On this page you can find a selection of methods that can be used in innovation and entrepreneurship processes. Please click on one or more of the areas depending on what is relevant for you.
Listen to other people discuss your project challenge to get new perspectives and ideas
By attempting to be the problem, one can appreciate new perspectives and possible solutions.
A good technique to activate all participants and create many ideas.
A quieter alternative to brainstorming.
A method is suitable for business development, project development and social entrepreneurship.
From fieldwork to insights and development potential
Changeboards are a tool for developing, evaluating and communicating concepts through visualisation
A simple exercise for maintaining a good team dynamic during the course.
A rapid and rewarding method of generating lots of ideas within groups.
Cluster research material to enhance knowledge sharing and interpretation in group work
Involve your course participants in ‘real world’ innovation and entrepreneurship competitions
100 ideas in 15 minutes!
Method used to focus on and ask unanswered questions
Provides an overview of complex relationships and graphically represented point of departure for group discussion.
A method for studying the everyday behaviour of target groups, if time is limited.
Analysis tool used to find a single base cause of a problem or to multiple reasons for the same problem.
Gain qualitative insights into how an object is used in the everyday by following it through time and space
An exercise to show the potential of bad ideas. The exercise can be used for initiating creative processes and team collaboration.
Create ownership and group-identity with the orchestration of workrooms.
Two group exercises on expectations and ambitions in the group and for the project.
A phrase used for framing effective ideation.
Categorising is used to organise and analyse ideas to gain a better appreciation of them as well as surrounding dialogue.
The method is used to select ideas or concepts based upon weighted criteria.
A democratic method of selecting criteria-based ideas
Evaluation and selection of several ideas based on a visual overview in a matrix.
A method to stimulate idea development within specific categories.
A simple method used by participants to clear their thoughts and prepare for idea generation.
Gain inspiration from the large movements before the process of idea generation, or as an introduction to a theme.
Mind maps are used to harness the input and thoughts inspired by a theme and to visualize their relationships.
A news study is a form of reality check primarily for ideas that might need patenting.
Unforeseen obstacles breed new ideas.
Ethnographic method for researching human needs and behavior.
Users document ideas and needs to inspire the innovation process
Effective communication of ideas, concepts and projects. Well suited for student presentations.
Structure and plan your pitch according to the NABC-model.
A guide for students to plan their prototypes.
How developing many prototypes in a short time span, can help generate concrete ideas.
A visual representation of a customer experience that can be used for user-oriented innovation
Create an overview of the stakeholders before initiating the field research and project work.
The SWOT analysis is used to map an idea’s development potential
Different approaches and considerations for composing teams in relations to the course.
Excersises for creating social and informal group relations early in the innovation process.
Explore relations, functions and possible actions to strengthen the development process
A practical guide to the qualitative interview
A visual, chronological presentation of present or future user experiences in relation to a concept.
A qualitative method for the development and quality assurance of concepts and solutions that begins with the behaviours and needs of users
A method for facilitating discussions on values and their importance during the ideation process
Walking qualitative interviews and observations in the informant’s context.
