Professional Development
Professional Development Program offers dynamic and diverse learning programs on innovation discipline based on B2B real-world experiences that happen today with tomorrow’s foresight. Our program offers all facets of business: leadership, continuous improvement, new product development, breakthrough innovation, and management.
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
Innovation Excellence Roundtable Series
A recurring virtual roundtable for IRI members focused on innovation process, speed, and organizational excellence. One signup covers every session in the series.
FRIDAY 11:00 am
Sustainability Roundtable Series
A recurring virtual roundtable for IRI members navigating emerging sustainability risks, reporting demands, and strategy. One signup covers every session in the series.
FRIDAY 11:00 am
Certificate Workshop: The AI-Native Stage Gate
Workshop helps manufacturers improve innovation returns by identifying stronger product opportunities and making disciplined portfolio funding decisions. Attendees gain practical tools, AI-supported gates, and a certificate option.
TUESDAY 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Webinar: Beyond Commodity AI: Verticalized Intelligence for Innovation
Many enterprises have adopted horizontal, foundation-model AI platforms. But access to the same underlying models does not, by itself, create differentiated intelligence. For highly technical and mission-critical research, general-purpose models may produce broad but weakly grounded answers when they lack…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
