"I wanted to understand the strategic implications that come with technology"

"To be honest. At the beginning when I heard the school was to be online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I had no big expectations but was hoping for the best. I thought, two weeks online might become boring. In the contrary, I was amused during these two weeks. The summer school was absolutely not boring. I did not feel I had to stare at my screen for two weeks."

"Because I lack some technical background, I felt that sometimes the lectures were a bit out of my scope. It was more demanding for me than maybe for some others. It took more time for me to grasp the theory, but others were always willing to engage with me to explain a bit more."

"My team was very engaged and somehow, maybe because of the tight schedule, we worked more. We only had two weeks to complete our case. I was lucky with my team. We were all participating well and there was a good chemistry. I was delighted to work in a multinational and multidisciplinary team. That is a rich experience. Two women came from India, there was a man from Panama, one from China, and one from Hungary. With me, being from Mexico, living in Germany, we had a very international group I like that the students come from different master programmes. I had for example students in my team from the master programmes Data Science and Human Computer Interaction and Design. I never worked before with profiles like these. I learned a lot of their different perspectives and open mindedness. It helps to open up your mind -if you always operate in a same business environment you live within a certain scope of thoughts. That is now more open. I am connected with all team members on LinkedIn, we keep in touch."

"My main learnings, what I recall is these: I have gained a good understanding of the concept of digital transformation, of the Internet of Things, and of Industry 4.0. I have learned how to create value, was inspired by the teamwork. The teamwork was a really huge learning: we worked together in a very short time to reach a common goal. There was not much time to discuss: you need to find agreement fast. I also remember that I received an electronics starter kit to play with. Even though I have no technical skills, I now managed to some basic coding in led lights. People with more technical skills got to higher levels in this package, but I was happy to get the first level. It taught me the basis to construct some beginner things. In general, the Summer School gave me a general idea that concepts of products and services nowadays are not that simple anymore."

"I participated with my team in a business case of Siemens. I thought that was a very interesting case. We worked so hard, that we even won the business challenge. What we did? We created a marketplace to trade Co2 emissions. It was a good combination between technical know-how, customer experience, and business."

"I like a lot the tools that we work with, the platforms online and the app Slack that we used for the schools to interact with other people was useful. I also make use of the presentation skills I gained, the focus on go-to-market thinking and making the product, service attractive in the delivery. Above all, I like the entrepreneurial thinking that I took with me. I work at a research organisation, and when doing research all the time you might start forgetting to put yourself in the shoes of a client. That is useful now. I also like the methodologies used in the school, some of them I bring to my daily work. Like if you make mistakes, make them fast and don't wait for an entire semester."

"Definitely. I really enjoyed the EIT Digital Summer School, even when it was complete online. I learned a lot and I think anyone who is open - it demands to be open - can learn and profit from it. At this summer school, there were in total about four to five external participants, but to my understanding everybody left with new learnings. At school there were people from different companies, professors, and students. I think this is in line with what we deal with nowadays in ecosystems: it is not just working with people like you, but you need to learn to work with any kind of people, with any kind of levels and with any kind of different associations."