All innovators have aspirations, whether to become the next Nobel laureate, commercialise their inventions or change the world. In the journey from research to product, laboratory to industry, what is considered most important to you? #apricote #research #innovation #innovators

The secret to getting more out of your PhD? If you are a PhD, postdoc, researcher, scientist, principal investigator, professor or heading a research team, please take a moment (2mins) to share your view: bit.ly/3LLYy0j #PhD #postdoc #scientists #researchers

Using words from your areas of expertise / scientific interests, let's keep this word chain going! Name a word that starts with the last letter of the previous word (Example: Patent --> Thesis --> Sustainability). I'll go first: APRICOTE #wordchain #wordgame

Today's date is both a #palindrome and an #ambigram. ㄹㄹㅇㄹㄹㅇㄹㄹ Read the same from left to right, from right to left and upside down. Hope today will be a memorable day for you too.

It's a boom for R&D. The pandemic had disrupted industries worldwide, but it has accelerated macro trends. People thought the pandemic was going to stop R&D expenses and innovation, but what we’ve seen is the opposite. What do you think? node.apricote.co/post/1666018811 #research

@CharlesThiede, thanks for sharing. A lot to learn from you. lnkd.in/g3PApT_W

The black box of R&D is brightening. It was never clear how well an R&D function is performing. McKinsey's proposed all-in-1, 1-for-all formula to measure your R&D productivity and outcome. What do you think? node.apricote.co/post/723746091 #RnD #productivity #McKinsey

Covid-19 has put us all in a forced innovation cycle. There’s data and insight available we never dreamed of being able to get. Opportunities are once-in-a-lifetime for innovation. You’ve got the approval you always wanted. Would you seize it? node.apricote.co/post/1637904922

History tells us it’s speeding up. We have witnessed how collective effort shorten the innovation cycle of the Covid-19 vaccine. The pandemic has brought light on the need for accelerated product innovation. What do you think? node.apricote.co/post/edit/1471… #innovation

"Knowledge-holders have gradually become “public experts” instead of “institutional experts,” trading a higher level of visibility for a greater degree of scrutiny." What it takes to become the new experts of tomorrow? node.apricote.co/post/227017004 #expertise #Tomorrow

The process of obtaining and commercializing a patent is notoriously arduous and long, such that profits from the commercialization are often not enough to motivate innovators to see it through. What do you think? node.apricote.co/post/1214128259

Legally robust = higher likelihood of patent monetization. Transacted inventions are found to have a positive association with technical merit or importance, as well as a higher level of legal robustness. What do you think? node.apricote.co/post/2097829874 #patent #strategy

You've got a great invention, but the start isn't always smooth-sailing. Torn between commercial outcome and scientific endeavour, many unwary inventors fell prey to these common IP traps. What do you think? node.apricote.co/post/1849968616 #IPstrategy #IPtraps

Get most value out of your invention — Think utility over novelty. What do you think? node.apricote.co/post/2118284958 #invention #IPstrategy