Following last week’s student narratives, this week I introduce another member of the Impact Network for Regenerative Futures (IN4RF). Professor Guillermo Palau Salvador works at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and researcher at the Ingenio CSIC-UPV institute (www.ingenio.upv.es). Together with professor Cristina Chaminade, Pablo Aránguiz research fellow and researcher Oksana Udovyk, this team has implemented several great initiatives to transform sustainability education.
Guillermo loves applied creativity, innovation and multidisciplinary team management. This is evident for us as fellow members of the network who get to hear about the wonderful activities that Guillermo continuously applies with students inside and outside the classroom.
I am currently focused on systemic innovation, helping organizations and public institutions face socio-technological and socio-ecological just transitions. For this purpose, I am a facilitator and trainer focused on the innovation process in complex and changing environments. Creativity, design thinking, working with future scenarios, or circular economy are the main fields in which I develop my activity.
With a PhD in Agricultural Engineering, Guillermo is a certified facilitator for some of the best-known methodologies for creativity, innovation, and change management in teams and organizations. LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, Creative Problem Solving, or Points of You® are some of these methodologies, which are applied in different contexts and formats.
One of the projects Guillermo is involved in is called Artxiviu. The project is an artistic platform for the recovery of the oral memory of the “Huerta” of Valencia, an agricultural and irrigation system more than 1,000 years old, where the campus is located (www.artxiviu.org or www.vimeo.com/artxiviu).
Also, along with his colleagues, Guillermo will facilitate a seed group of 6-8 students from different programs to dream about how to introduce a transformative concept of sustainability at the university. The idea is to take future scenarios and record on video the reflection and narrative of the proposal.
If you want to find out more about the work going on in and around Valencia, Spain, connect here.
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