Our strategy

 

Partnership

SDI.Lab is a partnership between UNIDCOM/IADE, Universidade Europeia, Lisbon, Portugal, and the Department of Design/CILAB research group of Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) Italy, since January 22, 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

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

    • Digital Empathy

    • Innovation & Sustainability

Strategic Design and Innovation Lab

Since 2020

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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.

Meet our team

 

Cabirio Cautela
Scientific Board Member

Francesco Zurlo
Scientific Board Member

Helder Ferreira
Research fellow

Gianluca Carella
Research fellow

Joana Dias
Research fellow

Michele Melazzini
Research fellow

Sara Gancho
Research fellow and Scientific Board Member

Rui Patrício
Coordinator and Scientific Board Member

 

Advisory Board

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

 

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