January 01, 2005
The study of innovation management in established companies has led to the enunciation of process tools that, if not widely used, are well known and documented. These tools are necessary but not...
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January 01, 2005
As growth and profit alternatives continue to erode for many companies, the importance of radical innovation as a mechanism for organization rejuvenation is increasing. Some firms are building entire...
September 01, 2006
Managing R&D in a large enterprise is ultimately about achieving momentum in the marketplace. Over the last three years, The Boeing Company has developed and applied a new process for managing...
July 01, 2006
Science, art, or both? When it comes to successful integration of acquired employees into an established organization and culture, both references are relevant and critical to eventual success. While...
May 01, 2006
If you’ve felt confused about how you should deal with diversity in your laboratories, that’s understandable, since there are at least three possible meanings of the term, and they each call for...
January 01, 2006
The use of concurrent and sequential engineering for new product development was compared in one technology-intensive company. Overall, concurrent engineering (CE) led to shorter development time and...
September 12, 2016
Crown believes it's best to cast a wide net in sourcing talented individuals for employment. They utilize a variety of sourcing methods and partnerships to attract a diverse pool of highly qualified...
July 01, 2007
Virtually all businesses set stretching growth goals. While the strategies on how to achieve those goals vary greatly, one underlying theme remains constant: game-changing innovation at all levels...
July 01, 2007
Those who aspire to strategic leadership as Chief Technology Officers must look beyond their roots in technology and develop their careers in light of the realities of how decisions are made in top...
July 01, 2007
The Chief Technology Officer position has been adopted by a wide variety of industries that are seeking to leverage technology within products and services. The position calls for an operational...
January 01, 2007
The first issue of RTM, then Research Management , featured case histories of research from National Cash Register, Westinghouse Electric and Atlas Powder. Subsequent 1958 issues carried reports from...
January 01, 2007
“Idea generation is everyone’s job and no one’s responsibility,†wrote Robert Cooper in describing how no one individual in a company or business unit is specifically in charge of idea generation,...
November 09, 2016
OVERVIEW: The ability to innovate at speed is not a luxury for today's companies; it is a matter of survival. But in traditional corporate structures, there are seemingly countless business controls...
November 09, 2016
This discussion is about innovation--about the conditions under which innovation and invention happen. I have a few thoughts on this, from my time at Google, DARPA, IBM, and MCI. True breakthrough...
November 09, 2016
"Organizations, by their very nature, are designed to promote order and routine. They are inhospitable environments for innovation." --Theodore Levitt, Harvard Business School People will work long...
August 30, 2016
My career has been a colorful journey. In academia, I worked at the borderline between physical experiments and the early days of numerical simulation. I did some research work, earned my PhD, and...