{"id":13360,"date":"2021-02-10T09:30:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T08:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/?p=13360"},"modified":"2021-02-10T11:06:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T10:06:55","slug":"the-buildings-will-almost-buzz-with-human-potential-when-we-all-get-back-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2021\/02\/the-buildings-will-almost-buzz-with-human-potential-when-we-all-get-back-together\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe buildings will almost buzz with human potential when we all get back together!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Chipperton is an international guest lecturer at WU and has been teaching a course on Strategic Innovation and Entrepreneurship since fall 2018. For the International Summer UniversityWU<\/sup><\/a>, he taught Creativity & Entrepreneurship and is set to teach the class New Venture Creation in summer 2021. He has a background in biotech\/medtech\/digital tech, serving as CEO as well as holding board and\/or advisor roles in various companies. He also teaches at Queen\u2019s University, the University of Toronto, McMaster University, and Politecnico di Milano<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For an interview with WU\u2019s Blog, we asked Paul Chipperton about his perspective as an international guest lecturer and received valuable insights.<\/p>\n

WU Blog:<\/strong> How would you describe your teaching experience at WU? What is the benefit?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Paul Chipperton:<\/strong> I lecture multiple master\u2019s courses on the topics of innovation, entrepreneurship, marketing and strategy at three North American Universities. There are two standout differentiators teaching at WU: (1) the breadth, depth, and ease with which WU students contextualize challenges and opportunities and, (2) the general maturity when directly comparing age groups.<\/p>\n

The vast North American continent has only three countries, but you would be hard-pressed to find someone who could name all three current leaders of the US, Canada and Mexico. At WU, I suspect many could name several continental leaders, and<\/em> relate it in one of the three languages they invariably speak.<\/p>\n

Higher education is not just about the institution and degrees, for many \u2013 likely the majority \u2013 it is still a fundamentally social\/EQ dynamic of new-friends-for-life, that literally cannot be replicated on a computer, and so for all the enablement of technological innovation, the fundamental need is human connectivity, in person, around campus life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

WU Blog:<\/strong> In which ways do students benefit from classes that are taught by international guest lecturers?<\/em><\/p>\n

Paul Chipperton:<\/strong> Well ultimately, it is for them, not me, to determine benefit. But what I would propose is that in the areas I focus on: Strategic Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital, North American entities have been leading the vanguard of the design and development of the knowledge economy for a generation over the EU.<\/p>\n

As I happen to have been a serial tech entrepreneur first, I can coax a \u201cPR-academic\u201d viewpoint and see where management theory aligns, or evaporates, when exposed to the chaos that is a real world endeavor.<\/p>\n

WU Blog:<\/strong> Having taught at WU on-site as well as online: What are your lessons learned that you will take with you when going forward? How do you think your students can get the most out of different formats?<\/em><\/p>\n

Paul Chipperton:<\/strong> Great question! In an innovation course, I just asked my students. The key points I took away so far are:<\/p>\n