Stories about entrepreneurship, industry 4.0 and learning with special focus on startups and SME’s as well as learning by doing.
Research on Entrepreneurship Education at Universities from Örebro University in Sweden shows that best practice for this field requires a design thinking approach. The authors Gabriel Linton and Markus Klinton write as a background: “Entrepreneurship has traditionally been taught from a business administration perspective, where predicting the future is central …
The conversion rate is a helpful metric to show the ability of your site when it comes to the prospect of turning visitors into customers. If your conversion rate keeps slipping, it means that your site is not doing its job effectively. Here, we’re going to look at a few …
Your employees will typically follow your directions and ideas, but wouldn’t it be better if they also came up with their own ideas, and worked with other employees to bring those ideas to life? A company that has collaboration at the heart of all that it does will be in …
“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; but in practice, there is.” Albert Einstein is often connected to this quote. However, these words are included in written sources from 1882. At that time Einstein was three years old. So it is unclear who really was the source …
Why do not more companies integrate design as a core engine in their business? This is the main question in a new McKinsey report, which should be seen in the light of the result of another report on the impact of business design that shows that: “Companies that excel at …
In an age where originality is hard-currency or rather soft-currency. Everything that starts with “mass” is seen as a gust from the past. Designers are what often stands between market success and failure. It is an environment where intuition and preferences should be fed with a pleasant experience. Not like …
Making problem-solving the core of learning forms a vital foundation for working life. This also means the ability to explore new possibilities and improve performance. Both when it comes to action as well as interaction. The aim of pedagogy would be to train the student’s entrepreneurial skills in real-life situations. …
The iconic game and entertainment brand Atari announced a deal with GSD Group, an innovation and strategy agency, that acquire the rights to build video game-themed Atari Hotels in the United States. The vision is to build a unique lodging experience with fully immersive experiences for every age and gaming …
Learning Organisation and Design Thinking are two terms that are drivers of the Culture of Modern Organisations. This is a personalised and at the same time collaborative environment that boosts creativity and performance in general. The competence that is required to be successful in such an environment is intuition and …
What would happen if you got a 15-20% free spaces to learn and work on your own projects during your working hours? Google’s 20% time has resulted in, for instance, Gmail among other things, while the outcome of 3M’s 15% time is e.g. the Post-it. However, in order to connect …
