Everything I Know About Innovation I Learned From Buggy

In his lecture, "Everything I Know about Innovation I Learned from Buggy," alumnus Matthew Wagner (E'87) illustrates his understanding of innovation through examples taken primarily from his experiences at Carnegie Mellon as a founder and chair of Spirit Buggy. For the uninitiated, Buggy is a highly competitive human and gravity powered race unique to CMU and an activity dear to the hearts of many in the CMU community.

Innovation is often portrayed as a rather mysterious activity that requires a certain magical spark to be successful. Although there may be some truth in this perspective, Wagner believes that innovation is also a process that can be thoughtfully analyzed and described. In turn, a pragmatic conceptual understanding of innovation can be used to design organizations in a manner that strongly supports successful innovation.

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