July 13, 2018
Breakout Session The session will cover all aspects of the GoFly Prize from its inception to today (with 2,000 Innovators participating from 85 countries). It will take a deep dive into our...
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February 28, 2011
Keys to Lead Virtual Teams 1. Virtual Teams are Managed Opposite from Co-located Teams 2. Share a Well Understood Purpose 3. Clarify Expectations 4. Define Team Membership 5. Establish Roles and...
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...
October 25, 2018
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has progressed from a scientific endeavor to an essential tool in the constant evolution of innovation and business transformation. The opportunity is here and now to...
May 10, 2017
Tushman says that the actions taken by the executive leadership during this evolution have more influence over this process than many assume and reverberate through the innovation streams in play at the organization's R&D wing.
Perspectives on the "Corporate "Fellow title and its variations.
March 22, 2017
United Technologies Corporation (UTC), based in Farmington, Connecticut, provides high-technology systems and services to the building and aerospace industries. The presentation will discuss UTC’s...
March 01, 2015
Twenty years ago, Shoshana Zuboff published In the Age of the Smart Machine , a seminal work on the nature of automation. Her focus was on the capability of machines that automated work to also...
April 15, 2013
Finest Minds in Innovation Gather at IRI's Anniversary Celebration ARLINGTON, VA (April 15, 2013)— The Industrial Research Institute (IRI), an association that brings together companies and...
July 01, 2009
Creating breakthrough innovations requires alignment of both marketing and R&D processes within organizations. In a study aimed at determining the most effective practices for developing...
May 01, 2015
Breakthrough innovation in established companies is particularly difficult, in part because breakthrough innovation requires a very different culture to sustain it than does incremental innovation...
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...
October 15, 2014
How to Turn Problem Solvers into Solution Seekers by Dismantling Boundaries at Work Denver, CO (October 15, 2014 )—Despite the growing pressure to adopt open, distributed models of innovation, very...
May 23, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee Creating & Implementing Breakthrough Technologies Dr. Robert S. Langer, David H. Koch Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Several different case studies...
August 21, 2014
Technology Innovation Companies Find Value in IRI Membership New Content Offerings Enhance the Speed of IRI’s Growth Arlington, VA (August 21, 2014): As the only association acting in support of...
July 01, 2010
You are leading a project urgently needed by your organization. How can you best motivate your team to meet a demanding schedule? Should you offer bonuses if the team meets a deadline? Not according...