September 01, 2013
Two types of scenarios are commonly used to explore the future in a structured fashion: deductive and inductive. Deductive scenarios take a top-down approach, producing scenarios that allow leaders...
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March 01, 2012
OVERVIEW: Most firms now use some form of idea-to-launch process such as a Stage-Gate® system. The question is: Do these processes really work? And what are the elements of a best-in-class idea-to-...
May 01, 2012
Roger Martin has been studying what it takes to create breakthrough innovation for many years. In that time, he has become frustrated by the increasingly heavy reliance on analytics in most...
January 01, 2011
OVERVIEW: The best companies often work closely with their customers to uncover needs and wants that can be translated into new or improved product or service offerings. The lead-user research method...
May 01, 2011
The term “research and development” didn’t enter the vocabulary until the mid-twentieth century, although forward-thinking companies had been collaborating with gifted scientists for at least a...
July 01, 2011
Harry W. Coover, Jr., died Saturday, March 26, 2011, at his home in Kingsport, Tennessee. He was 94. Coover is best known for his invention of cyanoacrylates, later marketed as “super glue.” In fact...
November 01, 2011
IRI’s 2011 Annual Meeting focused on “navigating the new normal.” Of course, a fair amount of discussion was given to defining that new normal—where are we, exactly, after the economic cataclysms of...
October 19, 2015
Pursuing White Space Opportunities: ROR Report Out Mark Paczkowski, PhD, Technical Fellow, New Product R & D, Lubrizol Corporation Larry Schmitt, PhD, Manging Partner, The Inovo Group A “...
As part of IRI’s 75th Anniversary Celebration (2013) IRI commissioned the IRI2038 project, a futures study initiative. The project resulted in 4 plausible, yet provocative scenarios about the future...
As part of IRI’s 75th Anniversary Celebration (2013) IRI commissioned the IRI2038 project, a futures study initiative. The project resulted in 4 plausible, yet provocative scenarios about the future...
April 28, 2015
Turning Big Data into Opportunity Data How true customer Insights should direct product development Corrine Sandler, CEO, Fresh Intelligence Research Corrine will get you close to your customers with...
October 15, 2014
How Can Big Data Be Used to Optimize Innovation Management? Mary Roth, Research Staff Member, IBM How can companies use the growing access to and digitization of data to better understand client...
May 26, 2014
Business Model Innovation from Venture Capital Firms & Incubators Howard Morgan, PhD, Partner, First Round Capital Venture capital has traditionally been used to fund efforts independent of large...
November 19, 2013
Challenges for the Sustainable Future: Profit Mr. Dave Whorton, Founder & Managing Partner, TugBoat Ventures The key force of progress is the entrepreneur. Because of their creativity, we have...
What is the best way to organize a poster session to encourage remote team participation?
February 25, 2015
ROR Stage: gathering and analyzing data The concept of weak ties is one of the most influential sociological concepts in the last 40 years. Weak ties refer to people we don't see frequently, those...