The DO Neighbourhood
Transforming Urban Living
Ready to design spaces that encourage social interaction and
well-being among tenants in Hong Kong?
well-being among tenants in Hong Kong?
Why should you join The DO Challenge?
- Have access to a unique group of co-creators and potential co-founders
- Have the opportunity to pitch your idea and develop it into a validated product within 1 day.
- Receive guidance and mentorship from industry leaders, C-suite executives and successful entrepreneurs.
- Get the chance to be selected into an incubator to continue building your project and get support on product development, presentation and sales skills.
Get the opportunity to showcase your solution and win in the open competition.
Our Approach: The DO Method
Application period: 7 June – 2 August 12:00 PM GMT+8, 2023.
Selected participants will be notified on 2 August, 2023
Challenge date: Saturday, 12 August 2023, 9 AM – 6 PM
Location: WLAB, Area A, 1/F, Block A-D, Tung Kin Factory Building 196-198, Tsat Tsz Mui Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Fee: FREE
Why Community?
Fostering strong communities and connecting residents are crucial for creating a vibrant and thriving urban environment. It leads to higher engagement, social cohesion and improved well-being. By prioritizing community building and resident engagement, we can create a city where everyone feels welcome and has the opportunity to thrive.
Program Overview
The DO Neighbourhood Challenge is a 1-day in-person program grounded in showcasing or ideating around a particular challenge with internal senior stakeholders, employees, and external stakeholders in order to gain as much input in the shortest amount of time.
Through this co-creation process, you will:
- Get direct input from your desired user base in order to quickly realise opportunities for ideation and conceptualisation.
- Discover concrete obstacles and develop ideas together with you in a short amount of time.
- Learn how to solve a hyper-specific problem for you or your organisation in a short amount of time.
- Help shape the method, direction, and overall goal of the day that best fits your needs.
See the workshop agenda here.
What to Expect from this Co-Creation Process
- Solve a hyper-specific problem in a short amount of time.
- Meet like-minded and highly motivated people from interior design, tech, engineering, architecture and other backgrounds who want to co-create and work together.
- Get direct input from your desired user base in order to quickly realise opportunities for ideation and conceptualisation.
- And it’s not over after the Challenge! Be part of the continuous and evolving group that will come together regularly for meaningful discussions and initiatives exclusive to the Challenge participants.
- Did we mention that you will have fun?!
Who Can Apply?
Make sure to apply if you are experienced in one of the following sectors (or passionate about them!):
- Property/Real Estate
- Smart city
- Architecture
- Urban Planning
- Technology
- Interior Design
- Graphic Design
- Marketing
- Government
This call for applications is open to individuals who are:
- Based in Hong Kong (you need to be in Hong Kong during the Challenge day and able to join in person)
- 18 years old or above
- Able to speak and write in English
By utilising The DO’s approach to innovation, you will co-create innovative solutions in just one day. Working on a team, the DO Challenge supports the feeling of ownership and a sense of impact while allowing you to work and build strong bonds across silos. The DO will help you co-create radically relevant products and services that are purposeful.
The Challenge will be structured around the 4-staged DO Method: Dream, Focus, Plan and DO. The DO Method is an innovation method that will guide you from scoping the problem, to prototyping, pitching, and taking action. Our innovation methodology enables us to be faster, more efficient, delivering more relevant solutions.
What to expect from this co-creation process:
- Solve a hyper-specific problem in a short amount of time.
- Meet like-minded and highly motivated people from interior design, tech, engineering, architecture and other backgrounds who want to co-create and work together.
- Get direct input from your desired user base in order to quickly realise opportunities for ideation and conceptualisation.
- And it’s not over after the Challenge! Be part of the continuous and evolving group that will come together regularly for meaningful discussions and initiatives exclusive to the Challenge participants.
- Did we mention that you will have fun?!
Application period ends in...
- 00Days
- 00Hours
- 00Minutes
- 00Seconds
days.
Driving force for change
About last year's
The DO Challenge
17 -18 September 2022
- 2 DAYS
- 80+ APPLICATIONS
- 42 SELECTED PARTICIPANTS
- 5 TEAMS
- 11 DO EXPERTS & MENTORS
- 15 IDEAS
Meet the Team
BELINDA
ESTERHAMMER
Managing Director Asia
CYRUS
WONG
Senior Manager
Aigul
Safiullina
Sustainability & Community Lead
ANA
PEREZ
Marketing Lead
Athena
CHAN
Program Officer
Katherin Kirschenmann
Co-Founder
Meet our Experts, Judges and Pitch Doctors
CHELSEA PERINO
Managing Director, Global Marketing & Communications
The Executive Centre
DANIEL CHUN
Teaching Faculty | Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies HKUST and Vice President at Smart City Consortium
DONNY SIU
Head of Entrepreneurship Programs
HKUST
FELIX WONG
Notion Ambassador
FLORIAN HOFFMANN
Founder
The DO
JEN FLOWERS
Group and ASP Head of Customer Intelligence and Partnerships, Wealth and Personal Banking
HSBC
JOANNA HOTUNG
Director
Hotung Mills Education Foundation
JORDAN KOSTELAC
Founder
Deploy
KATHERIN KIRSCHENMANN
Founder
The DO
KIT AU
Program Director
The DO
LEE WILLIAMSON
Regional Head of Gen.T
Tatler Asia Limited
MACY CHENG
Senior Manager – Method & System
Wheelock Properties (Hong Kong) Limited
SAMUEL POON
Assistant General Manager (Project Design & Marketing)
Wheelock Properties (Hong Kong) Limited
SERENA FAN
Founder & Executive Director
Hong Kong Children’s Discovery Museum
SOPHIYA CHIANG
Founder
Deploy
CATHERINE YU
Assistant Director, Partnerships
HKSTP
HENRY FONG
Assistant Director, Partnerships
HKSTP
Our Judges
JEN FLOWERS
Group and ASP Head of Customer Intelligence and Partnerships, Wealth and Personal Banking
HSBC
LEE WILLIAMSON
Regional Head of Gen.T
Tatler Asia Limited
SERENA FAN
Founder & Executive Director
Hong Kong Children’s Discovery Museum
Our Experts
JORDAN KOSTELAC
Founder
deploy
Our Next Expert
Our next expert
Our Next Expert
Our next expert
Our Ecosystem Partners
Our Sponsors
FAQs
You can apply through our online application form HERE.
Yes, we will provide a certificate and we can also provide a letter to your company if you need to apply through your HR department.
This is an individual application and we do not accept team applications.
Apart from working closely with your chosen team for the duration of the challenge, you will also have a chance to be mentored by the leading experts in smart cities & proptech, successful serial entrepreneurs and C-suite executives. You will be able to expand your professional network and walk away with your potential co-founders and investors.
If you are interested in innovation and thinking outside of the box the, answer is most likely yes. Whether you are an entrepreneur or employee, you’ll fit right in as long as you are motivated to build something over the weekend and you are open to new ideas. We believe that great ideas can come from anywhere.,
During the workshop, we will use our award-winning DO Method that rapidly turns ideas into action around topics that are crucial for you. Throughout the process, you will go from DREAM and PLAN to FOCUS and of course, DO!
The DO’s most recent innovation projects and global partners that use The DO Method include H&M, E&Y, BMW, Siemens and Unilever.
Our applications are open until 28 July 2023 and we will confirm our participants by 31 July.
Apart from the motivation, we are looking to select participants with diverse backgrounds that will complement each other.
All participants stay onsite for the entirety of the event as you will have access to the support you need to help make this Challenge successful – including access to experts. Also, you will work in teams so it is best to be in person together to keep team morale high.
Participation is free.
Once you are selected as participant we, will send you all the information and also invite you to an onboarding call which will happen a week before the Challenge starts.
WLAB, Area A, 1/F, Block A-D, Tung Kin Factory Building 196-198, Tsat Tsz Mui Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Yes, we will make sure you are well-fed throughout the day.
This Challenge is private, invite-only, and will take place on 12 August 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Yes! We have amazing experts that will join and support you.
Send us an email at wlab@thedo.world and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Still doubting?
Expand your horizons, make new friends and learn innovation with the key leaders in the region and the world! You will remember this DO Challenge packed with fun, learnings and meaningful connections.
JOIN THEDOCOMMUNITY
The DO Community is the foremost online, global community of DOers with purpose – from experts and innovators to industry leaders and entrepreneurs.
Join the DO Community to find curated learning opportunities, join thought leadership webinars, and collaborate on ventures.
Any questions? Get in touch!
Belinda Esterhammer
Director of Innovation
