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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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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"

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.