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...
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March 01, 2011
It is the distinct role of senior management to manage the risk of innovation—to decide when to make the big bets and how to make the little bets that create options for the future. Nevertheless, it...
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...
What Metrics Do You Use for Open Innovation? How does your organization specify Open Innovation metrics and measure key performance indicators? Do you relate the OI Metric as percentage of net sales...
May 10, 2012
Industry award honors life-long commitment to innovation Indian Wells, CA, May 10, 2012 – The Industrial Research Institute (IRI) last evening bestowed its illustrious Medal upon Dr. F. Emil Jacobs,...
Knowledge management best practices.
The research & development activities of our company support a very mature chemical process industry. One support group focuses on developing conceptual process designs to help researchers...
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...
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...
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...
When is a new product considered 'commercial'? How do people decide when a new product is "commercial"? I am looking for a short definition that the project team can use to guide their decision. -...
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.
August 21, 2014
New Content Offerings Enhance the Speed of IRI’s Growth Arlington, VA (August 21, 2014): As the only association acting in support of technology innovation managers across every industry, it is no...
Wednesday September 30, 2020 1:00pm – 5:00pm
The IRI Virtual i101 course is designed to provide an introduction to topics of managing corporate innovation. In it, the participants will learn both the essential tools for managing innovation and...
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...
Thursday October 21, 2021 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Join IRI's Lee Green as she interviews Jeff Cope, Director, Strategy and Innovation, RTI Innovation Advisors. She and Jeff will discuss the key learnings so far from IRI and RTI's four case studies...