The Leadership academy is back, with a focus dedicated to training and start-ups

Range Rover and the Polytechnic of Turin launch the second edition of the Leadership academy.Objective 2024:build a sustainable start-up.

• Range Rover Leadership academy is an acceleration program involving students of the Polytechnic of Turin.
• Now in its second edition, it is aimed at students of the master's degree in Systemic Design.
• The objective is to explore the world of start-ups involved in the fields of innovation, technology and sustainability.

The formula remains the one inaugurated by the first edition of Range Rover Leadership academy, i.e. a project born in 2022 supported by the British automotive brand and the Polytechnic of Turin, a project that aims to compare virtuous examples of leadership and students of degree courses in the field of sustainability, design and innovation, through a path that sees the experiences and testimonies of entrepreneurs engaged in various capacities in areas of innovation and sustainability and the university.

A formula that in this second edition confirms the Leadership academy engaged in dialogue with the students of the Polytechnic of Turin, who this time will have to deal with a new theme:the start-ups, i.e. young companies, with high technological content and with strong growth potential, realities that increasingly represent an important stimulus to innovation and business development in our country.

Leadership academy:so we want to give confidence to young people and their potential

After the project E-education 2.0, which saw the involvement of four hundred students in 2023 secondary schools of five Italian cities in a series of activities aimed at raising awareness of male and female students on the topic of sustainable transport (which will soon be replicated) and, on the other, activities aimed at customers and prospects of electric and electrified vehicles of the JLR brand with the aim (common to the two initiatives) of countering misinformation around the electric mobility, another educational project, this time signed Range Rover (brand that belongs to JLR) and aimed at university students, shines a light on the importance of training new generations through discussion and dialogue with personalities, leaders of various sectors and entrepreneurs active in innovation and sustainability.

The Leadership Academy represents the trust we have in young people and their potential.As new leaders, young people will learn to influence positive changes for the future of our society."

Marco Santucci, president and CEO of Jaguar Land Rover Italia

 

The importance of orienting business choices on the green economy and sustainability

Imagining alternative ideas and new projects to build a more ethical and sustainable future:This is the message launched by the Leadership Academy, which intends to compare the leadership of today and tomorrow, to bring out those experiences and behaviors that can represent an incentive for young people to improve and reinvent themselves.This year the project will involve students of the master's degree in Systemic Design with the aim of exploring the world of start-ups committed to the areas of innovation, technology and sustainability.The example will be set by the young start-up founders who, coordinated by the teachers of the Polytechnic of Turin, will work in direct contact with the students through meetings and workshops.

Ecological transition, circular economy and sustainability are the guiding themes

Objective? Contribute to a new idea, a start up in fact, “something unique, creative, experimental”, underlines the launch note of the project.The intent of the Leadership academy is to support and reward the launch of a new start-up developed around the theme of ecological transition, of thecircular economy, of sustainability, but also of electric mobility and charging infrastructure.The project involves the assignment of a economic contribution, concrete help for the students who win the prize, both on an educational and work level.

The Leadership academy is an experience based on a system of values ​​that recognizes sustainability and environmental protection as its key principles, offering an opportunity to grow the vocations and talents of young people

Stefano Corgnati, rector of the Polytechnic of Turin

Numerous testimonies inspire the students

On the occasion of the launch event of this second edition of the initiative, at the Range Rover House, the space created in the Chalet de l'Ange in Courmayeur, inspired the students of the Systemic design lab of the Polytechnic of Turin with their experiences by numerous guests, called to share their testimonies, the beginnings, the developments and the motivations which pushed them on their entrepreneurial paths: Simona Roveda, LifeGate editorial and communications director, Giancarlo Rocchietti, founder of Euphon and president of the Investors' Club for the development of new start-ups, Camilla Colucci, co-founder and CEO of Circularity e Roberta Ligossi, founder of Ta-Daan, a digital platform dedicated to conscious craftsmanship.