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Innovation Ahead by IRI

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Frequency: 1 episode/20d. Total Eps: 100

Go inside the minds of today’s top innovation leaders. In each episode, IRI spotlights boundary-pushing thinkers shaping the future of innovation. From operational breakthroughs to strategic foresight, get the insights you need to lead with confidence and stay ahead of change.

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ITF 25 Session: Pulling into Port: Lessons Learned and Looking Forward

Episode 110

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 • Duration 23:17

Panel discussion with Portia Yarborough, Chief Science and Sustainability Officer, Michelman, Nici Bush, Chief Innovation, Science, and Technology Officer, Mars, and Robert Fast, CEO, Fast Technology Advisors Moderator: Lee Green, Executive Director, IRI Leading IRI members look back on the day and highlight some of the key takeaways from the sessions and discussions, across key themes: – Impact of AI – Finding transformational opportunities – Building resilience in the face of uncertainty They’ll reflect and discuss some of the key next steps to put into action back at home to place you in the best position to innovate the future for your organization.

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ITF 25 Session: Preparing Your New Value Chain

Episode 109

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 • Duration 27:21

Facilitator: Jared Forman, Principal, Forvis Mazars, Rahim Rahim, Director, Forvis Mazars, and Hasan Agha, Managing Director and Chief Architect, ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Discuss the steps you have taken to cultivate new value chain partners — and those you believe you’ll need to take in the future — as well as how to develop the capabilities and technologies that your organization will need in order to work with them effectively.

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ITF 25 Session: Exploring New Lands: Breaking Down Industry Boundaries and Building New Value Chains

Episode 108

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 • Duration 39:30

Panel discussion with Steven Montgomery, R&D Vice President, Bioindustrials, Cargill and Zara Summers, Chief Strategy Officer, LanzaTech Moderator: Sean Ammirati, CEO and Co-Founder, Growth Signals Many industries are going through transitions that mean the customers, partners, and suppliers of tomorrow may not be the same as those of today: Auto OEMs are working with electric utilities, polymer makers with waste management firms, and CPGs with biotechs. This session looks at how to identify and engage the new value chain partners you will need in the future.

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ITF 25 Session: Strategic Approaches to Resiliency in Uncertain Times

Episode 106

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 • Duration 27:51

Facilitator: Lou Gritzo, Chief Science Officer, FM We are navigating a complex landscape where growth, sustainability, and supply chain resilience must coexist. This session invites you to share how you’re adapting your strategies and guiding your teams through uncertainty, regulatory shifts, and stakeholder demands. Together, we’ll explore emerging gaps and practical tools to strengthen decision-making and future-proof operations.

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ITF 25 Session: Keeping the Ship in Order: Sustainability and Supply Chains Today

Episode 107

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 • Duration 50:41

Panel discussion with Jose Miguel Bejarano, Innovation Development Lead, Siemens Energy, and Judodine Nichols, Chief Technology Officer, Principal Mineral Moderator: Amy Thorn, CEO, Supply Chain Leaders in Action Innovation teams have been challenged to not only deliver on growth drivers, but also to support sustainability efforts. On top of this, global trade disruptions have given them another urgent reason to further rethink how their firms source materials, components, and energy — a trend that’s now shifted into overdrive this year. This session explores how leaders can incorporate sustainability and supply chain into their processes and frameworks in this environment.

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ITF 25 Session: How to Build the Workforce of the Future

Episode 104

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 • Duration 29:46

Facilitator: Seif Hagag, Enterprise Account Manager, Uncountable Discuss your team-building strategies and brainstorm on how to develop the skills, attributes, and experiences that your teams will need to flourish in the future.

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ITF 25 Session: Preparing the Crew: Planning Your Future Workforce in the Age of AI

Episode 103

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 • Duration 40:08

Fireside chat with Jeff Goldman, Vice President, Enterprise Data Science, Procter & Gamble and Katie Trauth Taylor, CEO and Co-Founder, Narratize AI and other disruptive trends are challenging leaders to re-think the way they staff, build, and train their teams. Still, the robots aren’t ready to replace us all just yet, which means for the foreseeable future our teams will be made up of humans working with AI. Jeff Goldman will discuss the joint study between Harvard and Procter & Gamble, looking at the impacts of AI on collaboration, outlined in The Cybernetic Teammate: A Field Experiment on Generative AI Reshaping Teamwork and Expertise in conversation with Katie Trauth Taylor of product innovation platform developer Narratize.

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ITF 25 Session: Spotting Rough Seas – and How You’ll Get Through Them

Episode 102

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 • Duration 11:45

Facilitator: Mike Holman, Senior Content Director, IRI This working session will help attendees to explore learnings from Andrea Kates’ keynote and begin to think through how to apply them in their organization. In light of the insights and 5-step model from the keynote, where do you see the biggest challenges for your organization right now — and where do you believe you need to go next?

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ITF 25 Session: Taking the Helm: From Stuck to Scale: The New Playbook for Corporate Innovation

Episode 101

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 • Duration 28:36

Opening Keynote with Andrea Kates, Corporate Growth Strategist & Former Tech CEO In an era of unprecedented uncertainty, the greatest risk isn’t failing to innovate—it’s failing to scale innovation. Too many high-potential ventures die on the vine. We’re overwhelmed by the opportunities to innovate, and challenged by the pressure to get ahead of risks we can’t control. We need to be resilient. We need to navigate the chaos and uncertainty. We need to lead with a completely different mindset. We need to get talent on board. We need to collaborate in ways we’ve never done before. And, we need to unlearn a lot of the innovation disciplines that worked in the past.

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Thought Leader Interview: Beyond the AI Pilot: Three Trends R&D Leaders Must Know to Prepare for 2026

Episode 100

Thursday, November 20, 2025 • Duration 54:09

In this episode, host Lee Green talks with Sean Amirati of Growth Signals about three trends R&D leaders should prepare for in 2026: proof-of-work artifacts that both humans and agents can use, the AI collaboration stack, and agentic workflows (including co-scientist systems). They discuss moving beyond pilots to deliver real value, strategies for workforce adoption and culture change, and practical ways to evaluate and scale AI-driven innovation within R&D.

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