同济经管 Case:Segway Human Transporter TONGJI SEM EFMC EOUIS 19
19 Case: Segway Human Transporter
同济经管 TONGJI SEM Case:Segway Human Transporter Dean Kamen -The Segway HT:A self-balancing, two-wheeled scooter. -Invented by Dean Kamen Described as tireless and eclectic Kamen held more than 150 U.S.and foreign patents Has received numerous awards and honorary degrees Never graduated from college To Kamen,the solution was not to come up with a new answer to a known problem,but to instead reformulate the problem EQUIS 20
20 Dean Kamen –The Segway HT: A self-balancing, two-wheeled scooter. –Invented by Dean Kamen • Described as tireless and eclectic • Kamen held more than 150 U.S. and foreign patents • Has received numerous awards and honorary degrees • Never graduated from college • To Kamen, the solution was not to come up with a new answer to a known problem, but to instead reformulate the problem Case: Segway Human Transporter
同济经管 TONGJI SEM Case:Segway Human Transporter 1.What factors do you think enable Dean Kamen and his company,DEKA research,to come up with novel innovations such as Segway? 2.What are the advantages and disadvantages of Kamen's philosophy of "kissing frogs"? 3.What role did external organizations play in helping Kamen translate his creative inspiration for the Segway into a commercial innovation? LEFVC EOUIS 21
21 1. What factors do you think enable Dean Kamen and his company, DEKA research, to come up with novel innovations such as Segway? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Kamen’s philosophy of “kissing frogs”? 3. What role did external organizations play in helping Kamen translate his creative inspiration for the Segway into a commercial innovation? Case: Segway Human Transporter
Transforming Creativity into 同济经管 TONGJI SEM Innovation Innovation is the implementation of creative ideas into some new device or process. ■ Requires combining creativity with resources and expertise. A90 ■Inventors One ten-year study found that inventors typically: 1.Have mastered the basic tools and operations of the field in which they invent,but they will have not specialized solely on that field. 2.Are curious,and more interested in problems than solutions. 3.Question the assumptions made in previous work in the field. 4.Often have the sense that all knowledge is unified.They will seek global solutions rather than local solutions,and will be generalists by nature Such individuals may develop many new devices or processes but commercialize few. EOUIS 22
22 Transforming Creativity into Innovation Innovation is the implementation of creative ideas into some new device or process. Requires combining creativity with resources and expertise. Inventors – One ten-year study found that inventors typically: 1. Have mastered the basic tools and operations of the field in which they invent, but they will have not specialized solely on that field. 2. Are curious, and more interested in problems than solutions. 3. Question the assumptions made in previous work in the field. 4. Often have the sense that all knowledge is unified. They will seek global solutions rather than local solutions, and will be generalists by nature – Such individuals may develop many new devices or processes but commercialize few
Transforming Creativity into 同济经管 TONGJI SEM Innovation -Innovation by Users -Users have a deep understanding of their own needs,and motivation to fulfill them. -E.g.,Laser sailboat developed by Olympic sailors EQUIS 23
23 Transforming Creativity into Innovation Innovation by Users –Users have a deep understanding of their own needs, and motivation to fulfill them. –E.g., Laser sailboat developed by Olympic sailors