UniTrento’s School of Innovation and Accademia d’Impresa have joined forces to offer a top-notch training course. It’s designed to give entrepreneurs and professionals the tools and skills they need to navigate an ever-changing environment. The programme looks at some of the most important topics for business growth and innovation through a series of masterclasses.
The series kicked off on 7 October with a talk on market evolution and scenarios by Sandro Trento. The lecture looked at ways to analyse global trends and adapt business strategies for changing markets. On 16 October, Alessandro Rossi led a workshop on business growth for start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs, focusing on the challenges of international expansion.
Next up is Innovation Management with Erica Santini on 30 October. This module looked at ways to bring strategic innovation into companies, using the 4Ps taxonomy of innovation: product, process, positioning and paradigm. On 13 November, Andrea Bolner and Alessandro Rossi will run the Business Model Innovation Workshop, where they’ll show participants how to innovate and restructure business models. This is really important for gaining a sustainable competitive advantage.
Next, on 27 November, Andrea Bolner will be running a workshop called Planning and Execution a Business Project. This module will look at the key steps in business planning through case studies. Finally, on 11 December, participants will present their projects during a discussion day, where they’ll get personalised feedback from the lecturers.
The course also includes one-to-one tutoring for each participant, which will help them build on what they’ve learnt and apply it to their own business contexts. With this approach, the School of Innovation and Accademia d’Impresa aim to create a stimulating environment, focused on growth and innovation.
This partnership with Accademia d’Impresa is a great opportunity for the School of Innovation to get involved in an important topic like Long Life Learning. It’s all about making a conscious effort to learn new skills and roles over time. The idea is to change or replace learning that isn’t relevant anymore, in terms of new social or work needs, in the professional or personal field.
As a place of innovation, School of Innovation will be doing more and more projects in support of Long Life Learning, because it’s a subject close to our hearts and we think it can benefit anyone who’s interested.