March 19, 2013
Lessons from the enlightenment period reveal how organizations and leaders need to have an open, adaptable approach to challenges in today’s economy. http://iriwebblog.org/2013/03/19/the-enlightened-...
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February 18, 2013
What effect does disruptive innovation have on companies who innovate top quality brands and then lower prices as they scale up? http://iriwebblog.org/2013/02/18/disruptive-innovation-a-fatal-illness...
February 05, 2013
Recognizing the history of IRI and the accomplishments of its members, this article kicks off IRI's 75 th anniversary celebrations in 2013. http://iriwebblog.org/2013/02/05/an-anniversary-in-honor-of...
January 13, 2016
Innovation contests, and their bigger counterparts, grand challenges, have become increasingly popular over the past few years. This is because they offer a way to find solutions from a global...
November 09, 2016
Futurists are often accused of excessive optimism about technology. I have been to a lot of parties at which people learn my profession and immediately ask, "Where's my flying car?" Major...
November 01, 2015
OVERVIEW: The forces of democratization and disintermediation, largely unleashed by the software revolution, have already remade several major industries, among them computing, publishing, and retail...
October 16, 2019
5G and the Impending Technology Revolution: How Connectivity Will Redefine Digital Transformation, and Why NOW is the Time to Start Thinking About It 5G is rumored to be a golden solution, the...
September 01, 2008
In 1492, while Christopher Columbus was exploring the Atlantic Ocean in search of the Indies, Johannes Trithemius, the Abbot of Sponheim in western Germany, was struggling against the disruptive...
April 06, 2017
This multisociety letter regarding Fiscal Year 2017-2018 R&D budget was sent on behalf of 286 organizations to both House and Senate leadership and Appropriation Chairs and Subcommittee chairs on April 6, 2017.
March 08, 2018
Marco Iansiti talks with Jim Euchner about digital hubs, the platforms at the heart of them, and how to compete in emerging digital ecosystems. Marco Iansiti studies ecosystem strategy at the Harvard...
July 01, 2015
OVERVIEW: A critical innovation competency is the ability to recognize technologies that can best be exploited by a particular company and to drive investment in them. We have developed a framework...
June 16, 2017
Innovation is the top reason to embark on a biologically inspired design (BID) project, according to attendees of IRI's 2017 webinar "Biologically Inspired Design for Industry: An Evolving Practice...
July 12, 2018
Breakout Session According to futurists, Blockchain will be more disruptive than the internet. Join this session to learn the current state status of Blockchain and apply qualitative forecasting...
February 24, 2015
ROR Stage: exploration and planning In 2015, we will be taking a deep-dive into the ‘Everything’s in Beta’ scenario from the IRI2038 study and its implications for R&D management. The scenario: ‘...
July 12, 2018
Breakout Session Through the SPRING program, RTI and IRI are providing members with research on trends impacting innovation leaders today. Translating information about emerging trends into insights...
January 01, 2019
Don Tapscott talks with Jim Euchner about blockchain, the Internet of value, and the next Internet revolution. Don Tapscott is the author of 16 books and has been at the forefront of thinking on the...