Business meets start-up: learning from innovators

Impact start-ups as role models for the business world

• What makes impact start-ups a trend phenomenon and how do they change markets?
• Resource utilization in the context of multidimensional objectives.
• What lessons can companies learn from the start-up world for future-oriented action?
• Building system competence: Strategies for working in complex, networked environments.

Effectuation and impact management: combining agility and impact

• Effectuation: Making decisions in the face of uncertainty and developing new paths with existing resources.
• Impact management: How do you measure and control the impact of your actions and strategies?
• Synergies between the two approaches: An iterative approach and impact monitoring as a success factor.

Innovation and strategy development with start-up methods

• How impact start-ups shape innovation processes: From prototyping to agile implementation.
• Agile start-up tools: Design Thinking, Lean Impact Canvas and Prototyping.
• Out-side-in thinking: methods for broadening perspectives.
• Effectuation: Maintaining the ability to act with limited resources and uncertainty.

Rethinking leadership

• The role of leadership and culture in transformation processes.
• Responsibility and shaping the future: How can transformative leaders contribute to crisis management?
• Develop self-efficacy and act as an impact-oriented leader.
• Recognizing and constructively overcoming resistance to change.

Concept

In this training , participants meet a team of founders of an impact start-up who are rethinking business with determination and creativity. Their innovative strength and strategic way of thinking are a role model for managers who want to remain capable of acting in uncertain and dynamic environments and take an active role in shaping the future.

On the evening before the seminar, you will get to know the founders, trainers and other participants at a dinner followed by a fireside chat, allowing you to make the most of the opportunity to exchange ideas and network.