How is our community changing the course of the future?
To Nova SBE, positive impact shall have a relationship to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Our community is committed to foster dialogue and action, by disseminating knowledge, launching innovative projects, supporting organizations' transformation, and leading by example, as responsible citizens. This is the space that will provide the know-how so that the best and most innovative talent, such as yours, can play its role. If you want to lead the future and be at the forefront of change, this is your way in.
Which story do you want to tell?
Learn all about reputation in times of crisis, and how to capitalize the power of storytelling to engage with customers, employees, and overall stakeholders.
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9 to 5 makes us sick – literally
Humanizing work for GenZ in the age of Greta and Corona. Connecting work with purpose. How does the home office for GenZ look like? In this session we will brainstorm new models of remote work for GenZ, a generation of digital natives.
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Reinventing the Future
Learn the mindset, strategies, and resources that will enable you to reimagine and reinvent your approach to the future during a time when there are more questions than answers.
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Stress Management in Pandemic Times
The current pandemic has heightened the levels of stress and uncertainty, with a particular emphasis on a pervasive type of stress, technostress, that is created by the use of Information and Communication technologies to work. We will discuss, as stress and uncertainty levels rise, a particularly pervasive type of stress, technostress, created by the use of remote communication and IT to work.
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Let's give it a name: Discontinuity
We might be living a "discontinuity" in human history. In discontinuities, our values and paradigms shift. So, what happens in discontinuities? What new patterns emerge?
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The Power of Communication in Times of Crisis
To listen, talk, and be both clear and effective, are key skills in the Communication era we are living. However, miscommunication is particularly challenging in times of crisis. It generates great erosion in teams and affects organizational productivity. It is important to understand the equilibrium, the flawless strategies, and the absolutes "don'ts"
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Mindfulness: a peaceful (r)evolution
Confinement and its sources of stress create a rare opportunity to dive deep into our minds towards freedom. Go from mindfully leading yourself to mindfully leading others.
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Why Organizational Safety Matters in Times of Crisis
High performing teams in healthcare services were admitting and discussing their errors and failures. Those teams felt safe in their organization to talk about them because they could learn and improve processes management and organizational performance. Managers don't have to expect results to be stable or always grow in a positive direction. Ups and downs can be a course correction or a change in path. Observing and measuring a team's behavior is essential. Healthcare professionals will focus on building the right processes, sharing problems with an open dialogue without fear, not just monitoring indexes.
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Purpose takeover: António Bello
27 years old. Co-founder of Just a Change, a non-profit association that rebuilds homes of people in need in Portugal. Just a Change is family owned and operated business. Just a Change has rebuilt hundreds of houses and institutions, having mobilized thousands of volunteers inside and outside the country.
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Purpose takeover: João Macedo
Big wave surfer. Owner of a surf school in Praia Grande, Sintra. Environmental advocate. João believes that "our connection to fear, or the fact that we have to face our fears, gives us a doorway into growth."
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Purpose takeover: Francisco Guimarães
One of the youngest Football Coaches in the world. He started at 15. He is a leader. Be inspired. Find your purpose.
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Purpose takeover: Pedro Tânger
Pedro practiced law for three years, but his passion for martial arts took him another way: to use his strength to empower others.
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Purpose takeover: Carolina Duarte
Take a break and meet the Olympic sprinter Carolina Duarte. Carolina has incredible strength. She has 10% useful vision, but she is a 100% champion. If you think you can't overcome your limitations, then come and listen to Carolina and reflect. Be inspired. Find your purpose.
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Purpose takeover: João Brites
Sustainability professional, economist, investor and entrepreneur with 10+ years' experience in enabling sustainable development through the power of data, technology and collaboration. Recognized by the World Economic Forum, Virgin Group, Red Cross, Ashoka, and the British Council as a leading young global changemaker.
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NESTLE START AND CO. 2020
An Open Innovation Programme promoted by Nestlé Portugal in partnership with Nova SBE to identify and select the most promising startups and entrepreneurs.
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Usage of Electronic Payments by Small Business Owners in Mozambique
This study diagnoses the access to banking and electronic payments (POS, Mobile Banking and Mobile Money) by small businesses in the cities of Mozambique.
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Promoting Correct Fertilizer Use through Information and Commitment Savings using Mobile Money
Promote the proper use and integration of the use of fertilizers in agricultural practices in Mozambique is the goal of this Nova SBE NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center study.
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Networks and Information: An Impact Evaluation of Efforts to Increase Political Participation in Mozambique
This project explores two initiatives to increase voter turnout and political participation in Mozambique, a country with low participation rates.
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Mobilizing Parents at Home and at School: An Experiment on Primary Education in Angola
This project tests ways to mobilize parents for education in Angola.
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The Role of Social Networks on the Adoption of Financial Services in Rural Mozambique
This Nova SBE NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center research project examines how social influence and peers affect the adoption of mobile money services.
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The Role of Technology, Financial Resources and Business Skills in Microenterprise Development in Mozambique
Learn how mobile money can best increase the savings capacity of microenterprises, and investigate how business skills affect the optimal management of savings for business development in Mozambique are the goals of this project.
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Farmer Participatory Experimentation in Mozambique
This project evaluate the impact of smallholder farmers’ own experimentation with new agricultural technologies on adoption of these same technologies.
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Promoting Migrant Remittances using Mobile Money: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Answering broad questions regarding the determinants and consequences of migrant remittances is the goal of this research project of Nova SBE NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center
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Incentives of Community Health Agents in Guinea-Bissau
How can healthcare be most effective in developing countries? Which health-related information should be provided and how? The NOVAFRICA research project in Guinea Bissau study this issue.
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We all have a role to play. What is yours?
We know how much potential each member of our community has. From staff to researchers, from corporate to non-profit organizations. Whether you are producing relevant research, an idea that could be turned into an impactful project, or you're becoming an expert in a sustainability-related field. We want to help you discover your purpose and share it.
We are committed to every single person, and your voice can make a difference.
Join us and help us inspire tangible change.
Create and get involved in real projects now!
Here, you can choose to participate in ongoing initiatives or propose new ones to the community. At the end of each academic year, you will get your Global Commitment CV, with your measured contribution to the UN SDG. If you do not have an @novasbe.pt email and you would like to get access to this platform, please email us at roletoplay@novasbe.pt and we will help you.
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