A creative way to learn new things
Student,
EDHEC Open Innovation
EDHEC OPEN INNOVATION
9TH EDITION - 10 & 11 MARCH 2020
A UNIQUE LEARNING MODEL IN COLLABORATION WITH STUDENTS AND MAJOR COMPANIES
24
Companies
750
Students
70
Managers
15
Coaches and professors
3 reasons to get involved
Boost your employer engagement
Source your future trainess on-site
BENEFIT FROM THE MILLENNIAL GENERATIONS’ PERSPECTIVE
The pitch
1 case
OF AN UNSOLVED BUSINESS CHALLENGE IN YOUR COMPANY
1 day
OF COMPETITION IN “LIVING LAB” MODE
ON EITHER 10 OR 11 MARCH AS PER YOUR PREFERENCE
ON EITHER 10 OR 11 MARCH AS PER YOUR PREFERENCE
2 managers
INVOLVED IN THE COMPETITION
6 teams
OF 5 STUDENTS DEDICATED TO YOUR CASE
Calendar
For The Company
28 november 2019
Kick-off breakfast
Paris Campus
Managers et coaches meet to discuss case-related issues
Mid December 2019
Phone exchange with managers/representatives
End of December 2019
Company briefing
To the teacher in charge of course for validation.
Beginning of February 2020
Connecting with your student teams
4 February 2020
Video Message
To student teams to connect and engage them
11 & 12 February 2020
Feedback by video
10 & 11 March 2020
Semi-finals
Lille Campus
28 April 2020
Final
Paris Campus
For Students
Mid January 2020
Registration
Students choose the case on a first come-first serve basis. Exchange by phone with managers/representatives.
End of January 2020
Team formation
4 February 2020
Inspiration & academic observation
Under the coaches’ guidance
11 February 2020
Generation ideas
Based on manager’s feedback
12 February 2020
Iteration
Final validation of the concept paper for the challenge
10 & 11 March 2020
Semi-finals
Lille Campus
28 april 2020
Final
Paris Campus
The strength of team work. Alone we go faster but together we go further
Student,
A professional experience for students and enriching learning experience for managers
Danone,
Projects very diverse from a common subject
Student,
Experience, interesting and insightful feedbacks from the managers, that made me want to join the team in the implementation of our project.
Student,
A brilliant experience: energizing and refreshing!
Michel Vasseux, Groupe Rocher
Great moment for exchanging and sharing between students, companies, coaches and EDHEC staff!
Pauline Divry, Mazars
Insight on the way students apprehend the topic
Leroy Merlin,
I also loved the energy from every coach and manager who took part in the challenge
Student,
Tested and approved!
8 editions - 67 partner companies!
Innovators 2019
Get involved!
REGISTER BEFORE FRIDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2019. ONLY 24 PLACES AVAILABLE
4 OCTOBER 2019:
Choose a day of participation: first come, first served!
4 NOVEMBER 2019:
Select/identify a duo of managers.
28 NOVEMBER 2019 :
Join us for the kick-off breakfast.
Previous winners
2019 winners
#1
Lactalis
Suggest merchandising innovations in retail stores to make milk more appealing to millennials
#2
BNP Paribas Cardiff
Make millennials want to buy insurance
#3
Veepee
Design the most attractive delivery experience
2018 winners
#1
Leroy Merlin
Convert art and craft fans into DIY Addicts
#2
Ubisoft
Create positively ways to fight online toxicity
#3
Accenture
Design the new LIVE experience during cultural events
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The EDHEC OPEN INNOVATION challenge is a programme of the EDHEC Pedagogical Factory, which won the award for "Innovations that inspire" by the AACSB, the American accreditation body, in 2017 (one of the 35 major innovations selected from 300 international projects)
Register
Limited places, register before 4 October 2019
Contacts
About EDHEC
Operating from campuses in Lille, Nice, Paris, London and Singapore, EDHEC is one of the world’s top 20 business schools. Fully international and directly connected to the business world, EDHEC is a school for business, rather than a business school, where excellence in teaching and research focuses on innovation to stimulate entrepreneurship and creativity. For business from birth and dedicated to business, EDHEC makes entrepreneurs for life, able to remodel or create successful businesses wherever they work. EDHEC functions as a genuine laboratory of ideas and produces innovative solutions valued by businesses. The School’s teaching philosophy, inspired by its award-winning research activities, focuses on “learning by doing”.
