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Active Commercializationand What It Means for Education
Cliff ZintgraffPresident, Innology LLC
Century Live !21st
Context – Innology LLC
Raising Talent, Technology & EntrepreneursSM
TechnologyCommercialization
K12Workforce
Raising Talent, Technology & EntrepreneursSM
TechnologyCommercialization
K12Workforce
Context – Innology LLC
The Workforce Ecosystem
Two-Year Colleges
Four-Year Colleges
Graduate ProgramsSummer
Programs
After SchoolPrograms
Assessment Services
Articulation Agreements
Policy
High Schools
Middle Schools
Magnet Schools
Academies
Cities
Counties
States
EconomicDevelopers
WorkforceBoards
INDUSTRY
Pressures on the Workforce Ecosystem
More Indian college graduates than U.S.
high school graduates
More English speakers in China than in the U.S.
“This is a story about the big public conversation the nation is not having about education … whether an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy because they can't think their way through abstract problems, work in teams, (and) distinguish good information from bad …” Time Magazine, December 2006 Quoting the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
Houston Community College organizing to graduate 500 bio-
technicians
Houston stands up Robotics Education Support Center
Arlington organizing to recover manufacturing base with state grants
San Antonio Greater Chamber Survey indicates corporations hire IT graduates from outside
San Antonio
GLOBAL WARMING – WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION VERSION
“This is a story about the big public conversation the nation is not having about education … whether an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy because they can't think their way through abstract problems, work in teams, (and) distinguish good information from bad …”
Time Magazine, December 2006
Quoting the New Commission on the Skills of
the American Workforce
21st Century Jobs
SECONDARY SCHOOLS SAY
Is this what you needed?
HIGHER ED SAYS
I’m not sure we’re so well
aligned!
INDUSTRY SAYS
I’ve been telling you guys we
need teamwork skills!
21st Century Jobs We’re All
In This Together!
“The best employers the world overwill be looking for the most competent,
most creative and most innovative peopleon the face of the earth … not just for the top
professionals and managers, but up anddown the length and breadth of the
workforce.”
Tough Choices or Tough TimesWritten by the New Commission on theSkills of the American Workforce
We are going to talk about …
• The “Portugal” project• Commercialization
The “OK” kind The really good kind
• What it means for education• What it means
University Technology Enterprise Network
YourImpressionsof Portugal?
NiceKitty
Only European country where the growth of
creative jobs was negative for the period
1995-2000.
Creative Occupations as % of total employment:
13%
Current state is not good, BUT growth ispromising …
SUMMARY:
They don’t want to be left behind.
Partnership
1. Ministry of Science and Technology2. 15 Portuguese universities3. Technology transfer office4. Incubators and science parks5. Large Portuguese companies6. Corporate innovation leaders7. UT Austin, IC2 Institute8. Who’s missing?
UTEN Goals
1. Identify promising technologies in universities, science parks, companies
2. Help commercialize those technologies
3. Transfer best practices to sustain progress after we leave.
Strategy
Did you find a
place to land yet?
ARGH!Google Maps is down!!
Portuguese Portuguese Partners Partners
andand
ICIC22 Institute Institute
1PILOTPILOTTest & adaptTest & adaptfor Portugalfor Portugal
2Full scale Full scale
execution with execution with National National
CompetitionsCompetitions
UTEN Pilot Phase – “Think & Do”
UTEN Pilot Phase – “Think & Do”
Readiness AssessmentWhere YOU think you are
ScreenWhere WE think you are
MarketLookWhere the MARKET thinks
you are
Integrated
Portfolio &
History
UTEN Pilot Phase – “Think & Do”4242 Identified Identified
Screening Screening 1212 (5-8 hour process each) (5-8 hour process each)
MarketLooks on MarketLooks on ~3~3 (40 hour process each) (40 hour process each)
Potential wins are:Potential wins are:IP assistanceIP assistance
Development partnersDevelopment partnersR&D collaborationsR&D collaborations
Sales, direct and channelSales, direct and channelU.S. corporate presence – “soft landing”U.S. corporate presence – “soft landing”
ATI connection or admittanceATI connection or admittance
SixSix established companies with products or services established companies with products or services
TwoTwo early stage companies early stage companies
FourFour university IP for license or venture formations university IP for license or venture formations
One EnergyOne Energy
One BioOne Bio
Two MedicalTwo Medical
Three MicroelectronicsThree Microelectronics
One NanoOne Nano
One PackagingOne Packaging
Two SoftwareTwo Software
One TelecomOne Telecom
UTEN Pilot Phase – “Think & Do”
OK, this is great, but what’s it really like to
do this work?
Commercialization 101 LAB!
1. Three investors have C$100,000 total.2. You have two Portuguese technologies.3. 5 minutes – choose one.4. 15 minutes – analyze commercialization
potential.5. Seek out experts.6. Deliver elevator pitch.
C$4000 : US$1
Questions
1. How much did you know about commercialization before the lab?
2. After the lab?
What TECHNICAL skills were needed?
1. abc2. xyz3. …
What OTHER skills wereneeded?
1. abc2. xyz3. …
If you were the Czar of Education, how would you teach these things?
1. abc2. xyz3. …
Things we could talk about (but won’t)
1. Closing the achievement gaps2. The value of standardized testing3. The challenges of standardized testing4. Data-driven strategy5. Curriculum alignment6. Building broad partnerships7. Classroom management!
Huge questions we could ask (but won’t)
1. How much can we change inside out?2. Outside in?3. Will it take more money?
(SUGGESTED READING: Tough Choices or Tough Times, www.skillscommission.org)
Innovation – Full Circle
• In the early 1900s, we learned better than anyone in the world how to vertically integrate a task.
• Now we have learned better than anyone in the world how to vertically DISintegrate a task.
The Goal
Tough Choices or Tough Times, www.skillscommission.org
WHO do we need?
1. abc2. xyz3. …
WHO do we need?
1. Scientists2. Engineers3. Writers4. Artists5. Business people6. Who understand each other
WHAT do we need?
1. abc2. xyz3. …
WHAT do we need?
1. Research skills2. Communication skills3. Critical thinking skills4. Information synthesis ability5. Entrepreneurial spirit
HOW we get there
1. Rigor We must match the world’s rigor in math and science
2. Relevance For students For actual jobs
3. Reading and math in context We are out of alignment
4. Exploratory learning5. Working in teams
1.1. AwarenessAwareness
2.2. Comprehension Comprehension
3.3. ApplicationApplication
4.4. AnalysisAnalysis
5.5. Synthesis Synthesis
6.6. EvaluationEvaluation
Knowledge Taxonomy
Courtesy: Dr. Bill Daggett
Application Model
Courtesy: Dr. Bill Daggett
1.1. Knowledge in one disciplineKnowledge in one discipline
2. Application within discipline2. Application within discipline3. Application across 3. Application across
disciplinesdisciplines4. Application to real-world 4. Application to real-world
predictable situationspredictable situations5. Application to real-world 5. Application to real-world
unpredictable situationsunpredictable situations
Rigor & Relevance in a Nutshell
Courtesy: Dr. Bill Daggett
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Exploratory and Team-Based Learning funded by the Texas Workforce Commission …
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proportion of low income students graduating from college …”
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Cliff ZintgraffPresident, Innology LLC
Analysis Summary
• Promising position to achieve enhanced innovation and economic competitiveness …
• … through the creation of wealth and jobs• Make more efficient use of the country’s
talent, science, and technology base• Industry, academia, and government (must)
more effectively collaborate• (More) effectively link to global market
opportunities.