UMIO’s Discovery Expedition offers universities and business schools a weeklong immersion into a dynamic blend of insights and expertise drawn from both industry champions and academic leaders. The Discovery Expedition will be fully tailored to your needs and goals and can be offered in Maastricht or on campus at your home base. From delving into the human side of business to exploring strategic innovation management with a keen focus on sustainability and digital advancements, our programme promises to ignite curiosity, fuel learning journeys and maximise practical applicability. High energy, high-paced, high outcomes!
Unlocking business innovation
A Discovery Expedition offers more than just relevant academic knowledge; it equips participants with the mindset, processes, and tools essential for innovating and future-proofing their business. Over the course of one week, UMIO stimulates participants’ strategic exploration mindset and leadership development while introducing them, using the sprint methodology, to targeted learning objectives, peer-to-peer interactions and co-creation. The programme provides comprehensive academic insights to be applied immediately, enhancing participants’ ability to retain knowledge and effectively implement it within their business contexts.
Applied Learning and Real-Life Case Integration
Fully applied and deeply experiential, UMIO’s Discovery Expedition immerses participants in a transformative journey of learning from industry experts and peers while directly translating insights into actionable strategies within their own work contexts. Throughout the week, a real-life case serves as the guiding thread, introduced by the CEO of the challenging company. Participants engage directly with the case, receiving coaching from seasoned innovation project leaders at UMIO’s Service Science Factory department.
Daily interactions prompt participants to apply newfound knowledge to their own companies, culminating in a tailored action plan ready for immediate implementation. By fostering hands-on experiences and practical application, we ensure that each Discovery Expedition becomes a catalyst for organisational transformation, empowering individuals to redefine their roles, teams, and organizations for sustainable success.
Discovery Expeditions: Your journey, your location, your way
A typical version of our Discovery Expeditions spreads over one week. It takes place wherever you want it to take place! We prioritise flexibility and are not limited to Maastricht; we love to meet you where you are based on your needs and location preferences. The group size of a Discovery Expedition ranges from 20 to 30 people, though this is our recommended group size. We are happy to look at other possibilities, so don’t hesitate to reach out to us for a tailored solution.
Themes
A Discovery Expedition does not offer just one topic; it can be built from a pool of building blocks that encompass various key themes to create one unique, inspirational and actionable week. We will co-create your entire Discovery Expedition according to your goals and needs using the following building blocks:
- Future-proof your business
- Business model innovation
- Digital business
- The human side of business
- Intrapreneurship: growing the innovation power and empowering innovators within an established organisation
While each Discovery Expedition is completely personalised and tailored to your needs and wishes, we are happy to offer our partners a general impression of the possibilities regarding themes, sessions, visits and projects available.