Work Style Talking 2012

Event Work Style Talking 2012

By FABIO NAPOLEONE

Find Strength in the Challenges of Employment

Work Style Talking 2012 is an event designed to develop ideas, new ways of thinking and operating models to overcome the challenge of the Third Millennium. This is the employment challenge, for both large and small enterprises.

Keep in contact with the Work Style Team

Fabio Napoleone Project Leader fabio@theworkstylemagazine.com

Micole Imperiali Organizational Secretary micole@theworkstylemagazine.com

RESULTS

One of the results of Work Style Talking 2011 has been the Talking book, the outcome of five workshops that took place in Milan at the beginning of April 2011 with the participation of 135 worldwide professionals on the following topics: identity, emotions, architecture, environment, and organization. Drawing from real cases, the aim was to discuss the business world’s changes in order to pick out the best solutions to apply to different working environments’ dilemmas. With “Imagine the Workplace of the Future,” the first destination of our journey, we designed a new model for comparison, where managers and specialists of different areas made their experience available: interesting ideas were gathered and developed in our magazine. The discussion is still open on some real cases (see # 7 The Workplace in the Age of the Brand; Executive Efficiency through Office Space Design; The Wheel of Life; # 8 Environment and Enterprise. What they do and what they did in practice; Making Workplace Emotions Work for You; Hierarchies are Falling; Slowing Down; Shrinking the Workplace; The Noise).

CONDITIONS

Work Style Talking 2012 is the second stage of a journey that began last year with the purpose of defining the future work identity concept. The focus moves now to employment, dealt with according to the logic of the Third Millennium but reconsidering every single element by a different, original (but not less realistic) point of view.

In evaluating various hypotheses, the time element prompted us to choose a date between late August and early September 2012, which doesn't fall during critically busy moments for most businesses.

LOCATION

At the end of January 2012, we will announce which city will host the Work Style Talking. We will likely choose a capital of an emerging European country or one with the prospect of economic and cultural growth, easily reached by plane from all over Europe. The background in which the event will be held will inspire participants, encouraging activities in an attractive environment.

130 photographs, 60 drawings, a DVD with 5 original unpublished videos about work.

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5 illustrators, 5 photographers, 5 filmmakers and 5 storytellers from all over the world to tell the business world. 135 people to define the identity of the workplace of the future, discussing on: identity, emotions, architecture, environment and organization.

WorkStyle

Visit our online store: workstyleshop.com Order the book Talking 2011 + DVD

“Talking” is a book that reveals how the work changes. It is the outcome of the discussions on five topics: identity, emotions, architecture, environment and organization.

WORK STYLE TALKING 2012

An event which consists of: • Two talks • 30 real cases • Different working groups • Preliminary networking activities

THE CHALLENGES OF EMPLOYMENT FOR LARGE ENTERPRISES

AND FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES

The Talking 2012 perspective is to develop ideas, ways of thinking and operating models to overcome the challenge of the Third Millennium. This is the employment challenge, for both large and small enterprises. The discussion will focus on: • Law & contract • Process • New jobs • Environment • Employee branding

We want to achieve and share the following results through this event: • to reconsider our jobs from an original point of view; • to become inspired to build the future on a broader and more colorful basis; • to gather innovative topics to be developed in the Work Style Magazine.

PARTICIPATION Talking 2012 will host people from different professional backgrounds so that even remarkable differences will inspire new visions and enriching discussions.

Those participating in meetings include: • 20 professionals • 40 HR managers • Businesspeople • Journalists • Researchers

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• Academics • Students • Creative people working in design

Rethinking issues in a different and original way requires having different observers. The events of Talking 2012 will be described by: • Reporters • Photographers • Illustrators • Filmmakers • Storytellers

All participants will have an active role during the talks and the workshops’ preliminary activity.

The great achievement of this initiative is necessarily linked to the contribution that each person will bring to the table and exchange with others: creativity and pragmatism, vision and practicality, leadership and collaboration, are all key success factors in each company.

We believe that participating in Work Style Talking 2012 will be a stimulating and inspiring chance to think about solutions regarding professional fields. By participating you will: • Share real cases • Gather opinions and suggestions to help solve company problems

Participation fee is 1,750.00 Euro plus transportation and accommodation expenses. •

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01 Work Style Talking 2011 Architecture “The workplaces will have to be able to accommodate different lifestyles without losing their main features” By Cino Zucchi

02 Work Style Talking 2011Emotions “Emotions are information signals coming before our thoughts, and proceeding after them” By Sandra Sassaroli

03 Work Style Talking 2011 Environment “The evolution of our society and our business model is the incorporation of the environment” By Fabrice Leclerc

Work Style Talking 2012