1、Engineering and R&D pulse 2026How are engineering leaders navigating speed,agility,and cost pressures in the age of AI?RESEARCH BRIEFCapgemini Research Institute 2025 Gender and leadership:Navigating bias,opportunity,and change|Capgemini research brief 2025203Who should read this report and why?04Ex

2、ecutive summaryThe urgency for engineering and R&D transformation is real0817Unlocking efficiency and agility:Digitization and diversified outsourcing top the agenda23Emerging technologies are catalysts for engineering and R&D transformation29AI is shaping the future of engineering and R&D 47Recomme

3、ndations49Research methodology53AppendixTable of contentsGender and leadership:Navigating bias,opportunity,and change|Research brief-Capgemini Research Institute 20253Engineering and R&D pulse 2026|Research brief-Capgemini Research Institute 20253This report is primarily intended for senior decision

4、-makers in engineering and R&D functions including chief R&D officers,VPs and heads of engineering or product development,chief technology officers(CTOs),and innovation directors who are navigating todays challenging business landscape.It provides an overview of the strategic evolution of engineerin

5、g and R&D functions in response to rising cost pressures,longer time-to-market cycles,intensifying global disruptions from supply chain shocks to talent shortages and the impact of technology,especially AI.The report is also relevant to chief Who should read this report and why?financial officers(CF

6、Os)and chief supply chain officers,whose decisions regarding capital allocation,procurement strategy,and supplier ecosystems shape the effectiveness and agility of engineering functions.Informed by insights from 1,500 global executives,the report distills the key trends,organizational shifts,and tec