Educator and mentor Jean-Jacques Degroof is a former Sloan Fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management. Today Jean-Jacques Degroof supports MIT initiatives that promote entrepreneurship and innovation, including the annual Solve summit.
2. Educator and mentor Jean-Jacques Degroof is a
former Sloan Fellow of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management.
Today Jean-Jacques Degroof supports MIT
initiatives that promote entrepreneurship and
innovation, including the annual Solve summit.
3. An annual event bringing
together teams to tackle
some of the biggest
challenges in the world
today, Solve offers winning
teams $650,000 in funding
and prizes. On May 18, 2018,
Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau was the
main speaker at the annual
Solve meeting.
4. Speaking at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium, Trudeau
emphasized the need for people to embrace
change and influence it as it takes place. He stated
that as the world becomes technological, global,
and diverse, new challenges will be created. Rather
than fear change, people must come together to
shape the change.
5. Trudeau praised MIT’s Solve for its efforts in
reimagining the conversation around
change. He compared it to a challenge
program in Canada that sought to involve
more women in entrepreneurship. He said
that by challenging more people, solutions
will be created and, even better, society will
become inclusive and more engaged.