Manpower's First Year

Metanomics covered the first anniversary celebration of Manpower’s Second Life Headquarters. This event, organized by Dancing Ink Productions, featured a roundtable discussion with Manpower Inc. Chairman and CEO Jeff Joerres, Linden Lab Chairman and Founder Philip Rosedale, and others, including Second Life resident Gentle Heron, co-founder of the Heron Sanctuary, and Virtual Ability, Inc.


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Roundtable Topics

• Manpower's commitment to social responsibility and to the UN Global Compact.
• The evolution of a global workforce and of virtual work.
• Opportunities for Second Life residents, especially those who have real-life disabilities or who are focused across several cultures.

Links from the Show

Manpower, Inc.

Event organizer Dancing Ink Productions.

Report The Power of Collaboration.

Philip Rosedale and Linden Lab.

Manpower, Inc. and Global Social Responsibility.

Lynda M. Applegate, Professor, Harvard Business School.

Dominique Turcq, President, Boostzone Institute.

Gentle Heron's Virtual Ability, Inc.