PROBLEM
- During the COVID pandemic cultural events and the social connections that they create have been severely reduced.
- Young people are looking for ways to reconnect to cultural activities in a fun, innovative and safe way.
- Young people from various backgrounds wanted to tackle this problem and come up with new solutions.
APPROACH
- 6 diverse teams participated in presential and online creativity and innovation workshops.
- Each team selected a different challenge within the framework of culture and entertainment. Methodologies such as Design Thinking and Lean Startup were used.
OUTCOME
- Teams understood the challenges with cultural experiences from different stakeholders, from the visitors who attend the event, to the event organisers and artists.
- Initial solutions where created and shared with the final user and with other partners.
TESTIMONIALS
“I really like your teaching method: you are very dynamic and that helps at 8AM in the morning. Moreover, you always provide us very good feedbacks.”
Rosalie
“Practical approach,it is the best way to brainstorm and come up with ideas. Energy of the professor.”
Giacomo
“Very much enjoyed the practical approach: very hands on and applicable changes in challenges and to dos on a weekly basis helped a lot with deeply understanding and learning the material taught the mix between an actual lecture and working on the project made the class very interactive and enhanced productiveness.”
Marc
“Firstly, I take away the process of how Innovation can be done through design thinking, the number of activities and brainstorming that can be done to fix a problem. Secondly, I take into account and have learned that all shareholders have to be analysed and taken into account, every step of the process counts and input from user is of key importante. Lastly, I have learned how to create and test a lo-fi prototype and improve my skills of interviewing and testing different concepts.”
Javier
