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First IRI2038 Column Published in RTM
The IRI2038 team is publishing a column in each RTM issue this year to make readers aware of the project and provoke some thinking about the next 25 years of R&D management.
In the Jan-Feb 2013 issue, IRI2038 is introduced and highlights of the Futures Audit and Weak Signals scan are reported.
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Welcome to the fifth edition of the IRI2038 monthly newsletter designed to keep you updated on this exciting futures project commissioned by IRI as part of its 75th anniversary jubilee in 2013.
What is IRI2038?
IRI2038 is a futures project exploring these questions:
- How will possible future developments, trends, and events impact the art and science of research and technology management over the next 25 years?
- How must IRI evolve to best serve its membership in these various views of the future?
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Implications Wheels Progress
Completing implications wheels for 10 trends and 23 weak signals from the Futures Audit and Weak Signals Environmental Scan, respectively, is the main activity at this time as these will be used as input for IRI2038 workshops at the ROR Winter Meeting. The IRI2038 team has engaged the IRI membership and other Subject Matter Experts to ensure some diversity of thought in developing these.
Several trends and signals have significant human capital and strategic HR implications (The Era of Women, Freelance R&D, Augmented Workforce, and Global War for Talent). We were very fortunate to assemble the following SME's to develop these IWs and want to thank them for their contributions:
On a sad note, a couple weeks after helping assemble this team, John Chaisson passed away unexpectedly on December 19th. His leadership and mentorship in the human capital management arena will be missed.
Other implications wheels have been completed by PepsiCo, Foresight Alliance, Crown, Dow, and the University of Houston Department of Futures Studies. We thank everyone who has assisted with this effort thus far and still have opportunities for others to contribute if possible.
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IRI2038 at the ROR Winter Meeting
 The IRI2038 team will host three facilitated workshops at IRI's ROR Winter Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Flordida, February 25 - 27.
Each workshop will use systems thinking methods to search for interactions among the extrapolated weak signals and trends from the Futures Audit (both extrapolated as implications wheels).
These results will form the basis for three future scenarios that are the key deliverables from this project. This is a GREAT opportunity to participate in IRI2038 and make certain your views are heard regarding the future scenarios. See you in Fort Lauderdale!
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Project Reports and Newsletters
 All IRI2038 project reports to date are available online. These are accessible by all IRI members plus others who participated in the project:
Contact Jennifer Blenkle if you are a participant but not an IRI member to receive these reports.
Also, make sure to check out the August, September, November and December issues of the IRI2038 Newsletter so you can bring yourself up to date and find out more about this group's project plan.
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Current Project Status
Please feel free to contact us with questions and comments about this project!
Sincerely,
Ted Farrington, PepsiCo
Christian Crews, AndSpace Consulting
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