Teaching Innovation
A Teacher’s (Mis)Advice
I was chatting with some graduating students on their career plans after college. Interestingly enough, a group of students had started a social enterprise idea that for me, showed significant promise. It wasn’t just a concept; They’ve actually prototyped and run a small-scale pilot as part of the course requirements. In fact, with some... »
The SkyEye Project and the Ateneo Innovation Center
Ateneo student, inoventling, and crazy innovator/entrepreneur Matthew Cua woke me up early the other morning to check out his group’s new, crazy idea, the SkyEye Philippines project. The SkyEye team listed above. Not in picture are : JB , Chemical Engineer from La Salle; Serge Gonzales, 2nd Year Management Student (Chief UAV pilot), and... »
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LS145 Module 2 : The Innovation Quotient
In this Module, we tackle the qualities of what makes Innovators … well, innovators. And also what we can do to imbibe and emulate that — by discovering our PassionFuel, dabbling in MindJunk, and gaining clarity on our MissionDrive. LS145 Module 2 : The Innovation Quotient View more documents from Mark Ruiz. HERE’S TO... »
LS145 Module 1 : Innovation 101
Module 1 : Innovation 101 View more documents from Mark Ruiz. My personal introduction into the topic of Innovation a.k.a. Innovation 101 – in this module is a definition of Innovation, Innovation 360 (all kinds of Innovation on top of the myopia of innovation being only product-related), and Innovationomics (macrotrends leading to Innovate or... »
Spreading Innovation!
LS145 Business Innovation Management Class Intro! View more documents from Mark Ruiz. In the spirit of open-source and sharing my cognitive surplus, I’ll be uploading my Innovation Class week-on-week as it unfolds (that way, I still have the upper-hand in surprising my students). I’ll eventually be organizing all of them (with all the notes,... »
TEDx is Coming to Manila
TED, our inspiration behind putting up the WhyNot?Forum, is coming to Manila! This particular event is called TEDx Manila, and is being organized by Filipino UP Professor and education advocate Rom Feria (himself a TED Fellow). TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our... »
Democratizing Innovation Through the Web
Upon the invitation of UP Professor, Education Advocate, and TEDFellow Rom Feria, I gave a talk yesterday in Y4IT – the Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology. It was an extremely awesome event, with thousands of Filipino youth all coming together to learn more about the latest trends and opportunities in this space –... »
Fredrik Haren on Creativity and The Developing World
Fredrik Haren, author and creativity guru, is in Manila to promote the local launch of his creation, The Idea Book. With the belief that a book on creativity must in itself be creative, Fredrik made the Idea Book an innovative book-notebook combo; Meaning that it’s 150 pages about ideas (the book), and 150 pages... »
This Makes Teaching Worth It
a couple of posts from former students, both in the last two days. maybe it’s the universe’s way of telling me that my devotion to teaching is slowly paying off … »
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