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...
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April 28, 2015
RI2038: Everything's in Beta ROR Stage: exploration and planning In 2015, we will be taking a deep-dive into the ‘Everything’s in Beta’ scenario from the IRI2038 study and its implications for R&...
December 07, 2012
The IRI2038 Futures Audit and Environmental Scan identified over 30 potential future drivers of change in R&D management. Futures Wheels for a few of these were completed at the IRI Member Summit...
October 20, 2015
Digitalization and R&D: Virtual Experimentation & Simulation Building on the success of IRI’s first strategic research platform, the IRI2038 Futures Study, we have launched our next ground-...
April 29, 2015
Digitalization and R&D - Virtual Experimentation and Simulation: Building on the success of IRI’s first strategic research platform, the IRI2038 Futures Study, we have launched our next ground-...
Technology Value Program 19-1 Balancing Risk in the R&D Portfolio 18-3 Innovation Governance 18-2 Innovation Dashboard Metrics 16-5 Recruiting and Retaining Early Career Technical Talent 16-4...
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/
The Reprint Collection includes the best papers published in RTM. The articles chosen in these special collections were selected to give you a better perspective on managing technological innovation...
May 30, 2019
Did you miss SPRINGBOARD in October? This is your chance to get a piece of that experience. The SPRING team will take you into the three plausible, yet provocative scenarios that they have developed...
Completed October 2017 IRI's 2017 Strategic Research Platform: Strategic Challenges in R&D Talent Management Following on from the IRI2038 Futures Study and the Digitalization and R&D...
May 01, 2013
IRI2038 has moved into the extrapolation phase (Figure 1.) In this stage of the project, we are using implications wheels and expert panels to project potential future impacts of the trends and weak...
November 08, 2011
Using Strategic Foresight Methods to Influence Your Breakthrough Innovation Agenda Dr. Ted Farrington, Senior Consultant, AndSpace ConsultingPepsiCo R&D conducted an 18 month pilot program that...
May 21, 2013
IRI Brings Together International Associations to Launch Historic Partnership WASHINGTON (May 21, 2013) — Leaders from the world’s premier industrial research associations gathered today at the...
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...
May 16, 2017
IRI Research Project: Strategic Challenges in R&D Management Research Initiative Previously the IRI completed a study to evaluate how the management of science and technology would change by the...
IRI Research: Two Types of Projects Strategic projects: These projects are developed by IRI based on member input (Voice of Member data, task forces). They are managed by members and IRI staff...