Thriving amid disruption has become a defining challenge for innovation leaders as change accelerates across industries and markets. Anticipating transformation—both within an industry and beyond its traditional boundaries—allows organizations to prepare for emerging risks and opportunities before they fully materialize. At the same time, leaders must balance bold, exploratory innovation with the need for certainty, ensuring organizations can move decisively while maintaining stability and trust.
IRI has and continues to address these issues in whitepapers, video presentations, community forum surveys, RTM journal articles, and webinar recordings, accessible through our Resource Center.
Transformational:
Designing Organizations as Service Ecosystems Using Speculative Service Design (RTM journal article)
Designing Desirable Futures Through Speculative Artifacts—Lessons from Two Global Design Studios (RTM journal article)
Growth:
Innovating Amid Geopolitical Uncertainty (RTM journal article)
Making Europe Innovate Again (RTM journal article)
Foresight That Shifts Thinking (RTM journal article)
Generational Workplace Shifts- Historical Lessons for Modern Leaders (RTM journal article)
Foundational:
2026 Trends Forecast (RTM journal article)
Resilience (RTM journal article)
Resilience by Design: Building a Culture that Powers Innovation Through Risks (Report)
Future Making: Foresighting, Imagining, and Crafting Desirable Futures (RTM journal article)
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