SACMI Academy opens to drive growth

Paolo Mongardi, President of SACMI, believes that the Academy is much more than one physical place and it is an environment to disseminate culture and values, including honesty, ethics, courage in the face of future challenges, as well as the ability to draw on experience and pass the resulting knowledge on to the next generation.

“Here at SACMI, we have at least five generations working together. Innovation isn’t just about embracing the future. It is, primarily, the ability to connect different experiences so that the company left to those who come after us is an even better one,” underlined Paolo Mongardi.

According to the company, functional, flexible spaces designed to deliver collaborative training, drive growth and, above all, spark an exchange of ideas and expertise. The blue-orange-green color scheme also has a refreshing "open air" feel, with saturated colors and natural wood providing an environment conducive to learning.

Its first fully operational year saw an increase in the hours dedicated to routine training, with specific programs being developed to "train the trainers". Now, there are already about a hundred certified SACMI trainers.

They are experienced personnel with shared tools, procedures and goals at the service of the entire network; this means the trainers themselves are motivated and enthusiastic, ensuring courses are methodically organized right from the onboarding stage when new personnel join the company.

With the Academy, SACMI is extending such training to customers, the other companies in the SACMI network in Italy and worldwide, to universities and to schools.

Bologna Business School and Turin Polytechnic, for example, are two of the institutions that SACMI has teamed up with to establish cutting-edge courses. In 2023, their focus will be on leadership, project management and the IoT Academy, an offshoot dedicated to expanding and propagating the expertise needed for the digital transition.