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The Challenges of Aligning R&D: The Purpose-Driven Approach

Posted June 6, 2019 | Leadership |
Aligning R&D

The CTOs of global industrial and manufacturing groups with technology-intensive products and services will tell you that despite the undeniable importance of startups and other external innovation ecosystem partners, internal R&D still needs to be at the core of the innovation effort. External parties are usually unable to make the necessary resource investments for long-term, core R&D. Moreover, maintain­ing leading competencies in core technology areas is usually vital to sustaining competitive advantage. However, there are multiple challenges in the traditional way of aligning R&D strategy and program activities.

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Vincent Bamberger
Vincent Bamberger is a Consultant with Cutter Consortium, Managing Partner at Arthur D. Little (ADL), and a member of ADL’s global board of directors. He has more than 20 years’ experience in strategy and management consulting. Mr. Bamberger focuses on strategy, innovation, organization, and operations issues. He mainly serves clients within the transportation and aerospace/defense industries. Mr. Bamberger also serves major private-equity… Read More
Florent Nanse
Florent Nansé is a Principal at Arthur D. Little (ADL), and a member of ADL’s Technology & Innovation Management and Industrial Goods & Services practices. He has broad experience in strategic consulting in terms of anticipation (strategic plans, business planning), innovation (technology roadmapping, R&D&T processes and organization), and transformation (operational excellence, change management, PMO). Mr. Nansé is primarily… Read More
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