Can you think outside the box?

Can you think outside the box?

Most job profiles include requirements such as „being creative“ or „being able to think outside the box“ – but how could you test where you stand? One start taken from cognitive science could be the so-called „9 dots puzzle“: You are supposed to link 9 dots...
How can we find more meaning at work?

How can we find more meaning at work?

Is this the magic formula: “Being self-determined + having fulfilling relationships + doing something that suits you = best possible life“? Psychologist M. Csíkszentmihályi concluded that flow experiences make us happy, i.e. we are doing something that makes us forget...
How can we overcome blockages at work?

How can we overcome blockages at work?

It goes without saying that we can only overcome our blockades if we know them. Inner beliefs like “I will fail“ or “I don’t know if I want it at all“ stand between us and realizations. Such beliefs might be inherited from our family thus making them even stickier....
How can we better design our home offices?

How can we better design our home offices?

Do you remember the old advice “Do not take your work home!“.  But how should this work in the new world full of home offices? We should more actively plan for timely breaks and ideally have our rituals in the morning and evening: Do I wear different ‘job clothes’? Is...