Continuous innovation has ensured a vibrant and lively ecosystem, observed Jeremy Klein, Chair of RADMA, at the 2024 R&D Management Conference. The charitable organisation is funded by profits from the R&D Management Journal and supports post- …
Digital blueprint technology for gigafactory In May 2024 Syre announced the signing of a $100 million Series A funding round led by TPG Rise Climate, with strategic partners including Volvo Cars and others committed to finding solutions to the world’s …
Integration and renewable energy transforms the process H2 Green Steel has located near the Arctic Circle to benefit from the abundance of renewable energy from hydropower and wind. It uses the power equivalent to two nuclear power stations to create green …
Reducing the carbon footprint by 70% The technology transformation is not just in production. In parallel, the company is creating the largest recycling centre to extract cobalt and nickel from the batteries, and a separate facility for lithium, with the …
Making drinking water safe with sunlight Solvatten is a combined portable water treatment and water heating system that has been designed for off-grid household use in the developing world. It was the brainchild of Swedish inventor Petra Wadström, who saw …
“Transforming industries through technology” The theme of the conference was reflected by keynotes from four innovative organisations: H2 Green Steel – although only established in 2021 it is already showing the incumbents that its customers are willing to …
The publication reported that Valerie started her career with British Telecom and worked in the UK and overseas on telecoms-related projects, including coding the first text message. She also contributed to the creation of the first blood glucose monitor. …
“An explicit systems approach to innovation management holds a great potential to improving innovation capabilities and performance, but few organisations have this far implemented this way of working. In this track, representatives from organisations that …
Innovation is not always customer led – many major breakthrough offerings originate in a lab, or spring from the imagination of a problem solver. So how can a firm exploit a market that does not currently exist? This is the research interest of Gina O’ …
The Adidas Creators Club is a platform where customers and athletes share ideas and participate in the design process. This type of collaborative R&D is made possible by social platforms but how can the power of social media in new product development …
Discovery can be thought of as the business concept development phase. Incubation turns the concept into a business proposal. Acceleration is the competency of scaling the emerging business as it picks up steam in the market. These three organisational …
Three orphan ideas and their journeys The researchers followed the journey of three orphan ideas and interviewed the people involved. 1. Technology performance assessment tool A recurring challenge for the team working on electrical systems was how to …
Although 45% of CEOs prioritise innovation in the boardroom1, for innovation leaders it is a high-stress, high-risk career. Success is uncertain and failure is poorly tolerated. Only 49% of innovation leaders are still in post after three years – and 87.5% …
The first phase: A willingness and capability to explore the unknown These are the emerging spaces between the nodes, technologies, and systems and must include spaces that are outside of your expertise – widen the aperture. The second phase: Access to …
What do you think are the most disruptive influences impacting developments in your track? The most disruptive influences affecting developments in this track include: 1. The impact of artificial intelligence and data on the ecosystem-based approach. 2 …
Oceania researchers involved in exciting research on R&D and innovation management, strategy, and policy are to benefit from a new R&D Management Workshop to be held in Australia on 14-15 March 2024. The event is hosted by The Discipline of …
The Body of Knowledge gets early career Innovation Managers up to speed In Sweden, the Innovationsledarna (the Association for Innovation Management Professionals) has developed a voluntary certification for Innovation Managers based on a ‘Body of …
The Innovator’s Dilemma 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? In his study of the patterns of innovation across a wide …
Digitalization, automation, electrification, sustainability these are key trends that are shaping the future of industry and society. The implications for R&D and innovation management will be explored within the 2024 R&D Management Conference …
“While the near market economy benefits from shortage of supply the smaller upstream operations near to be innovative, using human knowledge and social interactions to enable clever things to happen, “ he says. He gave a number of examples of this. New …
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