Globe is taking the role
of catalyst of innovation in today’s modern world. The telecom company
confesses that it is a fan of breakthroughs in terms of technological advance
that’s why it keeps on support several pursuits to make the our daily lives
even better.
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Globe VP for Product Management Pebbles Sy-Manalang
(2nd from left) together with some of the Globe Innovation Month speakers,
namely (from L-R): ABS-CBN news reporter
Atom Araullo; Play FM DJ Justin Quirino, ZAP co-founders Justin Lim and Terence
Lok, and Core Platforms Director Francis Pugeda.
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“At Globe, we believe in
innovation. More than that, we believe
that we have innovators within our midst.
That is why we are gathering employees, vendors and partners to share
the newest technological developments through learning sessions and booths for
curious minds,” said Pebbles Sy-Manalang, Globe VP for Product Management.
She added: “Innovation happens all around us - from
simple pieces of paper to high tech gadgets and gizmos. They all began with a
bright idea. But we need action to bring
these ideas to fruition.”
Thus, for the month of
August, Globe has prepared four major activities that would make employees
re-envision their life, namely: Mind
Brew Talks, iSpark, Globe City, and Globe Innovation Forum.
Through a relaxed,
sit-down café forum, Globe employees learn from top innovators at the Mind Brew
Talks. Experts of different fields such as performance artist and corporate
trainer Gabe Mercado; news reporter Atom Araullo; creative geeks Tonypet
Sarmiento and Jason Drilon; startup founders Terence Lok and Justin Lim of ZAP;
and Kalibrr co-founder and CEO Paul Rivera were invited to inspire employees to
share their thoughts and ideas and make them realize that there is always a
more effective and creative way of doing things.
Globe developer community
Globe Labs is likewise, helping employees unleash innovation and break
boundaries through iSpark. Similar to
international hackathons which Globe Labs organize, iSpark encourages employees
to form groups, prepare their hack concept, make it happen, and pitch their app.To
make things more exciting, Globe has created Globe City, a virtual platform
where everyone has the opportunity not just to share their ideas but to turn
them into reality and earn from it, all in a fun gaming environment.
Fifty learning sessions
are also lined up for the Globe Innovation Forum on August 26 by vendors and
partners such as Nokia, WSA/Telco Systems, Gemalto, SMSGT, DTQ, Stratpoint,
Acision, Teradata, Amdocs, SmartQ, Evolving Systems, Huawei, WSA/TeleDNA,
Nominum, and SAS.
