Creativity & Innovativeness

Unleash your creative potential in this dynamic Turku Abo Summer School course that blends theoretical understanding with hands-on practice. Through inquiry-based learning and collaborative projects, you’ll develop essential skills in creativity and innovation while exploring the vibrant startup ecosystem of Turku. Perfect for those looking to enhance their professional toolkit and embrace innovative thinking in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape.

  • Teaching period: 1 – 31 August 2025
  • Contact teaching in Turku 4 – 15 August 2025
  • Credits: 5 ECTS
  • Course level: +2 years Bachelor's Degree studies
  • Organizer: Turku University of Applied Sciences
  • Field of study: Business, Production Theory
  • Course fee: 1100 €

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This course is a deep dive into what it is to be a Creative and Innovative Professional.
We will get acquainted with the Startup scene in Turku.

Creativity as a skill and identity
Creativity tools and idea management
Innovativeness and product /service development
Sources of innovation and innovativeness
Cynefin framework and Estuarine Framework

Learning outcomes

The student will be able to…

  • Discover and develop his/her own Creativity and Innovativeness skills
  • Apply creativity and innovation tools
  • Use different sources of innovation (internal and external) to detect and exploit opportunities
  • Analyse and describe how innovative firms are changing business reality
  • Explain the importance of product/service development and the people and factors involved in the development work.

Methods

Inquiry Based learning, individual and group work, project work, report, presentations.

Date

1 August – 30 August. Contact teaching in Turku 4 August – 15 August 2025. The start of the course is online for pretask of inquiry into the subject theory.

I loved how the course combined theory with real-world applications. Getting to know Turku start-up scene added tremendous value to our learning experience.
Student feedback
Turku Åbo Summer School Survey 2024

Turku University of Applied Sciences

Timo Linnossuo, Entrepreneur and founder of several companies. Certified Senior Team Coach. Lecturer at Turku University of Applied Sciences.

Place: Mainly in Turku, but includes also online studying (pretask).

Undergraduate students with at least two years of bachelor’s studies completed in any field.

Pre-task 45 h, lectures and mentoring 30 h, project work in groups 60 h = 135 h

Individually chosen books, articles and online theory on Creativity and innovation.

Grading 1-5

Min. 10 students, max. 30 students.