Breakthrough Innovation
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE UNITED NATIONS
7 COMPANIES CREATED NEW SOLUTIONS POWERED BY DISRUPTIVE TECH
ABOUT
Over the summer and fall of 2017, I had the pleasure of contributing as a Graduate Intern at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in their UN Global Compact office which is their corporate sustainability arm and is the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative with more than 9,000 companies based in over 160 countries.
During this time I worked in the Breakthrough Innovation Challenge (BIC) which reunited together 17 intrapreneurs from 7 companies, challenging them to create sustainable business models with disruptive tech.
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By reporting to the Innovation Senior Manager, I was able to explore the role of disruptive technologies for businesses in the unsustainable global context in which businesses operate today, and I could observe the applicability across different industries including telecommunications, consumer goods, energy, electronics, food, and beverage.
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DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
HIGHLIGHTS
In my role, I worked across diverse teams and I contributed to local and global projects. Some highlights of my responsibilities and achievements include:
-Supported the programmatic activities of the Breakthrough Innovation Platform, which reunited 7 leading Global Fortune 500 companies aiming to achieve higher levels of performance, by evaluating emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things to build business models addressing sustainable development challenges, while tackling corporate sustainability.
-Provided feedback to the business model pitches that were presented by the participating companies to 100 CEOs, CSO and CIOs during UN General Assembly Week in New York, seeking future partnerships and funding.
-Led research to inform the design of a Massive Online Open Course in business ethics and breakthrough innovation for 600 global companies with a blended learning format on the SDG's and breakthrough innovation.
-Supported primary, third party research, and crafted presentations to inform the UN Global Compact work stream in innovation and climate finance.
-Supported the global event ‘Business for Peace’ in Bogota, Colombia, with an attendance of 300 Latin American business leaders, business schools, and UN agencies.
-Supported the communication and participant engagement strategy of the BIP, employing digital channels and activations during the Leaders Summit 2017, with an attendance of +900 global business leaders in the frame of General Assembly Week.
-Created social media content for the Breakthrough Innovation Platform, with a focus on storytelling and video production.
ABOUT THE BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION CHALLENGE
BREAKTHROUGH PITCHES
Participating teams presenting their solutions in the Breakthrough Innovation Session in New York.
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