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BI: Cream of the 21st Century Sheepskins
Terrance Boult
El Pomar Professor of Innovation and Security
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
BI: Cream of the 21st Century Sheepskins
Terrance Boult
El Pomar Professor of Innovation and Security
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Dream of the 21st Century Sheepskin, PanelInnovation 2008: The Real and the Ideal
Breckenridge, CO April 14, 2008
Innovation, it’s a team thing!!TM
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NAE: Engineering 2020
“If the United States is to maintain its economic leadership and be able to sustain its share of high technology jobs, it must prepare for this wave of change. While there is no consensus at this stage, it is agreed that innovation is the key…”
“….. there is an undercurrent of awareness that current complexities are so daunting that tinkering at the edges—reforming one course, one program, one department at a time, developing isolated instances of success here and there — is no longer a viable response if we are to build the kind of robust programs in research and education now needed to strengthen the U.S. engineering community by 2020.”
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What is Innovation“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new
things.” - Theodore Levitt
"Research is the transformation of money into knowledge — Innovation is the transformation of knowledge into money! " Ray Mears, 3M, "Protect and Survive" Design Council Business Network Surgery, 2001
"Innovation is the successful exploitation of new ideas and is a vital ingredient for competitiveness, productivity and social gain within businesses and organizations“ (London Innovation org)
Innovation is the transformation of ideas into impact – T. Boult
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The Bachelor of Innovation Family of Degrees
“Once you've worked on a truly innovative project you realize how important transformation is to the
success or failure of a project. Your way of thinking changes, you priorities
change, your company changes and your way or working changes forever. True innovation is not just about changing a
product, a service or even a marketplace it's also about recognizing and relishing
the need to change yourself.”
Ralph Ardill, - London Innovation Conf, 2003
Like the B.S. or B.A. B.I. is a family of degrees – many majors with a common core.
The BI cores focus on innovation.
27 Credit Innovation Core! Cross-Disciplinary core to
focus “electives” to support innovation and teams
Multiyear, multi-disciplinary innovation team experience
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The BI components
Degree/Major Emphasis (42-50 credits)
Differs for each degree, but almost the same as existing BS/BA majors.
In COB there is a common Business Major core (shared) and an emphasis area.
Game Design and Development is new
General education courses to meet college requirements.
Innovation Core(27 Credits)
Shared across all BI majors
Cross-discipline Core21 Credits
(Choice from 4 cores: Globalization, Business, Engineering or Creative
Communication)
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Bachelor of Innovation™ Family of Degrees
BI in Business Administration BI in Computer Science BI in Computer Science: Security BI in Electrical Engineering BI in Game Design and Development
Real Bachelor’s degrees
in a program that is really different.
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“Teaching” Innovation Some question if one can “teach” innovation in
a lecture. We teach a little theory and technique but our core is experiential learning and process.
Cross-year, multi-disciplinary
teams solving real problems for real
customers.
Innovative/Entreprene
urial Drive
High
Low
Natural InnovatorsOr Entrepreneurs
Possible to develop intoInnovators via Education and
Engaging EntrepreneurialExperiences
Won’t leave their chosen orientation / comfort-zone
to become innovator.
Science/Technology Oriented
Services/Business Oriented
Unlikely to be motivated to become
innovator
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What innovation is and is not!
Innovation is not research or creativity; Creativity is a component of innovation but does not in and of itself constitute innovation.
Innovation is not entrepreneurship; Innovation is not about the money, though many innovations require and produce money, so the innovation process requires some business skills.
It is not easy; it requires hard, focused, purposeful work. It a continuous process that produces results, not merely ideas.
The innovation process can be taught!.
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Innovation: educational need
“Academic institutions should develop curricula specifically designed to teach innovation skills and support major changes in innovation learning.” Council on Competitiveness
A Survey of companies found a statistically very significant expected preference for BI students over BS students.
Teaming experience provides social network to attract/retain students especially women and underserved populations
Education in Innovation is the most needed type of innovation in education.
T. Boult