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#DoTellBocconi. Nicoletta Corrocher

, by Benedetta Ciotto
Discover the graduate program in Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology through the answers of Professor Nicoletta Corrocher

Protagonist of #DoTellBocconi for the Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology graduate program is Nicoletta Corrocher, who answered a burst of 32 questions in front of the camera. You can read are all her answers here below.

  1. What adjective describes you

Sunny

  1. If you were an animal?

A Labrador (quoting my husband)

  1. The best quality for a student

Open mindness and curiosity

  1. As a teacher, what adjective fits you?

Empathic and energetic

  1. If your program was a cult movie?

"Back to the future"

  1. Create a motto for your program

Drive the change!

  1. The phrase you like best to say in class

Life is made of choices

  1. Three things you would take to a desert island

A music player with all my music, a bag a case of prosecco

  1. The book that your students should absolutely read

"Inside the black box", by Nathan Rosenberg

  1. If your course was a dish, what would it be?

A sushi mix: fresh, sparkling, colored and diverse

  1. What do you like to sing in the shower (or car)?

"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen

  1. Any obsessions?

Punctuality and all my books and CDs which are stored on my bookshelves by genre in alphabetical order!

  1. The most beautiful gift you ever received

A record player (turntable)

  1. And the most useless one?

A half-a-meter cheese grater. Very cool, but useless J

  1. What kind of student were you?

Diligent and enthusiast

  1. The exam you found most difficult (as a student)

Economic policy, very scary

  1. Where did you / would you do your Erasmus?

I didn't do it, but I did a master in Brighton and I would do it again

  1. What superpower would you like to have?

Invisibility

  1. What superpower does your program provide?

Predicting the future

  1. Your hero?

Mary Poppins

  1. As a child you dreamed of becoming

I did not have the job of my dreams, but I loved typing (on old-style type writers) and singing...somehow things haven't changed so much

  1. You cannot live without

Music

  1. If you could meet a figure from the past, who would it be?

Leonardo Da Vinci and Mozart

  1. In which country would you like to live?

Italy

  1. If your program was a sport, what would it be?

Swimming medley relay – different individuals swimming with different styles who can win only together

  1. Something you think needs to be invented

The time machine

  1. Your most unbridled passion

Singing and skiing. Or singing while skiing

  1. Something you just cannot stand in the classroom

The use of smartphones and computers!

  1. If you were the protagonist of a novel, who would you be?

Most of the books I've truly loved have a male protagonist! Anyway, I'd say Rossella O'Hara

  1. In the future, where will lessons take place?

Open air, I hope

  1. The work of art that most represents your course

"The flying machine" by Leonardo Da Vinci and "The city rises" by Umberto Bocconi

  1. What would you ask from the genie of the lamp?

Eternal youth

#DoTellBocconi - Nicoletta Corrocher/Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology

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