Paul D. Savage was our guest speaker for strategy workshop that took place here in Arcada building in our very own eye tracking room. Although young in age, Paul had been in many countries, done great many things and experienced a lot in his life. This also came out in his presentation as Paul was sharing his insights to things like entrepreneurial mindset, self-motivation, 5 levels of recognition, personal plan…
Well now, this was our third company visit, to Tieto to see and experience their emphatic building. I have quite a mixed feeling about this. The space is fantastic, and they have such a great views to the bay of Keilalahti! Tieto is a Finnish company developing software for various fields of industries. They are aiming for data-driven societies and to have smarter society (Tieto, 2019). We first got a…
Most people have heard of the word concept. But what does it really mean? And why is it important? We went to a workshop at Mirum Agency to get professional help with finding concrete answers to these, quite abstract, questions. Koncept. Konceptualisering. Att konceptualisera. Vad innebär det egentligen? Hur gör man det? Varför ska man göra det? De flesta har nog en föreställning om vad ett koncept är. Men…
Our journey to search for developing a new learn concept has started. Our second company visit was to a place that is one step ahead of reality: Coptersafety – a flight training center that uses simulators based on real operating environments. Helicopter pilots from all over the world come to this unique base to learn to overcome different challenging situations, which makes a perfect destination to our journey. The company…
New experiences, lifelong learning and continuous development are the things that I cannot imagine my life without. I am constantly looking for opportunities to become a better version of myself, acquire new and develop existing soft skills. I could talk forever about the importance of employability/ soft/ transferable/ global/ 21st century/etc. skills, but what I know is that without them – I couldn’t achieve many things… Thus, when a new…
A few years back I picked up a copy of ‘The Lean Start-up‘, a best-selling book by Eric Ries. At the time, the lean movement had already gone viral. Lean start-ups were, and still are, practicing something called agile development, which originated in the software industry. Agile development was revolutionary as it worked hand-in-hand with the customer. Unlike typical lengthy product development cycles that made assumptions or educated guesses about…
We are 13 forward-thinking students with seven different nationalities with a task. We have taken a challenge and will develop, during the spring of 2019 a new learning concept for intra- and entrepreneurial learning at Arcada. The course “Creating work life skills in an entrepreneurial environment” is a part of the Arcada Coaching Clinic project, where Arcada staff is coaching us throughout our journey, although we are the ones leading…