Learn how The J.M. Smucker Company calculates the return on investment for their sustainability initiatives, balancing value creation and risk management. Rebecca Ott, Director, Sustainability, shares their approach to sustainability metrics, navigating the regulatory environment, and mitigating risk in the supply chain.

Laura Buen Abad, Senior Director of Technology and Marketing, Flexible Packaging, Sonoco shares how they are integrating sustainability into their strategy and technology roadmaps, how it drives innovation priorities, and their approach to life cycle analysis.  

Hear the Chief Information Officer’s perspective on cybersecurity in this thought leader interview. Rod Masney, CIO for O-I Glass, the world’s largest producer of glass containers, shares his thoughts on the current threat landscape, working with external partners, and how best to work with IT on your digitalization efforts.

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.

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+.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.