--- title: How One Man’s Life Change Inspires Change and Innovation in a Country in Transition description: Learn how NOVA University spearheaded a movement of design thinking to navigate Portugal’s economic downturn and reinvent business models. --- - [Support](https://www.experiencepoint.com/support) - [Contact](https://www.experiencepoint.com/contact) - [Login](https://login.experiencepoint.com/) [ExperiencePoint™](https://www.experiencepoint.com/) - Innovation  - [ExperienceInnovation™](https://www.experiencepoint.com/ExperienceInnovation/) - [ExperienceInnovation™ | Aware](https://www.experiencepoint.com/ExperienceInnovation/aware) - [ExperienceInnovation™ | Learn](https://www.experiencepoint.com/ExperienceInnovation/learn) - [ExperienceInnovation™ | Apply](https://www.experiencepoint.com/ExperienceInnovation/apply) - [Change](https://www.experiencepoint.com/ExperienceChange) - Facilitators  - [Become a Facilitator](https://www.experiencepoint.com/facilitators/) - [Innovation Train-the-Trainer](https://www.experiencepoint.com/InnovationTrainTheTrainer) - [Change Train-the-Trainer](https://www.experiencepoint.com/ChangeTrainTheTrainer) - [Facilitation Partners](https://www.experiencepoint.com/partners) - [Community](https://i.experiencepoint.com/community) - Resources  - [Blog](https://www.experiencepoint.com/blog) - [Ebooks](https://www.experiencepoint.com/ebooks) - [Webinars](https://www.experiencepoint.com/webinars) - [Case Studies](https://www.experiencepoint.com/CaseStudies) - About  - [Who We Are](https://www.experiencepoint.com/about) - [Our Approach](https://www.experiencepoint.com/ourapproach) - [News/Announcements](https://www.experiencepoint.com/news) - [Meet the Team](https://www.experiencepoint.com/team) - [Careers](https://www.experiencepoint.com/careers) - Why Design Thinking?  - [Problem Solving](https://www.experiencepoint.com/design-thinking/problem-solving) - [Customer Centricity](https://www.experiencepoint.com/design-thinking/customer-centricity) - [Business Strategy](https://www.experiencepoint.com/design-thinking/business-strategy) - [Competitive Advantages](https://www.experiencepoint.com/design-thinking/competitive-advantages) - [Disruptive Innovation](https://www.experiencepoint.com/design-thinking/innovation) - [Examples](https://www.experiencepoint.com/design-thinking/examples) - [Support](https://www.experiencepoint.com/support) - [Contact](https://www.experiencepoint.com/contact) - [Login](https://login.experiencepoint.com/) ### **Challenge** **As a professor at NOVA University in Lisbon and a business consultant, Guilherme Victorino was looking for an innovative approach to helping people and organizations create cultures of innovation and collaborate to solve tough problems.** --- ### **Solution** **Victorino was already using ExperienceChange™ to introduce change management competencies in his Innovation and Change Management in Healthcare course at NOVA. Through discussions with ExperiencePoint about his goals, he learned about about *design thinking* and the ExperienceInnovation™ program, which he became certified in and began facilitating with business clients and PhD candidates.** --- ###  **Impact** - Spearheading a movement of *design thinking* to navigate Portugal’s economic downturn and reinvent business models - Helping PhD and data science students create new insights by balancing the analytical side of their work with a more creative, human-centered observational side ![CaseStudy_Nova.jpg](https://i.experiencepoint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Case_Studies/CaseStudy_Nova.jpg?width=540&name=CaseStudy_Nova.jpg "CaseStudy_Nova.jpg") ## **How One Man’s Life Change Inspires Innovation in a Country in Transition** ![set1-divider-shadow.png](https://i.experiencepoint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/set1-divider-shadow.png?width=560&name=set1-divider-shadow.png "set1-divider-shadow.png") #### Made possible with ![ExperienceInnovation_full.png](https://i.experiencepoint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ExperienceInnovation_Summit/ExperienceInnovation_full.png?width=320&name=ExperienceInnovation_full.png "ExperienceInnovation_full.png") > *![Quotes_icon.svg.png](https://i.experiencepoint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Quotes_icon.svg.png?width=40&name=Quotes_icon.svg.png "Quotes_icon.svg.png")* > > **I didn’t really identify with any of the frameworks I was looking at until I came across ExperiencePoint. The ExperienceInnovation™ experience is the best way to help you understand how to apply the methodology.** > >   > > ***– Guilherme Victorino, Marketing Executive*** > > ***NOVA University ***   [![Download the story](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1604199/94739f4e-7fb2-4eac-a325-80dd25aff8c8.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1604199/94739f4e-7fb2-4eac-a325-80dd25aff8c8)    ![set1-divider-shadow.png](https://i.experiencepoint.com/hubfs/set1-divider-shadow.png "set1-divider-shadow.png") ### **Other stories we think you would enjoy...** [![CaseStudy_Xavier.jpg](https://i.experiencepoint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Case_Studies/CaseStudy_Xavier.jpg?width=540&name=CaseStudy_Xavier.jpg "CaseStudy_Xavier.jpg")](https://experiencepoint-2.hs-sites.com/design-thinking-enables-development-a-prosthetic-dog-leg-in-6-weeks-0) ### [****Design Thinking* * Enables Development of a Prosthetic Dog Leg in 6 Weeks**](https://i.experiencepoint.com/design-thinking-enables-development-a-prosthetic-dog-leg-in-6-weeks-0) [![CaseStudy_Wharton.jpg](https://i.experiencepoint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Case_Studies/CaseStudy_Wharton.jpg?width=540&name=CaseStudy_Wharton.jpg "CaseStudy_Wharton.jpg")](https://experiencepoint-2.hs-sites.com/how-leading-faculty-are-closing-the-knowing-doing-gap-0) ### [**How Leading Faculty are Closing the “Knowing-doing Gap”**](https://i.experiencepoint.com/how-leading-faculty-are-closing-the-knowing-doing-gap-0) [![CaseStudy_NuLawLab.jpg](https://i.experiencepoint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Case_Studies/CaseStudy_NuLawLab.jpg?width=540&name=CaseStudy_NuLawLab.jpg "CaseStudy_NuLawLab.jpg")](https://experiencepoint-2.hs-sites.com/an-innovation-lab-inside-a-law-school-0) ### [**An Innovation Lab Inside a Law School?**](https://i.experiencepoint.com/an-innovation-lab-inside-a-law-school-0) Top ### ExperiencePoint - 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