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M. GhibrilEmployee-Centric IThttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9186-3_2

2. Employee Experience and Its Core Pillar: Employee-Centric IT

Mark Ghibril1  
(1)
Pamplona, Spain
 

The Human Library, or “Menneskebiblioteket” as it is called in Danish, was developed in Copenhagen in the spring of 2000. In this library, instead of borrowing a book to read a story, you borrow a person.

Started as a project at a festival by four social justice advocates and friends, this project has become a global phenomenon and now exists in over 70 countries.

The concept is simple: every event offers different titles, such as “Alcoholic,” “Autism,” “Naturism,” and others, and when you ...

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