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Different View Change the World Be the Change

Global Strategic

Innovation

A week of personal

transformation

A journey of

Leadership, Innovation, Transformation,Network & Growth


AN IMMERSION

PROGRAM

IN SILICON VALLEY

FOR EXECUTIVES

AND ENTREPENEURS

Participants will gain distinctive and differentiating skills, interacting with

key experts in a highly dynamic personal

experience while in contact with the main trends that are shaping society.

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Silicon Valley Defies

the IndustryThis year the GSI - IEP has a thematic focus in Industry 4.0

(a term popularized worldwide by Germany’s leadership), or

as it is known in the US, the Industrial Internet of Things - IIoT.

In fact, one of the first promoters of the US and Europe

reindustrialization through technology was Andy Grove,

former chairman of Intel, and one of Silicon Valley’s icons.

Who will dominate this new wave of

industrialization? Silicon Valley’s technology giants,

German manufacturing leaders, or the Asian’s power of market

and production? One thing is certain, much of this future

will be determined in Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley is dedicated to challenging business

models, and is currently determined to challenge the

industrial, automotive and energy services, among others.

New business models are created, tested and powered by:

new information and communication

technologies (cloud, mobile, social media,

big data, internet of things (IoT), etc.).



GSI in numbers

Participants Profile

1. Motivation

2. One Week Program

3. Participation Criteria

4. Advantages and Goals

5. Approach

6. Program

7. Speakers

8. Entities

9. Costs

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Organization:10. How to Enroll 32

11. Testimonials from Previous Editions 33

12. About Leadership Business Consulting 34


GSI IN NUMBERS

Previous Editions

Satisfaction


+80Speakers

+120Entities

+250Participants

+8Countries

100% 43%

Exceeded expectations

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GSI IN NUMBERSENTITIES FROM PREVIOUS EDITIONS


PARTICIPANTSPROFILE

Participants by sector

24%

Education9%

Energy & Environment22%

17%

8%

5%

6%

7%

2%Technology

Public Sector

Financial Services/Consultancy

Industrial Goods, Retail, Consumer Goods

Transports & Logistics

Telecommunications & Media

Others

30%

Top Companies

Medium Companies

Small Companies

Startup

Public Companies

20%12%

7%

31%

7%

18%

8%

37%

15%

12%

3%

CEO/Founder

CEO

Managing Director

Director

Others

Specialist

Assessor

Participants by level

of responsibility

Participants by company

size



1. MOTIVATION

Silicon Valley is a worldwide business reference pointThis is where new major global companies, new business models, new technologies are consistently developed, impacting on all economies, whether public or private.

Premium and Intensive Program (one week)

Experience Silicon Valley,the most innovative region in the world.

A unique opportunity“The best way for a leader to promote development is through case studies. Not just through theory, but also through practical site visits and interactions with the players that made or are making a difference. An in-person immersion in Silicon Valley, the most prominent ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship, is a remarkable differentiator.”

Carlos Oliveira, Managing Partner at LBC

Allow leaders and top decision makers a direct immersion in Silicon Valley.

This year the program is focused on the topic Industry 4.0.



2. ONE WEEKPROGRAM

SCHEDULE:

5 intensive days,

19 to 23 September

2016

LOCATION

Silicon Valley

and San Francisco

LANGUAGE

English (60%)

Portuguese (40%)

LIMITED

PLACES

The program is based on 4 pillars

Visits for presentations:

Google, Cisco, Salesforce,

Jabil, Flex, among others.

Interactive sessions with experts, professors from Stanford and Berkeley (Haas School of Business) and entrepreneurs (North Americans, Brazilians, Portuguese, Africans) in Silicon Valley.

NetworkingTraining

on Strategic Innovation

and Leadership

Interactionwith

Champions

Business Acceleration

and Commercial

Contacts

Site visit to incubators,

working sessions with

incubatees, venture

capitalists and angel

investors.

Networking with

entrepreneurs,

businessmen, investors

and academic experts.



3. RECIPIENTS AND PARTICIPATION CRITERIA

GSI – International Executive Program is open to all companies and entities, private and public, who wish to participate, provided they meet the organizer’s selection criteria:

Executives

Of clearly innovative small and medium companies

Public entities that are linked to innovation or whose

activities have particular impact on the modernization

of the economy

Entrepreneurs and startup’s CEOs

High technical and/or management participant profile

with fluency in the English language (60% of the program

in English and 40% in Portuguese).



4. ADVANTAGES AND GOALSTraining in Strategic Innovation

Interaction with Champions

Access new knowledge from leading specialists in strategic innovation, strategic implementation, change management, design thinking and leadership in order to promote the development of innovative strategies in the public sector/companies;

Learn about new business models and new technologies that will transform the economy in the future.

Analyze how specific technologies can impact the models of the business industry: 3D printing, robotics, internet of things, digital economy.

Promote your organization and improve the relationship with one of the most innovative economic regions in the world: Silicon Valley, considered the innovation capital of the world.

Work sessions at Stanford University and with other recognized experts.

Access to companies that have innovated successfully, such as Google, Cisco, Salesforce, Jabil, Flex, among others.

Networking Business Acceleration and Commercial Contacts

Strengthen the international network of participants through contact with experts and potential business partners, clients, suppliers, business angels, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.

Network between participants.

Learn new business models, share perspectives and identify growth and internationalization opportunities;

Study and fulfill business opportunities, partnerships, investments and export deals.

Network during GSI, access to our contacts, join the GSI Network (+250 alumni).

Know business and entrepreneurship acceleration processes and have commercial meetings with incubators.


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LBC’s Strategic Innovation model based on Silicon Valley's business models – will be presented

during the GSI-IEP. Each day of the program highlights one of the 4 vectors of strategic innovation.

On the last day the emphasis will be also on “Leadership from the perspective of Silicon Valley”.

1. Strategic and Cultural Alignment

2. Needs and Opportunities

3. Leaders and Value Creation

Circles

4.Implementation

Focus on the important needs of your customers and markets

Use Elevator Pitch and NABC method to create value for the customer quickly

Developing Champions of Change for internally orientate the creation process of value/internal coaches

Innovation to achieve or question strategic goals within the understanding of exponential economy

Culture of Innovation Internet of Things (IoT)

Value and Collaboration Through Networks

Creativity

Challenging the Status Quo Champions of Innovation

LEADERSHIP’S INNOVATION APPROACH

5. APPROACH



6. PROGRAM

Customized Program

The program will be adapted according

to the topic Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial

Internet of Things (IIoT), terms used in the US and in

Europe that are associated with Industry 4.0.

In order to make the program as relevant as

possible for all participants the companies to visit

were carefully selected.


Given the dynamic agenda of companies in Silicon Valley the program GSI - International Executive

Program may be subject to change, and the version presented subject to confirmation.


Collaboration

Through Networks

DAILY PROGRAM

Collaboration concepts for value creation and

customer focus

Creativit

y

Culture of Innovation

Internet of Things

(IoT)

Monday

Discovery

Challenging

the Status Quo

Interactive sessions on creativity and idea

generation

Free day


6. PROGRAM

Note: This program is provisional and may suffer changes.

Sessions with teachers and experts in Internet of Things, Innovation and

Pretotyping

Challenge the status quo, innovation and

change

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday


The starting point for the transformation of your Company

Innovation to achieve or question strategic

goals within the understanding of

exponential economy

Company Innovation

Policy

Open

Innovation

Pretotyping

Design

Thinking

Framework

for

Innovation

Analysis and focus on the organization’s objectives in terms of innovation

Internet of Things (IoT)

Importance on a culture focused on the market, customers and business results

The dynamics of innovation: ideas plus innovation

Open Innovation

Design Thinking: value creation and pretotypingprocess





Sunday

Day 0

Arrival to San Francisco

22 + 28)

SAN FRANCISCO

P - Portuguese E - English

08:30 – 9:30 Breakfast and Program Opening at the hotel:Welcoming and opening with Torben Rankine, LBC Country ManagerUSA, and Carlos Oliveira, Managing Partner LBC (P);Presentation of the participants and their expectations (P).

11:00 – 12:00 Session with Carlos Oliveira and Torben Rankine:“Framework for Innovation” (P).

12:00 – 12:45 Lunch.

12:45 – 14:00 Session on “Industrial Internet of Things”, with Dimitry Gorinevsky, Stanford University, Electrical Engineering School, Analytics Professor of Internet of Things (E).

14:15 – 15:30 Session on “Pretotyping as a part of your innovation process”with Alberto Savoia, Co-Founder of Pretotype Labs and ex-director of Engineering at Google (E).

16:15 – 17:15 Google tour with Vítor Rodrigues, Senior Software Engineer at Google (P).

19:00 – 20:00 Cocktail at the Portuguese Consulate with guests of the Portuguese community and Nuno Mathias, Consul General.

20:00 Return to the hotel.

Opening with:

Alberto Savoia

Savoia,Co-Founder of Pretotype Labs and ex-director of Engineering at Google Author of "Prototype IT". Developed the concept of pretotyping at Google




Torben RankineCountry ManagerLeadership Business Consulting

Carlos OliveiraManaging Partner

Leadership Business Consulting

Monday

Day 1

Vitor Rodrigues

Senior Software Engineer at Google

DimitryGorinevsky

Stanford University, Electrical

Engineering School, Analytics

Professor of Internet of Things


Generation

of IdeasCreativity

Focus on market and costumer

needs

• Reinventing the industry

• The process of defining the need

• Processes of generating ideas

• Best practices

• 3D Design

• Incubators


Creativity

Looking for new ideas


SAN FRANCISCO

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Tuesday

Day 2

08:00 Departure from San Francisco.

08:20 – 08:50 Briefing: “Creativity in Innovation” – Leadership Business Consulting(P).

09:00 – 11:00 Visit to Salesforce and session on "Building Service Excellence: General and Industry" with Mauricio Silva, General Manager, Salesforce Brasil (P).

11:00 – 12:30 Visit to Autodesk and debate about "Reinventing Manufacturing" with Mark Davis, Office of the CTO, and Negi Arabani, Addictive Manufacturing (E).

12:30 – 13:15 Lunch.

13:30 – 16:00 Session with Hugh Molotsi on "Lean Startup" (E).

16:30 – 18:00 Visit to Runway, Portugal Ventures’ incubator in San Francisco, panel on Silicon Valley culture with members of West to West.

18:00 Arrival to the hotel.


Creativity

Mauricio Silva

General Manager Salesforce Brasil

Hugh Molotsi

Innovator, Advisor, Investor

Mark Davis

Office of the CTO at Autodesk



Energize

the Agents

of Change

Business

Changing

Ideas

Internal

Market

Assessment

Actions and

Commitments

Strategic

Alignment

Create value for the customer quickly

High Impact Innovation

• Economic value of innovation

• Definition of business objectives

• Innovations that change the world

• Industrial Internet of Things

• Defining KPIs and cultural commitment

• Guiding the process of value creation


Collaboration Through

Networks


BERKELEY

Thursday

Day 3

07:30 Departure from San Francisco.

08:45 – 11:45 Visit to Cisco and session on "Industry 4.0 Demo Internet Of Things (IoT)" (E).

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch with Luso-American Community in the restaurant Adegaat San Jose.

13:45 – 15:30 Visit to Flex Innovation Labs and session on "Fostering collective innovation through partnerships and the Flex Lab IX® technology accelerator" with Cordell Brown, Business Development (E).

16:00 – 17:30 Visit to Jabil and session on "Impact of collaboration" with Simon Hawksworth, Senior Director of Business Development (E).

19:30 – 21:00 Networking at the German Accelerator and debate on Industry 4.0: Germany/Europe vs. Silicon Valley/USA.

21:00Arrival to the hotel.


Cordell Brown

Business Developmentat Flex Innovation Labs

Simon Hawskwoth

Senior Directorof Business Development

at Jabil

Collaboration

Through Networks



Coaching

champions

Role of the

champion of

innovation

Developing champions of change for internally

orientate the process of value creation/internal coaches

Value creationby the champions

• Using a multidisciplinary approach based on teamwork to create a spirit of innovation, skills and collective intelligence

• Make your company and staff aligned to systematically produce high-value innovation


Challenging

the Status Quo


SILICON VALLEY

Thursday

Day 4

07:30 Hotel departure.

08:30 – 09:00 Briefing: “Development of Innovation Champions – Leadership in Silicon Valley “ – Leadership Business Consulting (P).

10:00 – 11:00 Visit to SAP and session on "Design Thinking", with Shahid Khan, Director of Innovation (E).

11:30 – 12:15 Session with Paolo Cerruti, ex-VP Supply Chain e Operationsat Tesla; and Tesla Showroom Visit.

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch.

14:00 – 15:00 Visit to Acellent Technologies and session on "Industrial MachineTo Machine Applications“ with Irene Li, Chairman of AccellentTechnologies (E).

15:15 – 16:15 Visit GuideSpark or Altspace VR.

18:00 – 18:45 Debriefing Program Evaluation.

19:30 – 22:30 Group dinner.

Shahid Khan

Design Thinking Driven

Innovation Creator Who Enables

Digital Business Transformation

at SAP


Challenging the

Status Quo

Irene Li

President at Acellent

Technologies


FREE DAYFRIDAY – DAY 5

MORNING AFTERNOON

Ferry visit

Explore the world through science, art and human perception

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INNOVATION

Note: Suggestions of places of high interest.The choice of activities and associated costs are participants’ responsibility.

Ferry visit

Note: For participants who wish to optimize their presence, we suggest scheduling business meetings individually or through Business Associations Partners of the Program.

Commercial Meetings


Dimitry Gorinevsky

• Specialist in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)

• Managing Partner at Mitek Analytics LLC

• Consulting Professor in Electrical Engineering, Information Systems Laboratory at Stanford University

• Develops mathematical algorithms to analyze large amounts of industrial data

• Collaborates with NASA

• Ex-Senior Staff Scientist at Honeywell

Carlos Oliveira

• Managing Partner, Leadership Business Consulting

• Coordinator of Unidadede Missão para a Sociedade da Informação (UMIC), under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister’s Office and Deputy at the Assembly of the Republic

• Extensive knowledge and experience in economic and social issues

• Over 15 years of experience in international management consulting

• Co-Author of "Coaching for Executives"

Mauricio Isla

• General Manager at Salesforce, Brazil

• Ex-Area Vice President – CBU Latin America & Caribbean at Salesforce

• Ex-Senior Director –Latin America at Expedia

• Ex-Server & Tools Business Group Lead – (General Manager) at Microsoft Brasil

• Ex-Dynamics Business Group Lead (General Manager) at Microsoft Brasil

• Ex-Sales Director at Seal Tecnology

• Ex-Executive Director at Plaut Consulting

Nuno Mathias

• Consul General of Portugal in San Francisco

• Was the Director of European Institutional Affairs and Bilateral Relations in the European Affairs Directorate General

• Was the Head of the Department of Justice and Home Affairs at the European Affairs General Directorate

• Served the Portuguese Embassy in Maputo

• Served the Portuguese Embassy in Washington

Alberto Savoia

• Innovation Agitator, Speaker, Coach and world reference as an innovator

• Founder and Chief Pretotyper at Pretotyper Labs

• Ex-Engineering Director and Innovation Agitator at Google;

• Founder of twostartups invested by renowned venture capital firms

• His work has resulted in significant revenue for companies where he worked, being recognized with several international awards

7. SPEAKERS


Shahid Khan

• International speaker in the Innovation area

• Design Thinking Driven Innovation Creator Who Enables Digital Business Transformation at SAP

• Innovation Evangelist na PayPal

• Ex-Principal at FastRoi

• Co-founder and Director of Marketing at Synopsys

• Director of Marketing at Viewlogic

• Mayor Chuck Reed (San Jose Mayor) Commendation for the dedication toSilicon Valley Talent Partnership (SVTP) Stanford Design Lab Project

Hugh Molotsi

• Advisor, investor and expert in Lean

• Lean Start Up speaker, having participated as one of the main speakers of Lean Start Up 2013 conference

• He was over 20 years at Intuit, ending as Engineering Fellow and Vice-President

• Advisor at Linqto, Inc.

• Advisor at Lean Startup Co.

• Ex-Software Engineer at HP

• Created 5 patents

Mark Davis

• Senior Director and Design Research at Autodesk

• Currently the leader of Autodesk design, leading the Generative Design Team, predicting the future #project Dreamcatcher

• Ex-Director of User Experience at Autodesk

• Ex-Human Interface Design Manager at Palm, Inc.

• Ex-Director at MetaDesign

• Owns several patents and awards in his name

Torben Rankine

• Country Manager of Leadership Business Consulting at San Francisco

• More than 12 years of experience in management consulting, based in Portugal, Spain and the USA

• Extensive experience in strategy projects, innovation, entrepreneurship and market analysis

• Joined the panel of discussion on entrepreneurship and innovation in Silicon Valley, led by Commissioner for the Digital Agenda of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes

Cordell Brown

• Business Development Manager at Flextronics

• More than 20 years of experience on the market

• Ex-Business Development at Sparton

• Ex-VP Business Development at Invetech

• Ex-Business Development at BC Tech

• Ex-Business Development at Lathrop Engine

• Ex-Director of Marketing and Sales at MiraiBio

7. SPEAKERS



Vítor Rodrigues

• Senior Software Engineer at Google

• With knowledge of the Portuguese reality and the Bay Area, shares his technological expertise with enthusiasm and knowledge of someone who has an insider’s view

• Ex-Software Engineer at IBM

• Ex-Enablement Engineer at IBM

• Ex-QA Engineer at IBM

• Degree from the University of Minho

Irene Li

• President and CEO at AcellentTechnologies, Inc.

• Over 18 years of experience in Computer Engineering. Deep knowledge of IoT

• Specialist in machine to machine applications for the industrial sector

• Ex-Global Program Manager for Internet Security at Hewlett-Packard

• Ex-Principal Engineer at British Telecom

Paolo Cerruti

• Ex-VP Global Supply Chain and Operations Planning at Tesla

• Ex-Director of Purchasing, Core Technologies and Director of Supplier Development at Tesla

• Ex-Interim VP of Quality at Tesla

• Ex-Director of Global Purchasing at Groupe Renault

• Ex-Engineering Program Development Director, India Operations at Group Renault

Gonçalo Ribeiro

• Manager and Coordinator of Leadership Business Academy, responsible for development on a global scale training academy

• Over 15 years of professional experience, 7 of which in the industry

• Trainer, speaker in the areas of leadership, innovation and international coach (certificate)

• Was head of production and head of logistics of the National Steel, making the start up of the new melt plant

Simon Hawskwoth

• Senior Director Business Development at Nypro Healthcare -Jabil

• Ex-Vice President of Sales & Marketing at CIRTEC Medical Systems

• Ex-Chairman/Chief Pouring Officer at Homage Vineyard, LLC

• Ex-Vice President of Sales & Marketing at HEI Medical, Inc

• Ex-VP Sales & Marketing at InnovaCommTechnologies, Inc

7. SPEAKERS


• SAP is a German company, creator of business management software

• Strong investment in innovation, with more than 100 centers

• It is the market leader in Enterprise Application Software, supporting companies of all sizes and industries

• Annual revenues of over 18 billion EUR

• More than 310,000 clients, 78,000 employees operating in 190 countries

8. ENTITIES

• Located in Palo Alto, California, USA, Stanford is a private research university

• One of the most prestigious and selective worldwide

• More than 50 Nobel Prize alumni

• Your students created companies like Cisco Systems, Google, Hewlett-Packard, LinkedIn, Netscape, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, Yahoo, among others

• Google is an online service and software company, based in Mountain View

• Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful

• Develops a range of services and products on the internet, and generates income through advertising on AdWords

• It has annual revenue average of US $ 21 billion

• Over a billion searches and 20 terabytes of data generated daily

• Top 5 world of the best companies to work

• The Salesforce.com was founded in 1999 in California

• One of the world leading suppliers of Costumer Relationship management (CRM) solutions

• Annual revenues averaged US $ 4 billion

• Based business cloud Software as a Service (SaaS)

• More than 6000 employees and offices in 23 countries

• More than 100,000 customers and over 2 million subscribers


• Jabil is a provider of electronic manufacturing services

• Reference in engineering, manufacturing and digital supply chain

• The company designs and produces electronic circuits to OEMs in a diverse group of industries including: automotive; computing and storage; medical; networking; peripherals and telecommunications

• It has annual revenue average of US $ 18 billion

• More than 177 thousand employees in 23 countries

• The Incubator Runway is located in the heart of San Francisco and it was founded in 2013 with the intention of being the ideal place for a community of entrepreneurs

• It quickly became the place of choice for highly success startups

• It is strategically located on Twitter Building, the innovation epicenter in the Mid-Market neighborhood

• Autodesk is a design software company and digital content founded in 1982

• Leader in two segments: Design Solutions Group (DSG includes 3D design),Autodesk Media and Entertainment (MED)

• The DSG covers the core competence of Autodesk, which is in the design technology, while the MED provides solutions for the media and entertainment

• Cisco Systems is a global leader in services and communication technologies

• Founded in 1984, has more than 63,000 employees, more than 470 offices in over 165 countries

• Revenue in 2015 of US $ 43 billion.

• Cisco is the worldwide market leader on several fronts in communication technologies: security, IPTV, VOIP, Wireless LAN, among others

8. ENTITIES


• Flex (also known as Flextronics International Ltd. or Flextronics) is an American company of international supply chain solutions

• Offers design, production, distribution and after-sales services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)

• It is the second largest manufacturer global services of electronics (EMS) and also of Original Design Manufacturer (ODM)

• Flex has production operations over 40 countries

• Showroom with news from the world auto

• Tesla Motors is a company based in Silicon Valley that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and components

• Founded in 2003by Elon Musk, and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Tesla has more than 1400 employees, 21 stores and vehicles sold in 32 countries

• With a net income of more than US $ 290 million, Tesla recently started distributing the Model X crossover

• Founded over more than a decade ago as a spin-off of Stanford University

• Acellent is the most prominent leader in the field of management of structural health (MSH)

• Acellent products provide to active owners the ability to monitor their health

• Working with sectors of industry, energy, military, aerospace, civil

• AltspaceVR is a virtual reality startup, based in Redwood City, California

• With an initial investment of 5.2 million, it has interactive virtual reality solutions to its customers

• Recently received $2.5 million in venture capital to develop a virtual reality environment of shared navigation.

• Investors include Google Ventures, Formation 8 and Dolby

8. ENTITIES

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9.COSTSDiscount

registration before

March 2016

3.900E UR

Included:

• Visits and sessions in leading companies

• Sessions at Stanford University

• Sessions with experts and networking

• Lunches and honor dinner

• Local transportation

• GSI Program Book

Not Included:

• Airplane travel

• Airport shuttle

• Accommodation (the organization can help with the reservation)

10. How to EnrollTo participate in the GSI - International Executive Program interested parties should fill out the registration form and send it to the following email address:[email protected]

Sign up

NOW!

Interested parties may also contact Leadership Business Consulting through the following:

Lisbon: + 351 93 358 10 51(Sandra Correia)

San Francisco: + 1 415 816 2679(Torben Rankine)

[email protected]




11. Testimonialsfrom previous editions

“I felt very motivated to participate in this program because it

seems to be a unique opportunity to see two world leaders in

innovation, MIT and Stanford, and bring new ideas, experiences and

knowledge that promote the improvement of the project.”

Jorge Sales Gomes, CEO at Brisa Inovação, Ed. 2010

“The consistency of the program is remarkable, indeed recommended.

Now it’s a matter of continuity, it is necessary that companies are able

to also apply what we have seen here and be able to apply models so

successfully as those we visited here.”

Rui Boavista Marques, Board Member at AICEP Portugal Global, Ed. 2013

“I think this program has given me the opportunity to see how others

have done. The place of innovation is Silicon Valley. I think it’s a

good place to start... and also learn from their experiences.”

Tony Dolton, Managing Director at Unitel Angola, 14 July 2015

GSI AICEP

“Silicon Valley is an exciting experience that everyone should have.

The energy that vibrates in that place is phenomenal.”

Glória Guimarães dos Santos, Vice-President Operations

National Post Office in Brazil, 12 May 2015


“People are immersed in a different environment. Its very different to

read about Silicon Valley and having the reality of the experience...

To try this culture, this vibration that you live here, it is time and

money well spent.“

Pedro Norton, CEO at Group Impresa, 10 Dec. 2014

“EDP Innovation is responsible for research and development

engineering, dealing with new concepts and technologies prior to

installation and operation. The opportunity to see firsthand the cradle

of innovation was a key objective. “

Luís Castro Henriques, Diretor EDP Inovação, Ed. 2010

“This ecosystem is critical to generate the best management

practices, innovation that generates better results. You do not enter

the market without studying first, this means the first kick-off for our

entry in this market.”

Rui Dias Ferreira, CEO at Vortal, Ed. 2010


12. ABOUT

LEADERSHIP BUSINESS CONSULTING



A JOURNEY OF LEADERSHIP,

INNOVATION, TRANSFORMATION,

NETWORK AND GROWTH


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