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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...
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 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...
October 15, 2014
Pursuing Whitespace Opportunities ROR Stage: Gathering and analyzing data This ROR considers the challenge faced by Central R&D and Business Development teams who, at times, identify new...
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 14, 2014
Six Keys to Enabling an Innovation Culture Richard Lee, PhD, President & Founder, Value Innovation, Inc. Changing the culture of an organization to enable innovation has been a continuing...
October 14, 2014
Keynote: Leveraging the Edge John Seely Brown, PhD, Visiting Scholar & Advisor to the Provost, University of Southern California We all know how relatively easy it is to create innovative new...
November 01, 2011
OVERVIEW: In 2001, Corning faced a near-death experience. Growth had halted and revenues had plummeted. But Corning survived, and today it is thriving. The strength Corning built in facing that...
July 01, 2011
Over the past 20 years, I’ve worked in 11 of the 19 emerging markets Standard & Poor’s has identified in Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America (S&P 2010). During that time, a number of...
Do you have an Innovation Board? If so: Who is on the board? Is there anyone from outside the company who participates? How often does it meet? What are typical agenda items? Is the board advisory,...
How can we best handle the transition to an open plan office? Our organization is anticipating a change to an open office floor plan. To help prepare for success, what lessons learned can you share?...