Minor Innovation and Design Thinking

UniCA Entrepreneurship proposes 4 targeted workshops. To validate the minor, the student must select 3 workshops from the selection:

Spring 2026

• Design Thinking: Design thinking is an approach invented at Stanford University and currently adopted by the most innovative companies worldwide (Air Bnb, IBM, McKinsey, Apple, and many orders). Design thinking takes as its premise the notion that to innovate, designers must connect with people, understand their real needs, and explore the entire context of the project with a constant attitude of inquiry. 
• ​Ai For Business: In a world awashed with ai-based solutions, this workshop aims at increasing awareness about opportunities and criticalities related to Artificial Intelligence. Students will receive an introduction to Machine Learning, Big data, and Automatic Natural Language Processing and analyse real business cases in order to understand how to leverage these technologies to build an innovative business opportunity. 
• ​Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship can be a frightening concept for students. The objective of the workshop will be to de-demonise entrepreneurship and enable the students present to discover the basics of setting up a business and to adopt an entrepreneurial stance.
• Soft Skills: Long overlooked by recruiters, soft skills have become 'must-haves' in the workplace and are increasingly valued. In this workshop, we will focus on the most sought-after soft skills and teach you how to develop these competencies!

Fall 2025

• Design Thinking: Design thinking is an approach invented at Stanford University and currently adopted by the most innovative companies worldwide (Air Bnb, IBM, McKinsey, Apple, and many orders). Design thinking takes as its premise the notion that to innovate, designers must connect with people, understand their real needs, and explore the entire context of the project with a constant attitude of inquiry. 
• ​Ai For Business: In a world awashed with ai-based solutions, this workshop aims at increasing awareness about opportunities and criticalities related to Artificial Intelligence. Students will receive an introduction to Machine Learning, Big data, and Automatic Natural Language Processing and analyse real business cases in order to understand how to leverage these technologies to build an innovative business opportunity. 
• ​Effectuation: Discover entrepreneurship through the prism of effectuation theory. This is a way of thinking used to build successful businesses by imagining the world as a set of opportunities. Start with the means available to achieve affordable goals. 
• Identify your Talents: The aim is for students to identity their superpower, which is a unique contribution to society based on each individuals special talents. This workshop will provide answers to questions such as: What am I naturally good at (depending on your life path, your personal background)? What skills and career path would suit my superpower?