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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

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Getting Involved Join us in transforming

education in Business and Engineering, in transforming UCCS, and in transforming Colorado’s next generation.

Work with/Mentor individual students, especially women & minorities.

Sponsor Teams/students