As people work longer hours and in more intense ways, many organizations are seeking to support employee wellbeing in the office. It's no secret that food can reenergize people and increase social connections. But, in the Strasbourg area of France, a start-up company called my food is encouraging companies to go a step further.
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21st-century skills — adaptability, empathy, global awareness, creativity, innovation — they're the skills employers are looking for, and the one's students at the Munich cultivate and grow. Located in the city-center, UAS is the largest university of its kind in Bavaria with almost 18,000 students and one of the largest in Germany. With more companies on the German Stock Exchange headquartered in Munich than any other German city, UAS exists in a business ecosystem that is rip with en...
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Dr. Ron Friedman is an award-winning social psychologist, author and leader of ignite80, an organization dedicated to helping leaders improve employee engagement in their creative spaces, Friedman's book, The Best Place to Work, turns thousands of academic studies into practical tips anyone can use to transform their office into a happy workplace. He sate down with 360 to share what works and what doesn't when it comes to offering people a great place to work.
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Thanks to technology and mobility, our work has come home with us. So it's only fair that home should come to work, right? It would seem logical that if people sit in front of a TV on the sofa at home while they work remotely, employees would be thrilled to have a similar set up within their office. However, in the workplaces where we've seen companies install couches and big screen TVs, those work spaces are almost never used by employees. Those companies missed the bigger picture. Home...
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Settled in the international hub of Geneva, Switzerland, the Institut International de Lancy (IIL) is a school at the forefront of change. With students who represent over 90 nationalities and span from 3-18 years old, 80 percent of whom are bilingual, IIL brings a new meaning to the term diversity. Beginning as a small French-Catholic school, the school has transformed its curriculum, campus and philosophy to become a thought-leader when it comes to the future of education.
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With creativity front and center in the work people are doing everyday, spaces that optimize the creative output of teams and individuals are increasingly important. The creative process isn't limited to large group brainstorms and open plan collaboration — having access to spaces for focus to work or smaller, uninterrupted conversations is just as crucial to unleashing a team's full creative potential. As workers' varying needs shift throughout the creative process, an ecosystem of...
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