R&D leaders looking to drive innovation in their organizations must navigate an increasingly complex network of internal and external partners.report that navigating the innovation network over the past two years has been easy.
Over time, the responsibilities of the R&D function have shifted: Activities traditionally owned by the R&D function are now done more frequently in collaboration with others, particularly external partners. R&D is also increasingly responsible for activities formerly owned by other functions, such as product design, customer insight generation, and software development and management.