September 01, 2009
It is a commonplace that innovation requires risk taking and that risk taking leads to failure. New product failure rates of 50 percent are not uncommon. Increasingly, corporations seek to formally...
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The Innovation Research Interchange (IRI) accelerates growth, captures insights, challenges convention, pioneers practices and cultivates leaders. At IRI, we focus on the three domains of innovation...
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Can you help with Life Cycle Analyses? We are interested in gaining expertise on Life Cycle Analyses and methodologies. Do you have any information or recommendations for training, courses,...
Tuesday August 18, 2020 2:00pm
Dan Adams of the AIM Institute has taught tens of thousands of B2B professionals how to develop better new products. He and his team have recently developed a whole new approach to managing large,...
New hire rotational programs in R&D.
How do you handle shared vs. individual space in labs? In a recent discussion on a laboratory expansion project, questions were raised regarding use of shared space vs. individual space. Your...
October 20, 2015
Kermit King of BCG Explains Growth Strategies for Companies Operating in Mature Markets Chicago, IL (October 20, 2015) –Growth disproportionately drives shareholder value, but the path is not easy...
October 20, 2015
Kermit King of BCG Explains Growth Strategies for Companies Operating in Mature Markets Chicago, IL (October 20, 2015) –Growth disproportionately drives shareholder value, but the path is not easy...
(Study influence of compensation and non-monetary incentives on productivity) Based on a survey of its membership, IRI had issued a position statement on "Recognition and Awards for Industrial...
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...
IRI Research: Two Types of Projects Strategic projects: These projects are developed by IRI based on member input (Voice of Member data, task forces). They are managed by members and IRI staff...
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics The 50 metrics are listed in priority according to the ranking developed by attendees at the IRI Meeting in Williamsburg,...
March 01, 2006
Managers of incremental innovation know that any product possesses four Ps: product (incremental), price, place, and promotion. But any manager of radical innovation should also know that there is...
How do you combine a series of relatively small engineering organizations supporting similar product lines in local markets into a cohesive, dynamic team serving the global market? We are a series of...
A qualitative evaluation of the degree to which a project team is provided with the authority to make decisions on the project and to carry them out independently