March 06, 2018
INVISTA is one of the world’s leading companies in nylon, spandex, polyester, and specialty materials owning such brands as STAINMASTER® flooring, DYTEK® amines, and TERATE® polyols. INVISTA...
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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.
IRI’s Networks bring practitioners together to explore member-chosen topics through a combination of peer presentations, interactive roundtables, guest speakers, and workshops. Unlike the more...
March 22, 2017
Extracting value, market intelligence and competitive advantage from collaborative R&D requires support of a firm’s strategy with the right collaborative model, the right partners…and the right...
Save the date for the 2019 Spring Networks Conference March 11-13, Nashville, TN What is the Health, Safety & Environment Network? The mission of Health, Safety & Environment Network (HSEN)...
What is Your Experience with Open Innovation Firms? What has been your experience (positive or negative) using Open Innovation firms (i.e.: Innocentive, Nine Sigma, Yet2.com; others) to communicate...
What is the Information Services & Information Technology Network? The Information Services & Information Technology Network (ISITN) is a unique mix of information services and information...
March 22, 2017
An overview of Praxair including the markets we serve, the technology we deploy and the values that are imperative to our culture. Presented by: John Sirman Spring 2017 https://www.pathlms.com/iri-...
March 17, 2015
The objective of this effort was to develop a list of open innovation intermediaries (or providers) and background information on the services they provide. The effort focuses on the “Find” in the...
March 17, 2015
Most managers will not naturally pay sufficient attention to their new staff, with the consequences of: • Reduced retention • Respect between manager and staff does not develop • New staff unsettled...
March 16, 2015
WHAT IS DEFENSIVE PUBLISHING? Disclosing an enabling description of a technology or invention to the public in order to force the innovation into the prior art, thereby eliminating the competition’s...
March 22, 2017
This presentation examines the Birkman Method of personality and behavioral assessment. The session provided an overview of what the assessment reveals (interests, usual/productive behavior,...
January 23, 2018
New Business Development Network Spring 2018 Networks Conference March 5-7, 2017 Brown Palace Hotel & Spa 321 17 th Street, Denver, CO 80202 Monday, March 5 7:30 am – 8:00 am Brown Palace Club...
January 23, 2018
Innovation Leaders Network Spring 2018 Networks Conference March 5-6, 2017 Brown Palace Hotel & Spa 321 17 th Street, Denver, CO 80202 Monday, March 5 7:30 am – 8:00 am Brown Palace Club...
November 01, 2010
OVERVIEW: An innovation portfolio, which is focused on early-stage ideas whose role in the overall strategy is still evolving, is very different from a project portfolio, which is focused on managing...
September 16, 2013
Identify technologies that can address keep company needs/challenges Build local networks, tap into ecosystems Understand the innovation process –funding, drivers, national priorities Gain insight...
March 07, 2016
How do IP leaders manage for business growth and costs? How does an intellectual property program ensure alignment with the business? How to get greater value and participation from Inventors?...