April 27, 2018
As our innovation funnels grow in size and/or complexity to achieve corporate growth ambitions, our program management teams must become more efficient with their time and finite resources. Therefore...
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IRI resources assist your day-to-day R&D functions and help in problem solving. Search by keyword, topic, or your R&D role to find tools to help you manage your organization's R&D and innovation process more effectively.
October 13, 2017
Companies tend to go through the cyclical belief by consultants that 'de-layering' and increasing 'span-of-control' will lead to both lower cost and improved output. Our organization is currently in...
October 19, 2015
Change is occurring at a quicker pace than ever before and corporations must be agile in adapting to this change. Today's fluctuating business environment requires corporations deploy resources in...
A simple count of time (hours or fractional days) spent with the customer (either internal, or external customers, as appropriate).
Thursday March 19, 2020 12:00pm
Ananth directs Research, Innovation and Co-Innovation in TCS. Under his leadership, TCS has created significant range of new products and services with a wide IP portfolio. Ananth has architected an...
August 21, 2014
New Content Offerings Enhance the Speed of IRI’s Growth Arlington, VA (August 21, 2014): As the only association acting in support of technology innovation managers across every industry, it is no...
January 01, 2005
Recently I helped write a proposal to a state government for a feasibility study of costly and potentially high-risk information system investment. One team member, widely respected for his clear,...
October 26, 2010
Four authors present case study of a customer-leading approach to New Product Development Chicago, IL, October 26, 2010 - The Industrial Research Institute (IRI) announced yesterday the winners of...
Do you use social media for innovation? Do you use enterprise social networking platforms/systems for ideation, such as a corporate idea data base or blog that is used to exchange and build on ideas...
November 09, 2016
As Chief Technology Officer of Made in Space, Jason Dunn is developing the technology to support the next step in space exploration. I'm an explorer at heart. I grew up on the Florida Gulf Coast with...
Have you introduced an open workstation environment to your organization? Recent research suggests that an open workstation work environment is optimal for collaboration and interaction in the work...
May 11, 2017
R&D is leveraging its boundary spanner role in both knowledge and technology by co-developing and innovating with new partners, suppliers, and customers. The Annual Meeting explores how...
What titles do you use for senior technical positions? What job titles does your organization use for the senior most technical/R&D ladder positions? - Cecil Chappelow, Vice President, Innovation...
November 01, 2014
OVERVIEW: Venture capitalists are primarily engaged in nurturing innovation in small, nimble startups. They have developed a series of screens to help identify where to invest and a set of methods to...
September 02, 2020
As I write this, the world is on the downhill side of its first pandemic in 100 years. In the 6 months that the coronavirus has raged around the world, it has infected more than 9 million people and...
Perspectives on the "Corporate "Fellow title and its variations.