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ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS

CURIOSITYIn a world of accelerating change, today’s solutions are often obsolete tomorrow. Since discoveries are made by the curious, we must empower our students to investigate a rapidly changing world with an insatiable curiosity.

CREATING VALUEInnovative solutions are most meaningful when they create extraordinary value for others. Therefore, students must be champions of value creation. As educators, we must train students to persistently anticipate and meet the needs of a changing world.

CONNECTIONSDiscoveries, however, are not enough. Information only yields insight when connected with other information. We must teach our students to habitually pursue knowledge and integrate it with their own discoveries to reveal innovative solutions.

Identifyan opportunity

Performtechnical design

Investigatethe market

Validatemarket interest

Createa preliminary

business model

Communicatean engineering solution

in economic terms

Communicatean engineering solution

in terms of societal benefits

Evaluatetechnical feasibility

customer valuesocietal benefits

economic viability

Developpartnerships and

build a team

Testconcepts quickly via

customer engagement

Identifysupply chains

distribution methods

Assesspolicy and

regulatory issues

Analyzesolutions

Createa model or prototype

Validatefunctions

Protectintellectual property

Developnew technologies

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OPPORTUNITY DESIGN IMPACT

Determinedesign requirements

THESE SPECIFIC SKILLS REINFORCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET

EXAMPLEBEHAVIORS

KEENSTUDENT OUTCOMES

ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET

COLLABORATION

COMMUNICATION

CHARACTER

COUPLED WITH

EXPRESSED THROUGH

AND FOUNDED ON

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ENGINEERING THOUGHT AND ACTION

CURIOSITY DEMONSTRATE constant curiosity about our changing world EXPLORE a contrarian view of accepted solutionsCONNECTIONS INTEGRATE information from many sources to gain insight ASSESS and MANAGE riskCREATING VALUE IDENTIFY unexpected opportunities to create extraordinary value PERSIST through and learn from failure

IDENTIFY personal passions and a plan for professional developmentFULFILL commitments in a timely mannerDISCERN and PURSUE ethical practicesCONTRIBUTE to society as an active citizen

APPLY creative thinking to ambiguous problemsAPPLY systems thinking to complex problemsEVALUATE technical feasibility and economic driversEXAMINE societal and individual needs

CONVEY engineering solutions in economic termsSUBSTANTIATE claims with data and facts

FORM and WORK in teamsUNDERSTAND the motivations and perspectives of others