Exchange Week for Visiting Professors

Name

Remigiusz Smolinski

This is an engaging and interactive workshop designed to equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics surrounding cooperation, competition, and negotiation. Attendees will learn the dimensions of effective collaboration, learn to navigate healthy competition, and master the art of negotiation in both personal and professional spheres. The seminar combines theoretical insights with practical exercises and simulations, to provide participants with hands-on experience. With a focus on strategies for successful outcomes, this workshop aims to empower individuals to become negotiation champions by enhancing their negotiation intelligence. Participants will leave with an improved awareness of their negotiation styles, a toolkit of effective strategies, and the confidence to navigate diverse negotiation scenarios successfully.

Michal Zdziarski

MuBabao Innovation Workshop

The MuBaBaOⓇ (https://mubabao.pl/) is a Visual-Storytelling Learning approach from MuBaBaOⓇ Creative Thinking Blocks. It is an immersive and multidimensional method aimed at fostering creative thinking, spatial intelligence, and effective communication within a group context. It engages participants in a dynamic and multi-layered exercise using wooden blocks (like blocks of Lego but made from wood) of different shapes and sizes. These blocks can be joined in different ways to create different types of objects and represent the “Chaos in a Harmonious Wooden Box”.  This chaotic arrangement symbolizes the unpredictability and complexity of real-life scenarios, drawing parallels to the concepts of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) (Lawrence, 2013) and BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, Incomprehensible) (de Godoy & Filho, 2021) environments.

The primary goal of this exercise is to find harmony within the apparent chaos of the wooden blocks. Participants are tasked with creatively connecting the blocks and creating something out of them that could be part of a solution to a given problem. The participants may feel disoriented and perplexed by the chaotic arrangement of the blocks. This initial confusion mirrors the initial challenges people face when dealing with complex, unpredictable situations. As participants persist with the task, their imagination takes center stage as a guiding force.

Christoph Kunzle

International Private Banking - Sector Insights & Trends

The lecture will give a sector outlook on international private banking and cover its key trends and recent moves by renowned leading players. Trends include: future clients and service models, humans versus machines, democratization, technology opportunities and risks (incl. GenAI), sustainability, as well as a competitive outlook.

Exploring sustainable futures in EN-ROADS simulation game

In the seminar participants will explore the interconnections of policies in the area of energy supplies, transport, or industry, and the ongoing change in the world temperature. Together, participants will develop a scenario for sustainable transition that involves relevant policies in most the influential areas, considering the needs of developed and developing countries.

The Future of the European Integration - Portuguese and Polish Perspective

This workshop will foster discussions with students about our countries and economies, with the special focus on our experiences with Europen integration. I would like to present some basic facts on Polish economy and make some comparisons to Portugal. I would like to to talk about possible advantages and costs of currency unions, as Portugal is a member of EMU. I would like to share and exchange our perspectives.

Navigating the Future - A Seminar on Sustainability, Climate Change, and Energy Issues

This seminar delves into the aspects of sustainability, climate change, and energy practices within corporate environments. A dedicated focus on sustainable energy strategies, particularly the integration of renewables, is discussed. The seminar makes a call to action, boosting students to apply their acquired knowledge in their academic and professional pursuits, fostering a more sustainable future.