I’m lucky enough to work for a company that cares a great deal about its employees, certainly more than what is required by law (which, in France, is already considerable). To assess the well-being of employees and study factors contributing to stress and see what can be done about them, Amadeus launched a project. It includes two workgroups, one for staff and one for management; these groups will get together separately every few weeks for the next several months in order to brainstorm, discuss problems, suggest improvements, survey the employees, and present an action plan to Senior Management. I was asked to join the management group, and we had our first full day off-site meeting today. As you can see, waiting for dessert was not too stressful...