September 02, 2020
We have been living in a time of accelerating disruption, but the disruption caused by the coronavirus is unique in its depth and breadth. In times like these, people are prone to one of two types of...
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January 01, 2014
I graduated from Imperial College with a degree in physics in 1975, then did a joint research program between Imperial College and the National Physics Laboratory in the UK until 1978. What took me...
November 01, 2014
OVERVIEW: As a pioneer in airplane engine manufacturing, Pratt & Whitney must innovate in a very long-cycle business, one in which the break-even point on an innovation is decades out. This...
November 01, 2014
Why didn't Sony invent the iPod? The Japanese company had all of the technical elements needed, plus access to a powerful music list through its Sony Music label and every bit of the design cachet...
March 01, 2013
The Western movie has been a part of American culture for over a century, almost since the invention of the movie projector. Such an established form of entertainment would seem to be outside the...
May 01, 2013
Eric von Hippel has been studying innovation by users for over 30 years. His book The Sources of Innovation (1994) documented the degree to which users were responsible for functionally novel...
What is your balance between internal and external research? What is your company's balance between internal and external research (university projects, consortiums, government labs, established...
July 01, 2012
A.G. Lafley chronicled the development of Procter & Gamble’s landmark open innovation program in his 2008 book, Game Changer . Gil Cloyd, P&G’s Chief Technology Officer at the time, worked...
November 01, 2012
Twelve Research-on-Research working groups held meetings at the 2012 IRI Annual Meeting. Eight groups report on the status of their work, describe ongoing initiatives, and summarize preliminary...
May 07, 2012
Early Identification of Disruptive Technologies This group is exploring if a process exists that is good at identifying disruptive technologies before they happen. The project objectives are to...
November 09, 2011
R&D Trends Forecast for 2012 Richard Antcliff, PhD, Director, OSACB, NASA Langley Research Center Rich Antcliff, NASA Langley, shares results from the recent R&D Trends Forecast for 2012 (to...
November 08, 2011
Business Model Innovation Challenges This group is working to significantly increase the success probability, revenue and profit potential of innovation projects involving new business models. Help...
November 08, 2011
Sustainability Maturity Models Until recently the bottom line of financial reports was the overriding measure of a company’s success. Now it is the triple bottom line: People, Planet, and Profits...
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...
November 07, 2014
IRI’s Regional Meeting “lightning round” Q&A discussions have been so popular, we decided bring you the Brown Bag version. This 60 minute "lightning round" will be moderated by Dr. Len Polizzotto...
August 03, 2012
Join us to discuss how open collaboration has transformed the way GE does innovation internally. Sam Kogan , president and Chief Operating Officer, Gen3 Partners , outlines GE's lessons learned with...