These devices are nudging your mind and hacking your body — In recent years, health consciousness has reached new heights. People are concerned about the proper diet, the right amount of movement, and due to the pandemic, they seek information that indicates if they might have contracted Covid-19. The growing health consciousness has influenced the tech world. Health tech is not…

Thought-provoking ideas on politics, work, tech and society — During my late 20s, everything seemed unstable: The Brits had decided to leave the European Union. Donald Trump was governing the United States. In North America and Europe, a sense of new tribalism, polarization, and conflict was in the air. I had graduated in International Relations and believed I was…

Or: How I failed to market my newsletter — Content creation is fun, but it’s most enjoyable when you have an audience that resonates with you. I tried to cut corners building a new audience and concluded that it’s not worth it. Experience proves that the most reliable method in audience building is to deliver interesting content consistently. My content evolution I…

Unreliable, misleading, useless? — It’s pretty obvious: personality and character play a significant role during work. On the one hand, qualifications are not the only decisive factor in determining whether someone is suitable for a position. On the other hand, it is becoming increasingly important that people join teams that fit culturally. And this…

Should it, though? — “Bring Your Whole Self To Work” is the name of a well-known book by Mike Robbins. The thesis: Only if we’re authentic and vulnerable, we achieve more success and satisfaction at work. After all, courage and growth only emerge when a person admits their strengths and weaknesses with humility. But…

But it’s not chefs who should fear losing their jobs — Cooking startups are creating robots that can cook pizza, pasta dishes and curries. They never get sick, never miscalculate the ingredients and consistently deliver the same result. But chefs don’t need to fear those advancements — fast-food employees, on the other hand, should prepare for a massive disruption. A pizza vending machine popped up in Rome

And both generations fail to acknowledge when they’re wrong — In 2017, I was furious: Real estate millionaire Tim Gurner had the audacity to tell millennials to stop ordering avocado toast if they wanted to have more money. ‘How ignorant can he be? Doesn’t he know that millennials are poorer than former generations because of crazy housing prices, crippling debt…

Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose. — Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose. It’s been half a century since Janis Joplin’s raspy voice delivered this famous line in her all-time classic “Me & Bobby McGee.” While the summer of love and the flippant hippie lifestyle might belong to the past, the message still rings…

Because women have different professional biographies than men — Everything new and fresh creates a particular fascination. Journalists and employers love to discuss every young generation in length. After a decade of scrutiny of the millennials, now Gen Z can feel the hype around their youth. New and young things carry a hidden promise of change, progress, fresh perspectives…