There are many inspirational books for R&D management practitioners and scholars. Here is a short list of some of the best books for innovation management.

Want to know about R&D Management but too busy to read all the journals? The editors for R&D Today have each selected a journal and have made a selection of the most interesting papers of recent years.

There are many excellent tools and techniques for R&D management, but all too often people re-invent the wheel as knowledge of these gems is not shared.
Here are some of the tools that RADMA trustees and contributors to R&D Today have found useful, but we are keen to know what has been missed or what others think of these tools.

Which of the eight principles of Innovation Management do you think is most important? Victoria Milne and Joanne Hyland discuss how the framework is universally applicable but can be customised as required.

The R&D Project Exchange offers a unique platform for collaboration between university students and companies. This initiative invites students and businesses to co-develop research proposals, ensuring a balanced approach that addresses both academic objectives and real-world industry challenges.

There is a disconnect between R&D spend and performance, says Professor Magnus Karlsson. Ahead of the launch of the international standard ISO 56000 he explains that the purpose of an Innovation Management System is to improve an organisation’s ability to realise value under conditions of uncertainty. 

The challenge of how Innovation Management can gain the recognition it deserves stimulated a lively discussion in our webinar “Is it time to professionalise Innovation Management”. If you missed the webinar – you can watch the presentations from our two speakers and listen to the full discussion via a podcast on Soundcloud.

Innovation is the driving force for companies to stay relevant in the market, observes the guidance for ISO 56002:2019 Innovation management system.

The innovation management professional job role is broad. It encompasses both strategic and operational elements. These elements can be combined into a single role, or divided into separate roles. Innovationsledarna has created this useful job description that can be used as a guide to assembling one’s own job description or to create a new role as appropriate.

Innovation is the force behind superior business performance and its managers provide this competitive advantage through their skills and expertise. But is it a profession?

To increase the professional standing of innovation managers, the Innovationsledarna has developed a voluntary certification based on a ‘Body of Knowledge’ and ISO/IEC 17024:2012.

Is it possible for the entrepreneurial spirit of the business start-up to be successful within or alongside the business process orientated machinery of a large enterprise? This is the ‘Innovator’s Dilemma’ as described by Clayton Christensen

How do you sustain breakthrough innovation? Gina O’Connor describes how a framework based on Domains of Innovation Intent can maintain true strategic innovation.

Applying traditional product development metrics in the early stages of a radical innovation project can be very damaging. They are based on the assumption that the alternative is the status quo, however a more realistic scenario is a deteriorating competitive and financial future.