Innovation means coming up with new products, services, solutions, and ideas that improve the status quo. Today, we need innovation more than ever because of the complexity and scale of the economic, social, and environmental problems that we face in our modern society. Although creativity is one of the most basic human traits, at times it seems difficult to innovate. Innovation teams, especially in larger, established organizations, frequently fail to come up with innovative solutions. Research shows that a structured approach to innovation can improve the productivity and creativity of innovation teams. This mini-workshop introduces several techniques that can help student innovation teams in finding (a) facts, (b) new ideas, and (c) creative solutions. These techniques are usually taught in introductory-level entrepreneurship and engineering design classes. The participants of this workshop will learn how to lead their innovation teams through a product development process.
This event is free and open to all professional societies in Berks County, but you need to RSVP to reserve your seats. To register, complete the form linked here:
https://forms.gle/8itCFVQuL7dv7XdK8 to RSVP no later than 5 pm on Monday, November 11th. For more information, please contact Abdullah Konak at (610) 396-6310 or via email at
konak@psu.edu.
