Regaining R&D Leadership: The Role of Design Thinking and Creative Forbearance

This article examines how Siemens’s molecular imaging group incorporated design thinking principles into R&D to regain market leadership. Marked departures from its past practice included a “universe of possibilities” for lifetime customer value; multi-iteration “leapfrog concepting” ahead of prototyping; and adherence to an “innovation metric” that enabled simultaneous consideration of customer value and business cost. These elements gave rise to a dynamic capability, “creative forbearance,” which supported the innovation team’s unbridled creativity while building in patience for introducing new features to its product platform. This case illustrates how design thinking can be integrated in settings replete with technological and customer complexity.
Based on the article by Melissa M. Appleyard, Albrecht H. Enders, and Herb Velazquez
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0008125619897395

California Management Review
Volume 62, Issue 2 (Winter 2020)
https://cmr.berkeley.edu/browse/issues/62_2/

Video production: David Salisbury

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