THE RESEARCH-TO-ENTERPRISE DECISION SYSTEM
Turn research into enterprise through stronger connected decisions.
Scientific merit establishes possibility. Enterprise readiness depends on technical evidence, ownership, adoption, productisation, organisation and capital working as one decision system.
The system helps teams identify what is known, what remains uncertain and what must be proven before the next material commitment.
SEVEN LINKED DECISIONS
Every commitment depends on a decision that came before it.
These decisions inform one another and often need to be revisited as evidence changes. They are a connected discipline, not a one-way checklist.
01Research propositionWhat is the advance, and which consequential problem could it solve?+
Evidence to examineMechanism, system boundary, comparative performance and material unknowns.
UnlocksA focused proposition and the decision to test a meaningful application.
02Technical evidenceWhat has been demonstrated, under which conditions and with what confidence?+
Evidence to examineTest method, conditions, repeatability, uncertainty, duration, scale and failure criteria.
UnlocksA grounded validation plan, technical risk view and a proportionate next test.
03IP, ownership and use rightsWhat can be owned, protected, used or transferred?+
Evidence to examineContributors, disclosures, institutional rights, contracts, know-how and freedom-to-operate questions.
UnlocksA credible route to use, collaborate, license or form a venture.
04Use case and adoptionWho needs the solution enough to adopt, procure or pay?+
Evidence to examineUsers, buying process, alternatives, integration burden, switching costs and willingness to adopt or pay.
UnlocksA defined adoption hypothesis and the right stakeholder conversation.
05Productisation and scale-upWhat must change for reliable, compliant and scalable deployment?+
Evidence to examineArchitecture, quality, reliability, safety, regulation, supply dependencies and economics.
UnlocksA practical product and scale-up pathway rather than a prototype aspiration.
06Organisation and governanceWhat organisation, authority and capability can carry the work forward?+
Evidence to examineFounder roles, leadership, decision rights, incentives, collaboration terms and missing capabilities.
UnlocksAccountable ownership, a workable operating model and clearer collaboration terms.
07Capital and milestonesWhat should the next commitment fund—and what evidence should it unlock?+
Evidence to examineMilestones, resource sequence, partnerships, downside cases and decision thresholds.
UnlocksA commitment case tied to evidence, timing and the next material decision.
ONE CONNECTED SYSTEM
No venture decision stands alone.
When evidence changes in one system, teams must reconsider the assumptions, risks and commitments in the others.
Technical evidence
Sets the confidence, conditions and limits that every downstream claim must respect.
IP and commercialisation
Determines who can use the work, under which rights and through which route.
Product and scale
Translates demonstrated performance into a reliable, repeatable deployment proposition.
Market and adoption
Tests whether a defined user, buyer or partner can absorb the solution in practice.
Organisation and people
Creates the ownership, authority and capability required to move between decisions.
Capital and partnerships
Matches resources and external participation to the evidence each milestone must create.
EVIDENCE AND COMMITMENT
Evidence should be strong enough for the commitment it unlocks.
Persuasive signals are not automatically transferable proof across technical, legal, market, operating or financial decisions.
- 01
Demonstrated
Observed under stated conditions with a method and limits that can be examined.
- 02
Inferred
A reasoned conclusion supported by available evidence, but not yet directly tested.
- 03
Assumed
A working proposition that needs explicit ownership and a plan to test it.
- 04
Unknown
A material question that should shape the scope, timing or size of the next commitment.
INCREASING COMMITMENT
- Explore
Define the question and avoid premature certainty.
- Validate
Test the uncertainty that could change the route.
- Partner or pilot
Commit bounded resources around specific conditions.
- Invest or scale
Commit at a level justified by the evidence and operating readiness.
FROM SYSTEM TO ACTION
Define the next decision before making the next commitment.
The system gives different participants a common way to locate the decision ahead and contribute the evidence it requires.
Built for the participants around the decision.
- Researchers and scientific teams
- Founders and venture teams
- Universities and research institutions
- Industry, investors and ecosystem partners
Start with five inputs.
- Current evidence
- Decision owner
- Material uncertainty
- Constraints
- Next commitment