Minor Innovation and Design Thinking

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The topic for this Fall 2024 semester: ​Design a Solution

​Comprehensive training to design innovative, sustainable, and technological solutions. When it comes to innovation, some skills that a designer must have: are the ability to understand the context and the users' needs, a good awareness of the implications related to sustainability, the capability to optimize resources, and  ​the awareness of technology’s potential. 
 
To validate the minor, the student must attend 3 workshops among the 4 proposed below. Each workshop lasts from 8 to 10 hours.​​ 

• ​​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. Find out more about this workshop...
• ​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. Find out more about this workshop...
• ​ 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. Find out more about this workshop...
• ​Actions for Sustainability - Workshop focused on understanding today's and tomorrow's ecological and societal issues to develop sustainable, resilient solutions. Students will be introduced to tools to measure and diagnose its impact and propose impactful actions. Find out more about this workshop...