Lately we’ve been hearing and reading the sentence “change is the only constant” a lot! As we know, this saying is bigger than just the context of the pandemic. It’s also tied to speedy technological developments and modern life itself and brings with it the need for trust—among us, in …
Meet Sebastien. He is 28 years old, born and raised in Luxembourg. He speaks French, Luxembourgish, English and Spanish – which he learnt during his Erasmus programme in Madrid. When he was in high school, he decided he wanted to be an economist. He found the idea of conducting research, …
Historically, gratitude has always been studied with people facing each other. But over the last 15 months or so, in the midst of a pandemic that may be fading but refuses to go away, we have had little or limited direct contact. Then, the fief of digital communication —videoconferences, voice messaging, …
The fast-spreading COVID-19 makes some of us feel like we’re in a zombie apocalypse: limiting human contact, avoiding large crowds, and remaining behind closed doors to escape contamination. Almost straight out of a science-fiction movie or a dystopian novel, right? Not quite. The coronavirus is affecting each and every part …
The Human Resources (HR) function is spellbound by the times in which we live, ones of digital turmoil and societal change. Once any of these factors reaches critical mass, businesses are bound to pledge adherence —there isn’t another option anyway — and so must everything HR. The, “It’s just a …
A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead, wrote the English novelist Graham Greene. Leaders preparing for tomorrow’s workforce face a world where the old preconceptions do not apply. Yesterday’s assumptions about how workers …
Intrapreneurship is a loaded word. It might sound very 21st-century, but its five syllables are older than that, and so is its meaning. The term “Intrapreneur” dates back to 1978, when Gifford Pinchot and Elizabeth Pinchot coined it in the book “Intra-Corporate Entrepreneurship” while attending Tarrytown School for Entrepreneurs in …
Ask yourself right now: “How quickly do I adapt?” Next, ask yourself: “How quickly do I change?” Now, tell me the answers and right away I will be able to tell you the likelihood that you will succeed. Because how fast you are able to change and how quickly you …
‘O Captain, my Captain, Does autonomy have to do with carving one’s destiny?’ In this article, we dared to build the autonomy equation into business. To accomplish that goal, we asked ourselves several questions. Is a successful take on challenges, what makes employees autonomous? Or might it be their ability …
Meaningful relationships are scarce. Jonathan. He lives alone somewhere in a busy neighbourhood. He’s a very social person with many friends with whom he spends time almost daily. But he feels like something is missing. He isn’t fully connected to people and ends up with an indescribable sense of emptiness …
