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Career Management in R&D Centers
Delivered by Prof. Dr. C. Ruhi Kaykayoğlu on 30 April 2025, the “Career Management in R&D Centers” program offered participants valuable perspectives on R&D-focused career planning, capability development, and managing long-term professional goals.
At a glance
- Project Focus
- R&D and Advanced Technologies · Education and People
- Project Lead
- TrainerProf. Dr. C. Ruhi Kaykayoğlu
- Approaches Used
- Facilitation
- What Emerged
- Technology and R&D roadmap framework · A development program that strengthened R&D capabilities
- Sector
- Consulting
- Year
- 2025
Inside the project
Focus
How can R&D teams turn technical knowledge into value-added products?
This project focused on addressing the organization’s project / service needs through R&D management.
Technology investments remain on paper unless they become ways of working. This project aimed to enable that transformation.
The R&D teams had strong technical expertise. They needed a management system that connected this expertise to a technology roadmap and products.
Scope
We worked with participants on R&D-focused career planning as part of a programme on career management in R&D centres. We covered competency development and the management of long-term professional goals.
Implementation
HOW WAS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT POSITIONED IN THIS PROJECT?
We treated technology management not as inventory keeping but as a decision-making system connecting technology to business value. The roadmap was built using the teams' own data.
A strong R&D center does not just produce technology, but connects it to the organization’s future.
The journey we designed
- 01EXPLOREA situation map was developed by considering the organization's real needs, current ways of working and external signals together.
- 02REFRAMEThe work was co-created with the organization’s teams throughout the project. Feedback informed the design at every stage.
- 03BRING IT INTO THE ORGANIZATIONThe resulting model was connected to the organization’s operations.
Kaykayoğlu project insight
R&D is a capability, not a resource. When managed, it creates value. When unmanaged, it remains a cost.
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