Practical, Hands-on experiences

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Sujin, Sim –Student of MPIE 08

One of advantages of this master program is that I was able to get more practical, and hands-on experiences. Especially at course “Alliances / Partnerships/ Sharing Economy”, the lecture consisted of a lot of seminars and the students met many experts from different kind of areas. 

Through the seminar, The lecturers have shared their real experiences when they run a project or business and exchanged questions. And I was able to learn about how partnership is important when we start a business, and that will be a key point in success. 

One of the day in the lecture, all students have visited ‘Vietnam silicon vally’ and learned about Vietnam’s start-up programs and incubating systems going on. I was surprised that Vietnam is one of the hotest place for start-up and I thought we’ll get more opportunity in Vietnam. 

I also highly recommend this course for foreigners who’re working In Vietnam if they want to get opportunity here. This course will be a good chance for get network in addition to get knowledge. 

Another Year, Another Opportunity

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Time has come and passes. As the students progressed and moved on, the Management of Innovation Master program celebrated her 8th consecutive year in Hanoi with participants from the other French class.

During the winter days before the Lunar New Year holidays, students and guests joined hands in our annual celebration of our achievements. Feast, games, dance, singing and of course the Vietnamese traditional red envelopes were the centers of our joyful memories. 

Even though, separated by our language barriers; laughter and smile connected everyone regardless of races, countries or origins. Basking in the festive hours of some classic games such as Last Man Sitting or Spread The Words, we deeply united with new friends from Cambodia, Laos and France. Some of them, whose names can be so difficult to pronounce; and yet in the end, the song “Happy New Year” by ABBA became our universal countdown.

As we cheered on in the sounds of champagne glasses, the class bid our farewell to the exchange students from Europe and other countries forever leaving their marks in our hearts. To live is to move on; another year and another semester is coming and we will always be prepared for the goodness and opportunity await.

Son Ta

Student of MPIE 08

Making Changes with Change Management

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How should we learn to manage change without making changes ourselves? The core spirit of Mrs. Pailler teaching started with breaking up the inherent groups and shaping us into new ones of different mix-ups. Amazingly, a new breath of change overtook the class as we now had to work with different rosters. Thus, doubt, fear, confusion and also excitement arose because now we did not know what we should do, who might lead the new teams.

And yet still, we managed to overcome the initial unpreparedness of the split and made new friends, new connections. Because we understood that through cooperation and openness, progress can be achieved. Our team with a combination of the brightest Vietnamese and German minds decided to work on the assignment of investigating the states of temples in Hanoi.

“Do not pretend that things change if we always do the same thing.” – Albert Einstein

Great words from a great man, and taught by a great teacher. Mrs. Danielle Pailler presented us an important lesson during the invaluable week. Furthermore, she will always remain in our minds as the person who gave her students the chance to stand up and address of our own changes in life.

Son Ta

Student of MPIE 08

The 7th Gilles GODARD Intake : what does it mean ?

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VINCI is a global player in the concessions and contracting business, employing nearly 195,000 people in some 100 countries.

VINCI’s mission is to design, finance, build and manage infrastructure and equipment that contribute to improve the daily life and mobility of everyone.

Because its vision of success is global and goes beyond its economic results, VINCI is committed to the environmental, social and societal performance of its activities.
Listening and dialogue with all stakeholders is a necessary condition for the exercise of our business.

VINCI’s ambition is to create long-term value for its customers, shareholders, employees, partners and society in general.

In a context marked by many challenges: energy transition, digital revolution, acceleration of innovation cycles, Vinci launched Leonard, a new structure dedicated to innovation and foresight, to invent the future of our business lines.

Leonard’s primary mission is to keep an eye on trends that are emerging in our businesses and markets. We regularly gather foresight groups to identify long-term issues and in particular on the following topics:
– the autonomous vehicle and its impact on the construction and operation of infrastructures,
– the resilience of cities and infrastructures in the face of climate events,
– the digitization of infrastructures and buildings,
– and the new forms of work and their impact on our managerial model.

There are opportunities for change in the Group’s businesses and organization, as well as new growth drivers.

Vinci explores responses to the deep transformations of our businesses by encouraging synergies and transversality within a highly decentralized and geographically extensive organization.

Innovation contributes to the progress of the Group’s businesses on a daily basis, in all areas of their business: the performance of technical solutions and offers deployed for their customers, but above all the safety of the teams, the efficiency of the production processes, or the environmental and social responsibility of the VINCI Group.

Gilles GODARD

CEO Vinci Construction International Network at VINCI Construction