New article: Enhancing Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Through an Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program
A new CFA research article on how the BioMedical Design Programme affects and shapes individual development, group work dynamics among participating fellows and, through these, innovation processes and outcomes.
Drawing on surveys of fellows in the BioMedical Design Program for the period 2018-2023, the paper examines changes in fellows’ perceived levels of creativity and entrepreneurship and the role of team dynamics through surveys conducted before and after the fellowship.
Many fellows reported becoming stronger in being creative, problem solving, collaborating, utilizing networks and in taking risks. However, at the same time, the programme left fellows with a deeper understanding of and respect for the challenges in creating a start-up. One year after the programme, fellows reported benefits for their new employment, which in many cases involved innovation, or for their continued start-up ambitions, where around 60% were still involved in an entrepreneurial project. The results also show that how well a team functioned in terms of psychological safety influenced perceived individual skills gains.
See the paper here