During the coronavirus emergency in Italy, preparation was already being made for a safe return to the workplace. A protocol drawn up by the Italian government, trade unions and business representatives lays down a set of key guidelines, but companies like Ferrari or Gucci have also added some further measures of their own
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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.
In 1991 at the age of 34, the French yachtswoman realised her childhood dream to sail around the world. She is the first woman to have done so.
Franco Arminio is one of Italy’s most exciting and best-known poets who has coined the word paesologist’ to describe himself
This pandemic has exposed how, in interconnected systems, a local risk can turn into a global threat. The philosopher Simona Morini explains: What we need is a new kind of education that draws on the power of Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and Big Data.
This pandemic has shaken our social bonds, breeding fear and anxiety. Yet, from this state of risk and vulnerability in which we find ourselves, a society can emerge that is stronger, freer and with a greater capacity to collaborate.
He has recently stepped down after 15 years as CEO of the animated film giant. Under his leadership, Disney acquired big players like Pixar and Marvel. According to CNN, he may be the second most-important person in the history of Disney, behind only Walt himself
He is just 27 years-old and the Republic of San Marino has nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Still I Rise, the NGO he founded, is providing education and a future to hundreds of children in India, Greece, Turkey and elsewhere too.
Are you sure that the job you are doing is the right one for you? The book entitled Bring your Brain to Work applies cognitive science to the workplace to help you advance your career
We can only anticipate dangers and overcome fears if we understand that risk has now become the center of life for each and every one of us. A little vocabulary to understand and act
Poet, writer and documentary filmmaker Franco Arminio’s advice Faced with our humanity as it comes to the surface, talking about death and fragility can do us good
It will be impossible to move there without already having a job: those who speak English and are highly qualified will be advantaged
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.