Business Development Innovation Challenge

Business Development Innovation Challenge

Issued on 11 Sep 2026 by

University of Vaasa

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The recipient of this badge has participated in a business development innovation challenge. During the challenge, the team worked under time pressure to find a solution to a real development need identified by a company or another organisation. The participant worked in a new team whose members they did not know beforehand. They examined a service from the perspective of a customer or consumer, developed a proposed solution together with the client and the team, and presented the final result to a panel of experts and a wider audience. The badge demonstrates that the participant can work under pressure, solve business problems creatively and contribute to a multidisciplinary team. They can also receive feedback and use it to improve a solution. Learning objectives The badge recipient has developed the ability to use rapid innovation methods to develop solutions quickly identify customer needs and examine services from the user’s perspective create and develop new business or service ideas together with the client and the team work effectively under time pressure and in uncertain situations work with unfamiliar team members towards a shared goal present a solution convincingly in a short presentation receive critical feedback and respond to it constructively. Workload: approximately 5 hours.
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Issuer

University of Vaasa

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Criteria

The badge recipient has

  • participated in a business development innovation challenge
  • explored the challenge and the customer’s needs
  • developed a solution together with the team
  • used customer feedback to improve the solution
  • participated in presenting the solution
  • demonstrated collaboration, communication and problem-solving skills.

Skills demonstrated: creative problem-solving, customer understanding, teamwork, pitching, communication, using feedback and working under pressure.