A creative way to learn new things
Student,
EDHEC Open Innovation
EDHEC OPEN INNOVATION
SEASON 10
9 & 10 MARCH 2021
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 YOU FUTURE TRAINEES
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
2 December 2020
Kick-off Virtual breakfast
Managers et coaches meet to discuss case-related issues
Mid December 2020
Phone exchange with managers/representatives
End of December 2020
Company briefing
To the teacher in charge of the lecture for approval.
Beginning of February 2020
Connecting with your student teams
Early February 2021
Video Message
To student teams to connect and engage them
9 & 10 February 2021
Feedback by video
9 & 10 March 2021
Semi-finals
Lille Campus or Online
28 April 2021
Final
Paris Campus or Online
For Students
Mid January 2021
Registration
Students choose the case on a first come/first served basis. Exchange by phone with managers/representatives.
End of January 2021
Team building
2 February 2021
Inspiration & academic observation
Under the coaches’ guidance
9 February 2021
Generation ideas
Based on managers' feedback
10 February 2021
Iteration
Final validation of the concept paper for the challenge
9 & 10 March 2021
Semi-finals
Lille Campus or Online
8 april 2021
Final
Paris Campus or Online
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
#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
#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”.
