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Outline Stories As An Engineer

Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner October 6, 2011

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer

Table of Contents

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Stories 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

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As An Engineer Points It Tried To Make What does it mean to me?

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

1980 Italian Earthquake

1980 Earthquake hit Naples (4,000 killed, 250,000 left homeless) Rugged mountainous region, hard to get to Within hours, 6000 volunteers came with near nothing [NOTHING] Without management, formed groups, saved hundreds Two days, officials came to save the day

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

1980 Italian Earthquake

1980 Earthquake hit Naples (4,000 killed, 250,000 left homeless) Rugged mountainous region, hard to get to Within hours, 6000 volunteers came with near nothing [NOTHING] Without management, formed groups, saved hundreds Two days, officials came to save the day

They we’re familiar with the area Army muddied up volunteers groove

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

1980 Italian Earthquake

1980 Earthquake hit Naples (4,000 killed, 250,000 left homeless) Rugged mountainous region, hard to get to Within hours, 6000 volunteers came with near nothing [NOTHING] Without management, formed groups, saved hundreds Two days, officials came to save the day

They we’re familiar with the area Army muddied up volunteers groove

Moral: volunteers can be creative and thus surprisingly effective

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Honda Motorcycles

Not a prominent motorcycle company until 1964 Boston Consulting Group says ”They had a killer business plan”

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Honda Motorcycles

Not a prominent motorcycle company until 1964 Boston Consulting Group says ”They had a killer business plan” Ah ha! It was script-think!

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Honda Motorcycles

Not a prominent motorcycle company until 1964 Boston Consulting Group says ”They had a killer business plan” Ah ha! It was script-think! Honda’s engineers in L.A. rode 50cc bikes around and people loved them. There wasn’t a small engineer motorcycle on the US market

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Honda Motorcycles

Not a prominent motorcycle company until 1964 Boston Consulting Group says ”They had a killer business plan” Ah ha! It was script-think! Honda’s engineers in L.A. rode 50cc bikes around and people loved them. There wasn’t a small engineer motorcycle on the US market Moral: They took a improvisational chance and came out on top

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

USS Palau

1985, Navy helicopter carrier ship was coming into San Diego port Notoriously difficult to navigate Steam drum pressure plummets => loss of all electricity In minutes a few engineers found a new way to navigate. Under stress, engineers can be incredible.

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

USS Palau

1985, Navy helicopter carrier ship was coming into San Diego port Notoriously difficult to navigate Steam drum pressure plummets => loss of all electricity In minutes a few engineers found a new way to navigate. Under stress, engineers can be incredible.

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

USS Palau

1985, Navy helicopter carrier ship was coming into San Diego port Notoriously difficult to navigate Steam drum pressure plummets => loss of all electricity In minutes a few engineers found a new way to navigate. Under stress, engineers can be incredible. Moral: When your life is on the line, you make a better engineer

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Awesome orchestra that functions without a conductor Self-managing, the members take turns They fight all the time but they ”fight it out”

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Awesome orchestra that functions without a conductor Self-managing, the members take turns They fight all the time but they ”fight it out” Not very efficient Takes three times as long to produce a piece

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer 1980 Italian Earthquake Honda Motorcycles USS Palau Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Awesome orchestra that functions without a conductor Self-managing, the members take turns They fight all the time but they ”fight it out” Not very efficient Takes three times as long to produce a piece Moral: Improvisation can be great but usually talking it out takes more time

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer Points It Tried To Make What does it mean to me?

Points It Tried To Make

Familiarity can have an advantage over organization; bureaucracy Script-Thought can work in your advantage, people often think your luck is well planned High stress and group trust can lead to high yield. Hacks are okay, especially if new designs are already on the way. Collaboration and trust the group you’re working with. 30 Minds are greater than one. Necessity is the mother of invention -Dr. Stretz

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation

Outline Stories As An Engineer Points It Tried To Make What does it mean to me?

What does it mean to me?

You’ll have an advantage in familiar space You know what happens when you make an assumption Innovation can be dirty (hacks) Don’t be so full of yourself that you deny your peers of valid ideas or opinions The business of the future is like a jazz performance

Trey Brooks & Zach Brenner Group Genius: Improvising Innovation