Soft Skills

Inspired by the hackathon format, Workplace Solutions Sprint Week at EMLV offered an immersive learning experience that focuses on real-world communication in professional English. Students tackle workplace challenges related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Based on Communicative Language Teaching and Project-Based Learning, Sprint Week offered a practical and intensive approach to language development for advanced […]

One thousand six hundred fourth-year students from EMLV, ESILV, and IIM took part in a hackathon focused on decarbonising society. Working in 270 multidisciplinary teams, they explored carbon reduction scenarios across seven key sectors: agriculture and food, banking and finance, construction, culture, industry, digital technology, and transport and mobility. For one week, students collaborated in […]

The business world speaks many languages; success listens to all. What do the world’s most successful companies have in common? It’s not just market dominance; it’s cultural fluency. Today’s business leaders don’t just work across borders; they think across them. They understand that a great idea in Paris might need a different approach in Tokyo […]

If the job market had a plot twist, this would be it. Gone are the days when mastering a single skill was enough to land (and keep) a dream job. In 2025, careers are less “straight path” and more “choose your own adventure,” where the real winners are those who can connect the dots between […]

Students from the 2027 class at EMLV, ESILV, and IIM joined forces for a transversal hackathon dedicated to positive impact entrepreneurship. Their mission: design a business creation project contributing to one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This pedagogical hackathon challenged participants to imagine a business model—B2B or B2C—addressing a social, environmental, or […]

In the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, over 1,300 students from EMLV, ESILV, and IIM took part in a cross-disciplinary educational hackathon focused on developing sustainable, inclusive, and ethical approaches to sport. This learning experience challenged students to propose innovative solutions aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to […]

In a presentation at the Business English Special Interest Group (BESIG2023) conference in Stuttgart, Konstantin Mikaberidze, English Teacher-Coordinator at the EMLV shared insights into the evolving business communication landscape and its intersection with media exposure. The talk, “Introducing Media Training in the Business English Classroom,” presented a compelling case for incorporating media training elements into the curriculum […]

The recurrence of the epidemic has had an impact on the career paths and job chances of countless people across the world. This altered reality has forced changes in the demand for and value of specific skill sets.

A vision without strategy is a mere illusion. That is one of the maxims of Stephane, graduate of EMLV from the class of 2010 and currently senior manager at Elior Group. He is also a respected mentor internationally, especially in Africa. He believes helping young people is a surefire way to achieve long-term personal growth. […]

The future belongs to the whole-brained leaders. A new study by Accenture shows that 82% of the C-suite executives intend to reskill in the next three years.  Using a “both-brain” approach – and a much larger mixture of data and empathy – is what can lead to success on a long-term basis for worldwide leaders. […]

As the confinement dictates, during these times of sanitary crisis, the two cross-curricular inter-school weeks took place in a remote learning format. Through collaborative tools, more than 2000 first – and second-year students were able to participate in two 100% online hackathons. Improving students’ eloquence and remote collaboration are crucial concerns for management schools. This […]

More than 1,000 students formed 170 cross-curricular inter-school project teams to address the risks of digital hyperconnectivity and data hyper-transparency during a hackathon week at the Pole Leonard de Vinci. These were the ingredients that formed the recipe of the latest Soft Skills Pedagogical Week which took place from 17 – 21 February 2020 at the Pole […]