How does your company reward people who are granted patents? We are trying to harmonize the various practices across our company for rewarding people who receive patents and would like to benchmark...
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Who manages your IP? How is the leadership role defined for your IP management function? What are the distinct job responsibilities for this role? How does this role fit within your organization – is...
May 21, 2013
IRI Brings Together International Associations to Launch Historic Partnership WASHINGTON (May 21, 2013) — Leaders from the world’s premier industrial research associations gathered today at the...
October 15, 2014
Pursuing Whitespace Opportunities ROR Stage: Gathering and analyzing data This ROR considers the challenge faced by Central R&D and Business Development teams who, at times, identify new...
January 06, 2020
The following is a collection of all reports, presentations, and articles produced by IRI programs in 2019. Make sure you are logged in to view all of the content. If you do not know your IRIweb...
Do you have recommendations for designing an 'innovation room'? Don Eadie, Vice President, Technology, Kelsan Technologies Corp. We are moving into a new facility that will incorporate various...
October 15, 2014
2014 Holland Award Recipient: “Tools for Managing Early-Stage Business Model Innovation” John D. Evans, PhD, Vice President, International Engineering & Technology, Lockheed Martin This...
New hire rotational programs in R&D.
September 15, 2017
Has your organization hosted a supplier innovation fair with success? If yes, what learnings, approaches, logistical issues, pitfalls have you experienced and could share? 1. Keep it focused. Assign...
Perspectives on the "Corporate "Fellow title and its variations.
October 20, 2015
Kermit King of BCG Explains Growth Strategies for Companies Operating in Mature Markets Chicago, IL (October 20, 2015) –Growth disproportionately drives shareholder value, but the path is not easy...
October 20, 2015
Kermit King of BCG Explains Growth Strategies for Companies Operating in Mature Markets Chicago, IL (October 20, 2015) –Growth disproportionately drives shareholder value, but the path is not easy...
Do You Recommend ISO Certification? Sandia's Science, Technology, and Engineering Management Unit is beginning a three-year journey to become ISO-9000 certified. Because work in this SMU constitutes...
March 01, 2019
If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution. —Albert Einstein (attributed) I worked in the mailing...
May 01, 2019
The real risk with AI isn’t malice but competence. A super intelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren’t aligned with ours, we’re in real trouble. —...
May 21, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee Panel: Technology Leadership and Competitiveness Norm Augustine, Retired Chairman & CEO, Lockheed Martin John McDonald, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Chevron...