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Alliances & Collaborations
- What is your experience with open innovation firms?
- How do you handle IP when collaborating with universities?
- Do you have a network of experts?
Finance & Resources
- How do you account for R&D spend?
- Can you help with Life Cycle Analyses?
- Can you recommend a consultant who can assess our overall R&D investment?
Innovation
- How do you govern innovation?
- Aligning Expectations for an Innovation Process
- What is your open innovation performance?
- What is your top challenge in managing innovation?
Intellectual Asset Management
- How do you list inventors’ names on patent applications?
- Are you concerned that your patent portfolio reveals your research strategy?
- How do you determine how long to hold on to IP?
- How does your company reward people who are granted patents?
- Who manages your IP?
Knowledge Management
Metrics
- What metrics are used for your innovation process?
- Dashboard Metrics
- How do you account for R&D spend?
New Product Development
- What is your cost per project for early-stage discovery?
- What is your Design Thinking methodology?
- How are new product sales calculated?
- How do you prioritize NPD?
- Let’s Talk About NPD
- What is Your Vitality Index?
Project & Portfolio Management
- What program management tools do you use?
- What is your R&D resource allocation?
- What metrics are used for your innovation process?
- How do you track R&D project execution performance?
Strategic Planning
- Can you help with Life Cycle Analyses?
- Do you recommend ISO Certification?
- How many projects should R&D people have at a time?
- Are you concerned that your patent portfolio reveals your research strategy?
Organization & Culture
- What is your overall R&D structure?
- Do shared service centers work?
- How to establish a managerial career ladder and a technical career ladder
- Does your organization offer flex time?
- How does your company reward people who are granted patents?
Talent Management & Human Resources
- Can you share some examples of innovation job descriptions?
- What is your approach to STEM?
- How Do You Align Your Technical Ladder?
- Overal R&D Structure
- What is the career development structure of your R&D organization?
- How is your tech ladder structured for promotion opportunities?
- What is the span of control for managers?
- Does your company have a mentoring program?
- How are you improving your team’s technical capability?
- How are your corporate fellows compensated?