July 01, 2017
What does an innovation career look like? For many, it is part of a career in R&D. For others, it is just a stop on the way to a marketing or product development career. Sometimes it starts as a...
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September 17, 2017
As a senior program manager for Lockheed Martin’s Revolutionary Technology Programs, Charles Chase oversees high-risk, high-reward projects. Step 1: Logged in IRI Members click here for credential...
July 12, 2018
Breakout Session Is it possible to remain competitive in a technology company when Moore’s Law makes everything obsolete before it ships? How should innovation teams think about technology strategy...
Tuesday May 12, 2020 11:00am – Friday May 22, 2020 3:00pm
IRI held it's 2020 Annual Conference entirely online, for the first time! This conference was held May 12-22nd with 2 to 3 virtual sessions per day with opportunities for attendees to network online...
October 10, 2017
As IRI and RTI launch their new trends initiative, SPRING, Ted Farrington reviews IRI's recent work on trends and the key findings from those studies. Jeff Cope and Tom Culver of RTI outline the...
Wednesday August 12, 2020 1:00pm
This webinar will include ways the pandemic challenges theories of change that influence our decision-making, how to get alignment on long-term projects during short term uncertainty, and...
May 24, 2011
The Essential Advantage: How to Win With a Capabilities-Driven Strategy Cesare Mainardi, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Booz and Company Winning companies align their strategic...
March 06, 2018
Millennials, the largest cohort in the workforce today, has been heavily stereotyped since entering it. They are negatively typecast as narcissistic, entitled, job hopping, and lazy, while more...
June 21, 2020
Our world is fast-changing, and has big problems that call for international collaborative solutions. Startups have the ideas and grit needed to solve these problems, but lack the resources or...
September 01, 2008
It is often claimed that research and development has its own, separate strategy. However, there are several strategies related to research, as well as to product and technology development, that...
October 19, 2015
Panelists discuss the drivers and trends behind the rising emphasis on agile growth strategies, e.g. reduced barriers to entry, shortened product business life cycles, the increasing reliance on data...
October 05, 2017
Research shows that more than half of companies are not killing products early enough in the commercialization process. This activity, while challenging, is necessary for a healthy product portfolio...
July 01, 2009
The ability of internal R&D to contribute to a company’s revenue growth is weakened by the presence of conditions termed R&D Value Eroders TM. These conditions erode the relevance of R&D...
September 01, 2012
Two recent books challenged my thinking about human nature and organizational leadership: The Social Conquest of Earth by the distinguished biologist Edward O. Wilson and Steve Jobs by Walter...
May 21, 2014
Keynote: PepsiCo Global R&D Mehmood Khan, M.D, Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, Global Research and Development, PepiCo Profound changes and challenges are occurring in the...
November 20, 2013
Backcasting Workshop Results: San Jose & Globally – Session 1 Dr. Ted Farrington, Senior Consultant, AndSpace Consulting Mr. Christian Crews, Principal, AndSpace Consulting Results from each of...