The 2021 edition, however, encourages participating students to reflect on the broader topics of diversity and inclusion, and to submit creative ideas or innovative technological solutions to enhance diversity and inclusion in working environments.
Sarah Echafaki (MSc International Business, SKEMA USA), Cécile Vermandère (MSc International Business, SKEMA USA) and Lisa Guillard (MSc International Business, SKEMA South Africa) decided to create "Lucy", a software dedicated to improving and facilitating the inclusion of high-potential people, who are primarily women, working in fast-paced and ambitious environments. They
pitched their project through a video, which provides an insight into the issue and their vision to tackle it: “High-potential people refer to people with an intelligence that is qualitatively and quantitatively different. As a result, not only are they working differently, but also at a different pace and their careers are often short-term or atypical. That is why many teams are dysfunctional and why many talented people are hard to manage even though their gift is a precious opportunity for companies.”
Using psychological knowledge and scientific studies, their software focuses on performance and self-achievement and provides a set of tools to help high-potential employees, their teams and their managers efficiently work with each other.
Sarah, Cécile and Lisa, who support “an intelligence and gender inclusive workplace”, are currently developing their project and will submit it for the second phase of the challenge next month. Best of luck to them!