GENIE

2023-12-01

The GENIE project - funded as part of the Erasmus+ initiative and running since the beginning of 2022 - has developed, tested and finalized a variety of training materials on intrapreneurship over the past 23 months. A board game was also designed to bring this idea to companies in a playful way. As part of the face-to-face event on December 1, 2023 in Stuttgart, the project manager of d-ialogo (the owner Hans-Jürgen Dorr) had the opportunity not only to present the experiences and findings as well as all materials in detail to the participants, but also to try them out and discuss them. The stakeholders from companies and the consulting scene were enthusiastic about the content and methodology of transferring this topic to employees.

2023-11-24

The 4th and final project meeting of the GENIE partner organizations aims to review the quality of all products developed and in particular to address issues of sustainability and the integration of the results into the future work of all partners. Based on the very successful validation process, which involved more stakeholders than planned and at the same time with excellent feedback from those involved in the process, the products (training units and the GENIE game) were finalized. The work done so far to disseminate the results has exceeded all previous expectations. More than 400,000 interested parties and organizations have already been reached online; more than 110,000 have been informed about GENIE through analogue media. 3,000 people have already used the GENIE material and the game has already been downloaded almost 300 times onto their own computers. Finally, the homepage has been visited more than 80,000 times. The consortium is optimistic for further and intensive use by interested stakeholders throughout Europe. The 4th meeting took place from November 23-24, 2023 at d-ialogo in Wuppertal.

2023-11-23

On 23 November 2023, we held our 3rd network meeting for our project „Gründen in Brandenburg” (engl.: Starting a business in Brandenburg). All participants had the opportunity to talk about current developments and exchange ideas. In addition to the start-up activities in our region, the "GENIE" project was also presented. CIT GmbH was involved in this ERASMUS+ project together with six other European partners. Together, the partnership developed a model for implementing intrapreneurship (i.e. entrepreneurial thinking) in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). As a result, CIT GmbH presented training modules that convey the contents of the topic. Furthermore, a game was developed that allows participants to test and deepen what they have learnt about intrapreneurship. The game was also tested during the networking evening. To summarise, the participants left our networking evening with many impressions, new knowledge and successfully established contacts.

2023-11-15

The GENIE project, funded by the European Erasmus+ initiative, aims to contribute to the competitiveness of small and micro enterprises by developing practice-oriented tools such as training materials or a game. The aim is to promote entrepreneurial thinking and action among employees in the sense of intrapreneurship as well as to raise awareness of this important topic among students, training providers, newcomers and interested parties. As part of the event supported and organized by d-ialogo and the Institute of Ergonomics at RWTH Aachen University (IAW), Hans-Jürgen Dorr, head of the GENIE project, had the opportunity to present and play all the tools and the GENIE game. The target group of scientific employees was very open to the intrapreneurship approach and sees this - also for their own future activities in other organizations - as a good opportunity to use the innovative ability and commitment of employees and thus ensure competitiveness. The project will be completed at the end of 2023 - the outstanding response in the public media and the usability of all materials in the coming years guarantee further dissemination of the materials.