Innovation by experimentation
This track at the R&D Management Conference explores the potential of experimentation, both success and failure, and the implications for the organisation. We are hoping to offer a new perspective on knowledge creation says Alessandro Narduzzo.
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If you are what you eat, is what you eat what you think?
If you had a new technology to design a new food product would you create something new or slavishly produce a replica of a familiar dish? Benjamin Wurgaft is exploring the future of food in his keynote at the...
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Crowd innovation at NASA solving grand challenges in days
The solution is not about expertise, it doesn’t always require someone who is a world expert just someone who can connect the dots. What we see in the research out of MIT, 70% of the time the successful challengers...
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Design thinking to achieve ambidextrous innovation management
Design Thinking can help organisations to become ‘ambidextrous’ (pursue the competing agendas of exploitative innovation and explorative innovation in parallel), but to do both requires a shift in thinking. Researchers studied the journey of a leading Australian property development...
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Blind faith or hard evidence – does Design Thinking actually work in R&D?
Design Thinking is increasingly being adopted by R&D teams but is there hard evidence that it boosts an organisations performance?
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Focus on antimicrobial resistance and a surge in quantum computing research are R&D predictions for 2022
What are your predictions for hot topics for 2022? Innovation experts at the Pistoia Alliance cite tackling antimicrobial resistance, quantum computing to optimise supply chains, commercial space travel and use of AI in drug discovery.
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