Incubator Expansivity – Journey Map Your HDR with the Research Canvas

Program description Just over a decade ago, a PhD student developed a business model ontology in his dissertation and later used it as the basis for changing the business world forever. Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas became a strategic tool to describe how a business creates, delivers, and captures value – all on a single page! In this course, you’ll learn how you can apply this technique to map out your own research. You’ll develop a succinct summary of what you hope or plan to do in your HDR journey, identifying the areas you need to concentrate on most. You’ll also learn the Design Thinkers concept of iteration and how it can help get the most out of your project. You’ll walk away with a new wall hanging for your room; a placemat for your dining table; a discussion tool for your Supervisory panel that shows your logic and helps steer your next 1on1. By the end of the program, participants of EXPANSIVITY will be able to: • Find problems worth solving – Students advance their ability to utilize design thinking and entrepreneurial tools to validate, iterate and problem solve real-world HDR challenges. • Cultivate endurance – Students practice and develop skills that increase their awareness of self and team, confidence and agency, and identify self-purpose. • Sell themselves and their ideas – Students practice oral communication and develop confidence in applying an entrepreneurial mindset and skills to improve their HDR journey. • Create value – Students create presentations and research models that articulate and operationalise knowledge that can be used for the iterative research process. • Mobilize people and resources – Students learn valuable leadership and enabling skills that help build peer support networks and future research opportunities. They also evaluate their own existing HDR resources, gaps, barriers and opportunities for growth and build a bespoke toolkit relevant to their needs. Program Design • Delivery involves participation in EXPANSIVITY Module 2: Journey Map your HDR online or in-person workshop(s). • Activities include theoretical learning, practical hands-on activities, canvas utilisation, and reflection. • Volume of Learning is either 2 x 2.5hour online workshops or 1 x 6 hour in-person workshop, with 2hrs homework