We are increasingly finding ourselves in new situations that require learning. We need courage and creativity as individuals, organisations, and as a society. This requires openness and the ability to seize new opportunities. Major, systemic changes also call for good communication skills, empathy, and psychological and embodied self-awareness.
The capabilities of radical creativity provide a world full of possibilities and hope: everyone can take actions towards a better tomorrow.
The era of continuous change also requires the ability to tolerate uncertainty. We need flexibility, persistence, resilience, and the ability to unlearn outdated thinking patterns. Sometimes it is necessary to pause and reserve time and space for the new to emerge. It is important to find a good balance between inner reflection and visible action.
On this page, you will find courses, lectures, and content related to learning radical creativity.
In the summer of 2024, Aalto University will organise two summer schools on radical creativity. The program and registration for the courses will open in March 2024.
Creativity allows us to view and solve problems and complex challenges more innovatively and open-mindedly. This summer course will give you the tools to unlock your own creative potential through hands-on exercises tied to creativity.
Stress decreases our wellbeing, creativity and capacity for change. Radical Creativity team organised two embodied practices workshops to boost collective resilience and renewal. You can try the exercises with your team.
Become more creative problem-solver by learning how to learn through exploration and experimentation.
Aalto University Summer School offers high quality academic summer courses and programs at Aalto University.
The Radical Creativity Summer School inspires and guides participants to explore and experiment with innovative methods of working towards a more sustainable future. 'This is a condensed package of inspiration, akin to a candy shop where you can sample a variety of flavours.'
Learn to think like an entrepreneur and to solve real-world problems by creating something new.
The world around is largely shaped by business, for better or worse. The New Sustainability in Business is a hands-on, easily accessible open online course that explains how businesses can create sustainable value – not only for the economy, but also for the environment and society. The course is especially designed for business practitioners and university students interested in themes like corporate social responsibility, sustainable value creation and leading change towards sustainability. The course – supported with latest academic research and other key resources – contains 13 engaging and concise lessons that can be completed in a fully self-paced manner.
The semester-long PDP course brings together students from different fields to take on a real-life challenge. In the latest course, which ended in May, the students improved the production of a packaging material and developed a new steering system for electric boats.
Biomaterials are the best options as we seek more sustainable ways for our current world of materials.
Ohjelma yhdistää muotoilun ja teknologian globaaliin liiketoiminnan kehitykseen.
The program also helped me develop a more critical perspective on the information and solutions that are given to us.
Design Factory develops creative ways of working and enhanced interdisciplinary interaction to support world-class product design in educational, research and practical application contexts.
The best way to predict the future is to build it. We teach students to build like an entrepreneur.
The donations of Vilho Väisälä's descendants, the Weisell Foundation and Vaisala Corporation have enabled the long-term development of Aalto University.
The Creative Working Life 2030 project develops tools for measuring and strengthening individual and organisational creativity. Aalto University's experts participated in the development of the creativity self-assessment survey.
The World Circular Economy Forum WCEF will bring together the world's leading circular economy professionals in Helsinki in May-June 2023.
The LuoTo project brings together sustainability projects in the creative industries and sets out concrete steps for the creative industries' transition to an ecologically sustainable, low-carbon future.
On these page you will find information and interesting references to improve wellbeing at Aalto University!
Creativity is experimenting, and therefore a valuable skill for us all to master in a constantly changing and complex world. Radical creativity does not appear overnight, but we can build capabilities for it, says Dean Tuomas Auvinen.
Aalto offers its staff a chance to experiment with transformative learning method, that can initiate changes in mindsets and remove invisible barriers to creativity
In the future, automation will handle routine tasks, so even newcomers to the workforce will be required to work on complex problems. What should be considered when leading multidisciplinary teams that solve these kinds of challenging problems?
Assistant Professor Luana Dessbesell explains what makes bioinnovation truly sustainable and how to avoid challenges that stalk growth entrepreneurs.
Future visions and concrete steps towards the sufficiency paradigm in fashion
Find all DesignTalks recordings here – they're available for everyone, offering an opportunity to easily explore the role and relevance of design in different contexts
To address the existential challenges we face today, we require truly transformative and border-crossing collaboration. But how can we achieve this? Watch the video recording of our afterwork event.
Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn. But as the world is changing at a pace like never before, the most crucial skill may be the ability to think again and unlearn.
A scientist and an artist worked together to produce a painting that produces electricity, as well as a transdisciplinary podcast. Next, they want to let audiences see all the beautiful things that researchers are normally too shy to showcase.
The book Designing Change is a quick and readable cross-section of Aalto's world-leading design research
There is no set recipe for changing the world. It takes courage and grit to boldly create something new without fearing failure.
Radical creativity fundamentally transforms mindsets and ways of operating
Join our network by participating in our events or by visiting the living room of radical creativity, Space 21.