Serious Waffle Session: Work Better
Brussels: 21 March 2017
In this session, you will learn how to love your job again, stay productive in a world full of distraction and why an entrepreneurial attitude is the best attitude for work. Whether you work in a large company, a small government office or for yourself, you'll learn how to work better and enjoy it at this Serious Waffle session.
The Speakers & Their Talks
Get Entrepreneurial and Never Suffer at Work Again by Annis Bedda
We spend a significant part of our lives at work and we spend more time with our colleagues than we do with our loved ones. Work is not a place where we should suffer from a lack of fulfillment and purpose. Whether you work in an organisation or as an independent, adopting and entrepreneurial attitude might be your way out of boredom at the workplace and your passport to happiness at work. During his talk, Anis will walk you through transformative experiences through entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship based on real stories and practices.
About Anis
After working in Tunisia, Turkey, Spain, and Canada, Anis finally settled down in Brussels, Belgium where he cofounded transforma bxl, a coworking and innovation space hosting a community of entrepreneurs, innovators and changemakers. He also co-founded the Intrapreneurship Conference the premier global gathering of Intrapreneurs, corporate entrepreneurs, innovation managers and innovation experts. Anis was also a member of AIESEC for six years.
Learn How to Love Your Job Again by Lenka Grackova
There is no right or wrong job. The right job is the job where you manage to create meaning for yourself. Your job will feel right when you know how to transform challenging or boring tasks into enjoyable activities and when you know where you are headed. Lenka's talk will explain what you can do to fall in love with your job again.
About Lenka
Lenka's passion is to make and encourage connections leading to positive change: connecting people to their true inspiring objectives; connecting problems with solutions; connecting ideas that seemingly do not fit together; connecting thoughts with emotions; and connecting dreams with reality. Simply allow changes to happen so that the puzzle pieces reshuffle and create a new picture while respecting the old one. She especially enjoys the puzzle of transforming boring and challenging activity into a tasty and enjoyable piece of cake. Learn more about Lenka at challenging-goals.com
How to Stay Productive and Get Things Done in a World Full of Information Overload and Distraction by Matthias Dewilde
E-mail, social media, notifications and more. Our world is constantly evolving. Technology has given us endless possibilities to improve our productivity, yet we still lose about an hour a day on inefficient use of these digital tools. How do we combine everything in a way that we get stuff done? How do we avoid distractions and stay focused? Discover how to create a super productive digital lifestyle.
About Matthias
Matthias Dewilde is a former gaming addict that turned a 10-year addiction into a digitally balanced lifestyle. He speaks nationwide on smart digital productivity in organizations. He is the author of “7 Steps to Digital Freedom”. His recent talk “Mindful Media” was one of the nominees at the Flemish MediaWijs awards in 2016. Learn more about Matthias at matthiasdewilde.be (Dutch).
Practical Information
When? Tuesday, 21 March 2017 from 18h30-21h00 - First talk at 19h00
Where? Transforma BXL Avenue Jules Bordet 13, 1140 Evere - Click for map
Cost €15 - at the event or €12 if you buy your ticket on-line (below)
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A special thanks to our sponsors, Transforma BXL and Imagination Video.
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