Hi future interns! I am Victor Verboog, a student from the TU Delft rounding up my master's in strategic Product Design. For the past six months, I've been doing my graduation project at the Innovation Hub on electric aviation with the innovation family of sustainable aviation. With this project I've been developing an alluring perspective for electric aviation, meaning; understanding what will be possible in the future revolving around electric aviation, and how Schiphol can integrate this in their portfolio.
These past six months I've learned a lot. From the basics of understanding the aviation industry, working in a corporate innovation department, collaborating with driven colleagues working towards a positive impact on the world, up to the simpler things such as working behind your laptop in your own living room and still having successful interactions with stakeholders and colleagues. I would argue that I've learned a lot about aviation and as a person, but I'd have to say my biggest highlight during these six months in terms of my graduation project were the morning standups. During these standups, the whole team gathers in an online meeting to explain what they've achieved yesterday and plan to achieve today. These standups enabled two things for me; the obvious reason of seeing your colleagues on a daily basis while remote working, as well as knowing you can fall back on the team when bumping into an obstacle. Time and time again, I've had questions or information which the whole team helped me find answers for. The Innovation Hub made me realise that Innovation is not a one-man job, but a team effort, which they preach everyday.
Victor Verboog, Graduate Intern Sustainable Aviation
