Navigating the cutting edge : ten lessons from managing research & innovation

Abstract

In May, I gave a talk at the UM Research Expo about lessons learned from the trenches of managing cutting-edge research and innovation at one of the largest corporate ICT organisations in the world. This article is a summary of the top 10 lessons I spoke about. The full list of lessons is long and varied, so I picked the ones that may apply to a diverse university research community looking to share their own research and innovations with the world. Since my experience is in managing research and product development within the technology realm, these lessons are about the environment and approach to building solutions in that area. With that, let’s dive right in.