Universitas promotes Telefónica’s Innovation and Talent Center

In October 2021, Telefónica announced a Hub The world of innovation and talent. The company is committed to transforming its 140,000-square-foot Telefónica District headquarters into a complete ecosystem dedicated to technology, innovation, and people training and development.

This initiative was the protagonist of this week’s fundamental phase in configuration and growth Hub. Universitas, Telefónica’s corporate university, has opened its new campus, integrated with a technology center, with a firm intention to strengthen its study offer.

“Universitas will be the heart of the new learning innovative ecosystem, a major part of the new Hub About innovation and talent. From here, lessons will be learned, we will delve into new technologies, we will realize all the opportunities they offer us when traveling to Web3, when entering metaversion. “Hybrid education, virtual sessions, face-to-face and formats that have not yet been discovered will be the main stop on this study journey,” Telefónica President Jose Maria Alvarez-Palette assured during the inauguration ceremony of the new campus. .

Bet on talent

With this initiative, Telefónica will strengthen itself as a leader in digitalization as it will enable it to project its field beyond technology to occupy a talented space. The new facilities will feature state-of-the-art digital classrooms, at the level of the world’s most advanced business schools and corporate universities, allowing students to gain identical experiences, both in person and online.

In this context, Universitas will offer an innovative ecosystem for conducting leadership training for Telefónica employees. The company has studies in its DNA, it deeply believes in the power of education, as a crucial vector in responding to the current challenges of the new digital reality in society and also in Telefónica, for its employees.

To this end, and coinciding with the official presentation of the new facilities, Telefónica also announced the launch of the program. The power of connections –The power of connections Spanish – Aimed at more than 100,000 people forming a group. This proposal seeks to inspire, connect and connect the people of the company around Telefónica’s purpose, vision and culture.

With these certifications, Universitas is facing a new phase, with years of experience leading a corporate education and transformed into a full-fledged learning environment where every employee of the company can grow. Telefónica strongly believes that if every person who is a member of the group grows, the company grows and Universitas will be the main lever to boost this growth.

Digital and human skills

Telefónica has allocated 2,000 square meters, 3 complete floors of the North Building in the Telefonica area, with the best spaces and the latest technology for the development of all learning activities on the new campus.

The new Universitas facilities will have state-of-the-art technology with different rooms that, for example, will have a capacity of 120 connected people and 56 seats, with extra space on stands. Or multifunctional spaces (classrooms, common spaces and lobbies), with a variety of capacities and the ability to replicate the Mashm signal, a technology platform that allows remote participants to access a virtual learning environment based on liquid collaboration in real-time, or team sessions. Available access for up to 10,000 people. This infrastructure is complemented by a recording room, a translation booth and a cafeteria.

With Universitas, Telefónica makes available to all employees, without any restrictions, a complete training offer, enabling them to grow in digital skills, but also in the most essential human skills, to equalize and develop their culture and be a major lever in the field. Fulfill the challenges and goals they offer us as a company. Because it will offer a transformational and innovative experience, but also a human experience based on the values ​​that should drive the digital transformation in which technology is at the service of the people and never vice versa.