April 21, 2017
Maximizing the return on your R&D spending hinges entirely on your organization’s ability to consistently pick the right development projects, technologies, and platforms to invest in. This is no...
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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.
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.
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.
September 06, 2013
The assessment of early-stage technologies is a critical but often overlooked step common to R&D, new product development, and open innovation processes. Assessment processes are necessary for...
Friday October 04, 2019 12:00pm – 1:00pm
There are blockchain projects in nearly every major industry occurring in more than 140 countries around the globe. More than 100 articles a day discuss cryptocurrency pricing alone. Blockchain...
How GE is bringing better products to market faster & cheaper Faster, more productive and more cost effective R&D are goals of any innovative company, but achieving these results are easier...
October 13, 2017
For years, organizations have used cross-functional virtual communities to help employees share knowledge, connect with experts, and collaborate to solve business problems. However, as technology and...
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 March 04, 2016 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Gain tips and useful resources for navigating the partnerships between industry and research institutions.
December 10, 2019
Corporate entrepreneurship has always been an essential engine of growth and renewal, but its focus has been to drive sustaining innovations in core businesses. CEOs increasingly recognize the need...
November 18, 2011
Bob Rosenfeld and Idea Connection Systems is offering IRI Membership the opportunity to take the innovation assessment ISPI® (Innovation Strengths Preference Indicator®) at no cost (normally $75)...
January 06, 2012
Join Dr. Joseph Miller, Jr., Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Corning, Inc., to learn how Corning recovered and thrived in the recent economic crisis. This discussion is based...
April 12, 2017
Looking to reboot your approach to innovation projects? Have they failed to achieve the impact or organizational buy-in you had hoped for? Have you experienced misfires with consultants or among your...
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...
December 10, 2018
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...
March 03, 2017
Christian Crews and Ted Farrington discuss the role a comprehensive foresight process for R&D can play in improving performance and steering the organization through a turbulent marketplace. Read...