fairly judged, without bias, and that the truly best ones bubble up to the top, comments Phil Kennedy.

Read more
HOW SUCCESSFUL USE OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ADDS VALUE

How successful use of Absorptive Capacity adds value

  • By rnd-admin
  • on 10 September, 2019

The most effect bringers of new external ideas into an organisation, comments Phil Kennedy are individuals that are not only tech-savvy but business-savvy. He reviews a paper on absorptive capacity and offers learning points for new product development.

Read more
Peter Robbins

Managing the Front End of Innovation – could Goal Orientation hold the key?

  • By rnd-admin
  • on 27 August, 2019

The leadership style of the innovation team leader - learning goal or performance goal - sets the team's ambition for front-end innovation, Peter Robbins found; "for genuinely novel, original ideas a learning motivation is needed."

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