Ringier goes Silicon Valley
The media company Ringier, in partnership with Swiss Post and the insurance group Mobiliar, is launching an innovation program in Silicon Valley, California. Employees are expected to bring back new ideas from there to their respective companies.
Employees from the three companies are to undergo further training in Palo Alto for one to three months - for example in the areas of innovation, product and process ideas. They work together on a given topic or project and apply what they have learned in their companies. Ringier, Swiss Post and Mobiliar are conducting the program together because many market, future and innovation topics are similar across industries, according to a Ringier communiqué Wednesday. The program will be advertised internally at Ringier at the beginning of May 2015. All employees are eligible to apply, not just members of management. (SDA)
