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Tim Cahill

Tim Cahill

From Missions to Outcomes: Redefining Research Strategies for Greater Impact

From Missions to Outcomes: Redefining Research Strategies for Greater Impact

The following is a series of reflections based on reading "University-led mission-oriented research and innovation: A Framework for catalysing large-scale transdisciplinary research" Monash University. I am grateful to them for putting this document together and sharing it with me. It is an important contribution to rethinking the role

Beyond Bureaucracy: Streamlining Research Organisations with Shared Ambition

Beyond Bureaucracy: Streamlining Research Organisations with Shared Ambition

The Core Challenge Facing Research Organisations In my observations of Australian research organisations I've noticed a recurring problem that undermines their potential far more than any issue of funding, governance, or engagement with industry. The most significant hurdles aren't tied to their impact, research excellence, or

Australia's Blueprint for Success: A Case Study of A Research and Innovation Precinct Strategy

Australia's Blueprint for Success: A Case Study of A Research and Innovation Precinct Strategy

Australia's innovation and research precincts are supposed to serve as the beating heart of a knowledge economy, where academia, industry, and research merge to create dynamic ecosystems that not only propel economic growth but also foster the development of cutting-edge technologies and services. With over 100 precincts across

Organising for Effective Research Strategy

Organising for Effective Research Strategy

Organisational structures within universities and research organisations have reached a critical juncture. With their feet firmly planted in a history that goes back centuries, they currently pose a huge barrier to organisations realising strategic ambitions. Unless they can be reinvented research organisations and universities risk being (as it was once

Making Differentiation Strategies Work for Research Organisations

Making Differentiation Strategies Work for Research Organisations

This is part 2 in a series of posts about the unique strategic challenges facing research organisations. Read Part 1. Traditionally regarded as bastions of basic knowledge and discovery, research organisations must evolve in the face of advancing technology, complex societal challenges, a changing funding landscape, and the shift of

Reimagining Research Organisations as Multi-Modal Platforms

Reimagining Research Organisations as Multi-Modal Platforms

This is part 1 in a series of posts about the unique strategic challenges facing research organisations. The role of publicly-funded and non-profit research organisations is shifting. Traditionally, we have thought of them as repositories of knowledge and bastions of discovery. But, as technology advances and the challenges facing society

Grounded EthnoDesign Part 3: Implementing and Evaluating Strategic Solutions

Grounded EthnoDesign Part 3: Implementing and Evaluating Strategic Solutions

Strategy formulation is complex, requiring the integration of multiple perspectives and approaches. Over the past two articles, we have been sharing the Grounded EthnoDesign (GED) method, a unique approach that we have developed for research organisations that aligns institutional ambitions with tangible, strategic solutions. We have explored the initial stages