Of all the causes which conspire to blindMan’s erring judgment, and misguide the mind,What the weak head with strongest bias rules,Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism, II, 1711. Pride is a fascinating human phenomenon. It can be a vice – as in the poem by Alexander Pope – or … Read more
There are situations in business and life where two powerful players have good reasons for vital co-existence and even fruitful collaboration where at the same time they’d also find valid reasons for their mutual destruction. It’s at the brink of that fine line where talented negotiators can define the destiny of a whole company or … Read more
While fostering economic growth everywhere we’ve been continuously eating into our planet’s resources. We’ve been damaging the systems that keep the planet a healthy environment for ourselves and many other species. Since the beginning of the 20th-century economic growth has been the main metric for the measurement of human wellbeing. It’s an important economic metric … Read more
In this post I want to tell an anecdote that shows how climate change effects can lead to a declining business value for a small farming operation. It made me believe that it’s time for a different approach in agricultural production. Last summer, my family visited an organic farm in the beautiful Eifel region, close … Read more
There is one universal principle which is so old that you can find it in all religious and philosophical writings from the last several thousand years. There literally is no exception. You’d find forms of it in sources from all continents. It seems like wherever human beings have been living together on this planet someone … Read more
