September 15, 2015
What are companies doing to build an innovation culture? Innovation is more than just inventing new products—it's inventing new ways of making those products, and new ways to manage the people...
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2010 - 2014 Deliverables Report out Member Summit 2014 Description This ROR investigated how firms develop innovation workforce excellence and career paths for innovation experts as a mechanism for...
2011 - 2012 Deliverables Presentation , 2012 Annual Meeting Description The Managing Global R&D Networks working group sought to identify and communicate the best practices and experiences...
2005 - 2006 Deliverables Report out Annual Meeting 2007 Aligning Marketing and Technology to Drive Innovation , RTM, Volume 52, Issue 5, 2009 Description Being first to market with advanced...
January 07, 2011
Tucker Marion, assistant professor in Northeastern University’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, College of Business Administration , leads discussion on “Innovating for Effectiveness: Lessons...
November 18, 2011
Bob Rosenfeld and Idea Connection Systems is offering IRI Membership the opportunity to take the innovation assessment ISPI® (Innovation Strengths Preference Indicator®) at no cost (normally $75)...
April 13, 2012
Today’s younger generation are wired different from their predecessors. Those born between 1977 – 1997, the ‘net generation’ or Generation Y, have a natural ability for all things digital that often...
November 02, 2012
The Collaboration Continuum project set out to understand the business value of Enterprise 2.0 systems (including tools such as social networking forums, blogs, wikis, among others) in enabling...
January 11, 2016
Ancient Sumer (ca. 3500 BCE), like most of the world at that time, faced a number of challenges in operating a kingdom and maintaining a functional society. One key function essential to the survival...
March 01, 2013
Join author Rob Spencer, director of research at Imaginatik, to discuss why Your Teams Aren’t Good Enough . This article, from the January-February 2013 issue of RTM, kicks off Rob’s regular column “...
March 11, 2013
A look at how organizational culture influences innovation and why people matter to making a more effective culture. http://iriwebblog.org/2013/03/11/balancing-personnel-needs-in-your-innovation-...
February 06, 2015
Dr. Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, NYU, conducts live Q&A after a replay of her Member Summit 2014 keynote presentation. https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/events/401/video_presentation...
Does your organization do flex time? Has anyone implemented flex time in an R&D environment? What has worked best for your organization? - Deb Dihel, Director of R&D, ConAgra Foods Community...
Are virtual teams effective? Are non-virtual teams more effective than virtual teams? Is there any good research based literature on the topic? - VP Technology, Advanced Materials Supplier Community...
How do you honor fellows who leave the company? We have a Fellows program for colleagues with technical excellence at the highest possible level within the company. While the program has been in...
Do you have a target ratio for HSE professionals? Does your organization target a certain numerical ratio of HSE professionals to site occupants? - HSE Manager, Global Petrochemical Company Community...