Communication

It’s been almost two years since I started my own learning journey at the University of Limerick. Managing studies, full-time employment, consulting work and family life has been rather challenging, but overall I am happy to have stepped into this adventure. Here are the key three aspects I would like…

Have you had the opportunity to read the previous articles about the intercultural experiences of our team? Joachim told us he was able to adapt to every cultural barrier he encountered but only by being open and experiencing a bit of each one of them! Today Katharina agreed to tell…

“The difference between a good designer and a great designer is the ability to not only solve the problem but also to articulate how the design solves it in a way that is compelling and fosters agreement. If you can do that, you’re a great designer.” Tom Greever As a…

Many of us need to tell something regularly: someone needs to highlight their work within the company, someone wants to build their brand, someone wants to improve the visibility of their team in the job market, and someone wants to talk about their product. This article is about an instrument…

In case it is not apparent to all, we have a severe mental health crisis. Our culture suffers from an indulgence in the superficial, the materialistic, the sensational, the politically controversial, and the scandalous, which distract us from the one thing we so desperately avoid looking at; ourselves. Our days…

I’ll never forget the first time I had to terminate someone. I was a newer engineering manager at a mid-size company, and joined a growing product development team. Within six months, I knew I had a situation on my hands. …

The situation… a founder reaches out cold to ask for pitch deck feedback (maybe you’ve heard the old “if you want money, ask for advice; if you want advice, ask for money” canard). We respond: “We avoid giving much advice without having spent time to understand what you’re building. Investors…

The majority of us are looking for a great leader to guide us toward our goals. We look for someone to understand and provide us with the right tools & contexts to apply our skills. It pays off to have a leader with vision, strategy, great attention to detail, or…