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 Symposium 2020
Invention to Innovation: Creating the Conditions for Impact will take place on Tuesday 4 & Wednesday 5 August, 2020 online. See more information here.
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Challenges of opening labs after lockdown
Gradual lifting of lockdown by the UK government means that laboratories in both academic and industrial settings will be opening, Steve Bone explains this is far from trivial and offers some advice on best practice.
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Choosing The Best Metric For Measuring The Effectiveness Of R&D
Measuring the effectiveness of R&D can be a challenge. Larry Schwartz led an IRI investigation to understand how managers define R&D effectiveness the metrics they use to measure it.
Read more
How to protect know-how and trade secrets in collaborative R&D
To understand how firms successfully share proprietary information in collaborative relationships, Edward Hummell and colleagues interviewed 30 IRI members
Read more
How to avoid the pitfalls of trying to be an instant R&D expert in every science field
Quickly assessing a mass of diverse and sometimes misleading information, such as that presented by the COVID-19 crisis is exactly what many R&D managers have to do, writes Steve Bone. Fortunately, there are tools that can help those that...
Read more
R&D Management Symposium going virtual on 4-5 August 2020
It is confirmed that the 2020 R&D Management Symposium "Invention to Innovation: Creating the Conditions for Impact" is to be virtual and free to participate.
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
Challenges of opening labs after lockdown
Gradual lifting of lockdown by the UK government means that laboratories in both academic and industrial settings will be opening, Steve Bone explains this is far from trivial and offers some advice on best practice.
Read more
Choosing The Best Metric For Measuring The Effectiveness Of R&D
Measuring the effectiveness of R&D can be a challenge. Larry Schwartz led an IRI investigation to understand how managers define R&D effectiveness the metrics they use to measure it.
Read more
How to protect know-how and trade secrets in collaborative R&D
To understand how firms successfully share proprietary information in collaborative relationships, Edward Hummell and colleagues interviewed 30 IRI members
Read more
How to avoid the pitfalls of trying to be an instant R&D expert in every science field
Quickly assessing a mass of diverse and sometimes misleading information, such as that presented by the COVID-19 crisis is exactly what many R&D managers have to do, writes Steve Bone. Fortunately, there are tools that can help those that...
Read more
R&D Management Symposium going virtual on 4-5 August 2020
It is confirmed that the 2020 R&D Management Symposium "Invention to Innovation: Creating the Conditions for Impact" is to be virtual and free to participate.
Read moreSee all news >>
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