EP017 - Workation and the future of team retreats with Florian Jacques of MidStay
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Workation and the future of team retreats with Florian Jacques of MidStay
About the episode
This episode focuses on the future of team retreats. What is a workation? How does it differ from a classic retreat? How are companies planning retreats in the future? Why are retreats super important to connect with each other? To discuss this, I have the co-founder of MidStay, Florian Jacques.
About the guest
Florian is a Belgian Product UX/UI Designer and Entrepreneur — who graduated from the College of Advertising and Design in Brussels.
He founded a music festival in Belgium that reached 20k+ festival goers at the age of 23.
He has traveled the world to work with startup founders and helped them reach their business goals with innovative user experiences. San Francisco, New York, Australia, Barcelona, SEA... are some of the places where he has worked closely with Executives to help them design their products.
He is a long-time traveler and remote worker. With a well-rounded blend of technical, design, marketing, and sales skills.
He is now co-founder & CEO of Midstay: a platform helping companies and individuals relocate easily to dreamy locations and work remotely from abroad.
About the host
My name is Peter Benei, founder of Anywhere Consulting. My mission is to help and inspire a community of remote leaders who can bring more autonomy, transparency, and leverage to their businesses, ultimately empowering their colleagues to be happier, more independent, and more self-conscious.
Connect with me on LinkedIn.
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Quotes from the show
Nowadays, you can log in wherever you are, which sometimes can be tricky to mix all the time, personal and professional life. So we need to control that and bring all barriers between work and fun.
Gen Z will be 25% of the workforce in a few years. And these are the people that are looking for experience. These are the people that are valuing better intangible assets rather than tangible assets.
A workation is more like an extended vacation for those who work remotely. For example, let's say you have a week's retreat in Bali and keep working for two additional weeks from Bali. The way we work nowadays is flexible, so no wonder that our travel priorities follow that change.