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Turin is a bit off the beaten track in Italy but it’s really worth a trip. Here are a couple of great experiences:

National Museum of Cinema Via Montebello Torino-website www.museocinema.it

It’s a fascinating place with lots of hands on demo’s and a terrifying lift that takes you to the roof observation place. You enter at the base of the building, go through a hole in the main exhibition floor and zoom up 80 meters on a couple of cables to the roof.

Mini Pastries-if you’re like me and love sweet pastries, Turin is the place to be. It’s famous for delicious mini pastries. And probably the best croissant I’ve had in my life was in Turin at the Farmacia del Cambio-Farmacia Del Cambio. It also has a window into the restaurant kitchen where you can watch the chefs making some pretty yummy foods.

Turin also has the usual museums and churches to visit but I think these 2 experiences are pretty unique. Its also the gateway to the Valle d’Aosta- a pretty spectacular destination in its own right.

 

 

The design of white collar workplaces was pretty conservative until the global financial crisis in 2008. Sure there were variations of open plan and office configurations, but looking back, 2008 was an inflection point. The i-phone had just been released and there were a cascade of innovations and economic forces that had a profound impact on the way people work. WiFi became ubiquitous, the world of apps exploded, the cloud appeared and at the same time we went through a major economic upheaval that put enormous pressures on the cost of doing business. Organisations were reeling from change and started to question whether the traditional workplace really suited the new reality. Even though the economy in Australia escaped the worst of the GFC, companies have continued to consolidate and  look for new efficiencies and question old ways of working.

Concepts like Activity Based Working, unassigned seating and Agile Working Environments have now become mainstream.

But what’s right for your organisation? Which workplace model suits your culture or become a catalyst for change?  How do to unleash the power of teamwork and collaboration? Do I have the right technology for a mobile flexible workforce? How much space do you really need and can I save on real estate  costs?

These are some of the questions that are being asked by organisations now. Let me help you answer them.