For Businesses
Innovation and New Perspectives for Businesses
Through its “MittelstandMacher” and “Funkenwerk on Tour” initiatives, the Funkenwerk at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences is creating new opportunities for collaboration between businesses, the university, and young talent.
The goal is to highlight innovations, work together to address business challenges, and establish early connections between regional companies and the skilled professionals of tomorrow.
Shaping the Future Together
The demands on businesses are changing rapidly: digitalization, the shortage of skilled workers, sustainability, and transformation require new ways of thinking and innovative solutions.
Funkenwerk supports companies in actively shaping this transformation—through interdisciplinary exchange, creative methods, and direct collaboration with students and startups at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences.
SME Makers
Accelerating Innovation Together: Connect Your Company with Research, Startups, and Talented Individuals at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences
Through MittelstandMacher, THA_funkenwerk and UnternehmerTUM are creating a new platform for small and medium-sized enterprises in Bavaria and Swabia to drive innovation in a targeted manner and bring future technologies into practice more quickly.
We strengthen the innovative capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises through close collaboration with academia, startups, and emerging talent. Instead of traditional funding, we focus on co-creation: companies present real-world challenges and work together with researchers and students to develop market-ready solutions.
Benefit from direct access to cutting-edge research, fresh ideas, and highly qualified talent. Accelerate your development processes, tap into new technologies, and become part of a strong regional innovation network.
Funkenwerk on Tour
Hidden Champions Open Their Doors. Students Bring New Perspectives
With “Funkenwerk on Tour,” the Funkenwerk at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences is creating a new platform for exchange and innovation.
Our “Future Bus” takes students directly to selected companies in the region—to places where innovation takes shape, challenges come to light, and the future is shaped.
Companies have the opportunity to share their technologies, projects, and challenges with the in-demand leaders of tomorrow and to develop new perspectives together.
Who is this program for?
Funkenwerk on Tour is aimed at companies that:
- want to highlight innovative topics
- Want to reach up-and-coming talent early on
- Want to develop practical projects with students
- are interested in engaging with universities and research institutions
- want to bring their innovation and corporate culture to life
This is particularly aimed at hidden champions, small and medium-sized businesses, technology companies, startups, and innovation departments.
Become a Practice Partner Today
Would you like to be part of Funkenwerk on Tour and open your company to students?
Then we look forward to hearing from you.
Phone: +49 821 5586-3468
InnoVision
Skills for the Digital Future
The DATIpilot Innovation Spin-off InnoVision is a publicly funded project aimed at developing, applying, and validating systematic approaches to assessing and further developing organizational innovation competencies at the individual level. To meet the challenges of global competition, companies must continuously strengthen their capacity for innovation. The ECCC innovation competency model and the resulting measurement tool are designed to enable companies to assess, measure, and specifically improve their capacity for innovation.
Innovation Competencies
Our framework encompasses six core areas that are crucial to modern innovation capabilities:
Change is not a risk, but rather the only constant for genuine growth. With an unwavering growth mindset, new hurdles are met with courage. Where others see problems, the focus is on learning and further development. Standing still is not an option, because passion drives constant transformation. If you want to grow, you must be willing to reinvent yourself time and time again.
Excellence never comes from working alone, but rather from the synergy of a team. With deep empathy and crystal-clear communication, we build bridges between vision and implementation. We create an environment where everyone is heard and can perform at their best. Interpersonal skills are essential for meeting people where they are. True greatness is evident in respectful collaboration.
Innovation requires the courage to leave the beaten path and venture into uncharted territory. An openness to new ideas gives rise to creative solutions that go beyond conventional thinking. It’s about shifting perspectives and recombining seemingly incompatible elements. Creativity is the spark that brings strategic planning to life. It uncovers paths where others see only walls and obstacles.
Trends are the echoes of tomorrow that can already be heard today. With keen intuition, it is possible to identify potential opportunities before they become the norm. This head start makes it possible to actively shape markets rather than merely reacting to them. Those who recognize opportunities early on secure a decisive competitive advantage.
True progress arises when the status quo is boldly questioned. Through logical evaluation and objective reflection, the essential is distilled. Action without reflection is merely activism; only critical thinking creates true depth. This leads to decisions that are not only made quickly but also with sound reasoning. Quality begins with asking the right question at the right time.
Complex challenges require razor-sharp logic and foresight. Through structured analysis, chaos is transformed into clear, manageable processes. Targeted planning forms the foundation for sustainable success. This is how a vision becomes a tangible roadmap for the future. Strategy here is not a matter of chance, but the result of cognitive precision.
Measures
Innovation competencies can be learned. As part of the InnoVision project, we have developed various measures that can help build one or more innovation competencies. We also distinguish between measures that require low, medium, or high effort. This allows us to offer packages of measures tailored to your needs.
Would you like to find out how your organization stacks up in terms of innovation capabilities? Then take our Quick Check!
Simply answer six short questions, provide your email address, and we’ll get back to you shortly with an initial assessment.
The Quick Check provides you with a fast and straightforward overview of where you stand today and what potential exists for innovation and further development.
Get started now and uncover your innovation potential!
Quick Check
Partners
Internal Partners
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Phone: | +49 821 48040020 |
External Partners
No funded project partners are involved in the DATIpilot InnoVision initiative. The initiative collaborates with companies in the Augsburg and Swabia regions that want to drive innovation. Other interested partners are welcome to join.
