BOX will require "outside the box" solutions to tackle the problems of a changing world. During the event, students of different nationalities and backgrounds will have the mentoring and facilitation of experts in entrepreneurship, to seek innovative answers to the questions raised by the participating companies. Several Nova SBE Labs and Hubs will be involved in the initiative, namely Nova SBE Co.Innovation Lab, Nova SBE Digital Experience Lab, Nova SBE Entrepreneurship Hub and SingularityU Portugal, and the respective multidisciplinary teams.
There will be three types of BOX, which vary according to the duration of the project (one, two or three weeks), the number of student teams involved, the type of guidance and the facilitation of Nova SBE teams, invited external partners and mentors, or the intention to include internal teams in the programme and the respective investment.
"We all need to live and think beyond the pandemic. BOX promotes a new way of learning, applying and building solutions to address challenges of the future of business in the post-COVID world. This is the time to take risks, to rethink and redesign the business model, introduce changes in technology, processes, product, etc. The new generation of future clients and employees can undoubtedly introduce an unbiased and experimental perspective on the companies' businesses. Nova SBE is therefore committed to helping companies make up for lost time and quickly launch their business transformation initiatives: aligned with the company's strategy, customer-oriented, decisive, objective and actionable," says Ricardo Mesquita, Business Transformation Director at Nova SBE.
At the BOX | Business Open Experience, participating companies will be able to:
- adjust the level of investment to the strategic relevance of each challenge;
- Quickly and cost-effectively generate and test new solutions with clear and actionable implementation alternatives to meet business challenges;
- Quickly create an unbiased business perspective of what your business looks like post-COVID-19;
- To get closer to and give a voice to the new generation of future customers and employees;
- Incorporate expert insight into innovation, entrepreneurship, design and technology in finding solutions for your specific case.
The open call to companies was officially launched this early May, in the online session "Business Transformation in the post-COVID-19 world" which brought together guest innovation experts - Ana Casaca, Head of Global Innovation at Galp; João Ricardo Moreira, Centre for Business Transformation Director at NOS; Nadim Habib, Visiting Assistant Professor at Nova SBE and Ricardo Mesquita, Director for Business Transformation at Nova SBE Executive Education - to share how some of the leading companies in Portugal are rethinking their strategy.
Applications can now be submitted through the website Box|Business Open Experience. This initiative has a limited edition of challenges that will be selected in order of application completion. The first edition of the one-week BOX will take place from 14 to 18 June, during which teams of students will be guided in order to address solutions to the challenges launched.
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