One of a pair of twin brothers dies. When a foolish student runs into the surviving twin, he asks, “Did you die, or was it your brother?” This joke comes from the Philogelos, the oldest existing collection of jokes, written 1,600 years ago. Most of them are quite childish or …
People are calling it the Great Resignation, a phenomenon that describes huge numbers of employees exiting their jobs and changing their lifestyles, careers and working habits following the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of this trend, companies are coming up with new ways to navigate these uncharted waters. The result …
Not long ago, Sybil, who’s an Assurance Director at PwC Luxembourg, posted several pictures on her Linkedin account of our new satellite office in Mondorf. In her post, she described how good it was to work in such a great environment and thanked the teams behind the project. Oriane, Strategy& …
Launching any kind of community-based structures, for instance a thematic community, is a major investment for any organisation. What are the benefits? At PwC Luxembourg, we are proud to host a vibrant UX Community. This is what this article is precisely about: telling you the story of why we did …
Lately we’ve been hearing and reading the sentence “change is the only constant” a lot! As we know, this saying is bigger than just the context of the pandemic. It’s also tied to speedy technological developments and modern life itself and brings with it the need for trust—among us, in …
Christmas, without any doubts, has a different meaning to all of us. The jolly season is the best time of the year to some; others think that Christmas without presents—and present shopping stress—is inconceivable. But there is also this bunch of folks that praise the feelings of love and kindness …
With a resurgent drive to work from home, plethora of new tools being constantly introduced and the great resignation in full swing, employee experience (EX) is top on most if not all organisations’ agendas once more, and it will remain a priority in 2022 and likely beyond. Organisations face fresh …
If you do a quick search, you will easily find a multitude of definitions of the word culture, depending on the context. For the purpose of this blog, let’s go with the one from the Merriam-Webster dictionary that says culture is “the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices …
This blog isn’t like the others and we purposely wanted it so. We interviewed John Parkhouse, our CEO, on a Thursday afternoon, one of those scattered sunny days of summer 2021. This is the story and the podcast as well. ***** Thursday afternoon. Mary is about to go on holiday. …
It’s that time of year again when your friendly, approachable PwC Luxembourg blog team starts going on summer vacation (not all at once of course, that would be a bit inconsiderate, so we’ll still be producing articles). But before we do, we’d like to propose to you a summer reading …
