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Welcome to the Upskill 4.0 blog: a space where we share projects, reflections, and articles related to innovation, training, and the development of territories.
Here we tell about the ideas we are exploring, the collaborations we are building, and the challenges we face every day. Join the conversation and find out how change is taking shape, from digital to manufacturing.
Design Thinking and AI
How AI integration can support Design Thinking-driven business projects without replacing, but amplifying the methodology's potential
How AI integration can support Design Thinking-driven business projects without replacing, but amplifying the methodology's potential
Being a benefit corporation means generating value not only for customers, but also for the communities and educational systems we work with, making our actions measurable and transparent.
How AI integration can support Design Thinking-driven business projects without replacing, but amplifying the methodology's potential
Neighborhood commerce is an engine of the local economy: it generates employment, supports microenterprises and incentivizes ...
How AI integration can support Design Thinking-driven business projects without replacing, but amplifying the methodology's potential
Tools for a new strategy for the territory
In a recent Corriere della Sera article, President ...
The impact of AI on the way we think
The wide spread of artificial intelligence tools ...
The research "Future Here! Territories and Young Generations" is a project that encapsulates the essence of Upskill 4.0 and the ...
Sustainability is an inescapable change. Businesses need to start thinking differently. Not only as ...
Artificial intelligence is becoming an indispensable ally for companies that want to remain ...
Upskill 4.0 with the Venice School of Management and Venice Foundation launches a free training course ...
Analysis of a Forbes report written by Bernard Marr
Edited by Olga Popa
For a company, whether large or ...
Artificial intelligence represents one of the most fascinating achievements of contemporary innovation.
We have...
Analysis of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation report
Over the last ten years, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has...
A read to get a strategic perspective on artificial intelligence and its process of integration into society.
Following the success of the second edition, Fondazione Sviluppo e Crescita CRT with Upskill 4.0 and UniCredit are launching ...
How can artistic crafts and modern cities dialogue and grow together? What strategies can ...
The first five months of Artisans 4.0 have woven together the stories, visions and ideas of eleven Lombard companies engaged ...
The second edition of Upskill Ancona has begun! Last November 7 was the kick-off with the four ...
The second edition of Upskill Belluno has begun! Last November 4 was the kick-off with the four ...
Brands that aspire to stand out cannot limit themselves to product quality. Rather, they must offer ...
Campari Group is one of the largest global players in the spirits industry, with a portfolio of more than 50 ...
At the presentation of the results of the first edition of the Homo Faber Fellowship, a program of ...
Training continues for entrepreneurs involved in the Homo Faber Economy project, an initiative aimed at ...
The first ARTIGIANI 4.0 workshop was at the ADI Design Museum.
The museum was created around the entire repertoire of ...
ARTIGIANI 4.0 is a project promoted by the Lombardy Region and implemented by Upskill 4.0 with the aim of fostering ...
The first edition of StrAIght to business was held at the Venice School of Management of Ca' Foscari University ...
The seminar "Solid Innovation, Sustainability and Local Economy - Venice Capital of Crafts ...
Never more so than in the projects with the Mantua companies that participated in the Upskill Cariverona project, the Design ...
Multidisciplinarity as the foundation of innovation
Last week we organized the Manni ...
The four original prototypes developed by ITS students to respond to the ...
Today, Italian craftsmanship remains a treasure if it is complemented by new technologies, new forms of ...
We waited a few days before writing about strAIght to business. It is not easy to process all the ...
What entrepreneurs like is not just the final prototypes, but the whole discovery process to which they lead the ...
The food sector is often in the spotlight for its unsustainable practices, from all perspectives: ...
Is it possible to combine a quality tourism and culinary experience with responsible resource consumption and land enhancement? Can food and wine contribute to making a city more vibrant?
How can young people meet the challenges of technology transition? What is success for young people ...
Always making a difference during visits are the people: for many ITS students and college students ...
They are all family-owned enterprises with solid businesses the Mantua businesses participating in the second ...
In May, the appointments with Homo Faber Economy, the project for the city of Venice promoted by ...
Not only has the famous bombolini cake (a composition of mini-krapfen) been the subject of interest by ...
The sustainability of the food system was the focus of the second meeting Homo Faber Economy, a project for the city ...
For some years now, the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) has established a table of ...
Upskill 4.0 workshops involving entrepreneurs always start with a theme that then becomes the trigger for the ...
Crafts, fashion and sustainability were the focus of the first focus group and webinar of Homo Faber ...
"This is not the end point of the project, but rather the starting point for implementing the solutions ...
It is no mystery that the current production system is the main cause of the climate change that is being ...
On March 7 at the headquarters of Fondazione Cariverona we presented the 2024 edition of Upskill Cariverona, ...
How to tell the art of lace to an international audience?
We have tried with Upskill Venice to give a ...
How to promote the growth and international projection of Venetian high craftsmanship?
From this ...
How to build a valuable brand from craftsmanship?
We started from this question for the workshop ...
RobotOil, a little robot for coriliculture, or the cultivation of hazelnuts, that sprays essential oils and ...
The second edition of Upskill Sicilia has begun
Selena Brocca and Alice Rizzetto were in Catania for ...
Interview with the students involved in the creation of the Visitor Center in Palermo
Alessandro Gallo, Andrea ...
Six companies from the province of Perugia are participating in the second edition of Upskill Perugia. Students from the ITS ...
Structuring narratives within interactive media, such as video games, virtual experiences or applications ...
The book "The Non-Human Persona Guide: How to create and use personas for nature and invisible humans to respect ...
In a world where innovation is established as a categorical imperative for businesses, it becomes crucial to understand ...
Suddenly we find ourselves dealing with artificial intelligence. Although we have not yet figured out what ...
The era of Artificial Intelligence has begun. The unprecedented deployment of Chat GPT in 2023 (100 million ...
The first image I thought of when reading the article "Making staff invaluable: how automation supports workplace ...
The technological evolution of artificial intelligence continues to take an increasingly central role in the ...
It's (almost) Christmas and our reading list could not be missed!
The year 2023 was for Upskill 4.0 a very ...
Upskill 4.0 in the ADI Design Index 2023!
ADI Design index is the selection of the best products and services of ...
Last week the Upskill 4.0 team had the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the history of design ...
Students from Piedmont's technical colleges visit Sarotto Group, Angelo Arlandini Farm, Castello di ...
It will be Burano's first, no doubt about it. It will be realized in the coming months "The Interactive Time Room" the ...
Bee the change. This is the lucky slogan that students from ITS Servizi Alle Imprese in Rome, under the ...
Let's start with coffee. Yes because Antonio Tombolini, in giving his feedback to the presentation that covered ...
Everyone has a roof over their head, but few know what it looks like.
Andrea Cerentin is with her brothers in charge of ...
If you are afraid that artificial intelligence will steal your job then you can well understand what can ...
A World Economic Forum survey "Future of Jobs Report 2023," released last June, shows this clearly: ...
According to a study by the Weizmann Institute, anthropogenic mass -- man-made objects -- has surpassed for ...
Demis Marin has just reopened Ramosalso after the very short August break and is hard at work on ...
The Sunday, Aug. 20 longform of StartupItalia, Italy's leading innovation magazine, was ...
Upskilling and reskilling are two new words but actually refer to a concept that is being discussed ...
In Milan, for the final presentation of the Upskill Milan project, we sensed a focus ...
Upskill Piedmont: second edition kicks off. Fondazione Sviluppo e Crescita CRT with Upskill 4.0 still together ...
What does it take to lead and inspire people? Why are some people and some organizations more innovative, ...
IMI Academy is a very interesting project; it is the first inter-company academy, as well as an enterprise ...
Tom Kelley is a partner at IDEO, the innovation and design company that brought Design Thinking to the mainstream...
"Where should I put my signature?" With these words, Demis Marin, founder of Ramosalso, commented on the project ...
The second edition of UpskillVenice saw eight teams of young talent from the ITS Business Services of ...
The Design Sprint is a methodology designed to quickly, collaboratively, and effectively solve a business challenge, transforming a rough idea into a validated prototype in just four days.
Debora Nicoletto and Walter Moretto just don't like easy choices. With degrees in their pockets they could ...
"My dream is to tell what Burano was like in the early 20th century: a living island, where fishermen weaved the ...
On Saturday, March 25, Eta Beta, Radio Rai 1's historic broadcast on innovation issues, dedicated a ...
Milan is the city of finance, fashion, and business, but it is also a city with a manufacturing tradition ...
Upskill Ancona has begun! On March 21, there was a warm-up with the seven companies participating in the project ...
ITS Fitstic students visit M9
They come from Bologna. They study virtual and augmented reality. ...
On February 15, we presented in Milan in front of the top management of UniCredit Italy the projects ...
Upskill 4.0 at UniCredit in Milan to present four proposals for Made in Italy
February 15 is for us...
The Piedmont Upskill project concluded in Turin on February 28 with the presentation of the four prototypes ...
An ultra-lightweight titanium wire that gives eyewear a unique design. It is the innovation proposed by Micromega that ...
When we enter his store, the first thing Demis Marin tells us is that he has just renewed his contract ...
Fondazione di Venezia launched the Venice Capital of New Crafts project with an event much ...
For Gloria Rogliani rowing is more than just a sport, it is a way to get to know Venice in its essence. Seeing ...
One of the main problems facing our country is the economic and demographic decline of ...
The Perugia Foundation and the revitalization of Umbria. Interview with Cristina Colaiacovo, president of ...
The company visits that each project team makes within the Upskill 4.0 pathways aim to ...
The year 2022 was a very busy one for Upskill 4.0. We toured Italy, from Sicily to Piedmont and ...
It is always difficult to put down on paper the emotions one feels during company visits. We are recently ...
Under the ashes of overtourism something is burning. We are talking about Venice. In the tourist Disneyland destined ...
The first part of the project with Fondazione Cariverona has come to an end. Let's hear from Filippo to find out how it went...
Alice Cristiani, an ITS Business Services student from Rome, is on her second experience with Upskill projects. ...
Discover how the new augmented reality catalog was created for Botteganove, a cult company in the world of ...
We went to the 2022 Art Biennale and visited the Italian Pavilion. We gathered some useful ideas...
Four agribusiness and tourism companies issue digital challenges to students from Technical Institutes ...
After the success of the first edition, the Venice Foundation officially launches the new edition of Upskill ...
The Fondazione Sviluppo e Crescita CRT together with Upskill 4.0 and Unicredit, with the project "Upskill Piemonte - The revitalization of the territory through ITS and enterprises," support companies in the tourism and agribusiness sector in a process of innovation through the involvement of young people from Higher Technical Institutes.
The Fondazione Sviluppo e Crescita CRT together with Upskill 4.0 and Unicredit, with the project "Upskill Piemonte - The revitalization of the territory through ITS and enterprises," support companies in the tourism and agribusiness sector in a process of innovation through the involvement of young people from Higher Technical Institutes.
Twenty-one companies have been selected to participate in the "Upskill" project of Fondazione Cariverona and Upskill 4.0, ...
Upskill Perugia kicks off. Nine Umbrian companies chosen to begin innovative development path flanked by ITS from across Italy
ITS for Information and Communication Technology has chosen Upskill 4.0 to activate a specific course on Design Thinking.
Fondazione Cariverona with Upskill 4.0 to develop innovation projects in companies in Verona, Vicenza and Mantua