Description
In 2013, as a celebration of IRI’s 75th anniversary,
we launched the IRI2038 Futures Study to assist our members in making the best
strategic decisions for the future of their organizations. We set out to
envision the R&D landscape in 2038 using foresighting techniques.
While it is true that R&D differs by industry, all industries face similar
challenges when managing R&D professionals and processes. And, despite the
lack of a coherent “future of R&D” there is a method to explore the “future
of R&D management” in a structured way called Strategic Foresights, which
results in multiple views, or scenarios, of the future in which we may find
ourselves managing R&D. This book outlines these four
thought-provoking scenarios, the steps used to create them, and the ways that
they can be used for strategic planning for innovation management.