We are closing the office for two weeks, from July 16th through July 31st as we leave to spend time in the sun rather than in the hot office in Kompagnistraede, Copenhagen. We will be back, ready to take on new projects and finalize ongoing work from August 1st.
I have been spending most of my time in June and July in Rome, Italy, working on my book projects. The manuscript for the Danish book titled “Den autentiske virksomhed” was finalized in June after massive editing from a total of 365 pages to 303. While the Danish editor at Gyldendal is reviewing it I will be starting up the other half of the project which is to edit and change various parts in order for the book to be published in an international version. Also, I’ve been spending time in Italy working with some Italian case studies. On Friday, I’m interviewing one of the masterminds behind the city planning in Rome through the past 20 years, Eugenio La Rocca, Superintendent of Cultural Heritage of the City of Rome during the 90s and 2000s. We will be discussing the paradoxes between massive cultural heritage and the need to change and develop a city. Two important factors that do not always work out nicely – just like in all other aspects of understanding, preserving and changing organizational identity in organizations, large and small.
When I return from Italy and my colleagues return to the office in Copenhagen August 1st, we will also be welcoming a few new members to the Stagis team. During May and June we have been busy recruiting new skilled people and four new faces will show up at Stagis during August and September. I look forward to that and I know everyone else does too!
It is about 35 degrees celcius in Rome today – a bit too much to be in front of the screen if you ask me – I hope you will enjoy the summer as much as I do! Enjoy La Dolce Vita!
