IRI e-Innovation Newsletter

No. 431

December 2015

2015: A Retrospective

Q4: Member Summit

"Agile Growth Strategies" and the BEST

conversations about R&D management.

#IRISummit15

Inside the JW Marriott, Chicago, IL

Watch the highlight reel

Maurice Holland Award

Abhijit Ganguly & Jim Euchner

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Winning Article: Business Model Innovation in Practice

View Member Summit Presentations

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Q3: Fall Networks

The 2015 Fall Networks Attendee List

Dearborn, MI

Sept. 16-18

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Q2: Annual Meeting and

Shaping Innovation Leaders

#IRIAM15

How to put customers at the core and democratize innovation in your company.

Democratizing Innovation Panel

Seattle, WA

Watch the highlight reel

View Annual Meeting Presentations

IRI Medal

Subra Suresh

President

Carnegie Mellon University

IRI Achievement Award

Charles W. Hull

Co-founder and CTO

3D Systems, Inc.

Passing the Gavel

New Board Chairman

Tom Kavassalis

VP, Strategy and Alliances

The Xerox Innovation Group

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Shaping Innovation Leaders

"The Shaping Innovation Leaders program enabled me to meaningfully participate in broader business conversations, outside of technology. Send potential innovation leaders to Shaping Innovation Leaders before they take more responsibility ... and leverage the investment early on."

Alex Foessel, Director

Technology Innovation Center and Customer Support

Latin America

Deere & Company

Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
May 30 - June 5

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Q1: Spring Networks

Attendees to the 2015

Spring Multi-Network Meeting

San Diego, CA

March 17 - 19

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ALL YEAR

IRI's Next Big Thing:

Digitalization and its Implications in

R&D Management

This project has divided into three teams:

Collaboration

Big Data

Virtual Experimentation and Simulation

Research has been underway since early 2015 and will conclude at the 2016 Member Summit in Chicago, IL.

Contact Lee Green for more info.

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IRI2028 Futures Study

In early 2015, the summary book for IRI's groundbreaking study into the future of R&D management was published.

Get your copy in time for the holidays!

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IRI Research

IRI oversees volunteer research teams exploring a multitude of topics around R&D management.

Here are the projects of 2015:

Upcoming Events

2016 Annual Meeting

Orlando, FL

May 23 - 26

Keynote Speakers:

Bernard S. Meyerson

Chief Innovation Officer, IBM

Chairman of the Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies for the World Economic Forum

Peter H. Diamandis

Co-Founder/Vice-Chairman, Human Longevity Inc.
Chairman & CEO, XPRIZE Foundation

Kaigham "Ken" Gabriel
President & CEO

Draper

Vinton G. Cerf

Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist

Google

Spring Meeting
March 7 - 9
Louisville, KY
Registration Opening Soon

June 4 - 10
Evanston, IL
Download the
Registration Form

Thank You 2015 Industry Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

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In This Issue

2015: A Retrospective

Upcoming Events

Thank You 2015 Industry Sponsors

Membership Renewal

Tomorrow's Brown Bag

Meet IRI's Class of 2015

How to Keep Talent from Leaving

Why Companies Struggle with Lean Startup

Remembering Jules Blake

Managing Innovation in a "Data-field" World

Share Your Good News

If you haven't done so already, be sure to renew your membership and pay your dues prior to January 15th to secure the early payment discount.

You can easily renew online here.

If you have any questions regarding renewal, please contact Erika Toman.

BROWN BAG:

Learn How B2B Technology Led Companies Can Create and Validate IoT Business Models

Tomorrow!

Friday, Dec. 4, 2015

Noon Eastern

Join author Tim Ogilvie, CEO, Peer Insight, to explore
"How to Thrive in the Era of Collaborative Services Entrepreneurship."

Register now

Meet IRI's

Class of 2015

IRI was proud to welcome these 14 new members in 2015:

Interested in membership?

How to Keep Top Technical Talent from Leaving

R&D managers report tech talent retention as a top five concern year after year in the annual R&D Trends Forecast reports conducted by IRI.

Reporting on the research conducted by IRI members and RTM contributors over the years, IRI's Greg Holden explores the best practices in rewarding and retaining top technical talent in R&D organizations in IRI's Flashpoint, concluding that:

"Managers are on the front lines of this balancing act [retaining tech employees]. Know your people, know what they are good at, know what they are bad at, and know what they want. Successful retention of staff, technical or otherwise, starts with management."

Read the article.

Why IRI Members Struggle with Lean Startup

John Bacon

CEO

iP2Biz

Detailing the most common mistakes and misapprehensions surrounding the implementation of lean startup in large organization's, John Bacon, CEO of iP2Biz, contributed great advice to IRI's membership in a guest article on IRI's Flashpoint.

His advice covers a range of areas, explaining why companies shouldn't depend on traditional marketing teams to drum up contacts and customers; why aggregating Lean Startup into the stage gate process is a huge mistake; and, how adherence to an existing business model kills most innovation, among many other nuggets of great wisdom.

Read the article.

Remembering

Jules Blake