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October 17, 2012
Putting Technology and Marketing in the Driver's Seat of Innovation Gregory W. Nelson, PhD, Senior VP and CTO, Eastman Chemical Company Like championship race cars, winning world-class innovation...
May 21, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee Innovation Culture Exploration ROR Stage: New project forming Join colleagues to shape the research focus of this new ROR working group investigating how IRI member companies are...
May 21, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee Generational Differences in R&D Leadership Expectations ROR Stage: 3-Hour ROR (data gathered, information analyzed, and conclusions disseminated at Jubilee) This ROR will...
May 21, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee Institutionalizing Innovation Competency Through People ROR Stage: Gathering & analyzing data This ROR is investigating how firms develop innovation workforce excellence;...
May 21, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee Panel: Technology Leadership and Competitiveness Norm Augustine, Retired Chairman & CEO, Lockheed Martin John McDonald, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Chevron...
May 22, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee Keynote: P&G - 175 Years of Innovation Robert A. McDonald, Vice Chairman-Global Operations, Procter & Gamble For 175 years, P&G has demonstrated the capability to...
November 20, 2013
Weak Ties and Innovation ROR Stage: gathering and analyzing data, finalizing research approach This ROR will explore what features of organizational design or social networking help employees...
November 20, 2013
Innovation Culture ROR Stage: project forming This ROR will examine how culture within an organization can impact the level of innovation coming from it. The ROR team hypothesizes that there is not...
November 19, 2013
Challenges for the Sustainable Future: Profit Mr. Dave Whorton, Founder & Managing Partner, TugBoat Ventures The key force of progress is the entrepreneur. Because of their creativity, we have...
May 21, 2014
Institutionalizing Innovation Competencies ROR Stage: wrapping up Premise: Breakthrough Innovation requires a distinctive management system, including innovation expertise. • Beyond R&D, many...
May 20, 2014
Weak Ties and Innovation ROR Stage: gathering and analyzing data This ROR is exploring what features of organizational design or social networking help employees maintain relationships with weak ties...
October 15, 2014
Innovation Culture ROR Stage: gathering and analyzing data This ROR is examining how culture within an organization can impact the level of innovation coming from it. This working group hypothesizes...
October 15, 2014
Effective Implementation of R&D Strategy by Using a Change Management Lens Michael (Mike) Blackburn, MS, ThD, Portfolio/Program Leader, Cargill Global Research Management Kimberly Miller, Food R...
January 03, 2016
Changing Culture Through Big Visions Tamara Carleton, PhD, Chief Executive and Founder, Innovation Leadership Board LLC Visions give teams a way to drive cultural change. Hear how several companies...
October 14, 2014
Innovation is in Our Genes: How DSM Fosters an Innovation Culture Robert Kirschbaum, Vice President Open Innovation, Royal DSM DSM is a company that reinvented itself: it started as a mining company...