2011 Deliverables Report out Member Summit 2011 Description This group studied best practices and approaches to find the right opportunities that lead to breakthrough innovation. This study built...
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May 24, 2011
Identifying Breakthrough Opportunities Explore how top innovation companies are driving breakthrough (versus sustaining) innovation now. How are they responding to the economy? Have they accelerated...
October 15, 2014
Envisioning Tomorrow's R&D Leader J. Stewart Witzeman, PhD, Director, Eastman Innovation Center, Eastman Chemical Pamela Henderson, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, NewEdge, Inc. The world is...
February 28, 2011
Objective: Understand what companies are doing to consistently find new places to play and how to win through breakthrough innovation. Team: Jim Ramsey, Carl Loweth, Ryan Dirkx, Pam Henderson, Justin...
May 24, 2011
The New "Hows" of Innovation Pamela Henderson, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, NewEdge, Inc. Miles Eddowes, PhD, Associate Director, Open Innovation, Kraft Foods Robert Godfroid, PhD, Director,...
2005 Deliverables Report out, May 2005 Description This group was formed to study development of Intellectual Property (IP) Strategies in Changing Business and Legal Environments. The customer of the...
Perspectives on the "Corporate "Fellow title and its variations.
2004 - 2006 Deliverables RTM article , "Harnessing External Technology for Innovation", May/June 2006 Description This Working Group (#04-1) examined various business models by comparing and...
August 25, 2008
Industrial Research Institute Introduces Research Working Group Tool to China IRI Opens Door to China During its 8th Annual China Forum ARLINGTON, Va. – (August 25, 2008) – The Industrial Research...
Team Members: Terry Fetterhoff, Roche; Ray Cosner, Boeing; Michael Holman, Lux Research (SME) The process of technology scouting and open innovation is increasingly vital to research and innovation at large companies. However, for many organization and individuals the process is unfamiliar, benchmarks are unclear and best practices are unknown.
September 01, 2018
Logged in users click here for credential verification (only needed once per logged in session) Perspectives News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene MaryAnne M. Gobble From the Editor The...
May 21, 2009
New members of the Board of Directors also named at Annual Meeting in Boston BOSTON, Mass., May 21, 2009– Dr. J. Stewart Witzeman, director of the Eastman Research Division, Eastman Chemical...
Thursday October 05, 2017 8:00am – 5:00pm
Learn about Opportunity Thinking to enable a better understanding of real opportunities, turning insights into bigger ideas that truly deliver. Led by Dr. Pamela Henderson, New Edge.
2003 - 2005 Deliverables Presentation , Winter Meeting 2006 RTM Article , Volume 50, Issue 6, November 2007, pages 31-48 Description This project defined a process to anticipate and control scale-up...
October 15, 2008
Seven Authors Explored Best Practices in Integrating Strategic Planning Throughout and Across Autonomous Business Units DENVER, Colo. - (October 15, 2008) - The Industrial Research Institute (IRI)...
May 21, 2014
Recruiting and Retaining Talent J. Stewart Witzeman, PhD, Director, Eastman Innovation Center, Eastman Chemical This breakout begins with a brief thought-starter presentation led by IRI member Chief...