At Porto do Açu, we believe that the best ideas come from those who face challenges every day. With this purpose, we launched Cais de Ideias, a program by Cais Açu Lab, which has just concluded its first edition with results that make us proud.
Over the course of four months, employees from different areas connected, shared experiences, and transformed insights into concrete proposals. Engagement exceeded expectations: more than 240 people actively participated, generating 30 ideas, debating solutions, and accumulating over 600 interactions on the Cais Açu Lab platform.
Cais de Ideias is structured into 10 stages, forming a complete innovation cycle, with highlights including:
- Opening session with a keynote
- Workshop with idea generation dynamics
- Submission of ideas on the Cais Açu Lab platform
- Selection of the top 10 finalist ideas (3 by popular vote)
- Pitch masterclass
- Demoday – presentation of ideas in pitch format
- Award ceremony
💡 The Cais Açu Lab platform is the foundation of the program: a collaborative environment for idea development, featuring gamified functionalities such as innovation rankings, badges, learning tracks, and participant interactions.
The platform also enables engagement gamification, recognizing the top 3 most active employees, while supporting the management of all program stages.
The program concluded with an award ceremony, where we recognized the talent and dedication of our employees. Among the 30 ideas presented, the top 5 were developed by:
🏆 1st – Ezeiza Alves
🏆 2nd – Lorran Ferraz
🏆 3rd – Mariana Silva and Maristela Nassife
🏆 4th – João Conceição and Marianna Folly
🏆 5th – Lara Nunes
We also celebrated the most engaged employees on the program’s gamified platform:
🥇 1st – Ezeiza Alves
🥈 2nd – Fernanda Cerqueira
🥉 3rd – João Conceição
More than just numbers, Cais de Ideias demonstrated the power of collaboration and the protagonism of our internal talents. Each proposal, discussion, and pitch reinforces that we are building, together, a culture of open, practical, and transformative innovation.
This was just the first edition — we are already looking forward to the next chapters of this journey!
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