Reinvention

Q&A with Ryan O’Keeffe, Director of Communications, Enel : "Our vision for Open Power is nothing less than to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges."

Faced with an existential challenge to their traditional ways of doing business, many companies are replicating the innovative VUCA thinking developed by the U.S. military in the face of a world that is Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous.

Ever since grunts became words, speech has helped us learn, plan, and do amazing things. Our communication has been shaped by twin desires: to be understood and to understand.

Interview with Xavier Ros, VP Human Resources, SEAT: "Wellness is the excellence of health. We want not only physical wellness, but also mental wellness because we want our workers to be happy."

Q&A with Vinicius Lummertz, President of Embratur, the Brazilian Tourism Board: "According to the World Economic Forum, no country has natural resources with more potential for tourism than Brazil."

Government reforms in Brazil are making the economy more competitive and productive and helping the country attract a new wave of foreign capital.

Against the stunning backdrop of the skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty, New Yorkers this month enjoyed a privileged preview of the motorsport of tomorrow when Formula E came to town.

As freelance workers proliferate, the “gig economy” gathers pace and project-based working becomes the norm, the real estate and office management industry is reinventing the traditional workspace for the digital age.

With air quality in cities deteriorating over recent years, sustainable mobility solutions are coming into focus. We are at the outset of an eco-cars era.

SEAT teams up with Harvard University to research the benefits for occupational health of the celebrated Mediterranean diet.

In response to the ever-changing environments in which we do business, I strongly believe companies have to innovate constantly, not only to survive but to thrive.

At a time of unprecedented changes to the nature of work, some of the world’s largest businesses are putting the physical and mental health of their employees at the heart of their reinvention for the future.

Just as the steam engine has come to symbolize the industrial revolution of the 19th century, perhaps no single object represents the democratic, consumer-centered economies of the 20th century better than the mass-produced automobile.

Interview with Patricia Such, Head of Health & Safety, SEAT: "The challenge in Europe now is the aging working population. We have to help prepare our workers to be as healthy as they are now in ten years time so that they are able to continue working."

Thanks to a partnership with global energy company Enel, Formula E is able to power the world’s first ever carbon-neutral car races with its own transportable micro-grid, minimizing its use of the existing electricity grid in host cities.