Innovation Sprint

What it is about

You work five intensive days in interdisciplinary teams on a real challenge from a partner. You learn to develop sustainable business ideas with entrepreneurial thinking and user-centered methods, from empathic research to prototyping to the pitch, always with consideration of people, planet and profit.

What you will be able to do

• apply human-centered design principles
• identify entrepreneurial opportunities
• assess ecological and social impacts
• apply qualitative research methods (interviews, immersion, observation)
• synthesize insights and formulate how-might-we questions
• use creativity methods and prioritization
• build and test simple prototypes
• derive assumptions about business models
• present and pitch solutions effectively
• make decisions under uncertainty and work as a team

What the module consists of

• Workshop/Design SprintMain work: five days of on-site work on the challenge in interdisciplinary teams
• Input-SessionsIntroduction to tools and topics to support the project work
• LesepaketTheoretical foundations for deepening and transferring what is learned
• TeamarbeitImplementation of the methods in concrete project activities
• Feedback-SessionsIndividual feedback for further development of the projects

Teaching method

• Lesestoffconsolidates methodological understanding and enables transfer beyond practice
• Input-Sessionsstimulate engagement with relevant tools and topics
• Workshopssupport the application of knowledge in the projects
• Teamarbeitpromotes collaborative work and decision-making under uncertainty
• individuelles Feedbacksupports personal development in the project context