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=Project Name: ‘Center’ for Innovation and Design Thinking=
''Project by Faculty Innovation Fellows Candidate [[Faculty Champion:Axel Roepnack|Axel Roepnack]]'
=== Why is this project important to you, your department, & your Fellows? ===
This project is important…
* to our organization (Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University) as our new Dean / leadership ranks the innovation as a top priority
* to our department because we are involved with a variety of activities in the context of innovation and design thinking including several generations of University Innovation Fellows (5 years)
* to me because I am passionate about the topic, seeing the big potential impact it can have for our students, faculty, administrators, alumni, local communities
=== Description ===
To build an ‘organizational unit, center, or space’ to support and enhance already existing and future innovation initiatives is of high importance for our organization (Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University) and a variety of stakeholders (see below).
The topic of innovation (and design thinking) raised lately to high / strategic importance to our school (new dean) and our university (new president). Our school but especially our department already launched a variety of innovation initiatives, but we are lacking an ‘instrument (center)’ which could promote, support, enhance or even spearhead innovation education and initiatives. There are many activities related to the center are conceivable and one of the challenges of this project is the analysis of what is possible, wanted and implementable. To name a few: offering design thinking workshops to different stakeholders (students, faculty, leadership, administrators, alumni) educating on innovation topics like design thinking (incl. designing your life); supporting UIF, serving the UIF community in New York with regular events / meetups and more.
=== Stakeholders served ===
* Graduate and undergraduate students
* Faculty & administrators
* Alumni
* Dean’s office
* UIF (5 generations)
* UIF community in New York
=== Key Milestones ===
* December 2023: Stakeholder interviews
* March 2024: Define vision and mission of center
* June 2024: Layout of core center activities, formulate ‘business plan’
* September 2024: Apply to leadership for recognition as organizational unit
* December 2024: Recognition as organizational unit and running the center to fulfil its mission
* March 2025: Center Kick-off event with one day conference on innovation at Gabelli
=== An Innovation Portfolio ===
All material can be shared including:
* Center material: plans, reports, slides, promotional, website, videos, testimonials, …
* Activities materials: workshops, events, …
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