May 07, 2012
Sustainability Maturity Models Until recently the bottom line of financial reports was the overriding measure of a company’s success. Now it is the triple bottom line: People, Planet, and Profits...
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What guidelines do you use for R&D and CQA record retention? What guidelines do you use for R&D and Corporate Quality Assurance record retention? This includes R&D laboratory notebooks,...
Do you use social networking tools for technology development projects? We are currently making plans to organize and set up global communities for technology capabilities. The goal is to connect...
Do you have a Formal System to Manage Tech Project Portfolio? Abraham Tijerina, Metalsa SA de CV We are considering developing/implementing a system to manage our technology project portfolio. We...
October 16, 2012
Sustainability Maturity Models - What's Your P3 Score? (Research-on-Research Report Out) Larry Schwartz, PhD, IP Business-Tech Solutions LLC John Taylor, Staff Mechanical Engineer, Schneider Electric...
October 15, 2014
2014 Holland Award Recipient: “Tools for Managing Early-Stage Business Model Innovation†John D. Evans, PhD, Vice President, International Engineering & Technology, Lockheed Martin This...
October 14, 2014
Six Keys to Enabling an Innovation Culture Richard Lee, PhD, President & Founder, Value Innovation, Inc. Changing the culture of an organization to enable innovation has been a continuing...
Fall 2015 - 2017 Completed October 2017 Deliverables Integrating Sustainability into New Product Development - RTM Journal, March - April 2018 Member Summit 2017 Final Report Out Integrating...
Do you use Sharepoint?
Do you use social media for innovation? Do you use enterprise social networking platforms/systems for ideation, such as a corporate idea data base or blog that is used to exchange and build on ideas...
How do you encourage internal collaboration? How do you manage and leverage your internal capabilities to drive collaborative innovation activities? How do you facilitate and motivate internal...
Can you help with Life Cycle Analyses? We are interested in gaining expertise on Life Cycle Analyses and methodologies. Do you have any information or recommendations for training, courses,...
Can you recommend a consultant who can assess our overall R&D investment? I am looking for some guidance/recommendations for consulting firms to complete an "optimized state" for our current...
What software do you use to manage your portfolio? We are interested in better understanding, from a users' perspective, what software / tools you use to manage your innovation projects and...
September 01, 2013
OVERVIEW: Standard ï¬nancial metrics do not provide useful or meaningful evaluations of the potential of early-stage ideas that require business model shifts. Lockheed Martin has developed a two-stage...
January 01, 2013
OVERVIEW: Product development projects are exposed to a number of challenges, and the signiï¬cance of different challenges differs among projects. To prepare for these challenges, project managers may...