Tokyo is one of the most structured environments I have ever experienced. From high above the city, I watched people moving like tiny dots between buildings. On the metro, thousands move together quietly. Streets are remarkably clean. Smoking is restricted to designated areas. There are rules, systems and social norms shaping how people move and behave. And then, right in the middle of all this order, you can walk into the forest surrounding Meiji Shrine and feel your pace ch

I have been writing almost every week for more than a year and a half. Then I stopped for three weeks. This was for a good reason, as many of you know. After six weeks of working from Vietnam and traveling through Japan, I came home to Vienna with lots of photographs and ideas, which I thought would be enough to start writing again effortlessly. They weren't. Opening my laptop and returning to something I had done every week required more effort than expected. For me, it was

It was early summer when Anne Barnea from Think Beyond Group invited me to join their new leadership podcast, Think Beyond Talks. As someone who’s long admired their visionary approach, I couldn’t wait to join a dialogue that goes beyond business into purpose and impact. By mid-August, we recorded the first episode that launched the podcast, diving deep into what it really means to stay ready for change, to build resilience when everything shifts, and to navigate the messy m

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