Inov101 The Innovation Process Spring 2008 Wed 10:50-1:30, Engineering Room 101 Schedule Grading Policy Student pages/projects Lecture Notes Instructors Prof. Terry Boult         TB: (719)262-3510 (forwards to cell ) (719)963-0573 Office Hours: TBD

Course Objective

• describe the components of innovation;
• differentiate innovation from entrepreneurship;
• be able to use at least 6 creative problem solving techniques;
• Understand/use an explicit 9 steps process to help foster innovation.
• Students will come away with an appreciation for "divserity of though" and how it plays a role in innovation.
• Students will understand value innovation and how to apply its concepts.

Other objectives include:

Students will improve skills in writing papers, makeing oral presentations and team work for "innovation".

• PERMANENT INOVAT!ON, by Landgon Morris
• Democratizing Innovation by Eric von Hippel
• U.S. competitiveness: the innovation challenge
• Innovation Policy and Performance: A Cross-Country Comparison By OECD Staff, Oecd Innovation Roles

  And selected articles from:

• Creativity Library from JPB

  Non-Free, Required:

  • Harvard Business Review on Innovation by Clayton Christensen
  • The Seeds of Innovation: Cultivating the Synergy That Fosters New Ideas By Elaine Dundon
  • Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation (Paperback) by Frans Johansson
    (Also check out a a pod cast by the author Frans Johansson )
  Personality Traits/Profiles and reading:
  • Take a Personality Profile and email inov101-coaches@vast.uccs.edu the results (4 letters) and read about your type. If your screnth of preferences are < 50%, you might want to take a second one, for which I recommend this one . You might also read about why its not a good tool in recruitment,
  • Read about Temperments/Personalities and take the KTS-II temperment sorter
  • An innovation/style personality profile Again mail inov101-coaches either your 2 letter style/scores (or your 4 scores if they are all close..)

• Blue Ocean Strategy by By W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne
• The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen
• The Innovator's Solution by Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor

• Class will include significant "discussions", which will be a major part of the grade. The class "time" will not all be lecture and extended on-line discussions/blogging will be part of the process.
• Class participation is a very important part of your grade. If you are going to miss class you should contact us ahead of time via email and probably provide a number I can call you to resolve the issue. Everyone is expected to take part in class having done the reading, written your reviews and taken part in a discussion group. When we have visitors and you are unprepared, it will not be pretty. You should always expect to be called upon to lead part of the discussion in any class, critique any shared reading material, summarize your individual reading material. Your group may want to prepare basic materials so that any one of you can lead the discuss of your "groups" comparative analysis.
• Grading Scheme:

  Item	Expected Weight	Final Weight
  Class Participation	15%	15%
  Individual Assignments	20%	20%
  Team Assignments	25%	25%
  Midterm	15%	15%
  Final	25%	25%

• For this class students who have an B+ or better before the final, cannot have their grade lowered by the final, even if they don't show and get a 0. If they don't do well on the final its 25% weighting will be spread equally over the other items.
• Each assignment/exam/team will be graded on a curve, and for each assignment letter grades will be assigned (F=0 thru A+=4.33). A curve per assignment will be used for all students (with assignments not turned in not affecting the curve). In general each curves will have a mean between B- and B+, depending on our assessment of the overall performance. Individual "conceptual" assignments will have point values which reflect their relative weight. Class participation grade will be based on our assessment of the students voluntary contribution, plus their response to questions asked of them during class. Interactions with the instructor outside of class (such as in office hours) is also considered "class" participation.

WORKLOAD and HOMEWORK

A few lectures will have "guest" speakers who will present and then we will lead the discussion of issues. Other classes will be lead by you, the students. If reading is assigned, come to class having done the reading. We are generally not going to "summarize it" for you, rather we will discuss it or do things using it.

Outline and Schedule