Posts Tagged ‘risk’

Research between man and business

Magazine -> #4 Passion

Vega, the science and technology park, provides potential national and international investors in Venice with the necessary support, fostering collaboration between economic operators and encouraging innovative firms to set up their main offices in the historic center of Venice and in the nearby mainland. Is research addressed to people or busin...

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The values of relations

Magazine -> #3 Weaving relations

The relation between company and consumer in the western world has changed enormously in recent times, giving rise to changes in corporate missions themselves. Today, product performance and quality are taken for granted and, therefore, they are no longer the only reason why a given product is purchased. Moreover, having already satisfied their pri...

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Highway robbery

Magazine -> #1 Timetables and scoreboards

Time and rhythm are an integral part of modern life and they can be experienced either as incentives to improve or as reasons for dissatisfaction. Today, our attention is turned to the well being of our social system: there is clear evidence of this in science, technology and culture, but the objective is not always attained in a harmonised and hom...

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Lone photographer

Magazine -> #20 Home Made

In his essay "How to write a dissertation", Umberto Eco recommends that students avoid playing the part of the solitary genius holed up in their room, writing. He suggests that we should always discuss things with others, so our work can be read and criticised. Over the years, this warning has been a constant thorn in my side. I always try to work...

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Travelling companion

Magazine -> #27 The Culture of Listening

Sometimes I am asked to help other people to improve their listening skills. My profession exposes me to the risk of thinking of listening mainly as a subjective ability, something that can be trained, partly linked to personal predisposition. But when I actually listen, and when listening becomes a tool necessary for a job in which you approach...

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The contrary art

Magazine -> #22 Kaizen

What meaning do you give to the word kaizen? Is there any link between your artistic work and this concept? Kaizen means improvement, but as an artist I don’t pay much heed to this word, because of its industrial connotations. In this context, the word kaizen can be explained in terms of a succession of small changes, designed to simplify and i...

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  • "Where I am, makes me what I am"

    Anonymous at Galleria illy London

  • “The time is always right to do the right thing”

    Martin Luther King

  • "Liberty is about our rights to question everything".

    Ai Wei Wei

Headline & Editorial

Headline & Editorial

Last Issue: #31 The Journey

Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...
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People

People

For several years, the magazine has published dialogues, opinions and points of view on themes dear to a company living in the contemporary world.  Topics have covered space, courage, dreams,...
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