September 10, 2019
As the founder of Scanifly, John Novak is using technology to make renewable energy more accessible and affordable. Step 1: Logged in IRI Members click here for credential verification (only needed...
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Friday November 01, 2019 12:00pm – 1:00pm
LEGO Group launched an Agile transformation of its corporate digital departments in early 2018; this transformation included the introduction of a new digital operating model. One year into the...
Friday October 04, 2019 12:00pm – 1:00pm
There are blockchain projects in nearly every major industry occurring in more than 140 countries around the globe. More than 100 articles a day discuss cryptocurrency pricing alone. Blockchain...
September 05, 2019
Agile emerged in software development in the 1990s and became popular mainly after the issue of the Agile Manifesto by Beck and coauthors in 2001. Influenced by the culture of value maximization and...
September 05, 2019
Once the leadership team does the hard work of convincing an organization to look beyond its operational environment, the first question is often how far into the future the organization should...
September 05, 2019
In their quest to become more innovative, many firms try out new innovation approaches that are brought in from the outside. Design thinking has been one of these sought-after innovation approaches...
September 05, 2019
Large corporations often face the challenge of changing themselves for a variety of reasons. The Lean Startup methodology, created to power innovation development in startups, can be applied to...
September 05, 2019
Implementing Agile principles in large organizations is complex. Indeed, such organizations may struggle to prioritize people over processes, work over documentation, and flexibility over planning...
September 05, 2019
LEGO Group launched an Agile transformation of its corporate digital departments in early 2018; this transformation included the introduction of a new digital operating model. One year into the...
September 05, 2019
B.J. Fogg pioneered many concepts in the field of persuasive technology. He recognized early that technology could be designed to engage users—a concept that goes beyond usability. The increasing...
September 05, 2019
As companies get larger, team sizes, and the geographic and social distance separating team members, expand. While it’s difficult to measure team effectiveness, it’s easy to measure growth, revenue,...
September 05, 2019
Most people know that organizational bureaucracy is almost always a limiting factor for a healthy innovative environment. Order and routine do not go comfortably hand in hand with innovative methods...
September 05, 2019
Technology advances in miniaturization, wireless connectivity, and artificial intelligence are upending one industry after another; health care is poised for its own disruptive revolution. Portable...
September 05, 2019
Bend or twist an ordinary pair of wire-frame eyeglasses too much, and they will never go back to their original shape. But a pair made from shape-memory wire springs right back, over and over again...
September 05, 2019
The globe is crisscrossed by millions of miles of roads. They cover anywhere between 0.2 and 0.5 percent of land, a portion projected to more than double by 2050. That’s becoming a problem. Roads are...
September 05, 2019
Qualified doctors often find their way into the medical industry, but until recently they usually did so after practicing medicine for at least a few years. Now, however, a new trend has started to...