Creative Mindset and Entrepreneurship

Overview

It may seem like genius ideas only strike a lucky few, but creativity is a skill anyone can develop. This unit will teach students to think like entrepreneurs. Hands-on learning will build their creative mindset and practical skills. They will collaborate in teams to bring sophisticated, considered, and innovative business concepts to life. Design thinking and business modelling frameworks will give them the tools they need to thrive in a competitive and ever-evolving landscape.

Unit learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

1. Explore and ideate using a range of methods from different disciplines and professional practices
2. Develop human-centred insights to inform and guide innovation
3. Employ creative thinking to develop innovative ideas and concepts
4. Identify and apply factors influencing creativity and entrepreneurship to self, teams and organisations
5. Collaborate and participate in team and individual activities to explore and reflect on entrepreneurial practices and mindsets.
6. Employ ways of working fit for modern working environments

Teaching methods

Assessment

Content

• Setting the scene: wicked problems, mega trends, and entrepreneurial ecosystems
• The creative and entrepreneurial mindset
• Understanding creativity
• The universal nature of entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurship and inclusivity
• Transformative entrepreneurship
• Ethics in entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurship and creativity in practice