Corporate R&D Blog

Why the next era of corporate R&D belongs to teams that pair machine intelligence with human expertise Every innovation leader I’ve spoken with this month is saying some version of the same thing: “We have access to AI. We still can’t move fast enough.” It’s a strange paradox. The most well-resourced R&D teams in the […]

A conversation with Jennifer Feitosa, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychological Science and researcher at the frontier of team science. About Jennifer Feitosa, Ph.D. Jennifer Feitosa, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychological Science at Claremont McKenna College, a Fulbright U.S. Scholar, and Director of the METRICS Lab. Her research focuses on teamwork, diversity, and measurement, […]

The Innovation Imperative Meets the Security Challenge In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, the race to innovate is more intense than ever. Companies are increasingly looking beyond their internal walls to accelerate research and development (R&D) pipelines, tapping into the vast knowledge reservoirs of academic researchers and specialized experts. This open innovation model, while incredibly […]

The quiet erosion of scientific fluency inside industrial companies — and why it matters more than most R&D budget conversations do. There’s a version of the innovation problem that gets talked about constantly: companies aren’t investing enough in R&D. Budget cuts, short-termism, the relentless pressure of quarterly earnings. That narrative is real, and the data […]

The industry is staring down a genuine innovation crisis. The companies that solve it won’t do it by brainstorming harder. Something is broken in how consumer packaged goods companies develop new products. Not broken in a fixable-with-a-new-process-framework way. Broken in a way that points to a structural gap that most CPG boardrooms haven’t named correctly […]

  Tariff rates referenced in this article reflect policy as reported through mid-2025. Given the pace of trade policy changes, specific figures may have shifted since publication. The strategic implications remain. Trade policy has always shaped supply chains. But what’s happening right now is different in kind, not just degree. Something fundamental is changing in […]

Federal funding cuts are reshaping corporate R&D, university partnerships, and how companies access scientific expertise.

The Big Picture: The Infrastructure Advantage For years, AI adoption was measured by how many tools a company deployed. In 2026, that metric will be obsolete. The new question is: how fast can you move a winning idea from one market to every market? Colgate-Palmolive’s global rollout of its purple whitening toothpaste, piloted in China, […]

Neuromorphic computing is moving edge intelligence beyond the cloud with faster, lower-power AI for real-world applications.