Project Name: Broadening our Horizon

Project by Faculty Innovation Fellows Candidates Luise Degen and Svenja Damberg

Why is this project important to you, your department, & your Fellows?

We strive to create awareness for sustainable innovative solutions on campus as well as about UIF in general. To come up with novel ideas, we organize events with external speakers that engage our students, faculty and university to become change-makers.

Description

The main goal of our FIF-project is to create awareness for sustainability issues on campus. Moreover, we intend to create more awareness about UIF in general with the goal of developing innovative solutions, especially for problems we find related to sustainability. In order to derive novel ideas and solutions, in the next two years (and beyond), we organize events on and off-campus for our students (not limited to the current UIF cohort). Learning from external speakers, such as industry experts from key industries in our area (Hamburg), researchers, and startup entrepreneurs, we enrich the regular learning experience, improve knowledge exchange between university and industry, and engage our students, faculty and university to become sustainable change-makers. After the two year FIF-project period, a result is a map of sustainable initiatives in and around Hamburg including key sustainability stakeholders.

Stakeholders served

TUHH students interested in learning from real-life examples and want to learn about sustainable companies, ideas, initiatives that make the world a better place
External speakers/partners who are motivated and willing to share their story (successful and not so successful startup stories, innovation managers, climate activists, etc.)
TUHH employees who want to learn from external speakers and students, connect and create impact on campus

Key Milestones

December 2022: Complete one event with external speakers/partners and create awareness for the topic of sustainability @ TUHH in connection with UIF
March 2023: Organize a second event with external partners for TUHH students and employees as well as students from other universities in and around Hamburg (HAW, Uni Hamburg, Leuphana University, Kühne Logistics University etc.) on sustainable innovations in connection with UIF
June 2023: Complete a third event and follow-up work on the previous event with participants and partners
September 2023: Complete a meetup with partners and participants from the first events and the UIF team @ TUHH
December 2023: Organize another event on sustainable innovations in cooperation with external partners, TUHH students and employees as well as students and employees from other universities
March 2024: Another meetup with industry and researchers carried out successfully

An Innovation Portfolio

Powerpoint slides, Miro templates, pictures, our newsletter contributions (TUHH, institute, etc.), Map of sustainable initiatives in and around Hamburg and key sustainability stakeholders

Project Name: Making Entrepreneurial Mindfulness a Thing

Project by Faculty Innovation Fellows Candidate Malte Krohn

Why is this project important to you, your department, & your Fellows?

I believe that the world needs healthy, engaged and skilled changemakers. Our institute delivers a wide range of innovation courses, which it always strives to keep innovative and engaging. UIF strives to hone students’ entrepreneurial mindset. I think it's a match!

Description

Why not hone the entrepreneurial mindset mindfully and give changemakers the tools to get aware of, appreciate and cultivate their capacity to drive change? I think there is a way to create the future from the present moment!

Entrepreneurial well-being has recently received a lot of attention in academia and is suggested to be taken seriously. Furthermore, our world needs changemakers that are driven by a social or sustainable purpose. Research has shown that both aspects are related to meditation and mindfulness.

This is why I want to develop a formats for entrepreneurs, in which they gain skills to tackle the external challenges of a fast-moving world and internal challenges which arise along the entrepreneurial journey. I want to empower changemakers to create sustainable change through teaching them the basics of Entrepreneurial Mindfulness.

Recently, I started having a closer look at these issues to develop a more thorough understanding and collect expert opinions in my book (https://www.onmindsandmotion.com/the-mindful-startup. This can then provide a foundation to train changemakers in Entrepreneurial Mindfulness and enable academic research about its effectiveness.

Stakeholders served

Individuals who want to drive change with a purpose and need the skills to do so
Change makers who too often give 110% and need tools to handle their internal challenge

Key Milestones

December 2020: Content written & Prototype Workshop Planned for selected TUHH students, Start administrative process for a new course
March 2021: Workshop carried out & content ready to get Feedback from fellows and champions across the world
June 202: Course details clear and feedback collected
September 2021: Course preparation starts
December 2021: Course successfully carried out
March 2022: Impact of course analyzed and insights ready