Skill 1: Network Strategy

(Basic)

At the basic level, Network Strategy will teach you how to think more strategically about networks aroud you.

You will start to understand how Networks work in the digital and physical environment and how to build trust with ‘The Right People’ for you.

Skill 2: e-Networking

(Basic)

You will start to understand how networking and innovation go hand in hand.

You will gain insights and practical tools to start expanding your networks with a specific purpose in mind.

Skill 3: Engagement

(Basic)

You will gain fundamental knowledge on how to build communities.

Engagement requires cultural knowledge and awareness and it is better achieved when you mix competency with fun and playfulness.

Skill 4: Empowerment

(Basic)

You will start learning how to implement systematic skills to empower others to build ‘the human system’ around them, a fundamental skill for any leader.

Through empowering others to build diverse teams and networks, your status as a trusted leader will grow exponentially. And so will your networks.

Skill 5: Digital Communication

(Basic)

Begin to intentionally leave a meaningful footprint to build your social power through digital communication.

Learn the rules that apply when using online tools to create trust, increase your reach and expand your impact within your organization and beyond.

Skill 6: Collaboration for Diversity

(Basic)

Learn what creates trust and collaboration in diverse environments.

Through this skill you’ll be able to break silos of diversity and get things done in a more innovative and inclusive way to scale-up your impact.

Skill 7: Influence

(Basic)

You will learn the power to access the right communities, build your status and influence people connected to networks that fit your purpose.

Build your ecosystem in which you have a potential to be both a leader and an influncer to maximize the impact of your team.

Skill 1: Network Strategy

At the basic level, Network Strategy will teach you how to think more strategically about networks aroud you.

You will start to understand how Networks work in the digital and physical environment and how to build trust with ‘The Right People’ for you.

Skill 2: Networking

You will start to understand how networking and innovation go hand in hand.

You will gain insights and practical tools to start expanding your networks with a specific purpose in mind.

Skill 3: Engagement

You will gain fundamental knowledge on how to build communities.

Engagement requires cultural knowledge and awareness and it is better achieved when you mix competency with fun and playfulness.

Skill 4: Empowerment

You will start learning how to implement systematic skills to empower others to build ‘the human system’ around them, a fundamental skill for any leader.

Through empowering others to build diverse teams and networks, your status as a trusted leader will grow exponentially. And so will your networks.

Skill 5: Digital Communication

Begin to intentionally leave a meaningful footprint to build your social power through digital communication.

Learn the rules that apply when using online tools to create trust, increase your reach and expand your impact within your organization and beyond.

Skill 6: Collaboration for Diversity

Learn what creates trust and collaboration in diverse environments.

Through this skill you’ll be able to break silos of diversity and get things done in a more innovative and inclusive way to scale-up your impact.

Skill 7: Influence

You will learn the power to access the right communities, build your status and influence people connected to networks that fit your purpose.

Build your ecosystem in which you have a potential to be both a leader and an influncer to maximize the impact of your team.

Network IQ Alliance

The project calls for harnessing the power of networked communities to scale-up and accelerate the impact of entrepreneurial universities, enabling them to:

  • build forward better ecosystems both physical and digital;
  • use existing and new networks more effectively;
  • direct better capacity building for stakeholder and client success;
  • optimise existing networks for better sharing, selling, innovating, partnering and fundraising;
  • build self-confidence, responsible leadership and change leaders;
  • address the innovation ‘stickiness factor’ for long-term benefit;
  • drive real social change at scale in the research and innovation community.

Network IQ Alliance partners aim to accelerate the health, manufacturing, green and digital transformation, and deepen the integration of industrial regions, which are Emerging Innovators with regions that reinvented themselves and became Moderate and Strong Innovators.

Through the Innovation Vision Action Plan, the project aims to execute and act on the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Strategic Innovation Agenda. Network IQ Alliance is focused on transforming individuals and teams with skills to immediately reach out to their network, procure resources, achieve purpose and objectives for immediate success and long-term impact – all using technology.

During the pilot phase the project will:

  • support five innovative SMEs via multidisciplinary research teams;
  • train 130 students with nIQ skills for developing innovation, fundraising and global market access, including 15 students mentored;
  • train 15 academic staff and mentor 5 in nIQ to embed in their HEI’s innovation/entrepreneurship education;
  • train 15 non-academic staff and mentor 5 to embed nIQ in their HEI’s strategy and processes;
  • establish two nIQ ‘train the trainer’ centres at HEIs for popularising the methodology;
  • form one new collaborative partnership in the knowledge triangle.

The Network IQ Alliance results and outcomes will be successfully translated into real-world impact aligned with the priorities of EIT Manufacturing, EIT Health, ETI Digital and EIT Climate.