May 01, 2005
First, consider that over a 50-year period (and your author has been working for that time), U.S. R&D expenditures have increased from $5 billion per year to just over $300 billion. At the same...
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November 01, 2006
Remember when the management gurus told you your job was to build teamwork? Now the in-word is collaboration, because innovation of all kinds requires high levels of interactivity, not only within...
March 01, 2006
From emerging technologies to changes in consumer tastes, tremendous opportunities and threats often begin as weak signals from the periphery. How good is your organization at sensing, interpreting...
March 01, 2012
Imagine this scenario: The group you lead is facing a conflict that threatens to undermine an important project for your company. You thought you had put together a team that was well balanced with...
January 01, 2019
What are IRI members talking about? Q: What is your design thinking methodology? Design thinking is increasingly a standard process for product innovation and design; the key is empathy for the user...
October 09, 2019
Due to the inherent uncertainties involved in creating new products, it is difficult to predict how long a given project will take. R&D organizations may become complacent when launch targets are...
July 01, 2000
Real options reasoning is a logic for funding projects that maximizes learning and access to upside opportunities while containing costs and downside risk. Although it has considerable advantages...
January 15, 2019
Logged in users click here for credential verification (only needed once per logged in session) Perspectives How Rare Earths Can Influence Trade Wars Peter Gwynne Europeans, Japanese Venture Voyage...
RTM Seeks Freelance Reporters Research-Technology Management, the flagship journal of the Industrial Research Institute, needs freelance reporters to provide compelling, timely stories for its...
What small things do you do to reward innovation? How does your company recognize innovation for teams and individual employees on a small scale (as opposed to big one time awards)? I know cash is...
October 15, 2014
Keynote: Is the Lab your World or is the World your Lab? Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, PhD, Assistant Professor, NYU Stern School of Business The capacity to innovate has always been the Holy Grail for R&...
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October 25, 2018
This talk gives an overview of trends in artificial intelligence and how they will affect business and society in the coming years. The last decade has seen remarkable gains in machine learning and...
November 19, 2018
Intelligent Systems - the Big Picture Gayle Sheppard, NewAI.co Smart Horizons: Preparing for the Future of Intelligent Systems Jim Redden, RTI Innovation Advisors Artificial Intelligence and the...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: Are you standing there waiting for the AI tsunami to hit you and wipe you out, or are you riding the big wave? Professional surfers spend 10–20 times as much time watching waves as they do...
May 23, 2006
Arlington, VA – May 23, 2006 The Industrial Research Institute (IRI) announces today that it presented the 2006 IRI Medal to David O. Swain, Vice President of Engineering and Technology and Chief...