Professional Development

Customized Training Workshops

Like many other business decisions, choosing training for your organization is strategic. As an alternative to the scheduled workshops, IRI professional development can customize training workshops to meet your team or organization’s specific needs based on your format and schedule preferences.

Shaping Innovation Leaders

Gain a competitive edge by equipping your high-potential innovation leaders with better business skills.

This intensive one-week course delivers the skills, concepts, language, and tools that innovation leaders need to make more effective strategic decisions and communicate those decisions to those in different business functions.

The Applied Innovation Certificates Program

The Applied Innovation Certificates Program is designed to support R&D and innovation professionals who want to deepen their understanding of key innovation topics and strengthen their ability to lead and contribute within dynamic and multifaceted innovation landscapes. These certificate opportunities are well suited for R&D professionals who are seeking to expand their innovation toolkit and gain a recognized certificate that reflects their commitment to innovation and continued professional development.




Upcoming Events

1721
August 2026
Multi-Day · In-Person Event | Ohio

Future Ready Innovation Tour: Building Tomorrow’s Manufacturing R&D Leaders

Field Trip
Future Ready Innovation Tour: Building Tomorrow’s Manufacturing R&D Leaders
18
August 2026
In-Person Event | Cleveland, Ohio

IRI Workshop: Future R&D Capabilities Preview: Findings, Discussion and Networking Reception

Join IRI for an early look at findings from the Future R&D Capabilities Study and a facilitated discussion on the skills, structures and leadership capabilities manufacturers will need in the years ahead. This reception-style engagement will bring together R&D, innovation,…

TUESDAY 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Workshop
IRI Workshop: Future R&D Capabilities Preview: Findings, Discussion and Networking Reception
19
August 2026
Virtual Event

Open Innovation Roundtable Series

A recurring virtual roundtable where IRI members compare notes on external partnerships, co-development, and open innovation practice. One signup covers every session in the series.

WEDNESDAY 12:00 pm Roundtable
Open Innovation Roundtable Series
20
August 2026
In-Person Event | Cincinnati, Ohio

IRI Workshop: Future-Ready R&D Workshop: Building the Capabilities Tomorrow’s Teams Need

Put future-focused concepts into practice with Growth Signals’ AI-Native Stage-Gate Workshop. For more than forty years, the Stage-Gate process has been the dominant framework for moving new products from idea to launch. It was built for a world in which…

THURSDAY 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm Workshop
IRI Workshop: Future-Ready R&D Workshop: Building the Capabilities Tomorrow’s Teams Need