Peter Robbins

Is innovation management a profession? And should it be?

13 February, 2024

Innovation is the force behind superior business performance and its managers provide this competitive advantage through their skills and expertise. But is it a profession?

Covid, the ultimate burning platform, tears up the ‘Innovation Playbook’

30 August, 2022

Organisations often talk about the importance of having a burning platform as the catalyst for change. Peter Robbins discusses how Covid, the ultimate burning platform,

Blind faith or hard evidence – does Design Thinking actually work in R&D?

10 February, 2022

It is estimated that as few as 10% of new R&D projects are successful, so finding ways to navigate the disruption, reimagine better futures and

10 February, 2022

Assistant Professor at DCU Business School

Collaborative innovation in a time of social distancing – 5 things we now know

1 May, 2020

Like so many meetings, the IfM’s Open Innovation Forum’s March workshop, was hastily reconvened into a virtual event due to the coronavirus crisis. Co-organiser Dominic

Managing the Front End of Innovation – could Goal Orientation hold the key?

27 August, 2019

The leadership style of the innovation team leader – learning goal or performance goal – sets the team’s ambition for front-end innovation, Peter Robbins found;