The end of the Second World War led us into the beginning of a huge growth in manufacturing and what is now known as “The Golden Age of Capitalism”. Heavy manufacturing and FMCG’s lead this consumer boom, which meant that the USA saw new housing developments and factories erected in the central states. 

For the first time, we saw Americans moving from state to state to solely improve their careers. Over time, with the invention of the Schengen Agreement and the increase of globalisation, we saw people move worldwide. 

Of the many words I’ve blogged about in this series, Utepils is one, very close to my heart!  This Norwegian words means to sit outside on a sunny day enjoying a beer.  It’s not actually a verb, but a joined noun; Ute = outside, Pils, beer!  How very civilised of the Norwegians!

The 2018 WERC Global Workforce Symposium took place in the terrific East Coast city of Seattle.

The GWS is one of the biggest events in the global mobility calendar and EuRA members from across the world came into Seattle to attend this and other partner and RMC conferences across the US, from Denver to Nebraska.  But also mainly of course, for the annual EuRA USA reception!

The Japanese have an extraordinary connection to nature and have developed a wonderful vocabulary to describe it.  The incorporation of the natural environment into the man-made world is a fundamental part of the aesthetic of the country, from the practice of Ikebana to the concept of the Zen Garden.  Komorebi is broken into the interpretation of three characters; 木 means tree, 漏 means escape, 日 is sun.  Komorebi is the interplay between the light of the sun and leaves and the ground, a curtain of light seen in the forest.