Adapting work to suit their lifestyle, enjoying freedom in time management, having the possibility to travel and relocating according to their needs. Digital nomadism exists for many reasons: a burgeoning trend not only among young people, indeed…
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“FOR” stands for “Flexibility, Objective, Results”. An innovative subordinate contract piloted in the Italian chemicals sector
These pandemic-pervading months revolutionised the lexicon of work, coining new terms and affording novel nuances to some words. Here are ten words that will leave their mark on the present and the future.
Working hours need to be regulated, technology gaps need to be bridged and responsibility to be clarified these are just a few of the issues highlighted in recent weeks by employees who have been working from home. Various solutions have been put forward. We look at two sides to the argument put forward by the Unions and Professor Mariano Corso of Milan Polytechnic.
Since the Italian government issued its first decree to contain the coronavirus outbreak on February 23, the number of agile workers in the country has risen to over a million. And the number is still growing. Arianna Visentini, co-author of the book Smart Working: mai più senza’ (Smart Working: never be without it), explains why smart working is a practice that should stay even after this emergency has passed.
As the research director at the CNR of Pisa with a background in computer science, Fosca Giannotti has been in charge of data mining and machine learning for 20 years: “The girls I meet are better than boys. But few choose IT faculties
In his Primal leadership – Unleashing the power of Emotional Intelligence , psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman explains how the art of leadership moves through emotional intelligence
Open space offices seem like a bad investment to make the most of employees and create closer relationships between colleagues. Several studies indicate so
People that put flexibility and autonomy at the very heart of their profession. According to Acta, 80% of Italian freelancers are slash workers
You can shut your old CV away in a draw (including the European format version) – companies are looking elsewhere for new staff
According to a survey carried out by Industree Communication Hub and TBS Group, employers promote agile working by offering technological tools and using internal publicity campaigns. But the biggest difficulty lies in changing the culture around performance evaluations
Flexibility and benefits for those who lose their jobs: with a great reform plan, the French labour market is changing. The keyword is flexicurity.
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.