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Accelerating Innovation through Gen AI in Manufacturing Companies
Presentation with Lou Musante October 2025 R&D organizations rely on a complex mix of tools to accelerate innovation, from foundational AI platforms to design thinking practices and stage-gate methods like patent mining. Yet adoption of new tools is often uneven, with murky ROI and cultural resistance. We recently hosted the launch of a groundbreaking research […]
Audio Presentation/Podcast
Innovation, Tools and Techniques, Artificial Intellegence
10/30/2025
Innovation Research Interchange
How ExxonMobil initiates, manages, and supports open innovation
Presentation with Kyle Bassler-Reeder October 2025 R&D organizations rely on a complex mix of tools to accelerate innovation, from foundational AI platforms to design thinking practices and stage-gate methods like patent mining. Yet adoption of new tools is often uneven, with murky ROI and cultural resistance. Open innovation can unlock vast global expertise—but only when […]
Audio Presentation/Podcast
Innovation, Tools and Techniques, Tools for success
10/23/2025
Innovation Research Interchange
Advancing Sustainability: IRI Maturity Model Insights from Eastman, GAF, and PPG
Advancing Sustainability highlights how leading companies are embedding sustainability into innovation using the IRI Sustainability Maturity Model, which defines four stages, Beginning, Improving, Succeeding, and Leading. The model offers a roadmap for integrating sustainability into strategy, culture, and product development. Case studies of Eastman, GAF, and PPG illustrate this progression. Eastman’s A Better Circle initiative […]
Report
Innovation, Tools and Techniques, Enhance Sustainability
10/16/2025
Innovation Research Interchange
IRI’s Sustainability Tools and Techniques
Sustainability Maturity and Beyond IRI’s research into sustainability and innovation doesn’t stop with maturity. Check out further research into integrating sustainability into new product development and driving innovation through sustainability, along with tools to assess your progress. A Maturity Model for Sustainability in New Product Development (RTM journal article) Integrating Sustainability into New Product Development […]
Tool
Enhance Sustainability, Tools and Techniques
10/16/2025
Innovation Research Interchange
Community Forum – How do you do your LCAs?
A: How do you do your LCAs? Please find below the responses to this week’s IRI Community Forum Survey. Thank you to those who took the time to add their input! From an IRI member: We are trying to identify the most used software for conducting LCA and carbon footprint assessments, particularly in the packaging […]
Survey (Community Forum)
Enhance Sustainability
10/10/2025
Innovation Research Interchange
Managing Substances of Concern: A Smarter Approach to Sustainable Innovation
Thought Leader Interview with Lori Austino September 2025 In this episode Lee Green interviews Lori Austino, DuPont’s global technology leader, about how the company defines and manages substances of concern. Lori explains the shift from acute to chronic toxicants, the development of internal standards and substance lists, and the principles that guide existing products versus […]
Audio Presentation/Podcast
Environmental, Enhance Sustainability, Sustainability and ESG
09/25/2025
Innovation Research Interchange
Accelerating Product Development: The Industrial Shift to AI/ML-Driven Formulation
Thought Leader Interview with Jeff Sanders September 2025 In this discussion, we explore the fast-changing role of modeling and machine learning in formulation design, shifting from a supportive tool to a driving force of innovation. Once a “nice to have,” computational modeling is now reducing reliance on costly, time-intensive experiments and accelerating product development across […]
Audio Presentation/Podcast
Knowledge Management, Knowledge Transfer, Artificial Intellegence
09/18/2025
Innovation Research Interchange
Innovation Tools – Catalyzing Their Adoption
Presentation with Dr. Julie S. Linsey, Dr. Michael Helms, and Kristoffer Sjolund August 2025 R&D organizations rely on a complex mix of tools to accelerate innovation, from foundational AI platforms to design thinking practices and stage-gate methods like patent mining. Yet adoption of new tools is often uneven, with murky ROI and cultural resistance. What […]
Audio Presentation/Podcast
Innovation, Tools and Techniques, Tools for success
08/28/2025
Innovation Research Interchange
The Economics of Artificial Intelligence
A Conversation with Ajay Agrawal As artificial intelligence drives the cost of prediction toward zero, Ajay Agrawal emphasizes the growing importance of human judgment. In a conversation with Jim Euchner, he explains that while machines excel at prediction, only people can weigh values, preferences, and trade-offs. The article highlights the difference between point solutions, where […]
RTM Publication
Innovation, Artificial Intellegence
08/25/2025
Jim Euchner et al.
The Role of Formal and Informal Learning in Developing an Organizational Learning Culture
Organizational learning cultures are key determinants of innovation. Despite growing recognition of their importance, establishing organizational learning cultures remains challenging, highlighting the need for a deeper understanding of how to do so. This study scrutinizes the process of developing an organizational learning culture, exploring the role of formal and informal learning. It addresses the need […]
RTM Publication
Innovation, Culture
08/25/2025
Desiree Laubengaier et al.
How Coopetition Relationships Impact Breakthrough Innovation for Incumbent Enterprises
Incumbent enterprises are the primary drivers of independent innovation in science and technology. However, due to organizational inertia, these enterprises often face significant obstacles when attempting to carry out innovative activities. Therefore, configuring coopetition relationships is essential for achieving breakthrough innovation. This study employs response surface modeling to explore the influence mechanism between coopetition relationships […]
RTM Publication
Breakthrough Innovation, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Transfer
08/25/2025
Xin Kang et al.
How Investor–Investee Relatedness Matters in Corporate Venture Capital Investment
Innovation partnerships between technology ventures and established firms, particularly through corporate venture capital (CVC) investments, are key drivers of innovation performance. However, the joint effects of technology and market knowledge relatedness on CVC investors’ innovation remain unclear. Drawing on data from 470 CVC portfolios in the semiconductor and biopharmaceutical industries, this study examines how knowledge […]
RTM Publication
Knowledge Management, Knowledge Transfer, Innovation
08/25/2025
Pek Hooi Soh et al.