Emotional Intelligence
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In the final scene of the movie American Gangster the drug lord, after serving 15 years for his crimes, walks out of jail. The cop who convicted him is waiting for him in front of the gates. They leave as friends. What connects the two opponents... Read More » -
Let me begin with a few statistics from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) about violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people in the U.S. In 2019, at least 26 were fatally shot or killed by other violent means. 91% of them were... Read More » -
Thanks to every who attended this past coffee corner! 🙂 What I talked about is echoed in this recent interview I did: If you wish to explore deeper, check out Realizing Empathy Above all, there will be days when... Read More » -
Update: Post-mortem on the Coffee Corner Hi everyone, I’ve been asked to do a coffee corner meet-up on empathy. I thought I’d lead a discussion on the difficulty of empathy, so we can begin a process of making progress on... Read More »
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It’s the right question. Are you asking the wrong person? Where do you see yourself in five-to-ten years? It’s become an interview cliché, yet most hiring managers can’t help themselves so they ask the question anyway, even as the internet... Read More » -
It appeared like a perfect plan. A week at a sunny beach during the fall break in Bavaria would supply us with the energy needed to resist the mood swings of the dark season. Then, just in time, the German government announced the second lockdown.... Read More »
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This blog post got published first on LinkedIn. As I am trying to write my very first post about my experience as a mother I am wondering how much I have changed in the last 20 months or so. Physically or mentally how much we do change as a... Read More » -
Digital transformation is not an evolution. It’s protagonists conquer the analogue world as one part of my country once took over the other part. East Germany collapsed over 30 years ago. Now it is the entire analogue world that is crumbling.... Read More »
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In our last Coffee Corner Meet-up I had the honor to host the meditation session with Urte Thoelke. She is a colleague of mine, a Mindfulness Trainer and Mentor at SAP and is conducting regularly Mindfulness trainings and meditations at SAP. We were... Read More » -
On a hot Sunday afternoon in September I got into a mood I had almost forgotten about. On our way back from the lake we had stopped in a medieval town. We explored the tourist route along the picturesque riverside and went up the hill to the little... Read More »