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Community Forum – How do you manage the use of prototyping and measure its success?
A: How do you manage the use of prototyping and measure its success? 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 looking to understand how companies are using prototypes successfully. We would love to […]
Survey (Community Forum)
New Product Development
03/27/2026
Innovation Research Interchange
AI at the Frontier of Scientific Innovation: From Algorithms in Nature to Digitizing Smell
Presentation with Saket Navlakha March 2026 Join Saket Navlakha, Associate Professor at the Simons Center for Quantitative Biology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, for a fascinating discussion on how artificial intelligence is reshaping scientific research and innovation. From his pioneering work on “algorithms in nature” to co-founding Knose.AI—a start-up digitizing smell—Navlakha shares how AI has accelerated […]
Audio Presentation/Podcast
Innovation, Artificial Intellegence
03/26/2026
Innovation Research Interchange
The Innovation Challenge to Advantage Series: How Milliken Connects Portfolio Strategy and Project Execution
Innovation leaders today face the dual challenge of delivering strong near-term results while nurturing a pipeline of longer-term, higher-uncertainty opportunities. This balance plays out at the intersection of project execution, portfolio decision-making, and innovation culture, where thoughtfully designed processes support meaningful impact. Milliken & Company has approached this challenge by connecting disciplined project management with […]
Report
Innovation, Tools and Techniques
03/20/2026
Innovation Research Interchange
Community Forum – How do you document AI interactions during the inventive process?
A: How do you document AI interactions during the inventive process? 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 looking for ways to document and track the contributions of AI systems during the technical ideation process. We would […]
Survey (Community Forum)
Artificial Intellegence
03/06/2026
Innovation Research Interchange
Building AI-Driven Products: A strategic & practical blueprint for Innovation Leaders
Presentation with Nitish Gupta February 2026 For innovation leaders, AI is no longer a luxury, it is a competitive necessity. However, traditional product frameworks often fail to account for the unique complexities of data dependencies and algorithms. This webinar introduces a blueprint for practitioners to define and design AI-driven product features. Webinar Slides Dr. Nitish Gupta […]
Audio Presentation/Podcast
Innovation, R&D, Artificial Intellegence
02/26/2026
Innovation Research Interchange
Community Forum – How are you using AI insights to guide decision-making?
A: How are you using AI insights to guide decision-making? 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 have started integrating AI insights into our dashboards and analytics and are trying to ensure that we […]
Survey (Community Forum)
Artificial Intellegence
02/20/2026
Innovation Research Interchange
Building an AI Intelligence Layer for R&D
Presentation with Steve Hafif February 2026 AI Is no longer optional for R&D. Join us for a discussion on how AI is accelerating early-stage research, reducing downstream risk through richer context, and compounding its impact when paired with well-organized internal knowledge.For innovation leaders, AI is no longer a luxury, it is a competitive necessity. Slides coming soon! Steve […]
Audio Presentation/Podcast
Innovation, R&D, Artificial Intellegence
02/19/2026
Innovation Research Interchange
Community Forum – What documentation do you require to start a project?
A: What documentation do you require to start a project? 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 looking to improve the way we document projects, starting with how new ideas are turned into formal projects. We would […]
Survey (Community Forum)
Project Management
02/13/2026
Innovation Research Interchange
Community Forum – Which patent or IP intelligence platform does your organization rely on most?
A: Which patent or IP intelligence platform does your organization rely on most? 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 evaluating patent search and IP intelligence platforms and want to learn from […]
Survey (Community Forum)
IP Management
02/06/2026
Innovation Research Interchange
2026 R&D Trends Forecast
Results from the Innovation Research Interchange’s Annual Survey Data from this year’s survey show optimism for 2026 and a positive view for future years, with substantial increases forecasted for digitization and new business initiatives. Since 1984, the Innovation Research Interchange (IRI) has surveyed R&D and innovation leaders about their actual activity and R&D budgets for […]
RTM Publication
R & D, Trends, Survey
01/20/2026
Stewart Mehlman et al.
From Ambition to Action: Why We Need New Toolkits to Operationalize Sustainability
In “From Ambition to Action: Why We Need New Toolkits to Operationalize Sustainability,” Yat Ming Ooi argues that while sustainability has become a core pillar of modern business strategy, practitioners in innovation and R&D are still missing the practical tools needed to turn ambition into action. Leaders are fluent in the why of sustainability—net zero, […]
RTM Publication
Science, Enhance Sustainability
01/20/2026
Yat Ming Ooi
Robotics, Art, and the 100,000-Year Data Gap
“Robotics, Art, and the 100,000-Year Data Gap” is an interview in which Jim Euchner speaks with roboticist-artist Ken Goldberg about why robotics progress looks so different from the recent “ChatGPT moment” in generative AI. Goldberg’s central point is that robotics faces a massive training-data shortage compared to LLMs: we have enormous amounts of text and […]
RTM Publication
Science, Artificial Intellegence
01/20/2026
Ken Goldberg et al.