I don't know of any courses, but I was wondering if you could share the URL for the Berkeley Innovation websinte. Thanks!

Terry:

Here is the link to Berkeley's Innovation website:

http://innovation.berkeley.edu/


Thanks,

praveen

Praveen,Could you please also share the URL of Managing Innovation Process course of MIT?

What's Open Course Ware?

Yatin:

Here is the link:

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-351Managing-the-Innovation-ProcessFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm

Open Course Ware is a set of courses made available to public at no cost!

Praveen: I was on the lookout for anything and everything related to innovation for last couple of years, including who is teaching innovation. The very reason because my passion to innovation and ambition to do something on this full time. However, what I learned during this process of searching "who is teaching innovation", I realized that innovation is something I have to teach myself. This posting may sound unrealistic to you, because you are already teaching innovation to high profile students. But I think the word innovation is like galaxy, and business innovation, product innovation etc are just small stars. In my role with the current organization, my job is to teach "matured" engineers "how" to innovate. I feel it is more like I'm asking them how to think. But, they will never think that if they don't want to think. On the "how" to part, I believe in the role of tools and techniques like TRIZ helping me learning innovation better.
Appreciate your comments..
Thanks
Prakash

Hi Prakash:

Thanks for your comments with many good thoughts. Yes, it fist sounds ironic to say teaching innovation. I did a lot of research on the topic of innovation in order to develop a process that can be taught with predictable results. Yes, it involves thinking process using left and right hemisphere. Besides, we also must recognize that innovation process is evolutionary, always builds on something.

My course is based on the book Business Innovation in the 21st Century, which has three parts. Evolution of Innovation, Understanding Innovation, and Institutionalizing Innovation. Evolution of innovatin looks at conventional methods, benchmarks with Einstein's thinking, and Edison's methodology to create innovative solutions on demand. I will be willing to share the syllabus for my course at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Students love it, and yes it teaches them the thinking process. Isn't it what we need to do more, THINK?

As to TRIZ, I recognize TRIZ is an excellent rule based methodology for developing innovative solutions, however, more work is needed in terms of developing basic process of innovation that empowers people and frees up thinking with minimum rules to explore the 'galaxy'' of universe in brain.

I hope I gave some information about innovation. If you need I can provide the syllabus that might help you in teaching innovation at your organization.

Praveen

Thanks, Praveen. Appreciate your comments. I would certainly like to see your successful way of teaching people about innovation syllabus. I do believe that we can teach innovation, especially because G. Altshuller made a very interesting statement, "creativity is not a born gift; every engineer can learn to be innovative". However, from my experience with the engineers, I realized that I should try to teach them how they should learn themselves to innovate. I'm experimenting with this by bringing "problem solving" as the key word instead "innovation". (With a hope that solving a tough problem should result in innovation) Techniques like 6 thinking hat, TRIZ and MindMap being used in this context. I'm not sure about the success it may bring. The context here however is different than students you have. For organization the mindset is that the ROI even before implementing the process. I think an organization success is only if they have a mindset of “experiment first" rather than "implement first".

I'm curious to know how you are teaching thinking process, this is where I'm still struggling to find solutions.
The following quote (piece of song) is something that I have in my email signature.. Hope you can get a feel now.. :)

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Best,

Prakash

Prakash:

Actually, as I have learned that everyone is born creative. The evidence of being born creative is that we do not do anything twice exactly the same way. The challenge is direct our creativity towards a purpose. Innovation is defined as cretivity applied, and business innovation is defined as innovation to create significant value.

To facilitate innovative thinking, I use a method called GCSF, i.e., Good, Crazy, Stupid and Funny. I described this methodology in the article at http://www.qualitydigest.com/mar07/articles/04_article.shtml

I like the idea of experiment first before implement. One must tryout and adapt any methodology before adopting it.

Syllabus is on its way to your email.

Praveen

Praveen,
I am currently writing a draft for a two-day workshop to help teachers employ "innovative teaching strategies" or be "innovative teachers" at the primary and secondary level.

I too would like to see your syllabus if you would share.
EMAIL: dks_dolphin@yahoo.com

I will also look at the article you referenced above.

Thanks for this interesting conversational string.

-Kevin

Just information about fundamental educational program Advanced Master of Innovative Design

http://www.insa-strasbourg.fr/triz/amid.php

I agree with Mr. Praveen's statement, "Everybody is born creative" how ever as we grow up, our educaiton system only stifles our creativity. We are taught more of "what is not possible". When we enter in indusrty this is futher reinforced. Here the method is slightly different, it is like "this is how we have been doing it since last 20 years".
How ever creativity and innovation is essentailly required in business and industry.
In engineering education one method to build innovative skills could be to encourage experimentation. The Laboratories should be left open to students, more and more projects should be encouraged. The students should be encouraged to go beyond the syllabus. Students should design their own experiments. There is a famous quote "Creative person performs best in an exam where the question paper is left blank".
Teaching innovation in industry is relatively difficult. In industry the innovation process is more driven by the culture of the organisation, which is very difficult (if not impossible) to change. It calls for a serious commitment from top management for innovation.

Request Mr. Praveen Gupta to kindly mail the syllabus to me also at parag.khedkar@cgl.co.in.
Regards
Parag P Khedkar

Praveen,

I too would like to see your syllabus. Please email to milleraa@uci.edu.

Thank you,

Allison

have a visit at http://www.systematic-innovation.com

Praveen,

Please email me a copy of your your syllabus to melissa dot koch at sri dot com

Thank you,

Melissa

Done! If anyvody else needs the syllabus for innovation course being taught at IIT Chicago (www.iit.edu), just ask here.

It is a free service!

- Praveen

Hello Praveen,

I too would like to see your syllabus. Please email to tohfay@yahoo.com.

Thank you,

John

Hi:

I would like a copy as well please. I am a high school manufacturing technology teacher in southern ontario canada. Like most manufacturing based economies in north america we are sufferling here as well. Low value added jobs are disappearing. I believe our salvation will be to graduate students who can innovate. The problem is how to go about teaching it.

mike

Hi,
Plsz give me guidance to design a courseware to follow to teach english conversation. My students r sponsored by an NGO and we r encouraging them to learn english as they have a low level knowledge of the language and very shy to speak the language.

Plsz help me sos-thanks and do appreciate.
Sandy

Hi Sandy,

You are doing a great community service.

I would include activity based learning, and give students challenge to create or find words rather than telling them. After years of teaching or facilitating, I have learned that making learning a little struggle helps students think more and retain longer.

Best wishes,

Praveen

Hi Praveen,

I would like a copy of your syllabus also. I am teaching a short course in innovation at the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business, in collaboration with the Raymond Ackerman Academy, to young entrepreneurs.

Im also preparing the students to compete in the Global Entrepreneurship Week, which happens in November this year.

Thanks for your help.

Alistar

alistar.harris@gmail.com

Hi Praveen
I also would like to have a copy of the syllabus.
Thanks a lot
Rajaram
(rajaramv@yahoo.com)

Hi Praveen,

I also would like to have a copy of the syllabus.

Thanks,
Marie

rejoicing03@yahoo.com

Inm Australia there is a Bachelor of Entrepreneurship which fosters the teaching of Innovation

It is run by RMIT University in Melbourne.

We are "born creative" because we don't know how others think we should do things, or what things were designed to be used. We find a use that meets our desire. Being innovative is a duplication of that process, use/do things in a way that meets our desires and needs, not necessarily how they were designed by others or how others expect them to be used. Just like an enfant, experiment with every idea. "What would I like to do with this?" "What can I use to accomplish my desire?" "What if I used this, to accomplish, that?"
Do you think we can teach innovation by having our students ask and answer these types of questions at every session and let their ideas evolve?

Hi Albert,

Asking questions is a prerequisite to be creative and innovative. In my Business Innovation class students are required to ask questions.

Thanks for your thoughtful comments and questions.

Praveen

Hello Praveen,

Pretty interesting conversation.

From Barcelona, Spain, I'm interested on how can we teach innovationto primary and secondary school.

The two current focus are on the two issues that worries european comission: lack of entrepreneur people and of scientific and engineer interest at secondary school. Several reports on those topics, but not really on innovation for children and teenagers, if it can be taught.

I also would like to have a copy of the syllabus.

Thanks,
Pere

Dear Pere,

I do see Europe pursuing innovation, and EU members asked to have Innovation policy, etc. Most schools/colleges teach entrepreneurship but not innovation. Without innovation entrepreneurship can not go very far. So, we do need to teach innovation.

At to teaching innovation to kids, we need to drive more mental exercises, and avoid technology that retards fundamental development of basic mental skills, i.e., language, math, art, and communication. Then, we simply create environment for creativity through play. As they learn innovation at the early age, then entrepreneurship at later stage would be very helpful.

I have learned the simple creativity technique, that is combining two or more things uniquely. An active mind continually does this, and thus is more likely to be an innovative mind.

Actually, I was in Portugal releasing my book in Portuguese, and very soon it would be available in Spanish language as well. Maybe, see you then, if I get to go to release the book.

Could you provide an email address to send the syllabus?

Thanks,
Praveen

Hello Praveen:

Is your book in spanish out in the market? Could you please send me your syllabus?

pizarron@everegreen.edu

Hi Nelson,

The Spanish version would be released sometime around June this year. Portuguese version of the Business Innovation book was released in Nov 08.

I tried to send the syllabus at the email that you provided. But it bounced. Do you have another email for sending the syallbus to you.

Best,
Praveen

Hi Praveen,
I'd like a copy of the syllabus as well. I teach entrepreneurship, but I wouild like to design a new course focused on the the innovation part of the entpreneurship process.

Thanks!
E. MacRae
bs.mba.phd@gmail.com

Praveen... I, too, am interested in receiving your syllabus. I developed and taught a Management of Technology and Innovation course last fall and would be interested in comparing notes. Thank you...

Tracy Christofero, Ph.D.
christofero@marshall.edu

Innovation is often triggered by seeing an issue from a different perspective. I have developed a technique that enables voluntarily looking at an issue from multiple perspectives and enables a person to look at an issue from the perspective of a dialog partner. leaders often dewvelop this ability to some extent.
The majority hear a statement and immediately evaluate it in terms of their own position, or in terms of the effects it might have on their interests. When I am facing serious issues, I shift, and view from the speakers perspective. Suddenly the realationship changes and I wind up getting far more usable information that with the standard method of listening. Heart-to heart dialogs are enhanced by this. It can also be very useful in adversarial situations. The adversary will suddenly be seen to be revealing far more of his interests because the shifted perspective enables the picking up of cues that are missed when the head-noise is on. There is a description and references on http://concurerentconcepts.com.

Hello Praveen, I'm a learning and development manager in Sydney Australia and would like to design a course on innovation. I came across your discussion here and would be keen to have a look at your syllabus if you could share with me? Thank you so much for your thoughts they have been very stimulating. dwane_hand@hotmail.com

Hi Praveen,

Could you please also send me a copy of your syllabus?

EMAIL: carloj@mus.edu

Thank you for sharing your insightful comments.

-Jessica

Hi Praveen,

My email account was spelled wrong.

Could you please send me a copy of your syllabus to:

EMAIL: carloj@msu.edu

Thanks again.

-Jessica

Could you send me a copy of your syllabus please.
Ratee

Hello Praveen,

I too would like to see your syllabus. Please email to soachi@gmail.com.

Thank you,

Sofiane.

Sofiane,

I have sent you the syllabus.

Thanks,
praveen

Praveen,
I have enjoyed this discussion stream. I was wondering if you knew of any references/resources to innovation in healthcare.

Thanks!

Maggie

Hello Maggie,

You ask a good question. Currently every healthcare organization is trying to improve and innovate in order to sustain. However, organizations such as Mayo Clinic, do have their internal innovation initiatives.

As a fact of matter the next issue of the journal I work with is focused on Innovation in Healthcare. Maybe, after that I will have a better answer.

What specific area of healthcare interest you for innovation?

Thanks,
praveen

At Lancaster University in the UK we teach innovation in two programmes:

Our digital Innovation phd programme (http://bit.ly/4tnmNz) goes beyond traditional multi-disciplinary approaches by seeking a creative fusion between three key disciplines, namely computer science, management and design. Our aim is to produce a new breed of innovative people who understand and are able to advance the state of the art in technical, design and business innovation: innovative people prepared to work in challenging roles in organisations and ready to drive radical change in the digital economy.

The second innovation programme is a 1-year MSc programme focused on business and technology innovation (http://bit.ly/5h8CEH). Even though innovation is at the heart at most every module we teach there is also a specific innovation module that focuses on innovation theory, concepts and processes (http://bit.ly/7EZ5PY). Last year I started teaching a new 'Software Innovation' module, a brief and slightly outdated description is available at http://bit.ly/4O62HX. The focus here is on product and process innovation in the software and web space, including current innovation trends, product development in the internet age and commercial exploitation of research.

Both programme are run with heavy industry involvement.

Hello Praveen,

I too would appreciate a copy of e your syllabus. My e-mail is jsprecept@hotmail.com

Thank you,

Jeff