Co-Intelligence Lab
Borrow Perspectives. Discover Possibilities.
What if your next business breakthrough came from someone who knows nothing about your industry?
As entrepreneurs, we spend so much time working in our businesses that we rarely get the chance to see them from a different perspective.
That's where the Co-Intelligence Lab comes in.
A curated, in-person co-creation experience bringing together women entrepreneurs, founders and business owners from different industries to explore real business challenges through the power of collective intelligence.
How does it work?
Bring a business challenge. Share your perspective. Explore possibilities together.
An architect may see structure. A lawyer, risk. A designer, experience. A tech founder, automation.
Different minds. Unexpected connections. Fresh thinking.
Through a guided, interactive process, we'll turn individual challenges into opportunities for collective discovery, without gurus, lectures or ready-made formulas.
Why an offline café?
Because in a world overflowing with AI tools, notifications and digital noise, sometimes the most powerful intelligence comes from simply being in the same room.
More human touch. Less technology. Better conversations.
What you'll take away
• Fresh perspectives on your business • Insights from women outside your usual circle • New possibilities worth testing • Meaningful connections beyond traditional networking.
The details:
📅 Wednesday, November 4 | 3:00–5:30 PM 📍 Absent Lisbon – Offline Café 👩 For women entrepreneurs, founders & business owners
Created & led by Flavia Bravo, CoLab Head at ACTO, business lab.
(Instagram - @flabravo)
Limited spots to keep the experience intimate, interactive and meaningful.
Come with a challenge. Leave seeing your business differently.
About Absent
Absent is a phone-free creative third space and café in Principe Real where time is yours again. The kind you used to waste beautifully.
Every experience at Absent is designed around presence.
What to Expect
Offline, always - Phones go in secure pouches and stay with you.
A beautifully designed space where every color, texture and detail makes presence effortless
Café & Bar - Specialty coffee, freshly boiled chai, Portuguese wines, craft beers, and artisanal sodas, baked goods from local bakeries and rotating food menu from local chefs.
All of the infrastructure, none of the pressure - high quality art supplies, craft materials, books, board games, brain fitness workbooks, introspection kits and more.