Discover your entrepreneurial spirit! Young Entrepreneurs in Science is an interactive workshop programme for PhDs and academics to help you ignite your entrepreneurial spirit! Together with your peers, learn methods and skills to realise your innovative potential, led by professional innovation coaches.
Day 1
Your Innovation Skills
Introduction to the innovator’s skill set
Reflection on one’s own skill set
Discovering the entrepreneurial superpowers within the group
Future Thinking
Learn and reflect on relevant future trends in a specific field (STEEP trend & key factor analysis)
Discover possible futures that are worth being prepared for
Develop a future scenario that you would like to make a reality
Ideation
Understanding a problem as a basis for innovative ideation
Getting to know different brainstorming methods and test them
Generating, evaluating, and selecting ideas
Day 2
Teamwork Essentials
Introduction to working in teams
Agility and self-organised teams (VUCA)
Role model Q&A with a team expert
Business Model Canvas
Introduction to business modeling vs. business planning; getting to know the Business Model Canvas
Hands-on working with the elements of the Business Model Canvas
Reflection and exchange on how to apply the tool outside the workshop
