Olivia Centre is a partner of the Gdańsk Community Foundation and the Oliwa Town Hall of Culture

Recently, we proudly informed about our partnership with LinkedIn Local Tricity, and today, with equally great joy and enthusiasm, we can say about another, extremely important partnership between Olivia and the Gdańsk Community Foundation.

 

– Our cooperation has been going on for many years, for example at the Viva Oliwa district festival or the Oliwa Neighbourhood Budget – says Bogusław Wieczorek, attorney-at-law at Olivia’s Management Board for PR. – But the agreement signed today takes us to a new level and officially Olivia Centre becomes a Partner of the Gdańsk Community Foundation, which runs the Oliwa Town Hall of Culture.

 

The agreement opens up even more opportunities for Olivia Residents to commune with culture and art. There are plans for joint new events and easier access for the centre’s tenants to the offer of the Oliwa Town Hall of Culture.

 

– We want to promote and support local initiatives even more actively, which is why some of the events of the Town Hall will soon be hosted in Olivia Centre – says Bogusław Wieczorek.We also hope that the residents of Oliwa and the regulars of the Oliwa Town Hall of Culture, who are always welcome in our spaces, will be even more frequent guests of Olivia Centre, which is not only a place of work, but also a place of meetings, inspiration and relaxation, e.g. in Olivia Garden or on the top floors of Olivia Star.

 

We are looking forward to new joint projects and invite you to follow the upcoming events.

 

 

The first LinkedIn Tri-City meeting is behind us! What a power it was!

I don’t think we had time to boast that this year Olivia Centre is the main partner of LinkedinLocal Tricity. And here we are after the first meeting in the new partnership formula. On the 34th floor of Olivia Star, with a view of the entire Tri-City metropolis, a crowd gathered and in our opinion it was phenomenal.

 

From the very beginning, Olivia has been a business hub that is supposed to connect experts from various industries. LinkedIn Local plays exactly the same role. It’s the most natural collaboration you can imagine. And if you add a substantive program to it, there is nothing else to do but wait for the next edition.

 

Fantastic lectures have been given by Izabela Turczyńska-Buszan, a legal advisor who has been translating legal language into human language for entrepreneurs for 15 years, a Tedx speaker, a lecturer, and Agnieszka Wnuk, who deals with B2B marketing and cooperates with entrepreneurs on a daily basis in the field of consulting planning marketing and sales activities.

 

The networking sessions were led by Karolina Rymarczyk from O4 Coworking.

 

First opinions:

 

“A phenomenal event, the bar jumped again, memories and impressions unforgettable. I will be happy to read the report. Thank you for an interesting conversation, great speeches and I am impatiently counting down the time until the next meeting.”
(Mrs. Julia).

 

“It was a great event done at the highest level!”
(Mrs. Ilona).

 

“Last night? Absolutely unique! I spent it, like many of you, on LinkedinLocal Tricity – an event that always combines content with a fantastic atmosphere. Meetings with you are always great energy, inspiring conversations and a specific dose of knowledge. It’s wonderful to see how our Tri-City community is growing stronger!”
(Ms. Aleksandra)

 

LinkedIn Local is a grassroots initiative that aims to bring virtual connections from the LinkedIn platform to the real world. During the events, you will listen to many interesting lectures, but above all, it will be a time to meet new people and build relationships.

 

There are already rumors that the next meeting will take place in April, so… See you!

 

Fig. Maciek Zieliński

Share the warmth! Together for pets.

For the seventh time, Energa Obrót is organising the “Share the Heat” campaign. Of course, we are involved in it and we invite you to help. It has been known for a long time that only together we can do more! Pets – cats and dogs – need very specific help. Please read what we collect for the children under our care Pomeranian Foundation Brothers Minor and Foundation for Puppies Judyta, Tri-City Branch. We received letters from those organizations that indicated the greatest of the largest needs.

 

TIME AND PLACE OF THE MEETING:

Olivia Prime B | February 17 – March 2

 

 

WHAT DO WE COLLECT FOR DOGS?

 

KARMA:

  • Brit Monoprotein wet food with rabbit
  • Mleko dla szczeniąt Royal Canin Babydog Milk
  • Baltica Adult Senior dry food
  • Beef rumen
  • Beef ears
  • Pork ears
  • Lungs

 

CLEANING PRODUCTS:

  • Floor cleaners
  • Washing powders
  • Fabric softeners
  • Dishwasher tablets
  • Latex gloves in various sizes
  • Paper towels
  • Cloths/scourers
  • Cloths/cloths

 

WHAT DO WE COLLECT FOR KITTENS?

 

KARMA:

  • high-meat wet food (e.g. Gourmet Gold, Smilla, Dolina Noteci, Bozita, Winston Bio, Rafi czarna, Coshida Pure Taste, Maxi Natural, Brit)

 

BLANKETS, TOWELS, ACCESSORIES:

  • Blankets
  • Duvet covers
  • Towels
  • Messages
  • Kitten accessories
  • Litter: any type
  • Toys for cats
  • Scratching posts

 

CLEANING PRODUCTS

  • Dish soaps
  • Disinfectants
  • Paper towels
  • Dishwasher tablets

 

 

POMERANIAN FOUNDATION FRIARS MINOR

 

Animals have been with us since the dawn of time. By domesticating the animal, man has thus assumed responsibility for its fate. The goal of the Pomeranian Brothers Minor Foundation is to completely eliminate animal homelessness through educational activities, legislative changes and support for people working for animals. We spread the idea of respecting the right to a dignified life of animals alongside man.

 

– Since 2017, we have been fighting against animal homelessness, mainly cats, in the Tri-City and the surrounding area. We catch animals for castration to reduce the percentage of homelessness. We treat, socialize, love and look for new homes for our charges. Often, cats after traffic accidents, chronically ill or extremely exhausted end up under our wings. About 180 cats are waiting for a better life in our cat houses.” – says Ania from the Foundation. The Pomeranian Foundation of Friars Minor runs two shelters where it socializes and prepares homeless cats for adoption.

 

We are the voice of those who do not have a voice – so join us – we are waiting for your support.

 

Brothers Minor Foundation on FB
Brothers Minor Foundation on Instagram

 

FOUNDATION FOR PUPPIES JUDYTA BRANCH TRI-CITY

 

It is a place that has become a response to the needs of “invisible” dogs – that is, those who find it difficult to find homes. The Tri-City branch takes care of senior dogs, anxiety dogs, those who have been through a lot, as well as adolescents who need to be taught how to be a dog in the human world. Of course, puppies too, because the judite style must also be marked by the sea.

 

– We accept them not to make them stay with us, but to change their lives. Our strength lies in temporary homes, where these pets learn what love, a couch, a leash, and normal everyday life are say the girls from the Foundation, Marta and Kinga. This is possible because part of our team has a behavioral education. Thanks to our work and the work of invaluable volunteers, we bring back wonderful, tailed friends to the world, who go to their own tailor-made families.”

 

In addition to rescuing puppies and dogs that are sick and disabled, the Judyta Foundation helps dogs who are most difficult to help.

 

And this is happening right here – in the Tri-City Branch. So, Dear Friends, let’s help change the world!

 

Judyta Trójmiasto Foundation on FB
Judyta Tricity Foundation on Instagram

Olivia Pulse – another investment of Olivia Home

Olivia Pulse – another investment carried out by the Olivia Home development company – offers turnkey apartments located at Olivia Centre. Poland’s largest business centre with its first residential premises will become a full mix-use project.

 

Olivia Pulse is a premium class apartment building with 245 apartments being prepared, designed for diverse groups of future residents. The facility is being built in the Gdańsk business hub, where several thousand people work on a daily basis, so the offer of long-term lease is largely addressed to employees of companies located in Olivia or visiting managers, supervising the work of teams of residents, as well as students of nearby universities and their academic staff. The premises will be available to managers delegated to branches for shorter contracts or implementing projects in the O4 Coworking space, as well as guests of conference spaces and participants of events in Olivia Star.

 

Olivia Pulse is being built not only near Olivia Centre, but also Alchemia and the university campus, a place where the most prestigious global brands have their offices, in a location distinguished by the resilience of business, the energy of young people working in the most dynamically developing enterprises, including those operating in coworking space, which is very popular.

 

The investment will be characterized by two zones: a four-storey part located directly at Grunwaldzka Avenue and a 13-storey tower rising above the podium, located in the background. Both parts will differ in their aesthetics. Part of the podium was designed based on inspirations from the architecture of Oliwa, and its external ceramic façade refers in its style to the expressionism of the brick Forest Sanatorium, located in the Naval Hospital complex in Oliwa. The upper part will be finished with a bright, noble material, allowing you to give the object lightness and freshness of style.

 

The areas of the premises range from 25 to 63 m.kw, and those on the ground floors have gardens with an area of 12 to 38 m.kw. On the fourth floor of the podium, there will be a public terrace, and most of the premises will have private loggias, balconies or terraces at their disposal. Each apartment is equipped with air conditioning, high-quality interiors (in 3 styles to choose from). On the ground floor of the building, there will be a space for meetings and joint work, as well as a service premises where services will be provided to the residents of Pulse, employees of Olivia Centre and residents of Oliwa. The investor is preparing the facility for BREEAM certification, which confirms the high quality of workmanship, the class of materials used and the construction process. The certification confirms the application of the highest standards of sustainable development and environmental protection in the facility and allows you to optimize running costs and fees.

 

Our offer is addressed to investors from Poland and abroad, whose intention is to supplement their investment portfolio with one of the best, strategic locations in Poland. Excellent location in the immediate vicinity of the largest multifunctional business centre in Poland hosting global brands, over 200 companies, the vicinity of an academic campus with the planned development of a rich sports infrastructure, excellent communication in the form of bus, tram, city and long-distance trains, and above all, synergy with Olivia Centre by providing all basic services located on site. The immediate vicinity is also a conference and restaurant center in Olivia Star, hosting 300,000 people a year, very often declaring their willingness to use the accommodation base. These advantages make the location unique not only for people looking for a reliable and maintenance-free product, but also for tenants as a place for long-term residence – says Ewa Nowicka, sales director and member of the management board of Olivia Home. We offer a premium product in the segment of investment apartments, a facility with access to a wide range of accompanying services, such as school, kindergarten, medical care, fitness center and many others, allowing not only to take full advantage of the comfort of living in the city center, but also of Olivia’s unique infrastructure. The residents of Olivia Pulse will have at their disposal, m.in. Olivia Garden, an observation deck with a panorama of the entire Tri-City, 12 restaurants and cafes, including the aforementioned restaurants awarded by the prestigious Michelin gastronomic guide, and parking facilities for over 2000 spaces.

 

Importantly, each apartment is offered for sale with full finishing and equipment. Buyers currently have three styles at their disposal: harmony, vital and life. Their design is the result of the work of architects of the award-winning architectural studio Design Anatomy in cooperation with the Olivia Home team. The studio’s portfolio includes over 200 thousand projects. m.kw. of offices, a viewing floor on the 32nd floor of Olivia Star, a conference space on the 34th floor, as well as numerous architectural and interior design projects located throughout the Tri-City. The price of the premises therefore includes not only the finishing of floors and bathrooms, but also their full furnishing with furniture, lamps and accessories in the rooms, as well as kitchen and bathroom furniture based on the design of recognized architects.

The premises are offered together with lease management agreements, run by a company from the Olivia Centre group, which will deal with their promotion, rental, administration and ongoing servicing, and its team will consist of experienced property management managers from the Tri-City market, Olivia Centre group and Olivia Home, which currently manages the PRS building in Gdańsk Zaspa developed with one of the world’s largest companies in the construction industry, Kajima Properties.

By offering turnkey apartments in the premium segment, we want to provide investors with the highest possible level of comfort, taking on the burdensome finishing works of all premises. Based on many years of experience of our staff in the field of commercial facility management, but also PRS, including our own Facility Management service and security department, we are able to provide the highest level of professional operator care. Our intention is to provide a maintenance-free product, hence all obligations related to the current lease, administration, maintenance and renovation and replacement works of the premises remain our responsibility. What is extremely important, we provide constant and direct access to a wide and diverse group of tenants, including, above all, business and conference tenants – says Ewa Nowicka.

 

The construction of Olivia Pulse has already begun, and the planned date of acceptance of the premises is the 3rd quarter of 2026. The new investment will ensure the comfort of living in a 5-minute city, where all the necessary functions will be available to residents in just 5 minutes. Living in the building at Olivia Centre, due to its central, strategic location, offers easy access to many attractions of the Tri-City, also thanks to easy public transport connections, including tram and bus stops, Fast Urban Railway and Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway. It is also close to the platforms of express, regional and Pendolino trains in Gdańsk Oliwa. A short distance away is also the Tri-City Landscape Park, loved by lovers of recreational and competitive sports, and Olivia Beach is only 2.5 km away in a straight line. No less important is the proximity of the University of Gdańsk campus, where 25,000 students are students. People. This represents an excellent location potential for investors who buy an apartment with a view to a future place to live for their children while studying, but also for those who are thinking about buying a long-term rental for students of a nearby university.

 

The direction of the project’s development is to create a place not only for work and quality leisure – emphasizes Bogusław Wieczorek, the representative of the management board of Olivia Centre. The construction of Olivia Pulse for our project means a completely new level of service that we provide to our residents and the closure of the buckle that signifies the fully multifunctional nature of Olivia. We want to be part of the city, a place to live, work, entertain and spend quality time in comfortable, perfectly designed and well-thought-out spaces. The idea of a 5-minute city where all services are available in one place is the next step we are taking, still thinking about bringing high value to the city and its residents. I am convinced that with this project we will once again prove that Olivia is an important part of the development plans of the city and the region, introducing a new quality to the services and quality of life of our agglomeration.

 

Start! Submit a project, a team, a person to the Olivia Prize competition!

Olivia Prize is a competition with traditions! For the fifth time, we will award companies, teams and individuals whose interesting ideas change the world. The near one and the one far. It has been known for a long time that Olivia employs creative people, full of passion, innovative ideas and a big heart, so important in social and charity campaigns. The Olivia Prize competition was created to appreciate and emphasize the outstanding activity of Residents who are involved in various fields. Seeing how much you are doing, we have changed our competition categories a bit. So now think back to 2024 and remember how much you have done. And, of course, submit your projects, your people, your companies to the competition! The form is simple!

 

This year, we will award prizes in three categories:

  • Olivia Impact – for economic or business undertakings carried out by the Resident’s company or entities from its group.
  • Olivia Harmony – for social or ecological projects carried out by the Resident’s company or entities from its group. This category is under the honorary patronage of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).
  • Olivia Everyday Hero – for an individual, employee or associate of a Resident, for social or ecological involvement.

 

There will also be two special prizes:

  • Olivia Connect – for business environment institutions influencing the Resident or entities from his group.
  • Olivia Hero of the Future – for a young scientist associated with a Tri-City university, who can demonstrate success in the field of R+D or commercialization of research results. This category was under the patronage of the Fahrenheit Union of Universities.

 

The Olivia Prize 2024 jury will consist of:

  • Moksa Marta (O4 Coworking),
  • Sylwia Mrozowska (Univentum Labs),
  • Jolanta Szydłowska (GFKM),
  • Grzegorz Borowski (Infoshare),
  • Paweł Jemioł (Nordea),
  • Mateusz Kusznierewicz,
  • Remigiusz Wojciechowski (Bayer).

 

The contest is exactly for you! Do you have doubts?
Check out the results of previous editions: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.

 

 

You have until March 16 to apply. Click and apply for the competition!
The official announcement of the results will take place on March 27 during a ceremonial gala.

 

The award ceremony will take place on March 27 on the 34th floor of Olivia Star. The gala program includes a lecture by Dr. Jacek Sokołowski, author of the book “Transnation” – a broad analysis of the evolution of the political system in Poland, with particular emphasis on the formation of a new middle class.

 

Jacek Sokołowski, PhD

Born in 1975, he graduated from the Jagiellonian University in 2000; in 2005 he defended his doctoral dissertation at the University of Heidelberg, and since then he has been combining legal practice with academic work. Interests: economic analysis of law in the context of collective decisions in private and public law, law-making in empirical terms, behavior of parliamentary groups, judiciary as an element of the political system. Author of, among others: Selected aspects of the functioning of the Sejm in the years 1997-2007 and co-creator of the ISQAL database system for quantitative analysis of parliamentary votes.

Since 2013. Head of the Centre for Quantitative Policy Research at the Jagiellonian University

 

 

Competition form

 

Olivia on the trail. Hit the road.

This year we are initiating a new series entitled “Olivia on the trail”. Maybe we will be able to reveal to you places you don’t know yet? In any case, we will show them, suggest what is worth seeing and, hopefully, encourage you to get to know them.

 

First of all, we will use the suggestions of hiking routes that you will find in our album “Oliwa off the trail” (did you know that we developed and published such an album together with Tomasz Strug, a councillor of the Oliwa district?). This is a unique publication, Oliwa seen through the eyes of its lover and long-time resident, Tomasz. An amazing, extremely interesting guide to unknown places and stories not fully told was created. The album can be found in the lobbies of all our buildings, so we invite you to take a look at its pages.

 

Tomek Strug’s texts are illustrated with beautiful photos. Here are their authors: Iwo Ledwożyw, Dawid Linkowski, Aleksandra Majewska, Tomek Strug, Sebastian Wilczewski and Krzysztof Bednarski, Daria Boba, Zbigniew Czajka, Izabela Dembkowska, Krzysztof Hewelt, Iwona Karpińska, Agnieszka Suchodolska-Wamka and Beata Zarach from the Oliwia Photography Club.

 

As part of good neighbourly cooperation, the project of the map of Oliwa was made available to us by the City Initiative Association. Its author is Adam Świerżewski.

 

And as an encouragement, a few words from the introduction (by way of introduction):)

“Oliwa is a unique district, a kind of time machine. From ultra-modern or almost futuristic places, in a few moments we can move to the past and taste the best that past generations have left behind. Of course, the first associations with Oliwa are the most important icons for centuries: the “Pomeranian Wawel”, i.e. the Oliwa Cathedral, the Abbots’ Palace and the legendary Oliwa Park. Further connotations are the ubiquitous greenery and magnificent buildings, created over the last three centuries. Unlike the destroyed Main and Old Town in Gdańsk, Oliwa gives a sense of authenticity. It is also determined by lesser-known buildings, quiet streets and a huge number of details and signs connecting us with the past. I invite you to discover the “unusual” Oliwa, located off the tourist trail.”

 

 

 

In the first episode of our series “Olivia on the trail” we invite you to visit the Water Forge in the Valley of Gravity (route in the album: “Forest and Water”)

 

The Water Forge is a still functioning souvenir of the golden times of industrialization of Oliwa based on the waters of the Oliwa Stream. The forge, called the “hammer house” because of the two large hammers working in it, was mentioned for the first time in written sources in 1597. It was built in a deep depression, below the dam damming the waters of the merging Oliwa and Prochowy streams. It worked continuously until 1948.

 

The wooden building consists of two parts. They were erected on both sides of the Oliwa Stream and the roofed pier. Inside there are three antique water wheels. Two with a diameter of 4 meters drive quarter-ton hammers, the third wheel with a diameter of 3.1 meters drives eccentric shears – a guillotine. The hammers can reach speeds of up to 250 strokes per minute. In the mid-nineteenth century, the forge processed over 186 tons of iron per year. One blacksmith was able to forge about 1000 studs (nails of the time) during the day.

 

The forge has been a branch of the Museum of Gdańsk for several years. Occasional steel forging demonstrations are organized there. However, it has happened in the last two decades that larger orders were carried out here, thanks to which the hammer mill worked as it did centuries ago. The fence of the nearby Schwabe Manor, known as the “Dwór Oliwski” hotel, was built in this forge.

 

Since the Middle Ages, as many as 24 plants commonly known as mills have operated on the Oliwa Stream. These were: forges, grain mills, sawmills, powder magazines, fulling mills where cloth was made, breweries or even mills for grinding bones or wood bark.

 

Fig. Beata Zarach, Olivia Photography Club

 

See you on the road!

 

Can a difficult year be good? Olivia sums up the 12 months of 2024

Olivia Centre, the largest business centre in Poland, benefits from market changes. It develops its offer, adapts to the dynamically changing reality and prepares new projects that allow it to open up to new markets and constantly increase its attractiveness.

 

The continuing model of remote and hybrid work causes companies to optimize their space. This leads to a difficult situation in facilities of a lower standard, from where tenants move to attractive areas vacated by the largest corporations. For them, this means an opportunity to move to representative facilities and expand business opportunities in a new environment.

 

In large and modern business centers, this allows for the creation of a larger mix of industries, and thus greater independence from temporary turbulence in individual sectors of the economy, stability and predictability of business. It also allows for the creation of more diverse business hubs, and therefore a better functioning business ecosystem for tenants. The suspension of construction of new office buildings creates a lot of opportunities for existing office centers and causes developing tenants to look for space in existing facilities. This is conducive to the commercialization of high-class building surfaces, the competitiveness of which has been growing in the eyes of smaller enterprises in recent years.

 

The above theses are confirmed by numbers.

  • Olivia Centre closed 2024 with commercialization agreements for nearly 35 thousand spaces. m.kw.
  • The agreements covered 9 new residents, including Navblue from the Airbus group, Adampol, Adar, Aker, Archer, Dac.Digital and Masterlease.
  • 4 large existing residents have also extended their existing contracts: EPAM, Capgemini, Lyreco and Arrow.
  • Olivia has also expanded its offer of services with new catering (Zachcianki) and entertainment establishments: the PIXEL XL play and integration center, loved by families and young people, which has moved into a vast premises in Olivia Prime.
  • The new agreement also covered the branch of one of the most popular banks in Poland, but this agreement remains under a confidentiality clause at this stage.

 

Olivia has also started a real green revolution in its area: the patio areas are gradually undergoing a metamorphosis, as part of which the pavements are being turned into pocket gardens, green areas and places of meeting and relaxation for Olivia’s resident employees. In the spring, a real attraction is also being prepared for them: two outdoor beach volleyball courts, which will be the next edition of the project of sports clubs and employee integration through sport.

 

– Year by year, Olivia is growing – it is becoming more and more friendly, open and attractive to everyone: from resident employees, through residents of the Tri-City, to tourists – says Maciej Kotarski, director of Olivia Centre. – Recent years have also allowed us to increase our flexibility and tenant mix, which has taught us a lot and also shown us new business paths. Once again, it turns out that flexibility is the key, and even difficult business conditions can be market opportunities that our team has learned to take advantage of.

 

O4 Coworking operating in Olivia can boast of great successes. In three of the four buildings in which it offers offices, it has 100% leased space. In 2024, as many as 35 companies joined O4, expanding the O4 community by another 180 people. In this way, coworking maintains its dominant position on the Tri-City market and continues to develop its business.

 

As Marta Moksa, director of O4, emphasizes, integration, support for internal processes and response to the needs of O4 residents are also priorities for the coming years: “Our experience in working with our tenants has taught us to respond perfectly to their changing needs. We focus on the offer that allows them to develop dynamically, we relieve them of the need for active and often difficult recruitment, as well as integrate and develop competences. This trend allows us to attract more and more companies that feel measurable benefits from choosing O4. On top of that, there is the opportunity to collaborate with creative and dynamic start-ups, and something that, in these times of remote work, is hard to overestimate: we have an active, ever-present community that attracts people to work in the office. Working at O4, employees are always assured to come into a bustling office, be part of a vibrant community, and feel like the good old days when offices were bustling every day.

 

O4 focuses on the organization of a number of events that make the event calendar of coworking filled to the brim with meetings, trainings and integrations, as well as special projects. O4 closed 2024 with 15 networking meetings, a large LeadWell conference, aimed at resident management and external guests, attended by 120 people. Recruitment support was provided to 20 companies, for which speed recruitment dates were organized in cooperation with local universities. Speed dating at O4 is not only a chance for employees and employers to get to know each other during intensive personal meetings, but also training and workshops preparing young people to enter the labour market. In 2024, 100 students and almost the same number of students from schools in the Pomeranian Voivodeship took part in them.

 

Olivia expands its offer and improves the quality of space every year, thanks to which it welcomes new residents every year – says Bogusław Wieczorek, representative of the management board of Olivia Centre. The success of our projects in recent years shows that this is the right direction and will continue in the coming years. We want to develop our offer for residents, be part of a dynamically developing, open city and increase the attractiveness of Gdańsk for investors and employees.

LeadWell Meetup “Leadership without bullshit” on January 30!

Several hours filled with workshops, discussions, lectures and networking. The LeadWell 2024 conference organized by O4 Coworking attracted a hundred managers and team leaders who wanted to expand their competences in the area of management and leadership. The event was aimed not only at providing practical knowledge, but also at creating a space for the exchange of experiences, mutual inspiration and the development of skills necessary for effective team management in a dynamically changing world.

 

LeadWell’s great strength was the workshops conducted by practitioners. Among the twelve proposals, there was a space to talk about building a team based on shared values, time for training in providing effective feedback, for advice on building your own brand on LinkedIn or taking care of your well-being.

 

In addition to the substantive sessions, the conference also offered a number of opportunities to establish new contacts. The final networking meeting in Olivia Garden fostered a relaxed atmosphere. Such decompression after a day full of inspiration was an ideal opportunity to exchange impressions, establish relationships and informal conversations.

 

“When I read Leadwell’s agenda, I grabbed my head. Three rooms, and in each of them not one, nor two, nor three, but four (after all, O4!) workshop sessions, plus two lectures and two discussions, networking and afterparty. It is probably impossible that it will work. And yet! Diversity, relaxed atmosphere and many, many smiling people, drawing value by the handfuls are the best proof of this.” – Natalia Florek from Personal Branding sums up the conference.

 

Welcome to LeadWell Meetup

 

The LeadWell conference will return in the fall of 2025. In the meantime, we invite you to open a NEW LEADWELL CHAPTER with Olivia and O4 Coworking.We invite you to free LEADWELL MEETUP events! If you want to be a better leader and be effective on a daily basis, join! The January unique meeting is addressed to team leaders, managers and people responsible for team building.

 

Why?

  • You will gain practical knowledge directly from leaders.
  • You will learn new tools and ways of management.
  • You will take part in debates and workshop sessions.
  • You will meet representatives of many companies and different industries.
  • You will exchange experiences in a community of managers facing similar challenges as you.
  • In the worst case, you will learn something interesting and meet great people.
  • At best – you will become part of a great community and join the process of building leadership competences.

 

What’s on the agenda of the meeting?

  • 3 lessons from LeadWell: key takeaways from Marta Moxa from O4 Coworking that every leader should know and a few words about the LeadWell Academy.
  • Debate “Do leaders suck?”: a conversation about authentic leadership, focused on responsibility, communication, self-awareness and relationships. The challenges of a modern leader will be discussed without unnecessary sugarcoating by Ewa Sowińska, ESO Audit Partner, ESG Mentor; Ewa Szabuniewicz, Human Capital Expert; Bartłomiej Brach, Founder Brighlight and Paweł Korycki, Vice President of SprzedajFirmę.com
  • BYOP Workshop – Bring Your Own Problem: talk, integrate and develop your network in the form of thematic and networking tables.

 

By attending the event, you also have a chance to win a seat at the LeadWell Academy and Conference.

 

Check the agenda of the meeting

Join the event

 

 

Bayer’s office in Olivia, designed by Design Anatomy, among the most interesting office projects in Poland in 2024

The Bayer Group’s office in Olivia Centre in Gdańsk has been recognized by the editors of Property Design as one of the most interesting and modern in Poland.

 

The design by Design Anatomy combines a modern approach to workspace with local heritage. Not only does it functionally support the work of teams, but it also tells the story of Oliwa – one of the most beautiful districts of Gdańsk. The colors of the office refer to the greenery of the Tri-City Landscape Park, surrounding the Olivia office center, and to the reddish red brick tiles of Oliwa tenement houses. What is more, the entire project was created in the spirit of less waste, perfectly fitting into the new strategy of friendly workplaces (Bayer Next Normal Office Concept), which Bayer is implementing globally.

 

Office in the Spirit of Less Waste

The implementation of the project in the spirit of less waste allowed not only to optimize the costs of office modernization, but also to minimize the negative impact of the entire rearrangement process on the environment. What distinguishes this type of project? Maximum focus on reducing resource waste, the use of modular structural elements, precise space planning, multifunctionality of rooms or optimal use of existing infrastructure, e.g. partition walls, ceilings, ventilation systems.

 

Flexible and Welcoming Spaces

In the Bayer office, the open space has been divided into smaller, intimate zones, which is conducive to effective communication and cooperation. Private offices have given way to flexible, public rooms that allow you to meet a variety of needs – from intense work to moments of relaxation. The following were designed, m.in:ilent rooms – for focused work in silence,elax rooms – places of regeneration, and even snooze rooms – where you can, just like that, take a nap.

 

Comfort and Functionality

Design Anatomy has introduced numerous amenities to improve the comfort of work, m.in. wall panels and openwork partitions separating individual zones or carpets with high acoustic parameters. The restaurant has become more flexible and user-friendly. Greenery was also taken care of; Numerous plants appeared in the office – in pots and even… phone booths.

 

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Fig. Tom Kurek
Fig. Tom Kurek

 

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Together at Christmas. Get to know me…

 

Let me tell you my story…

 

I am the Olivia Centre and Friends Christmas card. Yes, I admit, I am one of a kind. The idea of me was already born in the autumn. Not too early, not too late. Just in time for me to be created with care, tenderness, concern for those who will receive me and for those who have influenced my form…

 

As you know, Christmas is not about me, and certainly not about presents, although the children would probably disagree with me. It is about being together, thinking of others, those closest to us and those a little further away, and caring for the stray wanderer who might knock on our door on Christmas Eve. After all, we don’t leave an additional tableware for nothing…

 

And Christmas begins with the Christmas tree…

 

At Olivia, as in many homes, Christmas began with a Christmas tree. Mine was adorned with extraordinary trees, as they were decorated by the Friends of our centre. All the decorations were created thanks to the talent and work (oh yes, they were patiently and with great care cut out, painted, carved, glued, drawn and even burned) of the Charges of the: Sprawni Inaczej Foundation; Association for People with Parkinson’s Disease and Degenerative Brain Diseases and ParkOn Carers; ZeroBAN Social Cooperative.

 

When the Christmas balls, birds, angels, Santas, bows and ribbons were ready, everyone sat down at the big table in Olivia to decorate the symbolic Christmas spruce trees. Then, a talented elf transferred them into a graphics programme so that they could surround the Christmas manger… So, I can boldly say that my Christmas trees are dressed like no other. In closeness. Together. Exactly as Christmas should be…

 

I hope that when you receive me, whether in the traditional or e-version, I will be able to amaze and touch you, reminding everyone that the most beautiful Christmas is coming, that special time when we feel most strongly that, after all, being together is the most precious thing…

 

 

I remain for you as I am, carrying the good news
and wishes for a wonderful Christmas full of love and joy.

~ Your Christmas Card from Olivia and Friends

 

Together at Christmas…

On Christmas Eve in our homes, we gather with our loved ones around the Christmas tree, waiting for the first star… And at Olivia it is not any different. First, we made Christmas tree ornaments, then we decorated Olivia’s Christmas tree together. It was the centrepiece of the Christmas Charity Variety Fair and the Olivia Choir Concert with the most beautiful Christmas carols… We came together sharing joy, hope and the belief that the coming Christmas will bring only the best. Read more… 

Thus, during this Christmas time, but also every day after, let us be kind to each other, care for each other, think of each other with tenderness, careness and attentiveness. We invite you, meet our Friends and be willing to share the goodness…

 

Meet our Friends

 

Sprawni Inaczej Foundation

It is an open and socially committed team dedicated to people with disabilities and their environment. The Foundation’s aim is to maximise the independence of its charges and to support their families. Through rehabilitation and therapy, we discover and develop the capacities of our charges enabling them to work purposefully and usefully. Our actions are driven by respect, solidarity and responsibility”.

 

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Association for People with Parkinson’s Disease and Degenerative Brain Diseases and ParkOn Carers

The association provides activities for people with degenerative brain diseases and their carers. ParkOn’s areas of activity include health protection and promotion, social care and support, increasing access to treatment, and activating patients and their carers to include them in society. “We are convinced that a holistic approach to rehabilitation is the most appropriate course of action.” – say representatives of the Association.

 

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ZeroBAN Social Cooperative

The Zeroban Social Cooperative is a social enterprise that combines activities for the professional and social integration of people at risk of exclusion with practical activities and education for the environment and sustainable development. “We are a social economy entity, meaning that we run a type of business that focuses on helping people and communities rather than just making money. The aim of social economy companies and organisations is primarily to create the common good – helping disadvantaged people, caring for the environment, supporting local communities.”

 

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Merry Christmas!