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I'm always amazed at the vehemence with which new trend "ities" are regularly pushed through the German corporate landscape. "New Work", "Work Out Loud", "Digitalisation" - everything is hyped, but what's really behind it?
I'm sitting here in Sri Lanka right now and thinking back to November 2017, when I was sitting in the same place and happily decided to join starwings, a self-organised startup with a product for dynamic share distribution based on blockchain.
Mindfulness is slowly but surely gaining recognition as a helpful method and leadership tool in the business world. It is slowly becoming socially acceptable. And for good reason, as the benefits are manifold and scientifically proven.
In Zeiten globaler Herausforderungen blickt die Welt oft nach Führungspersönlichkeiten, die nicht nur durch Taten, sondern durch Haltung beeindrucken. Neuseelands Premierministerin Jacinda Ardern liefert uns ein eindrucksvolles Beispiel und steht beispielhaft für einen modernen, kooperativen Führungsstil.
The German language does not currently provide forms in which all identities - men, women, diverse - can find themselves equally easily.
I therefore ask all people to feel that they are meant here and to recognise themselves in all the terms chosen.