Place&, a Naver affiliate led by CEO Jaeheon Kim, held its 2026 Workshop with the entire company in attendance.
This year’s theme was “A better way of working, for a better me and a better us.” As the organization has grown quickly, the workshop gave everyone a chance to sit down together and understand one another. Team members renewed their commitment to the company’s 2026 goals and sketched out where Place& is headed next.
How we work together sets the pace of growth
As a Naver affiliate, Place& plays a leading role in expanding the Naver ecosystem into offline businesses. Both the business and the team have grown rapidly along the way.
With more people and a wider scope of collaboration, the company recognized that how well we work together matters just as much as individual skills. That idea shaped this year’s workshop.
Looking at the work between parts, teams, and the whole company
The main session focused on better ways to work and communicate. Team members looked beyond their own tasks to see how work flows between parts, teams, and the wider organization.
They heard directly about each other’s roles and challenges, and proposed their own ideas for improving collaboration. It was a chance to step back from a single role and see the company as a whole.
Leadership and team members, face to face
Next came an open conversation between leadership and team members. CEO Jaeheon Kim and the C-level executives listened to candid feedback on employee benefits and the working environment.
Leadership shared its plan to turn that feedback into real policies that raise both productivity and job satisfaction. They also made clear that culture at Place& should be built together with team members, not handed down from the top.
What we achieve together, we share together
Leadership also made a commitment on performance and rewards. If the company reaches its 2026 goals, the people who made it happen will be fairly rewarded for their efforts. Leadership presented a concrete reward plan on the spot.
The message was simple: set goals together, achieve them together, and share the results together.
“The faster a company grows, the more important it becomes to understand one another and move in the same direction,” said CEO Jaeheon Kim. “We will turn today’s conversations into real change, and what we achieve together, we will absolutely share together.” Kim added, “Place& will keep growing, and our people will always be at the center of that growth.”
Building on the ideas shared at the workshop, Place& will continue to improve how we work and our working environment. Regular sessions for leadership and team members to talk openly are also planned.