Business Agility during the time of the Covid - Foundation Office Greece and Cyprus
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What does "agility" mean in different fields of work environment? How can one facilitate it? What should someone do in order to actively work on building it as an every day mentality? Those and more are the questions to be answered by our panelists. Get to know them better here. Join us for the discussion in our YouTube Channel and do not hesitate to send us live questions!
Discussant: Marica Labrou, Senior Business Advisor, BoD member (DEPA, Entersoft, Focus Bari).
Marica is a Seasoned Business Leader with 30+ years of extensive managerial experience up to CEO level in a number of multinational & Greek organizations (BSH, HP, Microsoft, SingularLogic, Intersys, KAFKAS). She is active in a number of institutes: Vice President of ACEO - Association of CEOs, member of the Women in Business (WIB) Committee of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, member of NED Club – Non Executive Directors, mentor at WoT (Women on Top) and Endeavor. She holds a Chemical Engineer and MBA degrees and is a mentor of young professionals & women in business. Marica writes articles and delivers speeches on various business topics, mainly regarding leadership.
Discussant: Martina Neef, Founder and CEO, Rock It Biz NGO.
Martina is an entrepreneur, investor and active advocate for global entrepreneurship. She is the creator of entrepreneurial training programs for youth (K12) and adults as well as an advisor & speaker on youth entrepreneurship. As founder and CEO of Rock it Biz, Martina has trained with her initiative close to 3.000 kids and young adults across Germany to become the next generation of entrepreneurs. With more than 20 years of international experience Martina uniquely combines a diverse background in engineering and business as well as an appreciation for both developed and emerging countries, all of which have afforded her with the opportunity to be active across industries and four continents. Martina advised Latin American investors & ministries of economy and tourism on economic development projects, working with the state-owned company FONATUR as well as on the initiative to bring back Formula One to Mexico. Before Martina as a project executive for a marketing agency in the San Francisco Bay Area serving technology companies such as Apple, Acer & Sony. Martina served various non-profit boards and is a TedEx speaker.
Discussant: Felix Daub, Serial Entrepreneur and Director at CGI Deutschland.
Felix Daub is a Serial Entrepreneur and Director @ CGI Deutschland, an international consulting company for Digital Transformation. His entrepreneurial efforts include successful online and creative startups such as Veeseo, Klickfilm, Estate-Control, Digiprax, Vimantic, and advisory roles at Fraunhofer Ventures, Berlin Startup Academy and Innogy Innovation Hub, an instrument of corporate digital transformation of innogy SE - one of the leading energy providers in Europe. Prior to this, Felix worked at Bertelsmann, one of the world’s largest Media Groups. With his experience in both worlds, corporate and startup, today Felix advises management teams and venture developers on strategic setup and key processes of building innovative agile businesses from scratch: shaping the team, product and sales strategy.
Moderator: Stavros Messinis, Serial Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurial activist, Founder of The Cube.
Stavros is the founder of The Cube Workspace, Athens' largest coworking community, which hosts some of Greece's best technologists. Prior to founding The Cube, Stavros was a software developer and had a long career working in the Government sector in Information Management roles. Since founding The Cube, Stavros and his team have created an ecosystem that is home to most of Athens’ technology events, hackathons, innovation sessions and training events. Through coding and business bootcamps, Stavros and The Cube are creating the next generation of top tier coders and businessmakers. Recognized locally and internationally as the de-facto startup space of Greece, several major Greek startups have emerged through collaborations with The Cube and its founders. Prior to this Stavros had cofounded Greece's first coworking community, coLab Athens.
Some highlights of Stavros’ work include: Cube Launchpad, CampusBus, Startup Weekend - Global Facilitation Team, SOLE Greece.
