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Enrich is 24, German, just graduated from University of Leipzig with a degree in Sports Science. Josephine just graduated in social sciences from the Cézanne University in the southeast of France; she is 23, blonde, gracious and full of energy.
Luca has a clear cut project for his future: despite his degree in law – mostly attained in order to make his dad happy – he is going to follow his own artistic vein: playing music on his classical guitar and the piano.
He is Italian, 30, and lives in Berlin, Germany. Three young people of our times, three different stories with a common scenario: are they really entitled to freely shape their future?
Does our society give them the opportunity to choose what they feel fits best with their personalities? Or, rather, isn’t that true that they will probably follow the current flowing through canals carved out by the erosion of general thinking and habit of our time?
The subject of young generations entering into the work force is not easy to handle, both from an economic and a social stand point, this is why we have chosen it as the cover story for our 10th issue; a tribute to the “young contributors” of our society.
What are the opportunities, then, for young people? Enrich, Josephine and Luca are all probably statistically recorded in the category of economically “inactive people”: that is, according to the International Labor Organization definition, those people who are not part of the labor force because they are neither employed nor unemployed; they are not working and not looking for work.
But if they looked for employment the scenario would inevitably be dark and the percentage of the NEET population (not in employment, education end training) is even more frightening.
Our days have prepared us to overturn assumptions: higher education – we were taught – facilitate employment and yet paradox does exist (e.g. in Italy) where a new type of unemployment is recorded amongst young people classified as “overeducated.”
The issue is not only of an economic nature; youngsters suffer a general discomfort in trying to express their personalities and passions in the work environment.
Our “Thinking Out of the Box” section handles these facets. Taking all this into consideration means to unlock the innovative energy that young persons inject in the job and, ultimately, to foster reciprocal respect between employer and employee: an underground revolution to better cope with the complexities of our times.
Rosario Imperiali d'Afflitto
Editor in Chief
rosario@theworkstylemagazine.com
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Highlights
A Fuzzy Front End by Halley Bock
Watching Our Health by Bruce Jennings
The Work-Life Imbalance by Peter Conrad
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Receive and publish
Playful and Passionate, by Bonnie Hagemann
Passion and the Pursuit of Happiness, by Allyson England
There’s a New Boss in Town, Navigating Different Management Transitions, by Mary Hladio
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Summary
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Thinking Out of the Box Young Generation
Young Identity
We Are Young
A Blurred Identity
Illustrations by Paul Davis, London, UK
Young Passions
We Are Volunteers
We Are Successful
We Are Passionate
Young Perspectives
We Need Disentanglement
A Fiercely Loyal Team
Young Retribution
Funny Things
Forget Price Tags
Rewards
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Editorials
Revolutionaries
Rebels With a Cause
Daydreamers, Visionaries, Treasure Hunters…
Illustration by Goni Montes, Decatur, USA
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Meritocracy
Respect
Earning Respect at Work
The Respect Paradox
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Recognition
Organizational Success
It’s All in the Family
Illustration by Agata Janus, Warsaw, Poland
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Health
Leg Problems
Working With Sciatica
Illustration by Sergio Membrillas, Valencia, Spain
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Training
Investing is the Answer
Train to Retain
Illustration by GK Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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Coaching
Public Affairs
Communication Catastrophes
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Performance
Risk Management
Risk is Driving Performance
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Compliance
Ethically Managing Medical Information
Watching Our Health
How Do Companies Handle Employee Health Data in a Genome-Free Access Society?
Behind the Genetic Veil of Ignorance
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Legal
Health Insurance
On the Rise Again
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Principles & Values
The Market Leader
King Market
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Attachment & Pride
The Role of Incentives
Incentives: Skeptics Vs. Supporters
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Communication
Tweeting: Not Just For Birds
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E-mailing
To “cc” or to “bcc”? That is the Question
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Change Management
A World Citizen’s New Life
Carole Dumenil’s Five Lives
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Culture Integration
Volunteers
The Game Makers
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Bringing on a New Boss
A Fuzzy Front End
“Sink or Swim” is Not a Plan
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People
Unusual Job
Design, Stitch and Sew
Illustartion by Yihsin Wu, Taipei, Taiwan
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Joining the Company
SWOT
The “Gender Analysis”
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Private Eye
Design Ideas
2012 International Design Excellence Awards
People to Watch and Know
Geoff Vuleta, New York
Photos by Jodi Jones
Lisette Miranda, Madrid
Photos by Brian Hallett
Brannon Lacey, Seoul
Photos by Greg Samborski
Our Choices
Ideas for Free Time
The Movie
Cosmopolis
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Book Selection
Exciting New Releases
19 worldwide New Books and Three Interviews
- Ayesha and Parag Khanna: Hybrid Reality
- Chris Grivas & Gerard J. Puccio: The Innovative Team
- Bob and Gregg Vanourek: Triple Crown Leadership
Illustration by Hanna Melin, London, UK
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Events
Creative Talks
Recovering from the Crisis
HR Event ASIA
HR Summit Mumbai 2012
HR Event Europe
The Pan-European HR Forum 2012
The Thrilling Novelty
HR Event USA
Mercer’s Latin American and
Caribbean HR Forum 2012
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Nine to Five
Where to Work
City Guides
Valparaiso, Manchester, Mariupol
Country Guide UK
Two Worlds in One
Factories are the Place
An Architectural “blink l’oeil”
Japan
The Work Life Imbalance
Uganda
Learning the Concept of Work
People From Africa
Mohamed “Mo” Ibrahim
African Fashion Industry
A Dakar Hero
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Moving
Productive Commuting
Making the Commute Productive
Workplace
Environment
Air Quality
Breathing Good Air
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Workplace
Architects
Cino Zucchi: An Emotional Functionalist
The New Multipurpose Room
Cafeterias Are Passe... Enter, the Break Room
New Castles
Working is Fun
