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What we learn by measuring R&D and making it known: metrics, tacit knowledge, research valorisation, science communication.

Tatiana Kačan writes the blog articles. President of Cortex and trained in molecular biology, she designed the ICRI and co-wrote Vulgariser, c'est transformer (To popularise is to transform, EDP Sciences, 2026).

No. 3Latest article, , 7-minute read

An ICRI at the heart of public research

Cortex tested its ICRI on the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD) with its former director, Philippe Drobinski, using data that were neither confidential nor personal. After three months of fine-tuning, the laboratory scored about 72 out of 100: marked relational capital, room for improvement in turning these relationships into opportunities, and scientific assets to inventory before they can be valorised.

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Previous articles

  1. Tacit knowledge, the asset nobody inventories

    Tacit knowledge is what we know how to do without always being able to explain it. It is not missed on the day its holder leaves: its absence is discovered much later, when an experiment stops working. To protect it, you need to identify critical skills, aim for three trained people per essential technique and pass on the hands-on skills before the departure.

    No. 2, 6-minute read

  2. How much is your R&D worth? The answer lies in what you do not count

    Budget, patents and publications tell you how much a company invests, what it protects and what it publishes. They do not tell you what it is really capable of doing, nor whether it will be able to keep doing it in five years' time. To find out, you also need to look at critical skills, retention, reproducibility, active partnerships and dormant assets.

    No. 1, 8-minute read

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