These slides share the author's experience while leading multiple Captive R&D/ Technology organizations in India. Some of these contents are part of a business case study.
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R&D Centre Transformation
1. R&D CENTRE
TRANSFORMATION
ARUN DUTTA
TECHNOLOGY LEADER
ARUN.DUTTA@INSEAD.EDU
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2. WHY SOME R&D CENTERS
CREATE SUBOPTIMAL VALUE?
Lack of strategic vision and executive sponsorship
Lack of alignment & engagement with corporate
Fail to replicate & align with corporate culture
Working as IT Services organization
Focus ONLY on cost arbitrage
Fail to contribute significantly to core business
Suboptimal delivery efficiency and quality
Bereft of innovation in core and adjacent
Growth is ONLY considered through headcount
Growing headcount too fast or lack of critical mass
Staying in status quo for long
Fail to be independent and drive business
Lack of technical and business leadership
Fail to attract, develop & retain talent
Unable to take global strategic roles
Talent is not KNOWN globally
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3. SIGN OF BEING IRRELEVANT
Lack of confidence by corporate
Diminishing Return of Investment
HQ team is overloaded while supporting captive
Consistent Quality and Delivery issues
Absence of innovation
Reduction in investment
High organization sustenance cost
Absence of R&D culture
Failed to go up in value chain
Fail to lead and work independently
No significant global business contribution
Absence of engineering excellence
Low employee morale
High employee turnover
Fail to develop strong brand image to attract talent
Center remains UNKNOWN globally
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4. TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY
Transformation Roadmap
Realignment with corporate
Establish a Lean Organization
Capability enhancement
Foster innovation & accountability
Corporate & customer connect
Implement world class product
development practices
Engineering excellence
Internal & external branding
Impacts delivery & Quality
Earn marketing and sales
teams confidence
Vision & Governing System
Earn leadership and
employees confidence
Product & Services localization
Improved global efficiency
Local talent is visible globally
Go beyond R&D
Enable local sales team to win
Regional VOC and portfolio gaps
Innovate for emerging market
Strategic role creation & rotation
Focus on portfolio improvements
Technology and product roadmap
Incubate ideas into new revenue
Talent Development
Continuous improvement
Best site to invest
Best Place to innovate and
work –Improved brand image
Best in class Organization
Grow core and adjacent
Exemplary operational excellence
Develop and leverage local eco-
system for open innovation
Technology & innovation leadership
Emerge hub for regional products
Maintain transformation rhythm
Culture
Shift
Be
Global
Act
Local
Own
&
Lead
Grow
Lean
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5. INNOVATION LEADS TRANSFORMATION
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Principles People
ProductProcess
Entrepreneurship culture
Business acumen
Customer ambassadors
Innovation Evangelists
Align with technology trends
Consolidate Arch.& Platforms
Innovate with customers
Evolve new revenue streams
Corporate engagement
Lean & agile processes
Career focused org. design
Customer focused lifecycle
Eliminate efforts on non-core
Engage customers thru. R&D
Best in class cost structure
Build Quality upstream
7. INGREDIENTS FOR TRANSFORMATION
• Optimism for RESULTS
• SUPPORT from corporate head quarter
• TEAM WORK within leadership team
• Strong GOVERNANCE System
• EARLY transformation sign
• TRANSPARANCY with corporate
• Anticipate and manage SETBACKS
• Fast Pace EXECUTION
• CALIBRATE transformation agenda as progress
• Alignment of PEOPLE for collective goals
• Mental STAMINA to drive continuously
• TALENT development
• SUCCESSION Planning
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