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pace with start-ups, established corporations are pushed to the limit,. To establish start-up spirit and thinking in corporate processes, old business models have to be discarded and comfort zones abandoned.
THE KEY – AGILITY AND LIFELONG LEARNING
To prepare the upcoming generations for digital change, timely investment in future-oriented dual education is needed. Futurologists are forecasting that many professions, as we know them today, will soon no longer exist. A rethink is needed in the voca- tional training of future skilled workers, so that they can competently and flexibly handle the challenges of digital change. Staff need to develop the ability to a- dapt quickly to new developments, taking on respon- sibility for their own on-going training to make sure that they do not lose out. It is up to management to ensure the right framework for their staff.
CREATING THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT FOR EXPERIMENTATION
Digital innovations do not just appear from nowhere, but require development. This is why many companies set up creative workspaces, to promote innovative thinking and action. In a secure environment, new ideas can be tried out, prototypes developed and tested.
FIELD REPORT FROM A PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE
Three years ago, the Northern Institute of Technology Management – NIT, was established on the campus of Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, pinning its future on digital transformation. This was driven by its director Verena Fritzsche who, together with her team, formulated the following questions: ‘How will tomorrow‘s educational institute look? What content should be taught, in what form? How will students be optimally prepared for the working world? How will
WORKSHOPS SUCH AS ‘DESIGN THINKING’ TRY OUT NEW APPROACHES
leaders become fit for digital change?’ In numerous workshops with all NIT stakeholders – students, lec- turers, corporate representatives and alumni – a new slogan was developed: ‘BE THE CHANGE’.
The Technology Management masters’ programme has been enriched with digital questions, now taking place within a modern format combining face-to-face and online learning phases. At the heart of the course is an individual project that continues throughout the length of the programme. Students can forge ahead, either with their own start-up idea or an innovation project for a partner company. Additionally, NIT has developed a toolbox for the movers & shakers of digi- tal change. In pragmatic, hands-on workshops, staff and leaders experience how the new technologies can be used in companies, and which methods lead to more effectiveness and efficiency in the modern working world. With workshops such as Design Thinking and Business Model Canvas, renowned lec- turers turn conventional ways of thinking upside- down, challenging participants to try new approa- ches. To this end, NIT has equipped a special room. Bright colours, walls you can write on, mobile tables and many different materials promoting creativity and absolutely inviting you to try it out. This creative room at NIT is available for hire, with or without a trainer. ■
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