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The WomenX Impact Summit 2024 hosted the Light Hackathon. University students from various disciplines gathered to imagine and design the future of work they desire. The goal? To go beyond gender stereotypes and prejudices, creating inclusive and stimulating professional scenarios. Are we capable of imagining a more equitable, inclusive, and fulfilling future of work.

"Eni's Digital Center of Excellence designer sums up in two keywords the activity that the Italian energy giant is bringing to schools with CampBus. "The students responded very well to our input, I was surprised by their answers but above all by their questions. On ethical issues, on possible applications and also from their more practical work of creating the startup, where they got involved with effective ideas and proposals." 

......lecture and workshop for master's degree in Engineering and Design at "Agile Innovation" course at the Polytechnic of Milan. The lesson introduced the Design Sprint methodology to the students. The work was then carried out in groups to define the challenges to be solved, generate ideas and prepare for the prototyping and testing phases...

.#DesignOurInclusion a project aimed to co-designing with colleagues an action plan necessary to build a corporate culture that is increasingly open to others and appreciative of everyone's contribution. An inherently inclusive model that is based on active listening and places the person and their needs at the center...

...Sometimes in operational sites, it can be hard to engage participants in these kinds of activities, especially for a prolonged time and possibly without any distractions. Consider that for some jobs taking 2–3 hours from their daily task can be a major obstacle, therefore one should be flexible and do as much prep work as possible, so no time is wasted.....

Hyper-regulated and complex processes can rarely radically change. And the transition will not be immediate and without friction. Process 'blockers' are legislative procedures and safety measures put in place (especially in an industrial environment) or revenue (time-cost) driven activities that influence how a process is delivered....

...the most important elements of a designer’s work but are also works that require the most effort and expert knowledge. The deliverables itself more than often do not represent all the hard work that went into the polished final designs which to a less expert eye may seem effortless. Therefore, I propose the following criteria to evaluate the design process, effort, and outcomes... 

...the Experience & Product Design team has been effectively applying the design thinking methodology for several years, and this contributes to accelerating the digital transformation process in our company. As an in-house design team, we work closely with our colleagues, who are also the end users of the solutions we develop, throughout the entire design process.

Workshop for high school students of different educational backgrounds to raise awareness of women in STEM by focusing on the potential of data, data science, and the design discipline. Designed and facilitated for the first time a hybrid type of workshop in collaboration with Ammagamma.

How to build a sustainable startup - Thanks to design thinking techniques. Facilitated a workshop for high school students using design thinking techniques of ideation and role play to help develop and showcase their projects on sustainability. Application of critical thinking, and creativity to innovate and design a startup idea. Corriere della serra's Campbus initiative for digital & innovation for schools. 

This speech was delivered in collaboration with DESIS SPbU: Design Lab at Saint Petersburg State University. Thanks to Design Lab and graphic design students for having me talk about 'Design Thinking' and how it can be applied in the graphic design process. Often during graphic design studies, not enough focus is put on user-centricity and research methods. Hopefully, I shed light on some topics!

​How challenging it is to be a promoter and an advocate of the Design Thinking methodologies within the company? We believe it's very! When we talk about a multinational company dimension, the challenges look even bigger — especially if you're one of the designers from a small team. How can we bring a collaborative design approach to the table then?  

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