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After an 8-week journey of Purpose, our Summer Innovators have emerged fully transformed!
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Dear Friends of HKBN
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From Shy to Shine: Our 2021 Summer Innovators’ Purposeful Journey
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At HKBN we believe that when Purpose and business meet, it has the power to make the world a better place. That’s why – with our sights set on the future – we focused emphatically on using Purpose to transform our 2021 Summer Innovators from shy young Talents into confident change leaders via their now-completed 8-week journey with us.
In the past, our Summer Innovator programmes have always balanced on-the-job challenges with opportunities to learn from top industry leaders within and beyond HKBN, to network and connect, and, importantly, to help young Talents shine beyond the impediments of shyness and indecision. This year, our Summer Innovators didn’t just overcome every challenge we threw at them, they also created a lasting impact with social good initiatives that included refurbishing a single mothers’ hostel for local NGO Mother’s Choice, and pitching their youth development proposals to leaders of purpose-driven companies.
With their shyness shed, their horizons expanded, and their eyes open to Purpose, we’re certain whatever bright careers our Summer Innovators pursue, they will make purposeful use of their HKBN experience to unleash positive change!
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Our Summer Innovators engaged 20+ young talents from different companies to rethink the value of purpose in business.
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Present and past alumni of Summer Innovators got together to exchange ideas on how they can amplify the programme’s impact.
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Our Young Talents worked with Mother’s Choice on a mother-child placement project to create concepts for revamping a hostel for pregnant girls.
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Summer Innovators learnt from investment banker Jacky Leung (1st on left), Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, over an omakase lunch.
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Check out the links below to learn more about our Summer Innovators’ journey!
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See what our Summer Innovators are saying about their experience:
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Growing up under a more traditional, spoon-fed environment of education means I’ve always done things the way I’m told. My experience as Summer Innovator at HKBN helped me shake off this passivity and start taking the initiative. I learnt to apply out-of-the-box ideas to make impactful change. I’m now no longer content to be average… and am determined to shine above the rest!
Eunice Lam
Summer Innovator
Talent Acquisition and Branding
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Shyness may be common amongst us Asians, but it limits our potential. One can only achieve growth through “discomfort” – which I experienced through networking events, volunteering programmes and business meetings. Each made me stronger, bolder, and more proactive. Now, I no longer fear hardships and challenges that lie ahead!
James Yeung
Summer Innovator
Legal and Regulatory
The University of Hong Kong
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