Societe Generale Assurances is at the heart of the Societe Generale Group's development strategy, in synergy with all the retail banking, private banking and financial services businesses, in France and abroad. Societe Generale Assurances is also pursuing the opening up of its distribution model through the development of partnership agreements with players outside the Group.Relying on the expertise of its 3,000 employees, Societe Generale Assurances generates revenues of €11.4 billion in 2020, manages €126 billion in outstanding and 23 million policies.
In addition to creating diversity within the teams, Société Générale Assurances used Random Coffee to facilitate communication and interaction between employees from different divisions: employees from different divisions met for the first time during a Random Coffee, and they no longer hesitate to contact each other regarding work matters.
It also helps to improve knowledge of the various business lines since employees discuss their respective activities over Random Coffee.
As a result of telecommuting, communication was more tightened since we only spoke to people we worked with directly. Having Random Coffee was like a breath of fresh air. We got to see colleagues again and exchange information (virtually) in an informal setting.
Société Générale Assurances' innovation community was the first to adopt the solution.
Since the solution has gained popularity with the innovation community, many other employees have joined too.
With this tool, employees can meet and interact with each other informally within their departments. This is a key component of our cultural transformation
“For months and months, we worked in a separate open space. Despite passing each other sometimes in the corridors, we never spoke. What a crazy thing to say! We met thanks to Random Coffee!”