Institutional Innovation & Facilitation

The Institutional Innovation & Facilitation Unit encourages and directs innovation within the university community. We believe in the potential of ideas that originate in the field, and this unit implements participatory methods such as co-creation workshops and design thinking to develop new solutions to complex problems.

When a need or idea for change emerges within the community, we help structure it into a tangible project or programme. In this way, we act as an incubator and accelerator for innovative projects, providing support in the form of advice, coaching and assistance with setting up, as well as modest financial support.

We also facilitate networking and promote promising initiatives. This bottom-up approach ensures an organic transformation rooted in local reality and one that is embraced by those involved.

 

What do we offer?

  • Facilitation. We act as neutral facilitators to streamline exchanges and stimulate co-creation. We utilise collective intelligence techniques to foster open discussion and enhance collaboration, whether it's to break the ice in a meeting, lead a participatory workshop, or support a working group. Facilitation ensures that all voices are heard and helps the group converge on shared solutions.
  • Design Thinking. Through a user-centred approach to innovation, such as creative workshops, rapid prototyping and field testing, we help teams to design solutions that truly align with user needs. Design Thinking enables ideas to be tested and refined quickly, ensuring that changes deliver tangible value to the community.
  • Change management. We deliver human support for transformation and facilitate the adoption of new ideas by developing tailor-made change management plans that include impact analysis, targeted communication, training, and adoption workshops. At the same time, we advise project leaders so they can become agents of change within their teams. Our goal is to minimise resistance, provide meaning to transformations, and generate positive momentum for the future.