Research and Development. Two separate tasks. Research, breadth, trying many things, 95% of time spent trying and failing. Development, depth, taking the most

Research and Development. Two separate tasks. Research, breadth, trying many things, 95% of time spent trying and failing. Development, depth, taking the most promising 5% of research and doubling down. I want my research Chief Officer to continually try new things. I expect them to give me 19 bad ideas for every 1 good one. If anyone in this division is afraid of failure, they are in the wrong division. I want my development Chief Officer to succeed, and the culture of fearing failure is perhaps more appropo in this tribe. I wouldn't spend money on research if I didn't have a development budget ...