{"id":17529,"date":"2017-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbs.unibo.it\/my-story-our-story-francesco-pisano-2\/"},"modified":"2020-02-28T14:23:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T14:23:29","slug":"my-story-our-story-francesco-pisano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bbs.unibo.it\/en\/my-story-our-story-francesco-pisano\/","title":{"rendered":"My Story Our Story: Francesco Pisano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBS Alumni talk about themselves: what was before, what came after and the memories of the student\u2019s life, to offer a personal story and a narration of one\u2019s own professional experience. For a history of our Community.\u00a0The protagonist of this episode is <strong>Francesco Pisano<\/strong>, CEO of Worgas Group.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Ouverture: first love, engineering<\/h2>\n<p>In Calabria in the &#8217;80s a well-defined family imprinting brings three brothers and one sister to study engineering. Thus begins the story of Francesco Pisano, who, in less than thirty years, moved from being a student in the homeland of southern Italy to the position of <strong>CEO for Worgas Group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At age 25 I started working in my region. At that time it was easy to find a job, it was not a merit but a normal condition. I have learned to write a CV as an adult, while young people today are forced to learn it first and then to work,&#8221; he says, recalling the years of his beginnings in truck design.<\/p>\n<p>Francesco Pisano is a concrete person who has never overlooked the playful aspects of life. &#8220;As a person I call myself smiling, I can do nothing if I do not enjoy it. I am deeply convinced that the playful aspect of work, in the things we like to do, gives a different taste to you and to those around you. &#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>The story so far: from technician to manager<\/h2>\n<p>When the calls from the &#8216;north&#8217; began to arrive in a great number, Francesco was a well-established and satisfied young professional. Those short trips, however, had shown him a different world, both in\u00a0habits\u00a0and technologies, so interesting that he decided to stay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;About 22 years ago I started to work as a consultant for <strong>IMA<\/strong>, <strong>TetraPak<\/strong>, <strong>Arcotronics<\/strong> and other local companies. Then came the call from Caterpillar. The first thing they said to me was: you can no longer work as a consultant. It was like having to choose between the life of an impenitent bachelor and the solid bond with the right person. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He chose the company, and the company believed and invested in him. He started to travel the world and grow professionally. &#8220;They gave me the opportunity to study in America and, if that would not be enough, to choose another path in Italy. And I chose Bologna Business School. &#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Why (and how) Bologna Business School<\/h2>\n<p>Francesco felt the need to strengthen his managerial skills. &#8220;I lived in Bologna. At the time Bologna Business School was still Alma Graduate. I immediately liked their approach, <strong>serious and methodical<\/strong>. I met professors like Carlo Boschetti, who fascinated me. All the staff helped to make the experience a great period of my life, strengthened by the intensity of the study. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The study in the United States and in Italy were two very different experiences for Francesco. &#8220;I studied a lot in Bologna, even though I was used to, coming from engineering. I still remember the reverential respect we had for our MBA professors. They were real masters of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, Francesco chose the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a href=\"\/hp\/?p=1599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">MBA Part-time Weekend <\/span><\/a><\/span>to reconcile work, study and family. &#8220;Here I have acquired a <strong>fundamental network<\/strong>. BBS today has reached such a seniority that it can rely on a network that works.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Network does not mean having a friend to help you, but having someone helping you to give added value to what you believe in,&#8221; he specifies.<\/p>\n<h2>The Pursuit of Happiness<\/h2>\n<p>Many aspects of his career changed after the MBA. Starting from being a pure technician, Francesco began to deal with business issues at 360 degrees. &#8220;<strong>I finally realized how a company functions<\/strong>. I thought I knew it, but I was wrong. I found out what it meant to move the functional levers of a company. Bologna Business School taught me this. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Francesco&#8217;s life is a continuous movement towards the pursuit of happiness, towards the physical and mental state in which everything becomes possible with naturalness. &#8220;I need to find <strong>playful and clean people<\/strong>,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Cleanliness, integrity, are not ethical choices, but they have a long-term return. We need to teach our children that by making shortcuts you can\u2019t be successful in life. Playing according to the rules is a long-term investment, you take it with you for the rest of your life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>An advice to a student<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The advice I can give to those who want to tackle the MBA in the best of ways is the same I would give to live in the best of ways: <strong>to be persevering<\/strong>. No great genius is needed. 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