Survival as a minimum. Intense global competition, rapid technology change and changing patterns of market opportunities means companies have to continually invest in New Pro…
Intense global competition, rapid technology change and changing patterns of market opportunities means companies have to continually invest in New Product Development (NPD), if not for profit then for survival. http://gillrd.com/blog/2015/02/new-product-development-first-steps-process-success/

Motorsport  is perceived as a high technology industry with the top racing series (Formula 1, Le Mans) forever striving to shave off those tenths of a second to give them competit…
Motorsport is perceived as a high technology industry with the top racing series (Formula 1, Le Mans) forever striving to shave off those tenths of a second to give them competitive advantage over their rivals. http://gillrd.com/blog/2015/02/10-technologies-have-transferred-racetrack-road/

Every year large sums of taxpayers money is directed into the development of new technologies and systems for use by military forces, to try to stay one step ahead of rivals and r…
Every year large sums of taxpayers money is directed into the development of new technologies and systems for use by military forces, to try to stay one step ahead of rivals and respond to new threats from both governmental and non-governmental forces. http://gillrd.com/blog/2015/02/military-technology-10-things-have-reached-civilian-world/

Wide horizon or pinpoint focus? As a Hardware Engineer there are, broadly speaking, two working environments available to you.   One is working for a large organisation whe…
As a Hardware Engineer there are, broadly speaking, two working environments available to you. http://gillrd.com/blog/2015/02/gaining-more-influence-and-autonomy-hardware-engineer/