Think Like An Engineer

Language, Thinking and the Brain
Mushtak Al-Atabi

Outline
• Technopreneurship
• CDIO
• Entrepreneurial Thinking Habits
• Entrepreneurial Language

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Entropreneurship • What? • Who? • Why? • When? .

manufacture Safely and it. desire. effectively operate. select options. build it. communicate Implement Operate Make it. emotion. thought. urge in the mind Add structure. programme it maintain and retire the system .CDIO.A System Lifecycle Approach Conceive Design An idea.

language.Emotions and feelings. thinking and feeling • It all starts in the brain • Old Brain. high level thinking • The brain builds thinking templates to make sense of the world • Emotions colour everything that goes through the brain • Language can be used to rewire the brain and build alternative thinking templates .Survival Instinct • Middle Brain. decision making and meaning • New Brain.Language.

Can We Learn Entrepreneurship? • Use you non dominant hand to write “I love Taylor’s” • How is the result? .

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Neurons Network .

Myelin Kid .

Success Formula • Myelination is programming for success. CDIO Return on Failure Technique Interest Self Awareness Why do you exist? Your inner calling + + Coaching + Commitment Practice Self Management Pushing the limit = Success Mindset .

communicate to others • Implement • Make it. build it. desire. emotion.CDIO: Technique and Coaching • A System Approach to Entrepreneurship • Myelinate it to programme your brain • Conceive • A thought. programme it • Operate . urge in the mind • Design • Added structure.

hot. Classifying bad. cold) Template • Then.Thinking – Mental Model • When observing something. the baby willWiring make a decision (cry. play.) . etc. a baby will start by giving it a name or Naming finding about its name •A baby will then try to understand its meaning or classify it (good..

Thinking Exercise • What is this? • What do you think of it? • What should we do with it? .

realising opportunities is a journey .Problems vs Opportunities and Challenges • The story of the Opportunity Fund • Solving Ps is a destination.

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resilient. antenna.Thinking Exercise – Again Let us repeat the same exercise without using any negative terms • What is this? • Blattella Asahinai • What do you think of it? • Flyer. brown. six legged. winged. protein • What can we do with it? .

BBC.In a few weeks Alex Lewis went from being the owner of a pub. Yet he still describes the past year as the best he's ever had. to becoming critically ill and a quadruple amputee.com .

threats) and we need to train them to behave otherwise to identify opportunities • From now until the end of the semester. you will need to report and share five things that you are grateful for • This will myelinate your brain . let us see how can we rewire it • Rewiring your brain will enable you to create a state of mind that will enable the change in the world • Our brains are built to respond to negative stimulus (danger.Brain Rewiring • So now we know the brain thinks.

What are the Grand Challenges of this Century? • Resources are running out • Environment is increasingly polluted • Security • Inequality is rampant • Both rich and poor nations are struggling with health issues • etc .

Engineer the tools of scientific discovery . Manage the nitrogen cycle 5.Prevent nuclear terror 11.Enhance virtual reality 13. Engineer better medicines 9.21st Century Grand Challenges 1.Secure cyberspace 12. Reverse-engineer the brain 10. Provide access to clean water 6. Provide energy from fusion 3. Restore and improve urban infrastructure 7. Advance health informatics 8. Develop carbon sequestration methods 4. Make solar energy economical 2.Advance personalized learning 14.

Challenges or Opportunities? • What kind of engineers can “unlock’ the value in these challenges? • Are we systematically developing these engineers? • Is reforming engineering education necessary? • “Ingenious” engineers • Technically sound • Entrepreneurial thinking • Emotionally intelligent .

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• Teams are required to raise funds using crowdfunding • Daily Brain Rewiring • MOOC Tools . Taylor’s students lead teams from the online community.Technoepreneurship • Redefining Technopreneurship using systematic thinking • Students are working in teams.

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Be Different.Thank You! Dream Big. Have Fun! .