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.

Reflections on the Milan R&D Management Conference

By rnd-admin
on 3 December, 2018

I've often been asked what the value of the R&D Management Conference is to a practitioner such as myself. For me, it’s often snippets of ideas that I’ve never come across before.

The problem of plastic: Open Innovation Forum tackles sustainable packaging

By rnd-admin
on 29 November, 2018

The OI Forum tackled the packaging challenge using a structured ‘Design Thinking’ approach to discover new solutions

Improving Product Features: When is More Less?

Different types of feature have different effects on customer satisfaction - analysis by Quality...
Most useful tools for R&D Management

Ask which are the most useful tools for R&D Management and you will find...
Portfolio management tools and approaches

The aim of portfolio management is to ensure that a sensible set of innovation...
Valuing and comparing small portfolios

Many of the tools used in valuing and selecting projects are only really applicable...
Innovation Fitness Test - a tool to help scoring

John Bessant recommends this tool developed by colleagues in Canada which helps with using...