The statements below describe various innovation competencies that are useful both in studies and in working life. Go through the statements and think about how the innovation-promoting abilities described in the statements have come to the fore in your group work for the course. Do you yourself see a connection with innovation activities more generally, are they related to it? Why or how?
Write down concrete examples, either of your own activities or of the other members of your group, of how the statements have been reflected in your activities, and also think about how your actions in accordance with them have moved your activities forward or perhaps hindered your work. Which statements were visible in your work?
How did you do group work? If you worked online as part of your work, how did working online affect your teamwork and the expression of these competencies? Did working online affect motivation?
The course was implemented as face-to-face teaching. If it had been online, what kind of benefits and challenges would it have brought? Explain with specific examples.
How did you feel about doing the task as a group? Did it promote work? What about the expression of competencies?
Also consider what significance these abilities have in your future profession and working life in general after you graduate, as well as in your current studies. Think about one future job where you will work as a professional. Are the competencies expressed by the statements in the list related to success at work? In what ways?
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CREATIVITY |
Use intuition and own knowledge to generate ideas. |
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Find new ways to implement ideas. |
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Create original solutions to problems or exploiting opportunities. |
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Make suggestions to improve current process products or services. |
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Present novel ideas. |
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CREATIVITY |
Show inventiveness in using resources. |
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CREATIVITY |
Search out new working methods, techniques or instruments. |
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CREATIVITY |
Refine ideas. |
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CRITICAL THINKING |
Use trial and error analysis for problem solving. |
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CRITICAL THINKING |
Develop and experiment with new ways of problem solving. |
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CRITICAL THINKING |
Challenge the current state. |
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CRITICAL THINKING |
Face the task from different points of view. |
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Take into account multiple impacts. |
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CRITICAL THINKING |
Ask “Why?” and “Why not?” and “What if?” in a targeted manner |
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Take an acceptable level of risk to support new ideas. |
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Adheres to the ethical principles and values of the field of profession. |
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CRITICAL THINKING |
Make decisions based on data and evidence. |
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Analyze sustainability challenges, their interdependencies and the various aspects of issues and problems. |
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CRITICAL THINKING |
Use information in finding, implementing and establishing sustainable solutions and operating models. |
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INITIATIVE |
Foster improvements in working environment. |
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Dare to experiment new ideas. |
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INITIATIVE |
Go beyond expectations in the assignment, task, or job description without being asked. |
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INITIATIVE |
Take action to convince people to support an innovative idea. |
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Act systematically. |
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INITIATIVE |
Start actions without hesitation. |
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TEAMWORK |
Be attentive when others are speaking, and responds effectively to others’ comments during the conversation. |
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TEAMWORK |
Invite feedback and comments. |
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TEAMWORK |
Takes constructive feedback into account. |
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Identify the sources of conflict between themselves and others and between other people and take steps to harmonise conflict situations. |
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Provide and accept constructive feedback, cooperation or help to and from team colleagues. |
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TEAMWORK |
Work well with others, understanding their needs. |
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Consult about essential changes. |
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NETWORKING |
Discuss with people with different kinds of ideas and perspectives to extend your own knowledge domains. |
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NETWORKING |
Bring ideas from outside into the group. |
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NETWORKING |
Share timely information with the appropriate stakeholders. |
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NETWORKING |
Build formal and informal relationships outside the team/organisation from the beginning. |
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Interact well in multidisciplinary/multicultural/international environments. |
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