In October my partner and I made a spontaneous, lockdown puppy purchase; a Beagle. She came into our lives, big ears a’flapping and eyes pleading for more food, please! Beagles are scenthounds, bred over time to prioritise smell over everything else. This is particularly obvious when we walk her and […]
Arriving in a new country is always exciting and a little bit overwhelming. We may undergo different stages of happiness, gratitude, solitude, nostalgia, frustration, and so on. This first stage, where we pack our life into a suitcase, full of longing for better opportunities, dreams, and hopes, has to come […]
With so much of the year spent at home, it is unsurprising that board games and other indoor activities have been extremely popular. In fact, sales of tabletop games rose by 240 per cent in the UK back in March. It was a similar story in Australia. It’s not only […]
Professor for strategic management Markus Reitzig is an organizational scientist and scholar well known for his innovative ideas and predictions for the future of work organizations. Markus studied both law and chemistry before transitioning into business, where he obtained his PhD in Business Economics. Markus has published numerous articles on […]
Food for Thought was brought to the TEDx audience by the TEDx Vienna teams as a ‘digital dinner table.’ It is a space where professionals tackle topics such as politics, economy and how the professionals make sense of the current pandemic. On the 15th episode of Martin Kusch, a TEDx […]
In early 2020, as Covid-19 began shutting down parts of the world, one group of academics was amassing a virtual army of volunteer research assistants to capture data about the policies and measures introduced by governments across the world in response to the pandemic. The CoronaNet Project as it is […]
Why are we thankful? It’s Thanksgiving! Jokes, dates and time may be a loose guide to life right now, like that vortex between Christmas and New Year, but it has not flown so fast. However, we thought, given that it is probably near enough Thanksgiving’s half birthday; and that our […]
In last month’s article, we saw how to turn an idea into a reality through introspection and action. This month’s article will continue from there, assuming that you already have a concept and a plan, broken down into small steps to be achievable. I want to introduce the four next […]
With the invisible threat of covid-19 seemingly all around us, governments all over the world instruct us to shelter in place and wait. We huddle alone, or with friends and family, anxious about the future and what kind of society we will step out into once this is all over. […]
And why it might not be what you think! The word justice conjures up a myriad of definitions. It evokes emotions or even pure apathy. Justice can serve to champion those who have been wronged. The lack of justice can set the tone for severe impunity. For many, it is […]