May 06, 2016
Many companies know that they must have a portfolio of innovation candidates; a few understand that the deliverables from that portfolio should be approximately 70% Core, 20% Adjacent and 10%...
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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 02, 2015
Join us for an interactive session using anchored scale ratings to show you where your group stands with respect to others. Bill Weber and John Bacon, iP2Biz, offer practical tips to deal with issues...
Friday April 01, 2016 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Better understand how tools such as social networking and microblogging platforms are being used in NPD and what influence they have on NPD outcomes.
Friday June 03, 2016 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Newry Corp. discusses an exciting technique they’ve developed that leverages big data to find new paths to growth.
Monday September 26, 2016 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Mark Little, former CTO, GE Global Research, and Andrea Kates, CEO, GLIDR, discuss the tools, techniques and culture changes that GE has adopted to accelerate their R&D.
Friday March 04, 2016 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Gain tips and useful resources for navigating the partnerships between industry and research institutions.
Tuesday April 26, 2016 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Learn how to find, evaluate, and manage scouting opportunities that build a strategic advantage for your firm. Find out what mistakes companies often make in their scouting process and discover easy ways to avoid them.
Friday December 07, 2018 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Discover how the world’s most successful tobacco company is transforming to succeed in today’s fast-changing and disruptive market. Many companies are now embracing innovation in the face of market...
Friday October 07, 2016 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Learn how biomimicry can be used as a powerful design tool to support sustainability-driven product development in the front end of innovation.
Friday May 04, 2018 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Join authors as they discuss Goodyear's experience with business experiments and gain insights into how experiments can work in a large corporation that makes physical things.
May 24, 2016
Ensure executive engagement to transform trends into traction The success of your innovation efforts dictates your long term chances for corporate success. Whatever innovation model your company...
Thursday October 05, 2017 – Friday October 06, 2017
Keynote on The Future and Impact of AI on R&D features panelists from IBM Watson Research, Pepsico, John Deere, and more.
Monday March 07, 2016 – Wednesday March 09, 2016
Six networks meet for two days of interactive discussions. Highlights include Research working sessions and guest speaker, John Bacon, on lean startup principles.
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.
Friday November 04, 2016 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Hear a recent OI success story -- the Corning OLED-Works Lighting Without a Bulb contest -- and how NineSigma's problem definition methodology was applied to achieve a successful outcome.
Wednesday February 22, 2017 – Friday February 24, 2017
IRI and NC State's Center for Innovation Management Studies (CIMS) partner to bring you the most cutting edge research in R&D management.