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Who remembers this time of year? Picking out your favorite back-to-school outfit, feeling the exciting potential of new friendships, cracking open a fresh textbook. The start of the new school year has always been electric, however the thrill of learning was probably not the first thing on your mind.

Though if we were to take anything away from this last year of living with uncertainty, rapid digitalisation, and the upheaval of our ways of working, it is certainly the importance of learning and adapting, of rolling with the punches.

And because the future does not promise to be any more stable, embracing continuous learning is essential to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities ahead.

So how can you make the most of continuous learning both for you and your organisation? Let's ask our experts.

1. Article of the Month

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Up-skilling, adaptability: why every business needs a learning culture

With Sara Scapinello, People & Organization Development Director at Lavazza, and ESCP’s Simon Mercado.

Contrary to what one might think, learning is a continuous process that lasts all of our lives and is not limited to our youngest years.

To understand how companies can foster a positive learning culture, we called upon the expertise of Sara Scapinello, People & Organization Development Director at Lavazza, and Simon Mercado, Professor of Management and Executive Vice President and Dean for Executive Education, Corporate and External Relations at ESCP Business School.

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3. Show me the Data

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According to a 2015 article from Inc., one-third of female founders in America cite the lack of capital as holding them back.

In an analysis conducted by Professor Christian Linder and his co-author Sonja Sperber, they found that females and males experience the support provided by the entrepreneurial ecosystem for their start-up activities differently.

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Last spring, we launched Her Voice, a podcast that gives the mic to women experts.

For our first three episodes, we spoke to experts across several innovative fields, from bioluminescence to cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence. Discover these topics with us in 30 minutes or less!

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On Thursday, September 23, ESCP Madrid hosted the annual meeting of the Madrid Family Business Association (AMEF) at its Navalmanzano campus, Executive Education. AMEF members generate more than 100,000 jobs with their companies across various industrial sectors (food, automobile, industry, biotechnology, security and defense services, etc).

With this event, AMEF resumed its activities after a year and a half interruption due to the pandemic, bringing its associates to our ESCP Campus, having held this event at other business schools in previous years.

 It was a very exclusive event attended by more than 40 owners of Family Businesses and in which there was an interesting conference on Freedom given by Mr. Fernando del Pino, who has been a regular contributor to the economic newspaper Expansión for over 10 years.

 The event ended with a cocktail party in the Navalmanzano gardens.

At the express request of AMEF, no photos were taken, nor was any video recording made.

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Top athletes must be the best in their disciplines, just as managers and executives must.
In both cases, winning against your competitors and in each context is of the essence.

Ysaora Thibus, ESCP Alumna and 2021 Olympic medallist (women's team foil event) will talk about her career path and share her recipes for motivation and excellence.

4 other Alumni olympic winners wil also be present:

  • Valérie Barlois (MiM 1995), gold medal (1996)
  • Brice Guyart (MS 2007), double gold medal (2004)
  • Matthieu Gourdain (MiM 1999), silver medal (2000)
  • Cédric Seguin (MS 1997), silver medal (2000)

The meeting will be hosted by Prof. Christophe Inzirillo, PhD in management, an expert in leadership and positive attitudes, and in sports and management values

Registration

The event will be held in English.

Location

Organiser:

Paris (République) - France

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Date

Start date: 21/10/2021

Start time: 6:30 PM

End time: 8:00 PM

Virtual negotiations and virtual leadership is not new, but it definitely has become more mainstream over the last 18 months.

Leadership and negotiation both require a high degree of communication, exchange of information and trust, that nobody would argue. Both have an objective in mind, whether it is about getting engagement to achieve results with a team, or closing a deal, or taking a collective decision to find a solution to a problem, here are two dimensions of human activity that have most been associated with physical presence and trust building to be effective. If we use cultural semantics we would say that they are both very high context experiences, meaning that there is a lot of implicit communication and reading between the lines that goes on in both scenarios. Do you want to get bad feedback from your boss by email? Would you feel safe building a business relationship to close a deal however explicit your written contract is?

Join Prof. Diana Clarke to take a look at how some of our communication habits have and are, still changing in this virtual context, and establish which ones are stubbornly remaining the same.

The webinar will be followed by a brief presentation of the Executive MBA

Register here

Participants

Prof. Diana Clarke

Prof. Diana Clarke

Affiliate Professor

Location

Organiser: Executive MBA Madrid campus

Online- Madrid time - Worldwide

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Date

Start date: 29/09/2021

Start time: 6:00 PM

End time: 7:00 PM

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Paris

ESCP Turin Campus is glad to invite you to an adventure through the city: a funny Treasure Hunt to discover Turin’s secrets!

Portone del Diavolo, Dito di Colombo, Bicerin… do you really know Torino?

Do you want to discover Turin's iconic places and historical figures, have the chance to learn more about the ESCP's corporate partners and win a special prize with your team?

The ESCP Treasure Hunt is the event for you!

Create your team of 6 people, collect your exclusive Treasure Hunt kit and follow all the clues to find the final destination... The team with the most points will win a fantastic prize!

Join the Treasure Hunt on Friday, 22nd of September, from 3.00 pm.

Register here 

The event is reserved for ESCP Business School students.
Places are limited.
Participation is free, but registration is mandatory.

For further information, check the ESCP Turin Campus ESCP Info Desk.

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Special thanks to the Treasure Hunt’s sponsors:

ESCP Treasure Hunt's sponsors

 

 

Location

Organiser: ESCP Turin Campus

Turin - Italy

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Date

Start date: 22/09/2023

Start time: 3:00 PM

End time: 8:00 PM

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The world is highly improbable. From Covid-19 to the Anthropocene, it is difficult to predict what our life will look like in the years to come. In such a context, the optimization of old recipes is not enough. We need to challenge what we do and why we do it.

Artists do this. They do not optimize; they do not follow the rules. Quite on the contrary, they question what is to propose alternatives. Their art pieces not only change the cultural climate, they also influence core practices in design, architecture or business.

In this exhibition, you can discover 8 pieces of art created by 40 students of the Option E Madrid of ESCP (track in entrepreneurship from the Master in Management). From September 21 to 23, 2021, they attended the Improbable seminar to learn the Art Thinking method. This agile method enables to think and work like an artist. Using it, they created propositions which challenge status quo to help us see problems in a new way.

 

Want to see what amazing things they come up with? See you on Thursday September 23rd at 6:30pm and find out!

Online event. Register here to obtain your login information. 

We wish you a stimulating improbable opening!

Location

Organiser: Option E - ESCP Madrid campus

Online- Madrid time - Worldwide

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Date

Start date: 23/09/2021

Start time: 6:30 PM

End time: 8:00 PM

ESCP and the Corporate University Club are organizing an international conference devoted to the Future of the Corporate University. In a context of disruptive changes in the business world where upskilling and reskilling are at the top of the agenda of companies, Learning & Development professionals have to reinvent the way they work in order to make possible this business transformation. 

This conference will bring together some of the best specialists in Learning and Development coming from both the academic and business worlds. A unique moment to exchange, reflect and design the new track of the Corporate University.

Programme

Plenary sessions

  • Shaping the future of Corporate Universities. 

  • The performance of the Corporate University

Workshops

  • Learning communities, peer-to-peer training, distance learning: How these new learning techniques will be shaping the future of Learning?

  • The new place of the individual in learning

  • Unleashing Team learning, the « strong link » of learning organizations    

  • Learning in remote and hybrid environments: the challenge of performance and well-being  

  • Advances in behavioural sciences will accelerate the effectiveness of training.

  • The Future leader - leading in the future: new trends in top executive development 

  • AI & positive use of data: towards an « augmented learning organization”?

  • The most important pedagogical innovations for successful learning

Conclusion

  • Looking at the Future of Corporate Universities: New Challenges, New Development & New Organizations

  1. Conference at ESCP Campus Montparnasse, 3 rue Armand Moisant, 75015 PARIS

Limited number of places available! Register here free of charge for a face to face session

(you will receive a confirmation)

 

  1. Live Session online : register here to receive a link to the conference

 

Contact : Mr Dominique Pépin : dpepin@escp.eu

Location

Organiser:

Paris (Montparnasse Campus) - France

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Date

Start date: 15/10/2021

Start time: 9:30 AM

End time: 6:30 PM

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Paris
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