Pathways to Innovation is an initiative of Epicenter at Stanford University that is managed by VentureWell and funded by the National Science Foundation. Pathways relies on Strategic Doing, an agile strategy discipline pioneered by Purdue, to produce some remarkable results. This presentation reviews our progress through August 2015.

1. PATHWAYS TO INNOVATION
TRANSFORMING
ENGINEERING EDUCATION

2. How do you transform
engineering at 51 universities?

3. That’s the challenge of the
Pathways partners

4. They are using a new agile
strategy discipline

5. Meet…
Ilya V. Avdeev, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of
Mechanical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee

6. Meet…
Magda Lagoudas, Ph.D.
Executive Director of
Industry and Nonprofit
Partnerships
College of Engineering
Texas A&M University

7. They lead teams using Strategic
Doing to transform engineering
13

8. They design collaborations
quickly and create alignments
8

9. They lead
teams that
answer
2 simple,
but not
easy
questions

10. 2014
2015
2016
0 12 24 36 48 60
Cohort 1 Cohort 2 Cohort 3
12 universities
37 universities
25 added in 2015
51 universities
14 to be added in 2016
Purdue, VentureWell & Stanford
are guiding 37 university teams

11. Our Pathway teams come
from all over the United States
14 new
universities
added this
month

12. Each team develops an initial
strategies in hours

16. Teams have multiple learning
opportunities to practice

17. 0
33
65
98
130
37 Pathways Universities
58
collaborations
underway
125
in development
Pathways innovation happens
in weeks and months, not years

18. New or redesigned courses…
0 10 20 30 40
38
14
Completed In Development
Potential student impact:
55,865
Data as of July 31, 2015

19. New or renovated maker
spaces…
0 2 4 6 8
2
8
Completed In Development
Potential student impact:
40,400
Data as of July 31, 2015

20. New credentials (minors,
degrees, or certificates)…
0 4.5 9 13.5 18
17
1
Completed In Development
Potential student impact:
25,308
Data as of July 31, 2015

21. New infrastructure (new class
rooms, IP policies, champions)…
0 4.25 8.5 12.75 17
17
10
Completed In Development
Potential student impact:
44,993
Data as of July 31, 2015

22. New non-credit learning
(workshops, internships)…
0 5 10 15 20
19
9
Completed In Development
Potential student impact:
38,810
Data as of July 31, 2015

23. New student competitions…
0 2.5 5 7.5 10
8
10
Completed In Development
Potential student impact:
29,619
Data as of July 31, 2015

24. Collaborations
0
25
50
75
100
March April May June July
25 Cohort 2 universities are
accelerating since March launch
Data as of July 31, 2015

25. The Strategic Doing approach
might be one of the most effective
ways of implementing change on
campus. It effectively replaces
strategic planning, a
traditional pathway…
Our diverse team of faculty and
administrators have pivoted many
times because of the continuous
feedback that we analyze and plug
back in into the decision making
process.
Ilya V. Avdeev, Ph.D.

26. The Strategic Doing approach
had a significant impact for us in
helping us move faster from
having a general idea for a
program to its successful
implementation. It keeps the
whole team focused on
outcomes.
Magda Lagoudas

27. Inspired by Pathways…
Purdue has won a $2 million award
to transform Mechanical
Engineering Department using
Strategic Doing

28. American Society for
Engineering Education
begins collaboration to
support Pathways teams
Inspired by Pathways…

30. Ed Morrison
edmorrison@purdue.edu
Learn more about Strategic Doing at strategicdoing.net
or contact Peggy Hosea at Purdue: phosea@purdue.edu
Learn more about Pathways at venturewell.org
or contact Liz Nilsen at VentureWell: lnilsen@venturewell.org