In his book Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events , the economist and Nobel laureate Robert Shiller reveals the close connection between stories, individual behaviours and the economy
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It’s become a common practice due to the Covid-19 emergency. But are we sure that taking our work home is really smart? It is an open debate among the experts
During the Linkiesta festival, the Adecco Group Italy’s CEO took part in a panel discussion with the title Recovery Italia together with Deputy Economy Minister Antonio Misani, MEP Irene Tinagli and the Secretary General of Confartigianato Cesare Fumagalli. Covid 19 has made it obvious to everyone that we urgently need to work on our skills to ensure they meet the needs of the market
The company that developed Italy’s contact-tracing App to combat the coronavirus was named the country’s best workplace this year. Behind the App is a young, agile team and the company is still hiring (despite the emergency)
Data show that Italy is lagging behind the rest of Europe on digital skills. The project announced by the Labour Minister Catalfo as part of the country’s Recovery Plan will have a budget of 11.2 billion euro. Giovanni Biondi, President of Indire: These funds should be used properly
Even when the health crisis is over, remote working will still be around. Some Italian companies were already moving in that direction before the pandemic, others are now catching up thanks to shift working and laptops. But across Europe, new regulations to manage agile working are under discussion
The biological and social impact of these two social behaviours is huge: from work to organisation models. A talk with socio-biologist Daniel Lumera
Standardised programmes won’t work. Every scheme designed for employees should be personalised to the specific needs of each individual, maintains Matilde Marandola, director at the Italian association for people management
Law professor Cass R. Sunstein explains: present bias is the tendency to be satisfied with a small reward today rather than waiting for a greater reward in the future, for example by investing in ourselves and our education
Due to the impact of the pandemic, as tourism levels dropped and remote work entered the mainstream, many countries began to introduce special visas to attract foreign workers. Estonia was the first, but the list is getting longer everyday
U.S. companies spend over 70 billion dollars a year on training programmes. And they often prove to be fruitless. To turn things around, they have placed their trust in the words of the legendary coach Vince Lombardi
Estimates by ISMEA (Italy’s service institute for the agricultural and food market) state that by the end of the year the country’s hospitality industry could lose up to 40% of its turnover. This is a very real downturn in the market that is likely to have a serious impact on the future of many city centres.
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.