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SPE Emerging Leaders Workshop 05 April 2014 | SPE-Texas A&M University

SPE Emerging Leaders Workshop 05 April 2014 | SPE-Texas A&M University. Fostering Innovation/Vision. Tom BLASINGAME Petroleum Engineering — Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3116 (USA) +1.979.255.8808 — t-blasingame@tamu.edu. Outline :. Brief Biography: Tom BLASINGAME

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SPE Emerging Leaders Workshop 05 April 2014 | SPE-Texas A&M University

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  1. SPE Emerging Leaders Workshop 05 April 2014 | SPE-Texas A&M University Fostering Innovation/Vision Tom BLASINGAME Petroleum Engineering — Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3116 (USA) +1.979.255.8808 — t-blasingame@tamu.edu

  2. Outline: • Brief Biography: Tom BLASINGAME • Definitions: • Vision • Innovation (and Innovate) • Perspectives • How to Envision • Motivate to Innovate • Closure

  3. Brief Biography: Blasingame • Role: • Professor, Texas A&M U. • Holder of the Robert L. Whiting Professorship • B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Texas A&M U. (PETE) • Counts: (April 2014) • 52 M.S. (thesis) Graduates and 31 M.Eng. (report, non-thesis) Graduates • 12 Ph.D. Graduates • Over 130 Technical Articles • Recognition: • Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (2000) • SPE Distinguished Service Award (2005) • SPE Distinguished Lecturer (2005-2006) • SPE Uren Award (2006) • SPE Lucas Medal (2012) • SPE DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal (2013) • Current Research Activities: • Nano-Scale Flow Phenomena • Reservoir Engineering of Near-Critical, "Liquids-Rich" Shale Systems • Evaluation of Well Performance Data for Shale/Liquids-Rich Systems • Numerical Modeling of Ultra-Low Permeability Reservoir Systems

  4. Vision: (brought to you from our friends at Google) Source: Google

  5. Innovation: (brought to you from our friends at Google) Source: Google

  6. Perspectives: Vision • Do it first, or do it different… • — Anonymous • To the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind. • — Seneca [Roman philosopher/statesman (4 BC – AD 65)] • Dissatisfaction and discouragement are not caused by the absence of things but the absence of vision. • — Anonymous • You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. • — Mark Twain [American Philosopher/Writer (1835-1910)] • Vision without execution is hallucination. • — Thomas Edison [American Inventor (1847-1931)] Source: Various

  7. Perspectives: Innovation • The essential part of creativity is not being afraid to fail. • — Edwin H. Land [American Inventor (Polaroid camera) (1909-1991) • Nothing is stronger than habit. • — Ovid [Roman Poet (43 BC-?) • If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got. • — Albert Einstein [German-American Physicist (1879-1955)] • The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards. • — Arthur Koestler [Hungarian-British Author/Journalist (1905-1983)] • The key to success is for you to make a habit throughout your life of doing the things you fear. • — Vincent Van Gogh [Dutch Artist (1853-1890)] Source: Various

  8. How to Envision: … a Workflow … • Know your values. • Know where you are. • Know what you need (or want). • Consider how to get where you want to be. • Draft a (messy) plan (a list of steps, a plot, or picture). • Comments: • You have to see it to build it. • There are no short-cuts to success. • No one owes you anything. • Failure is part of the process. • Comfort tasks recharge your batteries, not your imagination. • Always know your available resources: • Time/Money • Food/Water/Oxygen • ... red bull Source: Blasingame

  9. Motivate to Innovate: • Stretch goals (defined as more than you want to do…) • Deadlines (work fills the time allotted) • Fear as a motivator (eventually not effective) • Engage your passion (… most powerful element) • Flexibility/autonomy in how you work (has to be earned) • Responsibility (you own it) • Comments: • What you believe is who you are... • Stress is strength. • Hunger is strength. • You can do anything, but you can't do everything. • Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative. • Innovation is a process, not an outcome. • … dreams move on, if you wait too long. (Billy Ray Cyrus) Source: Blasingame

  10. Innovation Map 2013: Source: http://www.globalinnovationindex.org/userfiles/file/blog/blog-july-1.pdf

  11. Closure: • In this room (right now!) there are: • People who will … lead the Petroleum Industry. • People who will … define technologies of the future. • People who will … create jobs/wealth/opportunity. • People who will … devote their lives to serve others. • People who will … effect change through their example. • People who will … adapt to any opportunity. • People who will … suffer for their art/passions. • People who will … just have a (really good) job. • Closure Questions: • What is/are the differentiator(s)? (… your desire) • Which group do you want to be in? (… your choice) • How do you get to where you want to be? (… your path) Source: Blasingame

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