May 04, 2020
IRI President's message this week: Research-Technology Management Volume 63, Issue 3 has been posted online Stay tuned as more digital innovators in retail cross over into physical space, while brick...
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June 01, 2020
WHO, Costa Rica launch COVID-19 Technology Access Pool At least 37 countries have signed up to support an initiative aimed at making vaccines, tests, treatments and other health technologies to fight...
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...
April 13, 2020
Ed Bernstein, IRI President: IRI Members helping in the COVID-19 response PPG to Donate 80,000 Masks to Hospitals in Pittsburgh, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Huntsville Xerox plans to mass produce...
August 31, 2020
Anti-covid-19 medicines are being approved too easily What do a malaria drug, a Russian vaccine and the blood plasma of people who have recovered from covid-19 have in common? All have been approved...
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...
October 13, 2013
An overview of the Tech Tournament hosted by the Industrial Research Institute as part of its 75 th Anniversary celebration in 2013. http://iriwebblog.org/2013/10/13/game-changing-innovations-in-the-...
September 27, 2013
An overview of an online game hosted by IRI as part of its IRI2038 Futures Study research. http://iriwebblog.org/2013/09/27/innovate2038-envisioning-the-future-of-rd-with-global-crowd-sourcing/
May 01, 2013
Whether “entitled” is the proper word to describe millennial workers today, their generation’s expectations regarding work need to be brought into alignment with the rest of the workforce. http://...
April 15, 2013
Framing the issue of sustainability in positive terms is important to its successful implementation and IRI’s research working groups are exploring how to make better use of its practices. http://...
April 03, 2013
A counterpoint to Malcolm Gladwell’s “Rule of 150” that argues in favor of maintaining weak ties with individuals outside your network to stimulate out of the box thinking. http://iriwebblog.org/2013...
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-...