September 01, 2018
Steve Blank is the founder of what has become the Lean Startup movement. In this interview, he discusses Lean Startup’s roots in customer development, its integration of Agile software practices, and...
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October 15, 2019
Digital Strategy Enablers in Sparse Data Worlds Much attention has focused on big data and the architecture, hardware and software necessary to handle and take advantage of it. The challenges of...
November 01, 2019
“When digital transformation is done right, it’s like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, but when done wrong, all you have is a really fast caterpillar.” —George Westerman,MIT Sloan Initiative...
November 01, 2019
This article is about how digital transformation really happens: how companies go from being traditional, physical, legacy companies to thriving and competing in the digital age. A four-year study,...
Friday May 18, 2018 12:00pm – 1:00pm
In this ever-changing world, it is business critical to stay ahead of your competition by creating new and innovative products that meet your consumer needs. Predicting where your competitors are...
Sunday May 03, 2020
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3Clay Christensen (1952–2020) was a giant in the field of innovation. The Innovator’s Dilemma remains one of the best books on innovation that I have ever read. It is both theoretically...
September 18, 2020
Corporate entrepreneurship has always been an essential engine of growth and renewal, but its focus has been to drive sustaining innovations in core businesses. CEOs increasingly recognize the need...
January 04, 2021
News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene Robots As Friends, Not Products By Tim Hornyak Investing in Tomorrow’s Technologies By Peter Gwynne Turning Concrete Green By Manny Frishberg Europe’s...
December 08, 2020
Volume 64, Issue 1: January-February 2021 News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene Robots As Friends, Not Products By Tim Hornyak Investing in Tomorrow’s Technologies By Peter Gwynne Turning...
Friday February 05, 2021 12:00pm
Join us for a discussion of “Idle Asset Hunters—The Secret of Multi-sided Platforms,” an IRI Research-Technology Management (RTM) Brown Bag Discussion with Professor Daniel Trabucchi. Daniel...
How do you resource intellectual property? How is Intellectual Property resourced at your company (Legal, R&D within Business, and R&D from the center/Corp)? How many resources do you have in...
What is the optimal researcher reward and recognition program? We are considering a new researcher rewards and recognition program at my company, and we would like to learn more about programs others...
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...
October 22, 2019
You must be logged in with your IRI login to view these presentations. Day 1 - Tuesday October 15, 2019 Keynote Address The Digital First Maturity Framework - Youngjin Yoo, Case Western Reserve...
July 01, 2015
Harley-Davidson is now an iconic American brand, the only surviving American motorcycle manufacturer from an industry that once boasted more than 200 companies, but the company nearly died in the...
May 01, 2011
OVERVIEW: The significant role of technology in strategic business activities and new-product development has driven companies to create a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) position to lead and direct...