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Recommendations for project managment training courses or providers.
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What criteria do you use for research fellows? Our leadership team would like to be able to recognize technical leadership and impact at a higher level (e.g. Similar level as a Director) through...
Can you help with Life Cycle Analyses? We are interested in gaining expertise on Life Cycle Analyses and methodologies. Do you have any information or recommendations for training, courses,...
Do you have an Innovation Board? If so: Who is on the board? Is there anyone from outside the company who participates? How often does it meet? What are typical agenda items? Is the board advisory,...
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...
Tuesday September 10, 2019 – Wednesday September 11, 2019
Attendance boasts some of the top names in global R&D. The Forum is kept to a manageable size to facilitate healthier discussion relevant to the agenda designed and structured by the participants.
How to establish a managerial career ladder and a technical career ladder.
Do you use an Innovation Index? At John Deere, we are considering developing an “Innovation Index”, an indicator that measures the health and performance of our innovation efforts. We recognize that...
Do you offer awards for innovation? I am doing benchmarking to determine what types of awards are offered for innovation. We have expanded globally and I am also interested to learn how other global...
If you are a CTO level innovation professional and are interested in participating in a future CTO Forum, please email Gabriella Herzberg ( herzberg@iriweb.org ).
January 25, 2019
As a large industrial corporation, we are eager to improve employee development to maintain a dynamic workforce. We currently have a formalized development program that offers social events,...
How do you organize R&D? The CTO from Procter & Gamble, Bruce Brown, gave an excellent presentation on "Why Innovation Matters: Mastering a Reliable, Repeatable Process" as the opening...
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...
Do you have a Formal System to Manage Tech Project Portfolio? Abraham Tijerina, Metalsa SA de CV We are considering developing/implementing a system to manage our technology project portfolio. We...