What are smart products? To the consumer, a smart product is one that has intelligence. It is connected. It is automated. It performs actions on behalf of the user. Read More

We discuss how businesses and employees have responded to the sudden shift to working from home, and the potential opportunities this change presents in the long term. The Mothers of Invention community of innovators, entrepreneurs, consultants, founders, and business owners has been meeting every... Read More

There has been a spate of recent announcements from automotive manufacturers declaring accelerated timing to going fully electric or moving electrification volumes forecasts forward. A few of them include: Read More

We meet Jenny Foster, who is leading the world’s first immersive experience project focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Jenny Foster is project lead at the Global Goals Centre (GGC) in Bristol. It’s a working title, she tells us when we connect one afternoon on zoom to learn more about... Read More

When I speak with R&D and innovation leaders about their key metrics, two measures rise to the top: NPV (Net Present Value) and PVI (Product Vitality Index). These are the de facto standards for assessing innovation impact. Nothing else comes close. When pressed, the very same leaders express a... Read More

We meet an R&D leader with 25 years of experience in innovation and product development to discuss some of the blockers covered in our second Innovation Blockers report – and a couple of her own. Innovation is the beating heart of any business; the fuel that powers the engine. Or at least it should... Read More

If you’ve read any innovation or R&D advice lately, you’ve most likely seen this common sentiment: Innovate with the customer in mind. With everyone spending more time at home these days, consumer wants and needs have shifted dramatically and continue to evolve. Personal residences have transformed... Read More

There are plenty of efforts underway in many companies to be more nimble in bringing products to market. Read More

Starting with the development of a commercial polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) product in the 1980s, bioplastics have received off-and-on attention given their potential for widespread application in industry. In particular, it has long been thought that biosynthesized polymers – plastics produced... Read More

2021 is the first year that the European Union will levy fines on automotive manufacturers for missing Corporate Average CO2 targets. The targets are based on achieving 95g across the auto fleet, compared to 2020 CO2 performance. At the beginning of 2020, achieving these targets looked like a huge... Read More