Digital Innovation

Jan 4th - The elusive digital innovation

• Before coming to class: get your WhatsApp account, your Miro account, and your textbook
• Make sure that you can access the DigiLibrary: a box folder that contains decks and readings.
• Read and practice the Zoom etiquette
• Take a selfie - can be a fun one, but your face must be well visible. Load it onto your desktop. We will use it for team creation.
• Watch: Tim Brown urges designers to think big
• Optional - watch a Frontline episode on AI (2 hrs)
  

 Afternoon - AI: Will an RPA bot do your job?

• Read: article (01) on AI in business  (in the DigiLibrary)
• Read: article (02) on Design Thinking

Jan 5 - AI: Doctor Bot will see you now

• Read: AI vs. MD
• Read: Sprint book pp 21-37 and 53-58. Sprint: Map (LT Goals)

 Afternoon - AI: Our chatbots: butlers or spies?

• Read: article (03) on  chatbot and digital assistants
• Experiment: use the Watson Tone Analyzer.  Select "your own text" and enter some text of your own. Observe the results and be ready to talk about them in class.
• Read: Sprint book pp 59-67. Sprint: Map (Chart)

Jan 6th - AI: What does "machine learning" really mean?

• Watch: But what is a neural network?  This is the best video that I could find in terms of striking a balance between being rigorous and relatively accessible. You will see that machine learning gets very mathematical very quickly. Hang on! Try to develop some intuitions about neural nets and what they are, and bring to class some questions. Watch carefully the first 5 minutes, the rest is optional.
• Read: Sprint book pp 73-94. Sprint: Map (HMW & Target)

  Afternoon - Too much of a good (Internet of) Things?

• Read: Success with the Internet of Things Requires More Than Chasing the Cool Factor.  There is much more to the IoT than the Nest thermostat, the fitBIt and the security camera. Much of the business value of the IoT lies elsewhere.
• Read: Sprint book pp 95-102.  Sprint: Sketch (Lightning demos)

Jan 7th - VR is dead. Long live AR!

• Read: The Wired guide to virtual reality. Become familiar with the terms.
• Watch: Facebook Social VR Demo. Facebook paid $3B for Oculus, the VR technology firm.  Money well spent? Strengths and weaknesses of the technology?
• Watch:  HoloLens 2 AR Headset: On Stage Live Demonstration
• Watch: Augmented reality at DHL. A real-world case.
• Sprint book pp 103-127. Sprint: Sketch (4-step sketch)

 Afternoon - So... how does the Internet work?

• Watch: How does the internet works?   Dan recommends this as maybe too simplistic for some of you, but a broad intro.
• Watch: What is the internet?  Short answer: a distributed packet-switching network.  Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the internet, explains further.
• Watch: How does the internet work? A very gentle non-technical introduction showing how a selfie is transmitted to a friend across the ocean.
• Watch: IP addresses and DNS
• Watch: Packets, routing, and reliability
• Watch: HTTP and HTML
• Watch: How does Google search work?
• Watch: What is a cookie? For all this videos, bring your questions to class.
• Sprint book pp 128-43. Sprint: Decide (Art museum to Supervote)

Jan 8th - So... what is "cloud computing"?

• Watch: What is the cloud? as fast as possible (only first 4 minutes  - the rest is advertisement). This and the following links contain slightly alternative definitions of cloud computing. Rater than focusing on subtle differences, come up with your own understanding of what the cloud/cloud computing is.
• Read: What is cloud computing? A beginner’s guide - Microsoft Azure. Read only the first web page. What are the types of cloud computing?
• Read and watch: What is cloud computing? Amazon Web Services (AWS).  Only the first web page.
• Sprint book pp 148-163. Sprint: Decide (Storyboard)

 Afternoon - Cloud means business

• Watch: What is cloud computing? - A non-technical definition by a leading vendor, with a strong emphasis on business benefits (and apparently no downsides at all!).
• Sprint book pp 165-190. Sprint: Prototype

Jan 11th - Autonomous vehicles: are we there yet?

• Watch: Inside The City Where Waymo Tests Self-Driving Vehicles
• Read: Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Future’
• Sprint: Prototype

Afternoon - 5G:  just one more "G"?

• Go to Speedtest.net and record your download speed with and without wifi.  How do these speeds compare?
• Watch: How does your mobile phone work?
• Read: 5G’s Potential, and Why Businesses Should Start Preparing for it
• Optional watch (Dan's recommended):  What is 5G?
• Sprint: Prototype

Jan 12th - Virtual collaboration after Covid?

• Read: A Guide to Managing Your (Newly) Remote Workers
• Sprint book pp 195-215. Sprint: Prototype + Test

 Afternoon - 3d and 4d printing anyone?

•  Watch: The Razor, UVA unmanned UAV.  This video shows the work of UVA Prof. David Sheffler.  Prof Sheffler leads the Rapid Prototyping lab at the UVA  School of Engineering
• Read: Article (04) on 3d printing in the Digilibrary
• Sprint book pp 216-231. Sprint: Test

Jan 13th - What is the question that blockchain answers?

• Watch: What is the blockchain? And how does it work? Watch the video and write down any question you might have.
  
• Sprint: Test
• Tips for successful presentations

Afternoon - Value creation is only one side of the challenge

• Read: Article (05) in the DigiLibrary. Pay attention to the table describing how a business model can be changed to capture more value and the examples in the text.  Skim everything else. Make sure that you understand the various techniques described in the table. You will be asked to change the business model of an existing company.
• Sprint: Test

Jan 14th - Does innovation have recognizable patterns?

• Read: article (06) to extract the innovation story, i.e. a recognizable pattern, that Moore says characterizes many/most innovations?
• Read:  Gartner Hype Cycle.    If interested, read the full article:  Understanding Gartner’s Hype Cycles
• Sprint: Final presentation tune-up

Afternoon - Disruption disrupted?

• Sprint: Presentations
• Watch: Disruptive Innovation Explained

Jan 15th

• Sprint: Presentations
• Read the two-sided market paper on network effects

Afternoon - How do YOU fit in all this?

• Sprint retrospective:  What worked well in your Sprint, and what you will improve next time
• Digital innovation and you
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