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Innovation Blog
November 19, 2024
4
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The Multi-Million Dollar R&D Mistake: Climbing the Wrong Mountain
The most expensive decisions in R&D are made in the first few months of a project, yet these are precisely the months when teams have the least information to guide their choices.
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May 11, 2023
2
min read
Technology Scouting for Innovation Leaders: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve
Innovation can be tough, but revamping technology scouting is key to staying ahead. Discover five simple strategies—like cross-industry collaboration, clear goals, the right tools, rewards, and a culture of learning—to help your R&D team uncover fresh breakthroughs beyond their industry.
Technology
April 18, 2023
3
min read
Breakthrough vs. Incremental Innovation: Which Strategy Should Your Company Adopt?
Should your company focus on small, steady improvements or bold, industry-shifting breakthroughs? Explore the differences between incremental and breakthrough innovation, and learn how to balance these approaches to fit your goals, resources, and risk tolerance for lasting R&D success.
Innovation
April 13, 2023
3
min read
How to Ask AI the Right Innovation Questions to Transform Your Business
This article highlights the importance of asking the right questions to harness the power of AI-driven innovation in business. It emphasizes understanding customer needs, defining the problem scope, and identifying crucial questions to guide AI-based tools like ChatGPT and IGOR^AI in generating valuable insights. By adopting this approach, R&D managers can leverage AI-driven innovation to transform their businesses and maintain a competitive edge in the market.
Technology
April 11, 2023
5
min read
Open Innovation in Corporates 2023: Embracing the Future of Collaborative Success
Open innovation transforms R&D by encouraging companies to collaborate with partners, customers, and even competitors. Learn how embracing external ideas, building a collaborative culture, and using digital tools can boost creativity, speed up innovation, and strengthen your competitive edge.
Innovation
April 6, 2023
3
min read
The Power of Creativity in the AI Age: Key to R&D Departments' Success
AI is changing how R&D teams innovate, but creativity remains essential for staying ahead. Discover how combining powerful AI tools like IGOR^AI with imaginative thinking can help your team tackle challenges, make better decisions, and thrive in the fast-evolving world of innovation.
Products
April 4, 2023
3
min read
Unveiling the Secrets of Technology Scouting in R&D
Discover the essential steps for technology scouting success: set clear goals, build strong networks, attend industry events, use online tools, and keep an eye on new patents. Find out how to balance scouting with ongoing R&D to boost your team’s impact and spot the next big opportunity.
Technology
October 9, 2022
3
min read
The Yellow Brick Road to Innovation
For many companies, solving R&D challenges can reach a dead end as industry tunnel vision proves to be the decisive hurdle. Tried-and-tested technologies no longer meet innovation requirements, and new technologies are needed in order to remain competitive. Technology Scouting will help look beyond traditional means to gain an innovative and competitive advantage.
Innovation
October 5, 2022
4
min read
The MVP of Open Innovation: Technology Scouting Software
In the previous blog, technology scouting is shown to be a vital cog in the wheel of innovation. To identify technologies, certain sources of information are tapped into with various methods. However, manually sifting through mountains of information and looking for small details is analogous to finding needles in haystacks. Luckily, there are better and faster ways to do this.
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Technology
July 6, 2022
8
min read
Modelling Scientific Literature with Bigartm
This blogpost will explain how to use the BigARTM topic modelling library, how to preprocess the data for topic modelling using Spacy and how to calculate coherence using the Gensim package. In other words, how to train a topic model in an unsupervised manner on a custom dataset.
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