May 21, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee Generational Differences in R&D Leadership Expectations ROR Stage: 3-Hour ROR (data gathered, information analyzed, and conclusions disseminated at Jubilee) This ROR will...
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October 15, 2008
Seven Authors Explored Best Practices in Integrating Strategic Planning Throughout and Across Autonomous Business Units DENVER, Colo. - (October 15, 2008) - The Industrial Research Institute (IRI)...
Monday, May 23, 2016 Board and Committee Meetings by Invitation Only 8:00 am - 12:00 pm IRI Board of Directors Meeting 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Nominating Committee 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Innovation Growth...
2004 - 2005 Deliverables Summary of Management in the New Economy (MINE) survey results. Interpretation for IRI member companies. New management tool for mapping the evolution of R&D organization...
May 2012 - November 2013 As part of IRI’s 75th Anniversary Celebration (2013) IRI commissioned the IRI2038 project, a futures initiative designed to answer the following two questions: How will...
May 25, 2006
For Immediate Release The Industrial Research Institute today announced Kent Crawford will assume the role of chairman. He will officially take office as IRI Chairman at the close of IRI’s 2006...
Monday May 08, 2017 – Thursday May 11, 2017
"R&D Beyond Four Walls" explores how organizations are pushing beyond the traditional value chain to adopt a more dynamic and integrated collaboration culture across the business enterprise.
Phase I Fall 2015 - Fall 2017 Deliverables Member Summit 2017 Report Out Value proposition The goal of this ROR was to discover best practices for establishing a long-term vision for R&D that is...
Do you have recommendations for designing an 'innovation room'? Don Eadie, Vice President, Technology, Kelsan Technologies Corp. We are moving into a new facility that will incorporate various...
Perspectives on the "Corporate "Fellow title and its variations.
What Does Collaborative Generation of Knowledge Mean? Two main core values of IRI membership are the peer-to-peer transfer of knowledge and the research on best practices in technological innovation...
October 10, 2017
This working group took a dive into the following questions: What are best practices for learning from failure? Are there examples of constructive failure being truly embraced and leveraged? How can...
IRI’s TRACK Program What is TRACK? TRACK (Training Resources to Advance Competencies & Knowledge) is IRI’s newest program to support our member companies’ needs in developing strategic innovation...
November 08, 2011
Business Models in Collaborative Relationships Collaborative research has taken its place as a mainstream innovation process. Its purpose is to access external sources of technology (or other assets...
How does your company reward people who are granted patents? We are trying to harmonize the various practices across our company for rewarding people who receive patents and would like to benchmark...
What major trends do you see in R&D research in the next 5 years? Help our Research-on-Research group stay ahead of the curve by letting us know what you see on the horizon of R&D research in...