November 06, 2019
IRI is excited to introduce the new managing editor for Research-Technology Management, Tammy McCausland, who began her position at the beginning of October. The outgoing managing editor, MaryAnne...
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March 01, 2012
Innovation culture is a poorly understood aspect of innovation management. What enables some companies to drive breakthrough innovation consistently while others languish despite heroic efforts?...
Wednesday April 22, 2020 1:00pm – 2:00pm
This session will explore the “collaboration competition” approach to breakthrough innovation, which brings together multiple teams of talent and expertise, from university and corporate backgrounds...
March 07, 2017
Kaigham Gabriel has managed successful breakthrough innovation at DARPA, Motorola, Google, and Draper. He has derived from this experience a set of practices and tools that significantly increase the...
September 17, 2017
Volume 60, Issue 4, July-August 2017 Logged in users click here for credential verification (only needed once per logged in session) Perspectives News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene...
May 01, 2017
News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene Bright Future for Renewables is Good News for Climate The science of climate change is established—there is a virtual consensus that the earth’s...
May 01, 2004
Success in technology development depends increasingly on speed to profitable commercialization. This calls for a new type of technology development management. As projects move from opportunity...
Does your organization do flex time? Has anyone implemented flex time in an R&D environment? What has worked best for your organization? - Deb Dihel, Director of R&D, ConAgra Foods Community...
What tools do you use to make scientists better project managers? We are interested in learning what tools other organizations use to make their scientists better project managers. We would prefer to...
May 01, 2005
A large part of your job as a research/technology manager is understanding people, not just evaluating how well they have performed. Evaluation is the easy part; much harder is predicting how people...
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...
March 01, 2012
The Use of Strategic Foresight Methods for Ideation and Portfolio Management OVERVIEW: Previous investigations of organizations adding breakthrough innovation capacity to already strong incremental...
May 22, 2014
New Members to the Board of Directors also named at Annual Meeting Boston, MA (May 22, 2014) - Dr. Daniel A. Abramowicz, Executive Vice President, Technology and Regulatory Affairs, Crown Holdings,...
Initiated: Spring 2020 Expected completion: Spring 2022 Quick pitch Launch Webinar Latest Update Receive a calendar invitation for the next project update. To learn more, contact Lee Green. Value...
March 30, 2020
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How do you forecast disruptive technologies? We are looking to learn how companies distinguish between disruptive and breakthrough technologies. How do you define and identify disruptive technology?...