June 09, 2020
Do you ever feel like your teams are in motion, but not making progress? While big companies recognize their need to transform in response to rapidly changing markets and disruptive forces, they are...
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May 26, 2020
This video & power point presentation is a description of ACOUSTIBuilt™ Innovation, how the R&D team was compiled, typical sprints & scrums and their results as well as the iterative...
Thursday July 16, 2020 12:00pm
Bob was named Senior Vice President – Chief Technology Officer at A. O. Smith in December 2010. He had served as Vice President of the Milwaukee-based research and engineering facility since February...
Thursday June 18, 2020 12:00pm
Youngjin is the Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Professor of Entrepreneurship and professor of information systems in the Department of Design & Innovation at the Weatherhead School of...
June 12, 2020
We Stand in Solidarity #BlackLivesMatter Over the past two weeks, IRI has stood in solidarity and remained absent from social media as a sign of respect. We can no longer remain silent. We are...
May 01, 2020
The past few years have seen a surge of interest in quantum biology: the application of the concepts of quantum physics to research in life science. The idea is hardly new; interest in applying...
May 01, 2020
What most people know about electrochemistry probably begins and ends with the “cold fusion” tabletop experiment from the 1980s that promised virtually unlimited free energy before being roundly...
March 01, 2020
We humans, it seems, like to leave a messy trail wherever we go—whether it’s our oceans, our cities, and, yes, even our outer space. Several hundred Plastic bottles and other plastic pollution covers...
May 01, 2020
As the versatile, inexpensive plastics we depend on drown us in a sea of waste, a resulting “plastiphobia” is spurring demands for solutions. More and more companies have committed to increasing...
May 01, 2020
One day, Amazon will fail. —Jeff Bezos I was watching You’ve Got Mail the other day, that not-so-old movie that had as its backdrop the creative destruction of the corner bookstore. The category-...
May 01, 2020
Youngjin Yoo has been studying the digitalization of physical products and services for many years. Success will not be as simple as making products smart and connected or enabling a service...
May 01, 2020
Project managers want to make better decisions, especially regarding impactful projects like new product development projects that require significant resource commitments to resolve technical...
May 01, 2020
Online-based retailers have made competing in the physical retail industry increasingly challenging. Building strong experiences to differentiate from the online-based players is key to survival...
May 01, 2020
The retail grocery sector is not a leader in new product development due to inherent innovation risks and retailers’ complex relationships with suppliers. Product co-innovation is an effective way to...
May 01, 2020
For artificial intelligence (AI) technology to impact society positively, the major AI companies must coordinate their efforts and agree on safe practices. The social legitimacy of AI development...
March 01, 2020
Clay Christensen (1952–2020) was a giant in the field of innovation. The Innovator’s Dilemma remains one of the best books on innovation that I have ever read. It is both theoretically rigorous and...