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Engines of Innovation
Engines of Innovation
ZAINI UJANG
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
http://www.utm.my/vc
zaini@utm.my
INSPIRING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE MINDS
Engines of Innovation
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The entrepreneurial university in the
twenty‐first century (2010)
Holden Thorp, Chancellor, University of North Carolina
ld h h ll i i f h li
(UNC) at Chapel Hill
Buck Goldstein, University in Residence, UNC
● “We are going to have to innovate our
way out of this thing and our great
way out of this thing and our great
research universities will have to lead
the way”
Eric Schmidt (CEO Google)
INSPIRING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE MINDS
Presentation outlines
Entrepreneurial
science
Entrepreneurial
Lessons for
university?
UTM?
Funding sources Endowment
in HE culture
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Strategy C lt
Culture
Innovative
organization
Structure
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Entrepreneurial
university?
● Innovation dimensions ● Nature of innovation
o Daily life
y o Reverse
o Routine at workplace o Out of box
o Systems o Multi‐facet
o Technology o Value creation
o Governance o Interdisciplinary
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Entrepreneurial
university?
● “what is most exciting about innovation is
that it begins with a problem; the bigger
the problem, the more significant the
the problem, the more significant the
innovation needed” pp 2
● “Over half the patents filed worldwide
come from the US” pp 3
● “… US universities … as magnets for global
talents as engines for innovation and
talents, as engines for innovation and
commercial development” pp 3
INSPIRING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE MINDS
Innovation
culture
Precision Knowledge
culture culture
High
performance 1Malaysia Integrity
Wisdom
d Persevering
Loyalty
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Innovation‐led
Innovation led economy
economy
Adapted from Prof. Deschamps (2009)
INSPIRINGCREATIVE
INSIPIRING INNOVATION AND CREATIVE
AND INNOVATIVE MINDS
MINDS
Innovation‐led
Innovation led economy
economy
Economic‐transformation programs
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Who should
innovate?
Employers
p y Government Employees
mployees
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Entrepreneurial
science
● “a missing ingredient: entrepreneurial
“a missing ingredient entreprene rial
thinking” pp 5
● “High impact innovation requires an
entrepreneurial mindset that views big
problems as big opportunities” pp
bl bi t iti ” 6
6.
● “Entrepreneurs are not necessarily
business people” pp
p p pp 6
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Entrepreneurial
science
● Big problems require a new approach to
innovation. pp 10
● “Manhattan
Manhattan Project: … combine a strong
Project: combine a strong
leader with a clear mission, high‐level
government commitment, and massive
amounts of government funds” pp
t f tf d ” 11
● At bottom, … “integrative approaches that
yp p
blend necessary perspectives into a new
way o doing the actual work of innovation”
pp 11
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Entrepreneurial
science
● Big problems require a new approach to
innovation. pp 10
● “… to address them, universities must
break out of the traditional, hierarchical
model that worked so well for the
Manhattan Project … and actually change
the way they approach the process of
y y pp p
innovation” pp 12
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Entrepreneurial
science
● Big problems require new approaches to
problem solving. pp 18
● “…Five Minds for the Future, Prof Howard
Gardner …. Disciplined mind … synthesizing
mind … creating mind … respected mind …
mind … creating mind … respected mind …
ethical mind …”
● “to be successful, the entrepreneurial thinker
must also be accomplished in one or more
l b l h d
disciplines, a good team player (or more likely
), g y pp
a team builder), and highly ethical …” pp 19
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Funding sources
in HE
in HE
● “… government funding for scientific
research will decrease, forcing institutions
to rely more on private donors ” pp
to rely more on private donors … pp 17
● “…18 of the 33 American universities
currently seeking to raise at least $1 billion
in endowments are state schools, and the
most affluent of these schools have all
completed the campaigns in excess of $2
p p g $
billion” pp 17
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Seven Principles of Innovation
Seven Principles of Innovation
● Do what You Love
● Put a Dent in the Universe
● Kick‐Start Your Brain
● Sell Dreams, Not Products
● Say No to 1,000 Things
● Create Insanely Great Experiences
● Master the Message
INSPIRING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE MINDS
“Innovation
distinguishes between a
distinguishes between a
leader and a follower”
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
INSPIRING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE MINDS
Lessons for
UTM?
● Innovation is inevitable in all organizations
● Entrepreneurial thinking in academia
Entrepreneurial thinking in academia
● Interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, transdiciplinary
● Endowment culture
Endowment culture
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Discipline of innovation
Curtis Carlson & William Wilmot
Needs Team
Value creation Organization
g Champions
INSPIRING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE MINDS 19
Value creation (NABC)
( )
● Needs
● Approach
pp
● Benefit
● Competition
p
Dr Curtis Carlson
Dr Curtis Carlson
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“ …willingness to change, to
try new things and ways in all
aspects of life for betterment,
prosperity, peace and
sustainability
t i bilit th
through
h
creative solution … “
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Zaini’s ABCDEF Innovation Principles
Do it! Do it!
Applications of Area of concerns
Z i i’ ABCDEF
Zaini’s ABCDEF
Principles in the
Mi i t
Ministry of
f Benefits Empowerment
Health
Champions Feedback
INSPIRING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE MINDS
Biggest public health enemy?
Area of concerns
Benefits
Champions
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Do it the innovative ways!
Do it the innovative ways!
Do it! Do it!
● Principle: All God’s creatures have roles and
benefits to human being.
● Question 1: Can we find benefits from Aedes
mosquito?
● Question 2: Can we create new values from Empowerment
the mosquito?
q
Feedback
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Accumulation of PHA in Phosphorus Accumulating
Organisms (PAO) from wastewater
A bi
Aerobic A
Anaerobic
bi
PHA
Salmiati, Ujang Z., Salim M.R., Md Din M.F. and Ahmad M.A. (2007). “Intracellular biopolymer
production using mixed microbial cultures from fermented palm oil mill effluent (POME)”.
production using mixed microbial cultures from fermented palm oil mill effluent (POME)
Wat.Sci.Tech. 56 (8) 179‐185.
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UTM Research Programs
g
● interdisciplinary ● multidisciplinary ● transdisciplinary
● UTM Platform Grant
● UTM Institutional Grant
● UTM External Grant 1 – Public fund
● UTM External Grant 2 – Private fund
UTM External Grant 2 – Private fund T
Transport
Quality
● UTM Endowment Grant
Syariah
Mobile
Mobile Filter
Control Water
Business
Fouling RO
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Endowment
● Alternative revenue for UTM in culture
addition to Government funding,
fees and other incomes
● Create sense of belonging,
C t fb l i
integrity and team building
● Endowment is part of RU criteria
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● Endowment fund
RM 2013 2015 2020 2025
o Money generation scheme
Total 20 m
20 m 100 m
100 m 500 m
500 m 1000m
o Scholarship endowment
o Research grants Spending
o Other high impact projects
S h l hi
Scholarship 3
3 m 8
8 m 40
40 m 80
80 m
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Endowment
culture
● How to generate awareness and interest to
contribute to UTM Endowment?
H‐impact
p 1m 4 m 20 m 40 m
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Endowment
ASSIGNMENTS culture
● All Deans, Directors and Head
of PTJs
o Plan
Plan for Endowment projects
for Endowment projects
o Participate in UTM‐wide
initiatives
o Awareness among academic staff
A d i ff
o Awareness among students and
alumni RM 2013 2015 2020 2025
o Set an annual targets Total 20 m 100 m 500 m 1000m
o Leverage on tax rebate endowment
o Leverage on 10% return for those
g Spending
bring in more than RM100,000 Scholarship 3 m 8 m 40 m 80 m
endowment fund Research 1 m 8 m 40 m 80 m
H‐impact
p 1m 4 m 20 m 40 m
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Revenue and expenditure (in RM millions)
Revenue and expenditure (in RM millions)
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“When
When people are
people are
happy they forget
fatigue and problems
fatigue and problems
and continue with a
positive aura”
positive aura
Jose Mourinho
(Real Madrid)
Slides available at
Slides available at
http://www.utm.my/vc/speeches
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