keynote: innovation, leadership, and psychology

INNOVATION, LEADERSHIP, AND PSYCHOLOGY

IKHLAQ SIDHUFounding Director and FounderSutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & TechnologyIEOR Emerging Area ProfessorDepartment of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, UC Berkeley

My Perspective:Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology

College of Engineering, UC Berkeley

Approach Berkeley Method: ØEntrepreneurshipØ Innovation Leadership

Our Model Brings Bay Area Executives and Entrepreneurs into the Classroom

1500 Undergraduates100 Ph.D / Graduate Students100 Executives10 Global Partners

Michael Marks, KKR, former CEO, FlextronicsShomt Ghose, Venture Partner, Onset VenturesUdi Manber, VP Engineering, GoogleMarc Andreesen, Founder, NetscapeLarry Baer, COO, San Francisco GiantsAmine Haoui, CEO, Sensys NetworksStacey Lawson, Founder In Part, Executive SeibelJim Davidson, Managing Director, Silverlake PartnersDonna Dubinsky, Former CEO, PalmMatt Caspari, co-founder, Aurora BiofuelsRichard Gorman, SVP, Siebel SystemsMike Olson, founder and CEO, ClouderaBrodie Keast, EVP, TiVoDavid Ladd, Managing Director, MayfieldJeff Miller, CEO, DocumentumEva Miranda, SVP, Sony CorporationRavi Mohan, Managing Director, Shasta VenturesTed Hoff, Inventor,of the MicroprocessorNat Goldhaber, Managing Director, Claremont Creek VenturesPeter Thiel, co-founder and CEO, PayPalVictoria Hale, founder and CEO, Medicines 360Steve Newcomb, founder , Powerset (part of Microsoft’s BING)Pehong Cheng, CEO, Broadvision

Our Labs offer classes and projects in emerging industry areas

8/19/2017 Reflecting on “Why” for UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology - UC Berkeley Sutardja Center

http://scet.berkeley.edu/reflecting-uc-berkeleys-sutardja-center-entrepreneurship-technology/ 2/5

Our Recipe and How It Works:

Mindset and Behavior:

A key educational training is the area of mindsets and behaviors. This area is not obvious. When we began, we believed

that it was valuable to start with technical students and simply add an understanding of business knowledge to their

curriculum. Since then, we have corrected that belief. We no longer believe business training is the key additive

ingredient. Mechanical business skills can be acquired anytime and as needed. The actual missing ingredient is a set of

behaviors and mindsets that allow a person to utilize their core capabilities.

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NEWS COVERAGE

The Entire Center is an

Innovation Collider

Mindset & BehaviorDiverse Team Formation

OUR APPROACH(AND HOW THAT RELATES TO YOU)

Two Cities in USA

• San Diego

8

• Chicago

Misconception: We used to think that learning business and management would help technology innovators

Reading business cases studies on

innovation

Management practices and

financial statements

Making a presentation to

raise funds

Studying business

frameworks

Making a business

plan

Waiting for a great

idea

6 things are not the main ingredient to deploy innovation or start ventures.

Our model has adapted: Business training is not the only key element

Our effectiveness formula is:• Depth in an valued area• Entrepreneurial “behaviors

and mindset”Our programs and projects provide this.


Skill in a Core Area

Innovation Behaviors and Mindset“Psychology of Innovation”

High Potential

Too Narrow

Street smart, but lacking depth


• Wide comfort zone• Generate trust• Good connectors• Inductive learning:

experiments and reflection• Self awareness and

emotional intelligence

What are the behaviors and mindsets?

Skill in a Core Area

Innovation Behaviors and Mindset“Psychology of Innovation”

High Potential

Too Narrow

Street smart, but lacking depth

Taught in situation, during the journey

General Advice How to Think about your Psychology

Mindset• Intrinsic Self Worth• I can handle anything (CZ)• I can learn whatever I need to• Abundance vs Scarcity• Grit• ..

Behaviors• General:

• Making people feel safe• Honest communication

• Entrepreneurial/Innovative:• Generate Trust• Accretive Collaboration • Diversity is Value• Pay it forward …

Habits &Results

Know yourself

Personal Leadership: From technical horsepower to leader

Dimension A

Dimension B

Your former self:Technical Horsepower

Today: Leader /Manager

Path

?

?

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Expanding your comfort Zone

What’s Next For You?

Dimension A

Dimension B



Path

1. Creating Innovation with people, not components

2. Scale a growing operation

3. Become responsible for revenue

4. Generate new business

5. Become more politically aware

?

What’s Next For You?

Dimension A

Dimension B



Path

For New Opportunities:

• To know what you want

• Combination of Past Skills + External Changes:

• New Behaviors, Mindsets, and Skills

• Letting some things go

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Psychology: There are many positive mindsets and good behaviors that encourage innovation

Broad vs Narrow Thinking

Fixed vs Growth

Scarcity vs Abundance

Seeking Truth vs Being Right

Healing Teams vs Dividing People

Rebellion vs Compliance

Saying what no one else wants to say

Accretive Collaboration

Adversity is advantage

Listening, not just hearing

Expanding comfort zone

Not hoarding information

Comfort with “no” Self awareness Diversity value Generating trust

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