Our strategy
Partnership
SDI.Lab is a Research Laboratory which is part of UNIDCOM/IADE, Universidade Europeia, Lisbon, Portugal, and was founder in January 22th, 2020.
Purpose
To increase the business and social impact of strategic design and innovation research by:
Stimulating a more breakthrough approach to real and meaningful problems / challenges
Accelerating the deployment of strategic design and innovation capabilities
Enhancing talent and knowledge development in strategic design and innovation
Meet our team
Sara Gancho
Coordinator and Scientific Board Member
Helder Ferreira
Co-coordinator and Scientific Board Member
Davide Gambera
Scientific Board Member
Raquel Lima
Colaborator
Luiz Botega
Colaborator
Maiara Dal Toé
Research Fellow
Pedro Alegria
Research Fellow
Francesco Zurlo
Scientific Board Member
Gianluca Carella
Research fellow
Michele Melazzini
Research fellow
Cabirio Cautela
Scientific Board Member
Rui Patrício
Former Coordinator, Founder and Scientific Board Member
Advisory Board
SDI.Lab areas of focus:
The SDI.Lab undertakes, promotes and supports research, training, prototype and experimentation activities. These activities fall within the domain of the following areas (not exclusive): Strategic Design, Innovation Management, Design Thinking, Gamification, Customer and Employee Engagement, Workplace Design, New Business Models and Disruptive Technologies.
SDI.Lab emerging research topics:
Strategic Design
Innovation Management
Impact and Sustainability
Strategic Design and Innovation Lab
Since 2020
For more information, please contact us.
Value proposition
For curious and open-minded organizations who want to apply creative and breakthrough approaches in addressing complex internal and external challenges beyond the state-of-the-art, SDI.Lab is a trusted partner that strengthen and accelerate the deployment of critical strategic design and innovation capabilities.
Advisory board members 2020-2022
Helena Maio
Adviser to the Board of Directors and Investment Director at Portugal Ventures - Portugal
Luís Rocha
Public Affairs & Market Access Director and Board Member of the Novartis Executive Committee – Portugal
Barbara Bouçon
CEO of TravelingToLisbon and Time to Co-Work – Portugal
Cristina Piai
Head of People Development at IMI-Corporate & Investment Banking Division of Intesa Sanpaolo Group – Italy
Paul C. White
Director of CorporateInnovationOnline – Canada
Süleyman Dag
Managing Director/Product Line Director at Cross Control – Sweden
