How do you refresh your ideas at the office?

Despite the rise of remote work, the workspace remains an essential meeting point — a place to reconnect, share and collaborate. To rally their troops, managers and HR directors need to create moments and build routines that become so many excuses for collective drive and creativity.

To support its member companies, the Morning team offers a range of events of all kinds: talks, workshops, evening classes, climate fresk workshops, impact meet-ups, and more. Plenty of ideas that might just inspire you to inspire and engage your own teams!

Talks to learn and find inspiration
– with “The School of Life”, Le Bureau des Talents –

Attending talks is an excellent way to learn and find inspiration. By listening to passionate experts share their knowledge and experience, you’ll discover stimulating new ideas that will enrich your personal and professional journey.

☞ Workshops and evening classes by The School of Life

The School of Life is an international brand that draws on well-known psychotherapy processes to find keys to transforming the professional world, and to offer content accessible to all.

In 2023, The School of Life set up shop at Morning with a monthly evening class and a bi-monthly professional workshop covering a wide range of different themes (managing emotions and stress, trust at work, developing your capacity for empathy and listening…).

☞ The Bureau des Talents round tables

The Bureau des Talents started life as a Morning newsletter aimed primarily at HR directors across all kinds of organisations, focused on a specific theme from the world of work. To take the thread of ideas further and spark interaction, the Bureau des Talents also takes the form of a round table led by invited experts.
At the heart of the discussion: employers, employees and the workspace, a genuine superhero. Our mission? To share experts’ insights, the success stories of inspiring companies and some telling figures. Our ambition? To reveal just how much the workspace is a formidable lever for recruiting, attracting, retaining and helping your talent flourish.

Recently, we explored the topics of salary transparency with Figures and Shine) and of parenthood in the workplace (notably with the Boson Project). The presence of experts helped deepen the reflection and fuel fascinating exchanges with the participants.
For anyone who would like to sign up for the next talks, it’s this way 😉

Encounters to get involved
– with “La Fresque du Climat” and partner charities –

Encounters are great opportunities to get involved with others and with society. By connecting with inspiring people who share your values, you’ll find the energy and motivation to get stuck into meaningful projects.

☞ La Fresque du Climat

Morning raises awareness among its employees and its members of the social and environmental challenges of our time. With this in mind, Morning regularly invites its members to take part in “La Fresque du Climat”, a workshop to understand the essentials of climate change. To date, nearly 120 people have signed up for these workshops. The charities B Lab and Impact France also run talks on various impact-related subjects in Morning spaces (reuse, responsible innovation, waste management).

☞ The inter-company eco-challenge,

Every six months, members can take part in a day dedicated to eco-friendly actions. In teams of four, they tackle as many challenges as they can across two levels of difficulty. Each completed challenge earns sustainability points, counted both individually and by team.

Proof is provided through photos or questionnaires. The most committed participants win a surprise gift at the end of the event, rewarding their contribution to sustainable development.

Events to clear your head
– with Sofar Sound, Houbline, etc. –

Take part in events to escape the daily grind and recharge. Whether it’s a concert, a hands-on workshop or an activity that pushes you out of your comfort zone, these moments of discovery and sharing will bring you a breath of fresh air and new perspectives.

☞ Live concerts

Morning invites artists to perform across its various spaces, offering its members a chance to clear their heads. Sofar Sound, our music partner, organises concerts in our spaces. On the menu: an intimate gig, hosted by artists kept secret until the event itself!

☞ “Discovery” workshops

The workshops for clearing your head are endless. By way of example, we have run workshops in partnership with Houbline to create your own dried-flower arrangement. An olive-growing workshop led by Cécile Cron (a committed organic olive-oil producer) invited participants to discover olive-tree cultivation and the ways of transforming it, all while tasting different olive oils.

In June 2023 and April 2024, the Morning team organised, in collaboration with Graine d’Orateur 93, two editions of a one-of-a-kind public-speaking contest. The concept? A mock parliamentary debate in which participants, drawn from various companies, had to defend or oppose imaginary “Morning laws”, such as the introduction of the four-day week. Split into two teams, a “government” and an “opposition”, the contestants went head to head before a hand-picked jury on the premises of Morning Laffitte.

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You now know pretty much everything about the ways Morning goes about motivating the occupants of our spaces.

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