“What about the green economy? It’s the best solution to the crisis we’re going through.”
Interview with Ermete Realacci
Changing workplaces and the role of the designer
How have workplaces changed over time and how has the pandemic made these changes permanent? What skills are required to design the workspaces of the future? All this is revealed to us by designer director Mattia Gambardella.
The data economy: a hidden treasure for post-Covid Italy
According to a study presented by Ernst & Young, Italy's data economy could generate revenues equivalent to around 2.8% of the country's GDP, about 50 billion euro. But during the pandemic, weaker companies have lost even more ground
The crisis in the airline industry: how to reboot the sector with a sustainability reset
The pandemic has thrown the world's airlines into crisis, and state funding will only go part of the way to stemming its losses. Coronavirus has exacerbated the pre-existing challenges the industry was facing and the decline in business travel will not help recovery
Alec Ross: Dear Italians, you don’t lack talent. Here’s how to maximize it
According to Alec Ross, American technology expert and former Senior Advisor for Innovation during the Obama administration, we need to see this time of crisis as an opportunity to rethink the future of our economy and society
Stefano Scarpetta: Italy has wasted 10 years, equality and young people are now the priority
In the words of the Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the OECD: To recover from the crisis post Covid, we have to build fairer labour markets and focus on the new generations.
Kurzarbeit, here’s how Germany’s wage support scheme works
Workers in struggling companies can reduce their working hours and the government will pay most of their salary. Several other countries in Europe are looking at this model to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 crisis
In praise of the bicycle, recovery rides on two wheels
This two-wheeled means of transport has been selected by the Italian government as a symbol of phase 2 in the country's recovery. Sustainable and low cost, the bicycle is enjoying a revival in Italy. But do you know who invented it and how much good it will do to your wallet and your health? Some of these facts may surprise you.
Italy’s Decreto Dignità’ is it time for a change?
We spoke with Pierangelo Albini, Director of the employment department at Confindustria (the main association representing manufacturing and service companies in Italy) and Luigi Sbarra, Deputy General Secretary of the CISL (the second largest Italian confederation of trade unions). Here then are the points of view of the Unions and entrepreneurs.
To overcome the crisis, young people need to look to culture
Linda Laura Sabbadini, noted for her work as a social statistician, outlines the difficulties young people have had and are now experiencing in accessing the job market.