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Richard Platt

Oregon, Portland
As seen in: The Independent (UK), Wiley Online Library, Memory Studies, JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association), JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, City A.M., The Spectator, UnHerd, The Independent (US) and
Covers:  semiconductor, systematic innovation, innovation methods, ip development, innovation management, strategy, intellectual property walls, high tech, technology patenting, intellectual property, wearable technology
Intel Corporation's last "Innovation Master" - the avatar is a Scientific Demon, the Intel Innovation Demon

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Richard Platt’s Biography

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Richard's previous role was as Intel's Global Innovation Program Manager and Senior Instructor for Innovation Methods where he co-architected, drove and delivered $212.5M in ROI (Cost savings, cost avoidance. benefit, etc...) across the Intel enterprise.

Working at Intel for almost 10 years in the Design, Operations, Manufacturing, R&D, Technology Development and IT organizations he trained +850 engineers, scientists, technology developers, managers, directors, Intel fellows, program and projec…

Richard Platt’s Journalist Portfolio

Why Companies Suck at Innovating and What to do About it

Why Companies Suck at Innovating and What to do About it

Given a global 98% failure rate when it comes to innovating there clearly needs to be a better understanding …

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Win-Lose of traditional or on-line training

Win-Lose of traditional or on-line training

Win-Lose of traditional or on-line training One of the biggest challenges when we first looked at training ot…

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Design For Innovation in Manufacturing (DFIM)

Design For Innovation in Manufacturing (DFIM)

Design For Innovation in Manufacturing (DFIM) and Innovation Agility Overview

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Analysis of a Corporate Innovation Strategy: Samsung

Analysis of a Corporate Innovation Strategy: Samsung

Analysis of a Corporate Innovation Strategy: Samsung - a.k.a. Systematic Corporate Innovation Methods Overview

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Roles and Skills Of a Chief Innovation Officer Final

Roles and Skills Of a Chief Innovation Officer Final

An analysis on the different skills required for being an effective Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Strategy …

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Intel Corporate Change Agent

Intel Corporate Change Agent

The reflections of a successful corporate intrapreneur, change agent and innovation program manager. What to …

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Articles

Blaze Training and Open at Burghfield Sailing Club Original

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By Andy Wilson, Richard Platt
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Blaze Training and Open at Burghfield Sailing Club by Andy Wilson & Richard Platt 2 Apr 06:30 BST Blaze Training - Friday 27th March After a cuppa, a welcome and a morning briefing by coach, Ben Harden, 16 Blazes took to the water in a shifty but mostly manageable wind at the upper end of ideal (shifts notwithstanding). Starting with speed-varying drills in follow-the-leader got us all focussed and in control.
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Confessions of a failed restauranteur

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By Richard Platt
| UnHerd Verified
‘In hospitality I’ve seen people pushed to breaking point: friends have committed suicide, become addicted to booze or drugs, or else have lost everything.’ (Boiling Point / Vertigo Releasing.) British foodDeliverooHospitalityMinimium Wagerachel reeves Five years ago, I broke the law. It was a week before the Christmas holidays and London was inflicted with Tier 4 restrictions, which made mixing households illegal. Those of us who worked in restaurants were apoplectic.
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Making Pragmatic Clinical Trials More Pragmatic

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By Richard Platt, Hayden B. Bosworth, Gregory Simon
| JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association Verified
Making Pragmatic Clinical Trials More Pragmatic Pragmatic clinical trials are having a moment—actually, a decade. More than 80% of National Library of Medicine citations identified by searching “pragmatic clinical trials” were published in the past 10 years.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Wrote an editorial on the economic innovation dilemma caused by OEM's moving manufacturing over to China, and Foxconn employees were dying

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes but I was in 8th grade, and that was the last time I used one. Got my 1st PC in 1989, haven't looked back since

How is social media changing news?

Speed of knowledge requires a really adaptive set of tools to keep up on the media cycle, requires a new attitude, the old days are over

Awards

Intel Manufacturing Excellence Award

2005 - Excellence in Manufacturing

Award for Systematic Innovation Program delivery and results in the manufacturing environment