With global digitization and consumer power driving a faster rate of change in markets than ever before, companies are updating business process models to be lean, dynamic and responsive to shifting conditions. Modernizing the Stage-Gate ® methodology to adapt to this new world, Dr. Robert Cooper... Read More

“The Biotech industry is, by its very nature, a live representation of the trophic cascades and a field that ruled by pure Darwinism,” as I noted at the “start-ups and tech transfer” roundtable session during the American Society for Cell Biology in San Diego, CA last year. Read More

Nearly every Olympics, we hear about a new broken world record in one sport or another. While much of this can be attributed to better training, coaching, and dietary techniques, the headlines never focus on the impact that technology has on these records. Although we like to believe that new... Read More

Identifying cutting-edge technology is simply the first step of technology scouting. The key to effective tech scouting is to capture the right opportunity at the right time. We assembled a list of five tactics to help you streamline your process. Read More

Is it time to rethink the nearly twenty-eight-year-old technology readiness level (TRL) framework? The TRL is by far the most popular evaluation framework for corporate technology scouts, but although it can easily be applied to a wide range of opportunities, the generality of the system ignores... Read More

The 2016 Olympic Games are about to begin! I love the opening ceremonies and seeing how each host country has their own interpretation of these iconic celebrations. But of course, the real excitement comes from watching the various sporting competitions like weightlifting, diving, dressage and so... Read More

This week, a piece on HBR caught our eye - How to Create an Exponential Mindset. Some of you may have read the Ismail, Malone and van Geest book on Exponential Organisations that came out in 2014. If you haven’t, this TechCrunch article is a useful summary: essentially, exponential organisations... Read More

The electric utility industry is experiencing sweeping, radical restructuring. Legacy bulk-power grid systems are becoming obsolete. As the bulk-power grid wears out, investment is failing to keep up with deterioration. Add on a growing population and more extreme weather, and the power grid is... Read More

Here are 10 highly effective ways to increase your return on innovation investments in new product development (NPD). Read More

Knowledge assets are the critical inventions, patents, or personal expertise that catapults your innovations to market. This could be a collaborative discussion or the discovery of a new formula leading to your company’s most competitive product. In an increasingly innovative world, companies must... Read More