In a world where so much is uncertain and constantly changing, truly understanding ourselves becomes a uniquely powerful asset. That is why this workshop is crafted to help you gain a profound and confident understanding of who you are, so that you can turn that self-knowledge into a strength when navigating life’s complexities.
This exploration into self-discovery will begin with charting your current skills, assets, and eventually your ideal life, utilising the ‘Business Model You’ canvas – a unique adaptation of the classic business model canvas. You will delve deep into self-understanding and develop strategic life approaches, collaboratively tackle personal challenges, and benefit from shared wisdom and diverse perspectives.
Beyond this, the workshop interweaves key aspects of entrepreneurial effectuation theory, communication strategies, and design thinking, creating a supportive and creative environment that also allows you to acquire skills and methods vital in entrepreneurship and innovation. With the goal of empowering you with self-knowledge, agency, and the ability to enact change, this learning experience will not only provide you with deeper insights and strategic approaches to life’s challenges – it will nurture your potential to design the life you envision with newfound clarity and purpose.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Mastery of the ‘Business Model You’ canvas and its applications in personal and professional contexts.
- Effective use of design thinking as a tool for problem-solving.
- Harnessing innovation and entrepreneurial strategies to craft your dream life.
- Developing actionable strategies for meaningful change.
- Enhanced self-awareness, direction, and proactive approach in life.
ELIGIBILITY & SELECTION
All students and alumni of SSES member universities are eligible to apply to this weekend workshop. We get many applications and unfortunately cannot accept everyone. The selection process is outlined below.
For this specific workshop, you as an attendee will be requested to present yourself and what motivates you to learn about frugal innovation by uploading a short personal video. We also ask that you share in what area you would like to identify opportunities for frugal innovation and why.
SELECTION PROCESS
- Application is reviewed
- Selection is made and a confirmation email is sent out
- Participants must confirm their seat in order to secure the spot
- If spots are not confirmed in time, the waitlist will be reviewed and new participants selected
About the teacher
Anna Birgersdotter, PhD, is a facilitator at the Unit for Bioentrepreneurship, head of bioentrepreneurial culture, and project coordinator for EIT health projects at the Karolinska Institute (KI). Anna has a PhD in Tumour Biology and pursued a career as a cancer researcher for many years. She is now the program director of three separate courses in communication and has built up two master courses from scratch, as well as reconstructed a PhD course. She is especially motivated by working with empowering women entrepreneurs in health innovation. With expertise and experience from working in the market unit and programme unit at Tom Tits Experiment, she possesses extensive proficiency in science communication and facilitation. In her own words, her personal goal is to “create spaces that work as bridges between different realities through meetings, conversation and reflection.”