Learning objectives:
At the end of the course, associated clusters’ trainers will have a better overview and awareness of the soft skills needed to establish a productive collaboration with their SME members in terms of individual and team-related transversal competences and skills. In parallel, they will be able to acquire some methods, tools, and resources to improve their soft skills.
Course content:
The lesson focuses on the design and visual thinking experiential learning with a gamified approach methodology, to increase soft skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, reasoning, analysis, interpretation, creativity, artistry, curiosity, imagination, communication.
The Design Thinking will touch the principles of the user centric approach methodology. Visual Thinking, part of the Design Thinking, will engage the participants in using modalities that are usually not explored. This is the best way to stretch the brain and give birth to new ideas, free of preconceived notions, that will be useful in business or elsewhere in life.
Design and Visual thinking strategies are especially helpful for encouraging individual contributions in team brainstorming and problem-solving environments.
These approaches, when applied to a corporate setting, can drastically improve creative thinking skills and help employees facilitate discussions around the interconnectedness of ideas and innovation. These tools are also very effective in breaking down creative or idea blocks in teams and helping discover alternatives thinking patterns and carve out new ideas.
Trainer(s):
Mr. Louis Ferrini & Mrs. Susanna Albertini (FVA New Media Research on behalf of Q-PLAN INTERNATIONAL ADVISORS PC)
Louis Ferrini is the Managing Director of FVA New Media Research, an Italian SME operating since 1990 in the field new media communication and advanced ICT. He is involved since 2000 in projects funded by the European Commission as Project Manager, expert in Human Centric Internet and game based solutions. His main area of interest is the design of enhanced ICT solutions, serious and simulation games to support co-creation and mutual learning activities and to train participants no transversal competences and skills in the ICT, learning, societal challenges, health, security and circular economy domains.
Susanna Albertini is partner and senior communication expert of FVA new media research from 1995, she has integrated her specialization in Psychology of work and business organization with multimedia and new technology communication. Since 2000 she is involved as project manager and researcher in projects funded by the European Commission as expert in game-based training, co-creation and creativity enabling factors, communication, impact and valorisation of research results. Her main area of interest is sustainable circular bioeconomy, societal challenges with special focus on sustainable and inclusive growth.
