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What has been said
about PIE Teams
Entrepreneurial PIE Teams brings to the
table a view that we must have a proactive approach to creation of
jobs. Drawing on
Metaphors from
M21C thinking, the concept
of planting PIE Teams is a proactive way to get people thinking
about the primary functions that create Things and therefore Jobs. A
graphic expresses this with emphasis on hands and fingers. A new
metaphor for the six hat team is presented using the fingers of a
hand and the arm to represent essential functions associated with
a viable business.
It is a team that wear the following hats with objective to
create new products, services or processes:
- Business Hat (Entrepreneur)
- Customer Hat (Marketplace)
- Technologist Hat (Production/Service/Processes)
- Engineer Hat (Design & Development)
- Scientist Hat (Research)
- Logistics Hat (Global Supply Chain)
The concept evolved in the authors mind
during the 1990s when he was teaching at NCA&T. Students were
having a difficult time determining where their future careers would be.
The concept of a room with four corners was used to give the students an
orientation from which they would share with the class where they felt
their future would be.
The door of the room represented the
marketplace where the customer hat resides, it had a unique
understanding of the marketplace and the business and was an advocate of
the Customer bringing solutions to fit his needs. Also, he brought
the needs of the Customer to the business so they could create products,
processes or services that they needed.
The corner of the room next to the door is
the Technologist's Hat which makes specific stuff that the Customer
needs. The next corner is where the Engineer Hat resides and does
design & development; taking ideas and building prototypes that could be
passed to the Technologist for producing high quality, low cost, high
performance services and wares. In the next corner is the
Scientist Hat doing Research, coming up with new technologies and
techniques that the engineer and technologist can use for a competitive
edge.
In the Hall is the Logistics (Sourcing) Hat
which is concerned with the global supply chain.
This mini-web's objective is to give students
a point of reference to create six hat teams with the objective of
creating a new product, service or process.
It is hoped that planting PIE Teams in
Schools and Jobless Networks will result in new startup businesses and
therefore create new jobs for the future workforce.
Feedback that will enhance and strength the
concept of PIE Teams is encouraged. Thanks for your consideration of this
concept.
What has been said about PIE Teams:
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When I introduced
Entreprenurial PIE Teams George Clopton - Polo Ralph Lauren, he
responded "That sounds like 'The Skunk Works'". I procured a
copy of
Skunk Works and read it; this was the group in
Lockheed that came up with the U-2 and Stealth Technology. It
appears that there was a lot of PIE Hat Thinking going on there, I
highly recommend the book to anyone with an interest in creative and
innovative thinking and the challenges of implementing this thinking
and products. July 2010
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"Entreprenurial PIE Teams is an exciting approach.
In concept, it is compatible with the case study approach to
learning that I advocate as an important education tool.
I see teams could be interdisciplinary (ie involving various
business entities like engineers, salespersons, marketeers,
accountants, etc) or intradisciplinary (chemical engineers,
mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, etc...). Regardless
of the groupings chosen, students will not only have an opportunity
to exercise their skills in their field of study but also learn the
important contribution that their skills may contribute to
accomplishing innovation on a broader scale.
Another contribution is the interpersonal skills developed as being
a part of such a team. I have done some work with elementary
kids, allowing them to create things with simple shapes - circles,
squares, rectangles, triangles. After voting on the best
design, an assembly line was created. Then I witnessed the
same organization behavior and dynamics as being played out with
adults in industry: some productive and some counterproductive
attitudes to the mission at hand. If we use "PIE" like teams
as a catalyst to teaching students how to better collaborate
interpersonally as partners to complete a mission, businesses will
be more highly productive in their work teams.
Again thanks for exposing me to the exciting important work you are
doing."
Dr. Ida Pittman July 2011
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"... You have wonderful,
entrepreneurial programs with IEEE. While f4k isn't solely
entrepreneur focused, I believe we can connect kids to entrepreneurs
and get them excited about careers and industries --->
'Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow' ..." Susan Milliken Sanford - executive
director www.f4k.org. August 2011
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Guilford County Schools Future Economy Task Force adds
"Students will utilize the PIE framework to develop service learning
experiences" as part of "utilize Service Learning opportunities in
their career exploration" Goal. October 2011
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"The information you've provided
below is incredibly valuable and topical not only to
entrepreneurship, but to providing early and continued exposure to
principles and tools useful in vision-directed creativity and career
development from the earliest ages.
An important factor in your design
is that application of engineering principles to pursuit of an
endeavor, which I find absolutely critical to venture success.
I am a big fan of the PIE approach
and happy to market it and otherwise help in any way I can."
Roger Cubicciotti - President
www.nanomedia.com November 2011
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"Great
stuff"
Dr.
Dianne Welsh - Director,
Entrepreneurship Cross-Disciplinary Program UNCG January 2012
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