Dean Mantovani

Know-why alone is no longer enough!

Our vision is very simple. In the modern society, to “know” is no longer enough: it is even necessary to “apply” and to “develop”, i.e. you are more and more required to translate your knowledge into competence.

In order to target this you must add two other ingredients to your cultural profile: experience and inspiration. Competence is the underpin of any improvement in the cultural profile of any person and of the society as a whole. It requires a continuous process of updating knowledge (know-why), experience (know-how) and inspiration (know-when) in which all the stakeholders have to concur.

A challenge! Just like the one that carried to the birth of Ca’ Foscari in 1868, the very first Business School in Italy. Challenge School proposes its education support to all those willing to translate their skills into applied value being them newly-graduated scholars or people already inside the business world. Our educational offer is based on a faculty which is able to convey experience and inspiration of excellence without giving up the high quality scientific contents.

The challenge to implement this model of cultural growth is not only a must for the single attendant, but for the entire Community around Ca’ Foscari Challenge School. It requires a global effort of a community which is to aim towards a shared target. Because daring to experiment, learning from our mistakes, engaging everyday in applying knowledge according to current trends is our must to base one’s growth on continuing education!

Venice, being a traditional crossroads of languages and commercial trade, is the ideal frame to enhance the international projection of the School, including its Community, its Backland and, most of all, our Attendants, i.e. you yourself!.

Attending our classes means to discover the changeover of the knowledge into competence:

take the Challenge!