How Positive Intelligence could be beneficial to innovation in the corporate world
“Every outcome or circumstance can be turned into a gift and opportunity.” Sometimes, depending on the situation, we find it difficult to think of something bad as a learning opportunity, causing us to always think the worst. And that's why Ricardo Kazuo, VP of Marketing and Internal Coach at SAP, brought up the topic of Positive Intelligence in our last meetup.
A journey into the vast fields of agility
What is agile and do you really need it? And if yes, when? And how?! These were some of the questions we explored during our last Collaboration Circle with Lex Gleixner and Sabine Muth. And because playing is better than talking, we playfully deep dived into agility and reflected on our mental models and pictures we have - consciously and unconsciously - in our mind when we think and talk about agility.

Meetup Almas Cariocas at Museum of Tomorrow - Rio de Janeiro
Dia 5 de maio, de 17h às 18h (BRT) Local: Museu do Amanhã Vamos nos reunir e nos emocionar com cariocas (de berço e de alma) que representam a alma criativa, flexível, e o jeito de gerar impactos positivos no social, no ambiente, na inovação e nas artes.
How to unFIX your organisation with not another agile framework – Recap of our CC in April
The answer is “to survive” in our constantly and quickly changing world. The question is “why is being agile important for organisations and how should they reconsider their organisational setup and design?”. The “How” was our focus in our Collaboration Circle with Jurgen Appelo, who deeply inspired us by sharing his work and the approach he developed: the unFIX model.

Innovation in a cross-cultural context
The following sections have been captured and extracted during a prominent panel on “Creative Problem-Solving and Innovation in Cross-Cultural Context” at the inaugural opening event of the first Hasso Plattner Institute d.school in Cape Town, SA on October 2022.
Complete Ubuntu Session at the d.confestival 2022 in Cape Town
A group of design thinkers from around the world gathered at the opening of the Hasso Plattner d-school to discuss how an Ubuntu-inspired mindset can impact design, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The panel which was led by Ulrich Meyer-Höllings included experts in their fields, such as Phumzile Mmope, Mugendi M'rithaa, and Joern Bruecker, who have all been exploring these ideas in-depth and from various angles.

Exciting news for innovation leaders and transformation agents in Brazil!
Design at Business Brazil joined forces with Deep Dive Rio for offering a unique experience. Be part of a free 2h Master Class (in Portuguese language) with Luciano Siani.
Exploring UBUNTU on the d-confestival in Capetown
At the opening of the Hasso Plattner d-school, where a group of design thinkers from around the world came together to discuss how an Ubuntu-inspired mindset can impact design, innovation, and entrepreneurship activities to produce better results for everyone.

Design at Metaverse
26 January 2023 - The Metaverse is everywhere these days… but is it? Let’s find out! Calling all members who are interested in and/or working on Metaverse/VR/AR/XR-related projects in their organization to share their experiences, ambitions, goals, or challenges.
Environment, society and economy at the centre of innovation - Brazilian cases
The 2nd ESG Talks of 2022 brought initiatives with an environmental, economic, but mainly social impact. Our hostess, Natura, brought the socio-environmental repositioning case of her perfume brand Kaiak, Plastic Bank showed how it is to generate income for people in extremely vulnerable situations with recycling and Albert Einstein Hospital presented how it is possible to fully upcycle hospital fabrics.

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