March 07, 2017
A counterculture is a subculture whose values, ethos, and aspirations differ substantially from those of the mainstream. When the oppositional ideas of a counterculture reach a critical mass and...
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May 11, 2017
"IRI has been helping companies learn about better ways to manage R&D for decades," said Chesbrough. "My own open innovation research has benefited greatly from IRI, and from close observation of several of its member companies."
November 01, 2010
R&D—indeed business—is in a time of great transition. The power of information technology and high-speed communications, globalization (including globalization of R&D), and a faster pace of...
November 01, 2010
R&D—indeed business—is in a time of great transition. The power of information technology and high-speed communications, globalization (including globalization of R&D), and a faster pace of...
September 17, 2017
As a senior program manager for Lockheed Martin’s Revolutionary Technology Programs, Charles Chase oversees high-risk, high-reward projects. Step 1: Logged in IRI Members click here for credential...
May 02, 2017
Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid This column is the latest in a series of discussions aimed at defining the vocabulary of innovation management. The object is to take on the profession’s terms...
November 01, 2013
Innovation is a magical thing. It transforms dross into gold, puts nature at our command, creates something new where there was once nothing. Throughout history, magicians (and charlatans) have used...
Thursday August 02, 2018 11:00am
Please join us as RTI's Jim Redden interviews Dr. Brian Sadler , a U.S. Army Research Laboratory elected Fellow, who specializes in intelligent systems. As a senior research scientist, Sadler helped...
July 01, 2015
Barry Jaruzelski talks with James Euchner about the factors that really do matter in building a growth company. Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company) has conducted studies of the effectiveness...
September 01, 2014
The pursuit of intellectual property (IP) that can be protected through patents, copyrights, and trademarks has traditionally formed the cornerstone of many companies’ strategies. The general rule of...
September 17, 2017
Blockchain, digital twins, digital familiars, digital business platforms, digital currencies—all complex, arcane, and even magical-seeming inventions—are being conceived by a counterculture of...
July 01, 2017
Gina O’Connor and her colleagues at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lally School of Management have studied breakthrough innovation inside corporations for many years. In Radical Innovation (2000...
November 01, 2019
The principles of the Lean Startup movement work. They can be used to reliably create new businesses, whether those businesses are startups or new ventures within companies that have been operating...
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...
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...
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)...