From the idea to prototype // Idea2Innovation

In today’s competitive landscape, innovation is key to success. This workshop is meticulously designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to transform innovative ideas into tangible first prototypes to prove the problem/solution fit. The workshop contains the following learning objectives:

Creative Idea development: Discover methods for developing and creatively elaborating your ideas in order to promote innovation.

Strategic Idea Evaluation: Learn to systematically evaluate ideas and make informed decisions. Develop the ability to identify and prioritize ideas with the most potential.

Distinguishing Disruptive and Incremental Ideas: Understand the critical difference between disruptive and incremental ideas and how to harness their potential.

The “From the Problem to the Idea” workshop is a transformative experience that delves into the realms of creative problem solving and design thinking, honing essential skills for innovation. Participants will embark on a journey to achieve the following learning objectives:

• Creative Idea development: Discover methods for developing and creatively elaborating your ideas in order to promote innovation.
• Strategic Idea Evaluation: Learn to systematically evaluate ideas and make informed decisions. Develop the ability to identify and prioritize ideas with the most potential.
• Distinguishing Disruptive and Incremental Ideas: Understand the critical difference between disruptive and incremental ideas and how to harness their potential.
• Sketching and Prototyping: Master the art of sketching and prototyping, essential for translating ideas into tangible forms.
• Digital Prototyping Tools: Experiment with cutting-edge digital prototyping tools that streamline the prototyping process.
• Creating a Digital Prototype: Transform your ideas into digital prototypes, gaining hands-on experience in the prototyping process.
• Purpose of Prototypes: Grasp the significance of prototypes in the innovation journey and their role in refining concepts.
• Feedback Methods (UX Testing): Understand and apply first simple feedback methods for UX testing, to clarify the next steps.

This workshop is the next gateway to effective innovation. Join us on this transformative journey from idea to prototype and take a significant step toward realizing your innovative vision. — This workshop marks the beginning of the DIH course “Beyond Prototyping: Transforming Problems into Validated Software.” The workshop series is organized by the University of Innsbruck’s Department of Informatics and the Innovation and Startup Center InnCubator.

We strongly recommend participating in the entire series to fully equip yourself with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully implement innovative software solutions within your company.

The next workshop will be announced soon.

From the Problem to the Idea // Idea2Innovation

The “From the Problem to the Idea” workshop is a transformative experience that delves into the realms of creative problem solving and design thinking, honing essential skills for innovation. Participants will embark on a journey to achieve the following learning objectives:

• Identifying Relevant Problems: Uncover the art of recognizing challenges that hold significance, paving the way for innovative solutions.
• Embracing Novelty: Develop the prowess to welcome unconventional and daring ideas, even if they appear unconventional or risky at first.
• Navigating Uncertainty: Acquire the ability to tackle uncertainty without prematurely reaching conclusions, fostering a balanced approach.
• Mastering Complexity: Cultivate the skill to embrace complexity without being overwhelmed by information overload, interconnected issues, and differing viewpoints.
• Probing Root Causes: Attain proficiency in dissecting problems to their core, enabling comprehensive understanding and analysis.
• Crafting Problem Statements: Harness the art of formulating and elaborating on problem statements, a cornerstone of effective solution development.
• Methods for Ideation: Immerse in diverse methods to nurture and cultivate creative ideas, paving the path for innovative breakthroughs.
• By combining the principles of design thinking and creative problem solving, this workshop empowers participants to address challenges with an innovative and holistic approach. It equips them to unlock novel solutions, fostering a culture of creativity and problem-solving within organizations.

By combining the principles of design thinking and creative problem solving, this workshop empowers participants to address challenges with an innovative and holistic approach. It equips them to unlock novel solutions, fostering a culture of creativity and problem-solving within organizations. — This workshop marks the beginning of the DIH course “Beyond Prototyping: Transforming Problems into Validated Software.” The workshop series is organized by the University of Innsbruck’s Department of Informatics and the Innovation and Startup Center InnCubator.

We strongly recommend participating in the entire series to fully equip yourself with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully implement innovative software solutions within your company.
The next workshop will take place on 25.10.2024 from 09:00- 16:00, “From idea to prototyping” /InnCubator / Registration

Challenge the Status Quo: Zukunftsfitte Geschäftsmodelle Produktgestaltung

In this workshop, you will learn how to design your solution, your product and your business model for the future right from the start. You will learn methods, strategies and best practices on how to achieve added value in terms of the 3 Ps (people, planet, profit) using the circular economy.

About the speaker: Simon Tumler is co-founder of endlich, a company that focuses on consulting and education around the circular economy at the intersection of strategy and innovation. In this workshop, he will introduce you to the status quo of the existing economic system and then introduce you to various approaches that combine economic and ecological sustainability in an innovative way.

The Future-Fit Business Models Product Design module is part of the Challenge the Status Quo workshop series – a 4-week program to develop ideas and bring about major social change in a short period of time.

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About the ‘Challenge the Status Quo’ workshop series

Challenge the Status Quo is a free series of workshops for designers who want to make a positive contribution to the world with new ideas and entrepreneurial thinking.

Do you want to make the world a better place?
Do you want to challenge the status quo and actively make a difference?

Then you’ve come to the right place! Join us and learn how entrepreneurial thinking can help you to recognize challenges and create solutions with social and ecological added value.

We are launching this new impact workshop series, which offers you everything you need to confidently and effectively develop and implement ideas with a sustainable impact.

The ‘Challenge the Status Quo’ workshop series is run by the AplusB South-West Centers Startup Salzburg, Startup.Tirol, University of Innsbruck and the build! Gründerzentrum Kärnten.

Short Facts

• Program duration: October 1 to October 28, 2024
• Registration phase: September 3, 2024 to October 28, 2024
• Workshop series with kick-off workshop in presence and three online modules (can be booked as a series or individually)
• free of charge
• Registration here

Who is the ‘Challenge the Status Quo’ workshop series for?

Challenge the Status Quo is a series of workshops for students, graduates and professionals from all disciplines who are interested in starting a business and want to make an active contribution to a better world. You do not need any prior knowledge of start-ups and business model development to take part in this workshop series. If you are interested in sustainable ideas with impact and want to meet like-minded people, Challenge the Status Quo is the right place for you!

We are looking for you as:

• Idea developers: You don’t have an idea yet, but would like to work on a problem and develop ideas together with other participants.
• Interested in founding a company: Do you already have an idea and want to develop it further? Apply with your team or find new team members!

When do the workshops take place?

Our experience has shown that physical meetings contribute significantly to a strong community and creativity at work. That’s why our ideas workshop takes place in person in Tyrol and every participating province. For all other workshops we meet online.  If you are only interested in certain online in-depth modules, you are also welcome to book these individually.

Overview of dates:

• Kick-off: Getting to know each other, developing ideas | Tuesday, 01.10.2024 | Presence at the InnCubator as part of the start-up week| Time: 8:30 – 12:30

• In-depth module 1: Purpose Entrepreneurial Spirit with Nikolaus Hutter, Relevant Ventures | Monday, 14.10.2024 | Online | Time: 16:30 – 18:30

• Advanced module 2: Global challenges: Opportunities of the Green Economy with Johannes Naimer-Stach, Climate Protection Academy | Monday, 21.10.2024 | Online | Time: 16:30 – 18:30

• In-depth module 3: Future-oriented business models product design with Simon Tumler, endlich | Monday, 28.10.2024 | Online | Time: 16.30 – 18.30

Costs

Participation in the workshop series is free of charge for all participants from the federal states. As places are limited, we ask you all the more to make a strong commitment and attend all dates.

Challenge the Status Quo: “Looking for an idea?” – Future-oriented idea generation for potential founders

Are you at the beginning of your journey into entrepreneurship or are you simply curious about the topic of entrepreneurship? – This workshop is the perfect introduction! Our aim is to introduce you to practical methods for generating, structuring and evaluating ideas based on the latest research findings and our experience at InnCubator, Startup.Tirol and Impact Hub.

In this workshop, you will learn how to use proven principles of divergent and convergent thinking from design thinking practice to creatively develop ideas that are not only original, but also future-proof and sustainable – in terms of social responsibility and environmental awareness. We not only work creatively, but also take a systematic and strategic approach – an essential foundation for any successful start-up.
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What you will take away from this workshop:

• Practical techniques for developing sustainable ideas
• A concrete understanding of why future-oriented and sustainable ideas are crucial for your start-up project
• An inspiring pool of new ideas that you can develop further straight away

Register now and let us inspire you – we look forward to seeing you!

InnCubator, Startup.Tirol and Impact Hub Tirol

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About the ‘Challenge the Status Quo’ workshop series

Challenge the Status Quo is a free series of workshops for designers who want to make a positive contribution to the world with new ideas and entrepreneurial thinking.

Do you want to make the world a better place?
Do you want to challenge the status quo and actively make a difference?

Then you’ve come to the right place! Join us and learn how entrepreneurial thinking can help you to recognize challenges and create solutions with social and ecological added value.

We are launching this new impact workshop series, which offers you everything you need to confidently and effectively develop and implement ideas with a sustainable impact.

The ‘Challenge the Status Quo’ workshop series is run by the AplusB South-West Centers Startup Salzburg, Startup.Tirol, University of Innsbruck and the build! Gründerzentrum Kärnten.

Short Facts

• Program duration: October 1 to October 28, 2024
• Registration phase: September 3, 2024 to October 28, 2024
• Workshop series with kick-off workshop in presence and three online modules (can be booked as a series or individually)
• free of charge
• Registration here

Who is the ‘Challenge the Status Quo’ workshop series for?

Challenge the Status Quo is a series of workshops for students, graduates and professionals from all disciplines who are interested in starting a business and want to make an active contribution to a better world. You do not need any prior knowledge of start-ups and business model development to take part in this workshop series. If you are interested in sustainable ideas with impact and want to meet like-minded people, Challenge the Status Quo is the right place for you!

We are looking for you as:

• Idea developers: You don’t have an idea yet, but would like to work on a problem and develop ideas together with other participants.
• Interested in founding a company: Do you already have an idea and want to develop it further? Apply with your team or find new team members!

When do the workshops take place?

Our experience has shown that physical meetings contribute significantly to a strong community and creativity at work. That’s why our ideas workshop takes place in person in Tyrol and every participating province. For all other workshops we meet online.  If you are only interested in certain online in-depth modules, you are also welcome to book these individually.

Overview of dates:

• Kick-off: Getting to know each other, developing ideas | Tuesday, 01.10.2024 | Presence at the InnCubator as part of the start-up week| Time: 8:30 – 12:30

• In-depth module 1: Purpose Entrepreneurial Spirit with Nikolaus Hutter, Relevant Ventures | Monday, 14.10.2024 | Online | Time: 16:30 – 18:30

• Advanced module 2: Global challenges: Opportunities of the Green Economy with Johannes Naimer-Stach, Climate Protection Academy | Monday, 21.10.2024 | Online | Time: 16:30 – 18:30

• In-depth module 3: Future-oriented business models product design with Simon Tumler, endlich | Monday, 28.10.2024 | Online | Time: 16.30 – 18.30

Costs

Participation in the workshop series is free of charge for all participants from the federal states. As places are limited, we ask you all the more to make a strong commitment and attend all dates.