OUR HISTORY
A story built on sharing knowledge
VALUES
The first step in achieving all our goals is to define a value system centred on people, the engine and soul of Maps Group‘s growth. Sharing ethical and moral values enables us to:
- Create a positive climate of appreciation, trust and constructive sharing of ideas.
- Generate passion, a desire to improve and a sense of responsibility.
Our guides are men and women from the past who upheld these values and put them into practice in their professional lives.
Adriano Olivetti
Entrepreneur, industrialist, intellectual, publisher and politician. He based his work on trust in people and the centrality of cooperation.
Adriano Olivetti
Olivetti always stood out for the originality of his industrial project that sought to combine corporate profit with work ethics. He made his company a world leader in office products, establishing a model of work organisation that reconciles efficiency, mutual solidarity and collective loyalty.
Italo Calvino
Interpreter of the present, he critically analysed reality and provided insights to understand the future and deal with the new technological era.
Italo Calvino
A writer and intellectual of exemplary civil, cultural and political commitment, he was one of European literature's most original and innovative voices. Curious, humorous, and an imaginative rationalist, he showed an interest in science and technology that is unique in Italian culture.
Edgar Morin
Philosopher who has sought the deepest meaning of things. A helpful approach for dealing with the complexity of the context in which we operate.
Edgar Morin
Philosopher, sociologist, passionate scholar of modernity, Morin is one of the most influential and innovative voices on the world's cultural scene. It is not by chance that school and education systems throughout Europe have embraced his transversal and multidisciplinary approach to knowledge.
Tiziano Terzani
A tireless explorer of the human journey, he said that every journey is no more than a form of research and discovery of our inner space.
Tiziano Terzani
A journalist and writer, he began his career as a tireless traveller, first at Olivetti, then at the German weekly Der Spiegel. A passionate scholar of Asia and oriental civilisations, Terzani always tried to combine his interest in social dynamics with philosophical and religious research
Alan Turing
Pioneer of artificial intelligence. His research led him to invent a code to decipher encrypted messages, saving millions of lives.
Alan Turing
Considered one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, Turing gave a decisive impetus to the development of computer science by formalising the concept of a computable function through an abstract model of a calculating machine. He made decisive contributions as a cryptographer to interpreting encrypted messages.
Giorgio Ambrosoli
A rare example of courage and civic conscience, with his work as a lawyer, he helped to assert legality as a national value.
Giorgio Ambrosoli
A Milanese lawyer, he was assassinated by a hitman hired by the banker Michele Sindona, whose illegal activities he was investigating in his role as liquidator of the Banca Privata Italiana. Despite intense political pressure and threats, Ambrosoli, aware of the risks he was running, completed the investigation.
Loris Malaguzzi
Philosopher who sought the deepest meaning of things. A useful approach for dealing with the complexity of the context in which we operate.
Loris Malaguzzi
He pioneered new teaching methodologies and opened facilities in outlying and economically depressed areas. His teaching approach always emphasised the freedom of the child and the value of knowledge.
Ada Lovelace
A model of intellectual and technical emancipation, she gave her name to aprogramming language that provides high-security levels.
Ada Lovalace
The legitimate daughter of the famous poet Byron, she is considered the first programmer in history for her work with Charles Babbage on the analytical machine. Back when women were accorded a marginal and secondary role, she was a champion of emancipation and a pioneer of information technology.
