The Norming Exercise
Norms can be called the invisible hand that guides action in a society, organisation or team. The norming exercise tries to make the invisible visible by adressing this important framework for team collaboration.
Evaluation of interdisciplinarity and benefit to society
This exercise helps teams assess how well their ideas use interdisciplinarity and benefit society, which are key elements in EiT. It is most useful after brainstorming, when teams have several ideas to compare. The goal is to support decision-making before selecting a final project idea. It promotes convergent thinking by narrowing and evaluating options. Facilitators should consider whether to run it in plenary or only with selected teams.
Shared Understanding Through Visualisation
This team exercise helps students express and compare their understanding of a concept by drawing it individually and then discussing their perspectives. It fosters reflection and dialogue to reveal shared and differing viewpoints.
Team Cooperation Agreement
To establish shared ground rules for teamwork, improving the quality of interdisciplinary collaboration in a 7,5 ECTS master’s course EiT (Experts in Teamwork). The cooperation agreement serves as a guide for how the team wants to work together and can be used later in case of conflict or mediation.
Case: “I cannot give up now!”: The story of a Norwegian public sector entrepreneur’s endeavours to revolutionize communication between two healthcare organizations
This story is based on a real-life entrepreneurial journey, with names and details adjusted to enhance its educational value. The purpose of the article is to illustrate the complexities of public sector innovation and the role of dynamic managerial capabilities in driving change within bureaucratic systems. It offers insights into how entrepreneurial individuals can navigate institutional resistance, mobilize resources, and push for improvements in public service delivery—highlighting both the opportunities and limitations of innovation in the public sector.
SUPER Assessor: Intro
SUPER Assessor is both a conceptual framework and a physical card-based tool designed to help educators develop and rethink assessment methods. The tool consists of 130 cards divided into six categories: who is assessed, the assessor, context, artefact, format, and timing. Educators can combine cards across these categories to create diverse and innovative assessment methods.
Fast-Track Problem-Based Idea Creation
The exercise presented is a fast-paced idea creation process, emphasizing problem understanding and effectuation. It aims to guide students from a vague problem definition to a concrete sub-problem and idea within 90-120 minutes, suitable for multidisciplinary groups of students and early entrepreneurship-related activities. Key takeaways include simplifying “fuzzy problems” and enabling fast assumption-based decision-making.
Effectuation and Causation
This video has a focus on effectual and causal thinking, entrepreneurial mindset, and a reflective activity for viewers.
Design Thinking
The video features Federico Lozano discussing how to apply design thinking to develop products and services focused on human needs. Topics include empathy, rapid prototyping, and early user testing.
Entrepreneurship Education Taxonomy
This article explores high-school students’ self-reflective thinking. The study aims to understand the construct and its impact on reflective practice.