Thank you for the interesting discussion yesterday. I was very tempted to bring this up then but decided we should meet privately instead. Please schedule a time we can talk more. I could really go on for days giving you background, but I will try to be brief.
I started at USF in 1983 developing my own Patents as student projects for the Engineering Expo. Then started a student group to help others do the same thing. This resulted in a serious conflict between Dr. Newkome and Walbolt in the President's Staff meeting as the new State mandates for faculty patents had just come through... Subsequently the Research Foundation was started and STARS USA Inc.
I graduated and became a stormwater expert before returning to USF for an MBA in 2004. My first MBA class was "Leadership and Teams." The class project was a system redesign. I lead a team to redesign USF's Patent Process.... and soon found out the professor was the President's Assistant during the 1983 conflicts.
Emergence and synchronicity is really my way of life. I guess I am a "strange attractor" that helps bring new innovative emergence everywhere I go. It's not always easy, but I seem to do it whether I want to or not.
More specifically I posted to the WIKI about a Phd I will start in the Fall 08:
http://communiplexity.wikispaces.com/message/view/Brownbag+Seminar+08/3110025
I would like to discuss this further with you. Please send me a note about when we can meet. Monday, Wednesday or Friday mornings are easiest for me, but I will certainly come visit whenever you have time.
Thanks
eric
Eric R. Weaver
College of Business, University of South Florida
Department of Management, BSN 3215
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