1. About “Effectuation Workshop”
Until now, many innovation creation and new business creation methodologies, including Design Thinking, Systems Thinking and Future Foresight, have focused on clarifying the “goal” as the principal step for such methodologies. But is this all? In reality, many cases are adopting the opposite of such approaches; instead of setting goals first, imagining new possibilities using existing means. In the VUCA era, where the future is uncertain and completely unpredictable, “Effectuation,” a problem-solving approach that discovers new goals from the means at hand, has been attracting particular attention recently. At ToTAL/OPEN Programs, we would like to take advantage of this trend as soon as possible and offer it as a half-day workshop to expand your thinking methods.
This workshop is especially recommended for those who have already experienced “Design Thinking” and/or “Future Insight”.
2. Date, time, etc.
| Date & Time | Saturday, June 15, 2024 13:00-18:00 |
| Venue | S4-202, 2nd floor, South Building 4, Ookayama |
| Capacity | Around 30 students |
| Eligibility | All Tokyo Tech students (undergraduates and graduates) |
| Language | Japanese/English |
| Facilitators | Masato Iino(Co-founder), Keijiro Yamagata(Co-founder) and Terukazu Kinugawa (Unison Leader) Scale Out Corp. |
| Registration | https://forms.gle/7tUzaw4V4MKAzvGd9 (Google Form) |
3. You are encouraged to join this workshop if any of the following apply to you:
1. Regardless of grade level (undergraduates or graduates), students who want to create and launch a new business.
2. Students who wish to develop “entrepreneurship” mindset and skills.
3. Doctoral students who are recipients of “Tokyo Tech Program for Development of Next-Generation Front-Runners with Comprehensive Knowledge and Humanity (Tokyo Tech SPRING)”.
4. Graduate students who have registered for ToTAL’s courses “Fundamental Group Work for Leadership Ⅰ/Ⅱ (S)”, or “Master’s/Doctoral Essential Group Work for Leadership (S)”
Please register from the registration form if you wish to join this workshop.
4. Facilitators
Masato Iino
Serial Entrepreneur, Startup Investor, Innovation Accelerator
Co-founder, Scale Out Corp.
Keijiro Yamagata
Startup Investor, Innovation Accelerator
Co-founder, Scale Out Corp.
Terukazu Kinukawa
Innovation Accelerator
Unison Leader, Scale Out Corp.
Message from facilitators
In your life as a researcher, we tend to get distracted by questions of “how to solve”, but in order to find more meaningful problems and new perspectives, it is extremely important to stop and think about “what problem to solve” and “why I want to solve it”.
In this workshop, you will rediscover your inner potential by inventorying your life, places, and experiences, sharing them with your team members, and thinking about “what” and “why”.
In this workshop, a group of 3 to 4 people will share their preferences, aspirations, knowledge, and human resources that can be used through a “deep self-introduction” to answer “what do we want to achieve?” (i.e., inner potential) and “what are the resources at the hands of you and your team?”
Contact
For questions and consultation regarding this workshop:
Professor Keisuke Yamada, Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership (ToTAL)
e-mail address: yamada.k.be@m.titech.ac.jp
Office: S6-309B, Ookayama Campus
