May 24, 2011
Collaboration Continuum Explore how various Enterprise 2.0 and web tools, such as Knowledge Management Systems, SharePoint and wikis, can leverage a company’s accessibility to and growth of knowledge...
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May 25, 2011
Institutionalizing Innovation Competencies This working group identifies firms that are investing in building a capability for breakthrough innovation and who are concerned with developing innovation...
November 08, 2011
Institutionalizing Innovation Competencies This ROR working group identifies firms that are investing in building a capability for breakthrough innovation and who are concerned with developing...
May 27, 2012
What are the cultural and behavioral elements that drive and sustain innovation over the long term? What are the common reoccurring themes that drive innovation across industries with large R&D...
May 10, 2012
Lessons Learned from Selection and Execution of Emerging Business Areas Robert Kirschbaum, Vice President Open Innovation, Royal DSM The Dutch company Royal DSM has changed its business portfolio...
May 09, 2012
Meeting Tomorrow's Energy Demands F. E. (Emil) Jacobs, Vice President Research and Development, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company For more than 150 years, technological innovation has been...
May 08, 2012
Adventures Beyond The Core David N. Edwards , Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Avery Dennison All successful companies know how to innovate in their core, serving known customers in known...
What are your lab and pilot plant utilization levels? R&D Laboratories and Pilot Plants have various levels of utilization. How have you measured the utilization levels at your company? What...
What guidelines do you use for R&D and CQA record retention? What guidelines do you use for R&D and Corporate Quality Assurance record retention? This includes R&D laboratory notebooks,...
Where is Corporate Regulatory Affairs in your company? We are in the process of examining our organizational structure and we would like to know where other organizations place the reporting...
How do you handle admin tasks? Who in your organization receives assistant support and what tasks are handled by the assistants? What technological tools do you use to handle administrative tasks,...
What capabilities do you need to work globally? What behavioral and organizational capabilities have been successful for R&D organizations to function effectively and productively in different...
How long does it take to generate an MSDS? In your organization, how long does it take to generate a new Material Safety Data Sheet in support of R&D? - Vice President, R&D, Global chemical...
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 Panel: Evolution of Innovation Thought - 75 Years of Innovation Nicholas M. Donofrio, former Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology, IBM Corporation Dr. Mostafa...
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...