Corporate Academies
A corporate academy, corporate university, campus, or other name given to it, is a learning architecture that aims to develop strategic skills for a specific company audience: leaders, trainees, middle managers, specialists, etc. Most of the times the name varies depending on the target audience, the skills nature to be developed and the program size.
WHY
Design learning experiences integrated with business strategy. Develop critical skills for strategic functions, which no one else outside the company knows so well. Control the process to fully customize learning curricula. Ensure the quality of content and trainers. Use training as a vehicle for company culture – especially important in leadership academies, because leaders are the main actors in creating company culture.
HOW
We establish three types of partnerships with our clients. We can be: Strategic Partners, Know-how Partners and Delivery Partners.
As Strategic Partners we create the academy/university, we design learning architecture (curricula and paths), define content requirements, recruit and select know-how partners, define governance and participate in management, measure impact, measure ROI, and revamp underperforming academies/universities.
As Know-how Partners, we conduct research, design content and keep it up to date, we support clients in transforming their internal know-how into effective and exciting training modules, train and coach client trainers to become more effective. We also create modules and transfer our intellectual property to the client.
As Delivery Partners, we deliver training modules at the highest quality level in the content areas we lead. Sometimes we co-monitor them with the client. And we constantly update learning methodologies.
In some projects we work in all three capacities. In others, only in one or two.
WHAT
As Strategic Partners, we mainly develop Leadership, Business and Service Academies. As Know-how Partners we design technical academies in critical areas for our clients (engineering, marketing). As Delivery Partners we deliver in several corporate universities of large Portuguese and multinational companies.

Novartis Portugal
Afonso Garcia, Director de Recursos Humanos
Afonso Garcia, Director de Recursos Humanos


Thermomix North America
Kai Schaeffner, President
Kai Schaeffner, President


Johnson & Johnson
Margarida Neves, Directora Geral
Margarida Neves, Directora Geral


Jerónimo Martins
Sandra Brito Pereira, Head of Knowledge
Sandra Brito Pereira, Head of Knowledge


EMBRACO
Paulo Neumann, Corporate Management Advisor
Paulo Neumann, Corporate Management Advisor


Vorwerk International
Ramona Wehlig, Vice President Customer Experience & Engagement
Ramona Wehlig, Vice President Customer Experience & Engagement


Novartis
José Mª Saraiva Marques, Field Force Training & Career Development Manager
José Mª Saraiva Marques, Field Force Training & Career Development Manager


Division Thermomix
Sarah Werhahn, Product Manager Tech Innovation
Sarah Werhahn, Product Manager Tech Innovation


Vorwerk Portugal
Laura Galhardo Simões, Regional Manager
Laura Galhardo Simões, Regional Manager


Sem título
Ana Ordaz, Oncology MSL
Ana Ordaz, Oncology MSL


AKÍ
Sandra Barranquinho, DRH
Sandra Barranquinho, DRH


Nestlé
José Borba Martins, Water Business Leader Finance & Control
José Borba Martins, Water Business Leader Finance & Control


Mc Donald’s
Joaquim Rafael, Director de Recursos Humanos
Joaquim Rafael, Director de Recursos Humanos


Seguros Tranquilidade
Luís Toscano Rico, Director de Comunicação
Luís Toscano Rico, Director de Comunicação


Novartis
Teresa Carqueja, Medical Director
Teresa Carqueja, Medical Director


Microsoft
Clara Celestino, Senior HR Manager
Clara Celestino, Senior HR Manager


House of Skills
Aleksander Drzewiecki, CEO
Aleksander Drzewiecki, CEO


Division Thermomix
Stefan Rest, International Product Manager
Stefan Rest, International Product Manager


Generali
Micael Ançã, DRH
Micael Ançã, DRH


Vorwerk México
Teresa Machado, Director de Vendas
Teresa Machado, Director de Vendas


Schering Plough
Catarina Horta, HR Director
Catarina Horta, HR Director


Vorwerk Portugal
Isabel Padinha, Directora Comercial
Isabel Padinha, Directora Comercial


Exictos
Daniel Araújo, CEO
Daniel Araújo, CEO


Division Thermomix
Julia Rudek, International Product Manager
Julia Rudek, International Product Manager


Millennium
Tarcísio Pontes, Director
Tarcísio Pontes, Director


McDonald’s
Sofia Mendoça, DHR
Sofia Mendoça, DHR
