{"id":18019,"date":"2026-10-24T19:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T17:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternego.com\/?page_id=18019"},"modified":"2026-10-24T20:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T18:48:18","slug":"work-life-boundaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alternego.com\/en\/our-talks\/work-life-boundaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Blurring Work-Life Boundaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.conf-detail{--navy:#202955;--family:#ffd42a;--hero-text:#111111;--ink:#0d0d0d;font-family:Univers,Arial,sans-serif;color:var(--ink);line-height:1.6}\n.conf-detail__hero{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1.15fr) minmax(260px,.85fr);gap:56px;align-items:center;background:var(--family)!important;color:var(--hero-text)!important;padding:clamp(70px,9vw,130px) max(24px,calc((100vw - 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decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/alternego.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/blurring-temps-de-vie.png\" alt=\"Visuel de la conf\u00e9rence Blurring : la s\u00e9paration des temps de vie est-elle possible ?\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 618px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 618\/838;\"><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"conf-detail conf-detail__body\">\n<div class=\"conf-detail__grid\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"conf-detail__pitch-label\">Psychosocial risks &amp; quality of work life \u00b7 Social innovation<\/p>\n<p>Employment law created a supposedly impermeable divide between the time and space of private life and professional life. This distinction has strongly shaped lifestyles, work organisation and even behaviours and identities, sometimes leading us to be different people at work and at home.<\/p>\n<p>However influential, that separation remains artificial. It struggles with changing practices, particularly new technologies, and widespread remote work has sometimes shattered it altogether. Today, people call for the right to disconnect and renewed respect for work-life boundaries. Is this really possible? What if the main problem is not separating times, spaces and identities, but constant demands and excessive mental load?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"conf-detail__side\">\n<strong>Speaker<\/strong>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alternego.com\/en\/collaborateur\/marie-donzel-innovation-sociale-inclusion\/\">Marie Donzel, associate director<\/a><\/p>\n<strong>Objective<\/strong>\n<p>Imagine new ways to connect the different parts of life.<\/p>\n<strong>Themes<\/strong>\n<p>Psychosocial risks \u00b7 Quality of work life \u00b7 Life balance \u00b7 Mental load<\/p>\n<div class=\"conf-detail__side-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/alternego.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/codex-clipboard-deb2ef42-afdf-4098-9601-f3c45d87e023.png\" alt=\"Utopies &amp; alternego - Business not as usual\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1002px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1002\/206;\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"conf-detail__program\">\n<article><h3 id=\"part-1-%c2%b7-a-recent-and-artificial-separation\">Part 1 \u00b7 A recent and artificial separation<\/h3><ul><li>The long history of undivided life<\/li><li>The invention of private life and professional behaviour<\/li><li>The challenges of reconciling different parts of life<\/li><\/ul><\/article>\n<article><h3 id=\"part-2-%c2%b7-blurred-boundaries-an-inevitable-trend\">Part 2 \u00b7 Blurred boundaries: an inevitable trend?<\/h3><ul><li>The remote-work revolution<\/li><li>Tools and practices<\/li><li>Calls to restore the boundary<\/li><\/ul><\/article>\n<article><h3 id=\"part-3-%c2%b7-live-and-work-well-without-splitting-yourself\">Part 3 \u00b7 Live and work well without splitting yourself<\/h3><ul><li>Be yourself across all parts of life<\/li><li>Reduce mental load<\/li><li>Challenge constant demands<\/li><\/ul><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"conf-detail conf-detail__cta\">\n<h2 id=\"a-talk-tailored-to-your-context\">A talk tailored to your context<\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s discuss your challenges and audience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alternego.com\/en\/contact\/\">Let\u2019s talk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Back to talks Blurring boundaries: can work and personal life be separated? 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