Events
RTM Lunch & Learn Discussion with Benjamin Shrager
Does your company need help to analyze the potential of alternative technologies? Benjamin Shrager, an engineer with the US Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity––Advanced Grid Research & Development, has developed a framework for this type of analysis. In an…
FRIDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Innovation ROI Best Practices – PILOT Project Update
This project is working to identify best practices for measuring the ROI of innovation, learn more about it
MONDAY 12:00 pm Research Project
The Human Side of Technology: Leading People Through Digital Transformation – PILOT Project Update
This project is focused on creating insights related to the human side of digital transformation, learn more about it
MONDAY 12:00 pm Research Project
Digitalization Thought Leader Interview – Randall Wright, MIT
Join IRI’s Lee Green as she interviews Randall Wright, Program Director for MIT’s Office of Corporate Relations. They will discuss how companies need to practice reconnaissance to identify innovative thinkers and the next disrupters, how sensors will be game changers,…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm Thought Leader Interview
DEI Thought Leader Interview – Nancy DiTomaso, Rutgers Business School
Join IRI’s Lee Green as she interviews Nancy DiTomaso, Distinguished Professor of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business School—Newark and New Brunswick. They will cover her research into diversity, culture, and inequality, as well as the management of knowledge-based…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm Thought Leader Interview
Digitalization Thought Leader Interview – John Simmins, Alfred University
IRI’s Lee Green will interview John Simmins, Executive Director for Research and Economic Development at Alfred University and augmented reality evangelist. They will discuss John’s experience with and recommendations for the use of smart glasses as well as his vision…
FRIDAY 12:00 pm Thought Leader Interview
DEI Thought Leader Interview – Carolyn McMullen, J.M. Smucker
Join IRI’s Lee Green as she interviews Carolyn McMullen, Senior Scientist, Products Research, Food, at the J.M. Smucker Company. They will discuss Carolyn’s work on establishing an LGBTQ+ employee resource group in the organization, including the impact the group is…
MONDAY 12:00 pm Thought Leader Interview
Digitalization Thought Leader Interview – Mickey McManus, Senior Advisor, BCG
Join IRI’s Lee Green as she interviews Mickey McManus, Senior Advisor, BCG. They will discuss Mickey’s time at Carnegie Mellon University, MAYA (Most Advanced, Yet Acceptable), Autodesk, and BCG, covering key topics, including: Interdisciplinary creation; Generative design; Building effective human/machine…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm Thought Leader Interview
DEI Thought Leader Interview – Corinne Post, Villanova School of Business
IRI’s Lee Green will interview Corinne Post, the Fred J. Springer Endowed Chair in Business Leadership and Professor of Management at Villanova School of Business. They will discuss Corinne’s research into: The impacts of belonging to a specific group (women,…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm Thought Leader Interview
RTM Lunch & Learn Discussion with Varun Nagaraj
Join us for a discussion of “How Product Managers Use Senseshaping to Drive the Front-end of Digital Product Innovation,” a Research-Technology Management (RTM) Lunch & Learn Discussion with Varun Nagaraj. Nagaraj will discuss five senseshaping practices that can help product…
FRIDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Digitalization Thought Leader Interview – Sharon Feng, PPG
IRI’s Lee Green will interview Sharon Feng, Director of Science and Technology and Global Analytical Science at PPG to learn about their long-standing efforts at digitalization, including their Fast Forward initiative and handling legacy data.
THURSDAY 12:00 pm Thought Leader Interview
IRI DEI Thought Leader Interview – Elaine Franklin and Mark Townley, Kenan Fellows Program
Join IRI’s Lee Green as she interviews Elaine Franklin, Director, and Mark Townley, Assistant Director of Programs, at the
THURSDAY 12:00 pm Thought Leader Interview
