Business & Strategy

Based on mentoring experience in the VOICE Leadership program at Nova SBE Executive Education, this is a reflection on how purpose can help SME leaders make better decisions, set priorities, and grow without losing what makes them unique.

Portugal faces a strategic opportunity in a new industrial cycle marked by the convergence of computing, energy, and technological infrastructure. In a context where areas such as artificial intelligence, data centers, and the space economy are gaining relevance, the country will have to go beyond research and strengthen the link between R&D and industrial capacity. Its competitive future will depend on its ability to transform knowledge into industry, innovation, and sustainable value chains—a reflection developed in an opinion piece by Pedro Silva Caldeira, originally published in Jornal de Negócios.

Nova SBE Executive Education is proud to announce its partnership with QSP SUMMIT 2025, one of the most important management and leadership events in Portugal. Under the theme "The New Strategic Drivers", QSP SUMMIT returns from July 1st to 3rd with an ambitious proposal: to rethink organizational success in the light of a new era of transformation.

Scenarios "invite" organizations to consider different, plausible, and relevant futures when making decisions in the present. António Alvarenga, Professor at Nova SBE, guarantees this and explains why it is essential to think based on Scenarios today, more than ever.

Have you ever heard of "seasonalizing" work and family life? This could be the secret to maintaining a balance between the two.

Nova SBE Executive Education has created a new management program to support the modernization and competitiveness of national SMEs. Nova SBE VOICE Leadership aims to give a new voice to the national economy, contributing to a 2% growth in GDP in two years.