{"id":16762,"date":"2021-03-09T16:48:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T15:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.takaneo.lu\/non-categorise\/preparing-your-staff-day-the-lake-of-signs\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T19:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:46:58","slug":"preparing-your-staff-day-the-lake-of-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.takaneo.lu\/en\/events\/preparing-your-staff-day-the-lake-of-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing your Staff Day: the importance of symbols"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this era of lightness<\/em> (our 115-gram mobile phones allow us to be connected to the entire world), we no longer want the weight of a heavy-handed message, but rather the lightness of a subtle suggestion. We are no longer looking for information, but rather an experience. We no longer necessarily want to communicate, we want to connect. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Consequently, thinking carefully about and preparing for your staff day today, apart from all the logistical aspects, of course, essentially means playing with symbols, as this type of event has become a veritable symbol factory: the choice of venue (quirky, luxurious, arty, etc.), the choice of programme (speeches, buffet, type of welcome, etc.), the choice of entertainment (high-tech, sports, culinary, etc.), the overall decor (grand and bright, intimate, offbeat, floral, etc.). These symbols are signs that employees will decode and which will convey meaning, or part of the message you want to get across: the image you want to project, the projects you want to rally your teams around, the mindset you want to instil in your teams. <\/p>\n

Each element that makes up an event carries something symbolic. It is the whole that gives it meaning. The event is the message. <\/strong><\/p>\n

In this factory of symbols, we no longer address simply the intellect but emotions: the traditional return on investment (ROI), is transforming into return on emotion (ROE). Today, when everyone has become a “collector of experiences”, to use a term coined by sociologist Gilles Lipovetsky, less obsessed with status than with constant change and emotional experiences, it is becoming necessary to offer guests experiences, powerful and unique moments that resonate with them individually and collectively. The event must therefore be carefully planned to offer these rare moments to participants and place them at the heart of the process by making them the primary actors. <\/p>\n

Participation, interactivity, collective activities and immersive setups \u2013 everything is designed for the guests to steal the show.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the indicators of the success of such an event will be measured by nostalgia, or rather nowstalgia<\/em> \u2013 that feeling that makes you live a fleeting moment intensely with a twinge of sadness at seeing it already gone \u2013 the current version of Lamartine’s famous “O Time! Suspend your flight”.<\/p>\n

A moment of cohesion and communion, the Staff Day is one of the most effective ways to convey a lasting message. And if it generates so much expectation and enthusiasm among employees, it is because it resonates with our deepest and most intimate desires: the need to share emotions, to be together, to embrace values. What could be more rewarding than creating this moment and offering it to others to share? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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