The intention is to bridge education, management and technology.
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We support innovation.
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We create jobs.
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We enhance the understanding in technological startups.
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We help you build a bridge between you and your customers!
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We exist to make innovation easier for the small and medium-sized enterprises to tackle their issues and challenges through digital solutions. In other words, we use digital technology to transform concerns and obstacles into benefits through a gamified experience for SME's.
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Behind this main objective, we have a group of stakeholders, including representatives from various industries, university co-op students, and the ICL team, who are driving this change to improve post-Covid ways-of-working, with the secondary goal of creating jobs across New Zealand and Australia in the field of emerging technologies to support Healthcare, Construction, Finance/Insurance, Agriculture, Architecture, Hospitality, Tourism, Education and Retails and other industries.
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How we work:
We provide training for developing professions in information technology, as well as digital initiatives that contribute to these trending industries. Trainees are offered the choice of studying at different levels, and they are invited to work on these digital projects from start to finish, and they are given references for job seeking. These courses are designed for high school students who want to get their foot in the door, university students who need work experience, and professionals who want to change careers or upgrade.
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What projects we consider and why?
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These projects are ultimately digital solutions like websites, mobile applications and IoT projects which requires students to work in areas like:  Research + Consultancy, Business Analysis, Human Resource Management, Facilitation, UI/UX/CX Design, Development (Trending language), Maintance, Security, Cloud, Product/Project/Board management, Sales, Marketing etc to get each of these digital products to the market. These products will be student-driven, with input from external stakeholders to bridge education, management, and technology.
 
According to the research, there is a difference between what students learn at universities and what employment industries have to offer vs what tools, technology, and processes they put in place for everyone to follow, which calls into question the ethics of working methods.
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Students for all of these projects will be working in a start-up setting with many complexities and defined benefits. Students will address these challenges as part of their character development towards problem-solving and analytical thinking. According to a systematic literature review undertaken in the field of IT Project Management, the reasons for building a startup culture on several occasions are due to a lack of research and knowledge in startups. ICL aims to examine and communicate startup insights to students in order to increase their motivation to innovate.