Technology Scouting or Technology Landscaping: Tactics or Strategy?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A critical aspect of any innovation management program is thoroughly understanding your own technology portfolio and how it fits within […]
Increase Organizational Resilience and Innovation Through Collaboration
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s times of stress that really test the strength or weakness of an organization. During stressful times, leaders learn what
A Portfolio Manager’s Journey into Knowledge Scouting
[vc_row content_width=”grid”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dr. Robert Blizek, a former senior technologist with NAVAIR, shares the lessons learned that drove his decision to use
Making Plastic Bottles from Sugarcane and Captured CO₂
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A new study from the labs of Durham University’s Dr. Andrew Smallbone lays out a pathway to making plastic bottles
Rudolph & The Island of Misfits – Incremental, Adjacent & Transformational Innovations
Before any Innovation process begins, you need a strategy that breaks down activities while focusing on delivering incremental, adjacent and transformational successes. Here are some examples.
Insights from Today’s Innovation Leaders
If you are lucky enough to be on an innovation team you understand the need to deliver successful innovative solutions. In this contemporary world assessing your progress and allocating resources is always a priority. Recently, Innovation Leader published the report, Benchmarking Innovation Impact 2020 offering an in-depth look at innovation strategies, investments, and approaches that drive successful innovation.
How To Build a Scouting Team Within Your Organization
If your organization is focused on adjacent, incremental or breakthrough technologies you will need a strong scouting team to get the work done. It all begins with budget planning and understanding your market. From there you can make the right decisions on the people, process and technology needed to succeed and ensure that the go to market is a success.
Technology Scouting Must Have — Auto-Populating User Profile
Welcome to our “Technology Scouting Must Haves” mini blog post series. For years, businesses have had to perform Technology Scouting the same old way, with a long drawn-out, and very manual, process. Year-over-year, we talk to hundreds of R&D and Innovation experts across multiple industries and we want to share with you what we hear, time-and-time again. During this mini blog post series we’ll introduce common pain points experts talk about often. We’ll identify the technology scouting must haves and the new solutions that exist today.
Cultivating an Innovation Mindset
Actively Pursuing Innovation — Cultivating an Innovation Mindset. At this point, most businesses are keenly aware that it is imperative to their survival, in a competitive business world, to actively pursue innovation.
Innovate or Die: What is the State of Your Innovative Culture?
If there are any remaining questions about the importance of innovation in today’s business world, all you have to do is look to the recent closing of the giant Toys “R” Us as a stark reminder of what happens when companies fail to innovate.