Innovation Research Interchange

Sustainability and Innovation: Thought Leader Interview with Rick Michelman, Michelman

How does a global chemical manufacturer integrate sustainability into new product development? How do they assess the ROI on investments in sustainability and capitalize on regulatory changes? Listen as IRI’s Lee Green interviews Rick Michelman, President & CEO of Michelman.

AR and Innovation: Digitalization Thought Leader Interview with Terri Griffith, Simon Fraser University and Dave Alpert, GeoPogo AR+

How can augmented reality improve communication and bridge the gap between experts and non-experts on projects? How can it enable faster prototyping and improve sustainability efforts? Scroll to the bottom for the recording of Lee Green’s interview with Terri Griffith, Keith Beedie Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Simon Fraser University and Dave Alpert of Geopogo AR+.

DE&I Thought Leader Interview: ADHD and Entrepreneurship with Johan Wiklund, Syracuse University

Join IRI’s Lee Green as she interviews Johan Wiklund, Professor of Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Business. Learn about the links between ADHD and entrepreneurship, the ways that individuals with ADHD can be a great addition to teams, and the accommodations that can be made to get the best out of these individuals. Also discover why recruiting the next generation of innovation professionals requires an understanding of those with ADHD.

Digital Twins and Their Capabilites with Don Kinard, Lockheed Martin

Join IRI’s Lee Green as she interviews Dr. Don Kinard, Senior Fellow, Production Operations, at Lockheed Martin. The focus of their discussion will be on digital twins: Defining digital twins; Use cases at Lockheed Martin; Building trust in digital twins and their capabilities; Creating and maintaining the infrastructure needed for effective digital twins, especially in legacy companies; and Maintaining cybersecurity while using digital twins.

How Veterans’ Experience Can Best Serve in Industry Roles with with Sean Bruce (Hess) and Perezam Takouda (Cargill)

IRI honors Veterans Day with this fantastic panel of veterans brought together to discuss: Barriers that impede a smooth transition from military to civilian employment; Key skills that are developed in the military; Ways that veterans’ experience can help them in industry roles; and Steps that organizations can take to make themselves more attractive to veterans.

How to Increase Diversity in Industry and Academic with Brennon Marcano, GEM Fellows Program

IRI’s Lee Green interviews Brennon Marcano, CEO of the National GEM Consortium. The GEM Fellows program aims to increase the participation of underrepresented groups at the master’s and doctoral levels in engineering and science. Learn about how the GEM Consortium is increasing diversity in industry and academia and the ways that they match fellows with the right organizations to maximize success.

Innovative Thinker and Disrupter Identification with William Green, University of Birmingham, UK

IRI’s Lee Green and Randall Wright, Program Director, MIT discuss how companies need to practice reconnaissance to identify innovative thinkers and the next disrupters, how sensors will be game changers, and hidden factories.

Neurodiversity and Innovation with Dave Caudel, Frist Center for Autism and Innovation

IRI’s Lee Green interviews David Caudel, Associate Director, Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University. They discuss the abilities that neurodiverse individuals bring to the workplace, and innovation in particular, and the (surprisingly simple and straightforward) accommodations that can be made to the workplace to bring in these individuals. They also cover how to train managers of neurodiverse individuals to ensure a good relationship (and how the Frist Center can help).

Cultivating Innovation Ecosystems with Randall Wright, MIT

Diversity, Culture, and Inequality Research with Nancy DiTomaso, Rutgers

IRI’s Ed Bernstein and Nancy discuss her work in covering her research into diversity, culture, and inequality, as well as the management of knowledge-based organizations, and the management of scientists and engineers.