As part of IRI’s 75th Anniversary Celebration (2013) IRI commissioned the IRI2038 project, a futures study initiative. The project resulted in 4 plausible, yet provocative scenarios about the future...
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September 17, 2017
As part of its research program, the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) undertakes research platforms—strategic research projects focused on big questions and emerging issues in R&D management...
As part of IRI’s 75th Anniversary Celebration (2013) IRI commissioned the IRI2038 project, a futures study initiative. The project resulted in 4 plausible, yet provocative scenarios about the future...
October 20, 2015
Digitalization and R&D: Collaboration Building on the success of IRI’s first strategic research platform, the IRI2038 Futures Study, we have launched our next ground-breaking study: ‘The Next...
October 14, 2014
IRI Launches Major Research Project on Digitization Denver, CO (October 14, 2014 )—Finding the correct balance between investing in the development of new products and protecting existing business...
October 19, 2015
Digitalization and R&D: Big Data Building on the success of IRI’s first strategic research platform, the IRI2038 Futures Study, we have launched our next ground-breaking study: ‘The Next Industry...
March 05, 2014
A deep-dive into the scenario from the IRI2038 study, this project will further examine the ‘Hollywood Model’ of recruiting teams for research projects and its implications for R&D management...
April 28, 2015
Big Data: Digitalization in R&D Building on the success of IRI’s first strategic research platform, the IRI2038 Futures Study, we have launched our next ground-breaking study: ‘The Next Industry...
July 13, 2012
Authors Ted Farrington, Keith Henson (PepsiCo) and Christian Crews (AndSpace Consulting) outline four simple phases of foresight research methods used to influence the strategic research agenda at...
October 15, 2014
The Hollywood Model: Talent Management Implications Richard Antcliff, PhD, Director, OSACB, NASA Langley Research Center What if…. • all of your researchers and engineers were independent of any...
Thursday June 03, 2021 1:00pm – 4:30pm
Foresight for Innovation Ideation & Management is designed to help innovation leaders and researchers use the tools of corporate foresight to find relevant innovation targets and manage the...
January 05, 2016
IRI2038 Futures Presentation and Expert Panel Dr. Ted Farrington, Senior Consultant, AndSpace Consulting Mr. Christian Crews, Principal, AndSpace Consulting The IRI2038 Futures Audit and Weak Signals...
September 27, 2013
A summary of the results from the massively open online game (MOOG) Innovate2038, part of the IRI2038 Futures Study. http://iriwebblog.org/2013/09/27/final-innovate2038-game-roundup/
September 27, 2013
An overview of an online game hosted by IRI as part of its IRI2038 Futures Study research. http://iriwebblog.org/2013/09/27/innovate2038-envisioning-the-future-of-rd-with-global-crowd-sourcing/
Monday April 29, 2019 8:30am – 4:00pm
Wondering what artificial intelligence, autonomous robots, and smart systems will mean for you, your company, your industry, and even society as a whole? Wishing you had a structured way to think...
November 01, 2017
At a scenario planning event for Industrial Research Institute members, a participant asked, “If another group had the same trends would they have created the same scenario we did?” The answer is no...