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NATIONAL INNOVATORS INITIATIVE

100,000 Filipino Innovators
100,000 Filipino Careers
100,000 Filipino Businesses
100,000 Success Stories

Yes, we will launch startups. But so many more of us
will be in big companies and MSMEs; we will be in
government offices, national to local; we will spring
from schools, fresh graduates, alumni and faculty;
citizen innovators all, we will birth new solutions
- products, services, systems, processes, workflows
that make a difference in business and society.

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MONTHLY SPOTLIGHT
ON REGIONS, SECTORS & YOU!

All gatherings via Zoom!

Every month we gather in new cities all over the country, mobilizing local talent, employers, business and civic leaders – spotlighting the most powerful opportunities for shared success.

Every month we feature the country’s leading CEOs side by side our most promising startup founders – spotlighting innovations that are changing the game and how they are relevant to you.

Everyday we make innovation relevant to and actionable by you. Whether it’s advancing your own career, company or community, we spotlight the learnings and give you the tools to stay ahead.

We run 100-day accelerators for individuals
and teams who want to launch new products
services, apps, or workflows in 100 days or less

Agenda & Itinerary

MONTHLY SPOTLIGHT
ON REGIONS, SECTORS & YOU!

Kicks off 01 Feb 2022

All gatherings via Zoom!

Every month we gather in new cities all over the country,
mobilizing local talent plus local business and civic leaders
- spotlighting the most powerful opportunities for innovation.

Every month we feature the country's leading CEOs
side by side with our most promising startup founders
- spotlighting innovations that are changing the game.

Everyday we make innovation relevant to and actionable by you.
Whether it's advancing your own career, company or community,
we spotlight the learnings and give you the tools to stay relevant.

TUESDAY, 01 FEBRUARY 2022 | 2PM

Admission is free and open to all

Agenda & Itinerary

The 90-Minute Winnovator Blitz

A simple, fun and open house experience

LIVE YOUR DEEPEST TRUTH
AND SO FULFILL YOUR HIGHEST
POTENTIAL AND GREATEST PROMISE

From the boss to the job seeker -
for anyone who wants peak performance
and breakthrough impact in this volatile,
uncertain, complex and ever disrupted world.

Good for all ages and stages.

Tuesday, 01 Feb 2022 | 2:00PM

Attendance is free and open to all

Agenda & Itinerary

ROAD TO 100,000 FILIPINO INNOVATORS

A Short Film About a Lifelong Journey

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MEET THE CHARACTERS

Slide 1

So my favorite part of Ni2 has to be the relentless "learning and growing” environment... greatness in any field is about practicing the fundamentals again and again and then consistently applying those fundamentals in a diversity of challenging situations that force you to live them in extraordinary ways.

ANDRE YAP
FOUNDER &CEO, IGNITE HOUSE OF INNOVATION
EXECUTIVE CHAIR, NI2

ANDRE YAP
FOUNDER & CEO, IGNITE HOUSE OF INNOVATION
EXECUTIVE CHAIR, NI2

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

In Ni2, I learned that you need to stay relevant; don't think that the solution you give today would be the same solution you need 5 years from now. Keep on checking on what the world needs and be agile enough to adapt.

JOANA
MANAGING PARTNER, IGNITE HOUSE OF INNOVATION
MANAGING DIRECTOR, THE GUILD BY NI2

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

Our most critical needs as a 60 year old company… our brands are in millions of homes... we need a different kind of talent… Ni2 is a proven formula, it will get you through…

JOJO CONCEPCION
CHAIRMAN & CEO, CONCEPCION INDUSTRIAL CORP
CHAIR, NI2 ADVISORY BOARD

WATCH C-SUITE HUDDLE

Slide 1

Ni2 has given me an avenue to practice and to bring my ideas to reality. I see my ideas materializing and that really excites me! Ni2 has been a healthy place for me to grow and this environment allows me to make an impact in the work that I do.

ISA
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF RETENTION,
THE GUILD BY NI2

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

The ability to make a decision by gut is a top skill that I look for in an employee. We dont have the luxury of getting all the info and the time to analyze a situation and make a decision. The ability to take decision right away and some risk. Innovation is a game for people who are willing to take risk, and the ability to make thing work or not is all based on desire.

JOJO M.
CONCURRENT PRESIDENT,
CEO AT GOTYME DIGITAL BANK,
JG DIGITAL EQUITY VENTURES(JGDEV),
DATA ANALYTICS VENTURES INC. (DAVI)

WATCH C-SUITE HUDDLE

Slide 1

When you're doing a start-up, you can't do it on your own and expect to make an impact. In Ni2, you open yourself up to new experience and new learning in the community of practice. Unlock your highest potential and be agile enough to cope to whatever happens in the market.

ELAINE
MANAGING DIRECTOR
THE GUILD BY NI2

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

When I joined Ni2, I felt humbled that even after spending years in college honing my leadership skills and mastering my course, I still have so much to learn. Ni2 made me realize that I can be more, and it's paved the way for my future career success.

GERALD
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT,
NI2

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

In Ni2 nag-upscale talaga ako when it comes to different skills na magagamit ko in the future. I get all types of experiences that I can't get from a normal OJT kaya I have an advantage over those na limited lang ang nakuhang experiences.

JASMIN
MARKETING STUDENT,
UNIVERSITY OF MAKATI

JASMIN
ACCOUNTING STUDENT,
UNIVERSITY OF MAKATI

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

I've been able to work on so many impactful projects here in Ni2. It's not only strengthened the confidence and belief that I have in myself, but I'm also excited to see what my updated work experience and resume will do for my career and future success.

KAHLIL
DIRECTOR OF CONTENT & DISTRIBUTION,
Ni2

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

Having the pressure of responsibilities be put on me, TGIF became my escape from that. I get to see the people I work with enjoy themselves and it provides me a more relaxing environment, charging me up to produce better outcomes.

JOVI
MARKETING STUDENT,
UNIVERSITY OF MAKATI

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

I was used to just getting deliverables done. But Ni2 surrounded me with a community that encourages me and everyone else to do and be more. It really changed my mindset in work - the work ethic and habits that I've learned in Ni2 have really changed me for the better.

CJ
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ACQUISITION,
THE GUILD BY NI2

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

Because of Ni2, I am braver and I believe more in myself. I used to think that what I do (systems-thinking) didn't make much of an impact - It wasn't me doing the work but it was just me creating how to do the work. Ni2 helped me realized that it plays such a big role.

DANNI
DIRECTOR,
NI2

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

Naeexercise ko na yung iba't ibang parts of being an employee, because dito real work experience ang naranasan ko. Hindi tulad sa school, dito nagiinitiate kami ng action at hindi lang kami basta-basta inuutusan lang.

KATH
MARKETING STUDENT,
UNIVERSITY OF MAKATI

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

The single biggest difference that Ni2 gave to me is yung pag-shift ng mindset ko. Lumabas yung uniqueness ko and hindi yung kung ano yung gusto ng ibang tao, pero yung gusto ko talagang mangyari para sa akin.

ARRELLE
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING STUDENT,
HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

Sa Ni2 naovercome ko ang takot na magsalita, at kaya ko na sabihin na, "Ako ito." Pero hindi lang naman Ni2 ang nagbago sa akin pati na rin sa mga tao nakakasalamuha ko dito.

JOLI
MARKETING STUDENT,
UNIVERSITY OF MAKATI

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

Sobrang saya ko na nagkaroon rin ako ng opportunity para magkaroon ng change. Yung change na feel ko makabuluhan. Mas confident. Mas unique. Mas nakilala ko yung sarili ko. Sobrang saya ko lang. I feel great. I feel amazing about myself.

ERICA
PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT,
PUP - STA. MESA

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

Exploring what you don't know is a way of stepping outside of your box and doing that means new opportunities and a way for you to become a better individual.

AMIEA-AMREA
LEGAL MANAGEMENT STUDENT,
UST

WATCH EPISODE

Slide 1

Now when I look for employment kahit I'm not qualified for this job according to company standards, may confidence akong gawing qualified ang aking sarili, kahit di ako sanay o kahit di ko pa pinag-aaralan.

CHRISLENE
MARKETING STUDENT,
UNIVERSITY OF MAKATI

WATCH EPISODE

1st Tuesday Monthly Open House Zoom
where we welcome and tour newcomers,
reconvene our community, review highlights
of the past month and look ahead to the
next 30 days of action and impact.

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THE JUMPSTART

2nd Tuesday Monthly Zoom
- where we guide you steo-by-step
how to jumpstart winnovations and
launch in 30-60-90-day cycles.

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THE AGILE HOUR

2nd & 3rd Tue, Wed, Thu of the month
- we zoom into high gear with live case studies
as peers turn into potluckers who share where
they are and where they're stuck - so we can
get them unstuck, while creating applied
learning opportunities for our community.

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IGNITE CIRCLE

4th Friday Zoom - our monthly capstone
where we gather for the iconic experience of
the Ignite Operating System (O/S) to help us
live our deepest truth and so fulfill our
highest potential and greatest promise

GO TO THE IGNITE CIRCLE

Father and son, CEO and Innovator-in-residence

Top 5 things we're doing in Ni2
(plus who's winning and how)

launchpad

guided launch + innovation

Need a new product, service, app, system, process, workflow, or marketing campaign? No prob. Ni2 LAUNCHPAD guides you through hurdles 1-12 so you can launch in 100 days or less. Ooops, I need ideas…

Check this box if you are a GUILDER (i.e., I'm in college or just graduated in the last 12 months) before clicking the blue button.

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MJ

MJ, a 4th year Computer Science student from Malayan Colleges and a veteran Guilder, has submitted his Launchpad-driven creation, Weebsite, as an entry in 2021’s PH Startup Challenge. Weebsite, or Project LANCE, is a platform for digital artists and content creators to gain exposure while having a simpler time selling their products or services. While MJ has his project setup, he was still hesitant to launch it, so he brought up his dilemma during Agile Hours. Thanks to feedback coming from the community, MJ learned that “it is important to specify the HOW of the product and divide them by milestones. After that, I can incrementally improve my build according to the user experience of my Iggies.”

KATH

A student reborn into an innovator! Kath, a 4th year Marketing student, is breaking the barriers of the conventional OJT route- she's now on her way to becoming an entrepeneur! Kath ran into some obstacles with her Loc-Me app, a Launchpad-driven project designed from her desire to keep her loved ones safe and secure. You might think that this is way too ambitious for Kath to tackle alone, but she's not alone! She shared her obstacles in Agile Hours, such as lack of tech resources to build the app, and our community was quick to help out! Taking advice from the audience, Kath is now revamping her product by revisiting Launchpad Hurdles 1-5 and also exploring Ni2's Curated Tools, such as a no-code app builder. With a more crystalized product, Kath can soon attract the investors she needs to fully launch Loc-Me.

GERALD

Not bad at all for this 2019 FEU grad who majored in Auditing. In Ni2 Ge was thrown into so much diversity of high-impact innovations and problem-solving that he's built 10+ years worth of resume in less than 2 years, while growing his roles and skills (and salary!) to become a master innovator himself. Ge's latest and greatest coup was leading the product architecture and dev ops for the software platform that now powers all of Ni2, The Guild and many other solutions in our pipeline like The Alumni Village, Lifepad, etc. Ge's Ni2 BFFs? Launchpad (esp Hurdles 1, 11 and 12) and #FutureOfWork.

JP & 200,000 SMEs

Unionbank is widely recognized, not only as the country's most innovative bank, but probably the Philippines' most innovative big company - period. No surprise UBP has partnered with Ni2 to expand their innovation capabilities to their valued clients - so client too can innovate and grow as fast as the markets demand. VP Jaypee Soliman leads the UBP Ni2 partnership on the MSME front by offering Ni2 Launchpad to 200,000+ mostly micro and small business owners in UBP's Global Linker platform.

KARLA & JESS

Graphic designer and video producer: that's how they started. Karla and Jess were expanding into bigger roles in management, ops and events when COVID hit. No problem - as this dynamic duo quickly pivoted and have been Ni2's leading partners in creating iconic digital experiences that have allowed us to host tens of thousands of community members in Zoom, Google Meets and FB Live environments that feel more like CNN. Currently Ni2 Innovators-in-Residence, Karla and Jess are using Launchpad 1-12 to launch on a new venture called SME STUDIO that will extend broadcast-quality webcasting to other companies and especially SMEs.

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#futureofwork

guided leadership + management

When breakthroughs demand continuous iteration and agile problem-solving – Ni2 #FUTUREOFWORK is every leader’s BFF to guide you and your teams to peak performance vs management OKRs and KPIs.

Check this box if you are a GUILDER (i.e., I'm in college or just graduated in the last 12 months) before clicking the blue button.

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INNOVATORS-IN-RESIDENCE

Now spreading like wildfire across our Ni2 ecosystem - but not just where you think! Our Ni2 Innovators-in-Residence are small business owners, solopreneurs, WFH moms and free-lancers, mid-career professionals and fresh grads; some are still in college! We're all building new revenue-generating ventures and sprinting to market in 30-60-90-day cycles. So yes, while we're using the Ni2 Launchpad Hurdles 1-12 to accelerate our overall launch process, many of us are also using #FutureOfWork for the product development side. #FOW's maniacal focus on OKR-driven Build-to-Learn cycles works great for rapidly pushing products (or services or any kind of solution) to a point where it is ready to delight customers.

AILEEN

18-year veteran COO & Corporate Recruiter thought she'd seen it all - until she literally saw the #FutureOfWork @ Ni2. Aileen's operations excellence has often been likened to a lean, mean execution machine, but her experience of Ni2's #FOW App took her to a whole new level. "#FOW aligns weekly execution vs high-level stratgy and OKRs - it's a tool to help anyone become strategic thinkers and strategic doers (as they call it in Ni2)". Aileen has ran talent programs in global multinationals, local conglomerates, top-5 BPOs and fast moving startups and she swears by #FOW. "I want to see all levels of talent using #FOW (and Superpower-6) to take their careers and their teams to the Future of Work now"!

JOJO & CO

CEO of Concepcion Industrial Corp, a 60 year old public company whose products are in millions of Filipino homes, leads the launch of Concepcion Peak Performance, an Ni2-powered 3-in-1 accelerator. First of all, CPP builds on the Live @ Ni2 platform to run its Market Accelerator for the Future of Home Experiences. CPP also uses Ni2's open collaboration platform in order to run its Workforce & Career Accelerator for its highest potential employees and Partner Accelerator for preferred dealers, distributors, and other partners and SMEs.

MIGUEL

Stanford D-School and IDEO come to 200+ colleges and LGUs in the Philippines. That's the pedigree Migs brings in the field of Human-Centered Design Thinking and Agile Innovation, which forms much of the methods of Ni2 Launchpad, #FutureOfWork, Superpower-6. Add to that Migs' many years as a favored consultant of many of the country's biggest and most innovative corporations, plus his own family startups like Aranaz and Felipe & Sons, and you'd have to be as excited as we are that Migs will be co-piloting many of our Ni2 Daily Flights, where we do live on-air mentoring of our community of practice, many of whom will be joining us from corporations, SMEs, schools and LGUs across our 7,100 islands!

KAHLIL, CHINO, MARK

Three long-time friends and old high school classmates reunite in Ni2 and find jobs together while co-founding their own startup to help young people like them go from zero to career hero. And they did it all in just 6 months! How to go from C-average students who had nothing on their resumes and were struggling to find jobs in the pandemic, to being visionary leaders helping thousands of college students? They credit Ni2 Launchpad app, especially Hurdles 1-5, with helping them map their Zone of Opportunity. Plus, Ni2 #FutureOfWork and Ni2 Superpower-6 for challenging them every week to grow in the most critical areas of their careers. These dudes are locked in doing what they were born to do.