15 Nov The Performed Self
When you walk into a high-stakes meeting, are you being yourself or performing a version of yourself you think will win?...
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15 Nov The science behind ‘us vs. them’
When someone from another department, company, or culture disagrees with you, how quickly does your brain file them under "them"?...
15 Nov Try Something New for 30 Days
Is 30 days actually long enough to make a new habit stick, or is that number completely made up?...
15 Nov Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier Than The U.S.
Can your company genuinely improve employee wellbeing, or does it just put "people first" in a slide deck?...
12 Nov to see Germany’s future, look at its cars – guided video
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in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Complete Lesson Plan, Guided, Management, Politics, Technology, The Economist
Germany's carmakers face the same challenges as its new leaders: a need to innovate, tackle climate change and reassess its trade relationship with China. How this world-renowned motor industry navigates the road ahead could tell a lot about Germany’s future....
11 Nov How Gaslighting Manipulates Your Mind
Can you tell the difference between someone genuinely correcting you and someone making you doubt your own memory?...
11 Nov How Marvel Went From Bankruptcy to Billions
If your company hit rock bottom financially, would you know which single asset to bet everything on to survive?...
11 Nov The sunk cost fallacy
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in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Big Think, Business, Management, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology
Have you ever kept funding a project not because you believed in it, but because walking away felt like admitting defeat?...
11 Nov The economics of K Pop
Posted at 10:17h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Economics, Music, Politics, Polymatter, Popular Culture
When a music fan buys a CD they will never play, what are they actually purchasing?...
11 Nov Why Everything Takes Longer Than You Expect
Posted at 09:54h
in B1 - Intermediate, Braincraft, Business, Economics, Management, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Psychology
Why do you almost always underestimate how long a project will take, even when you have done that exact type of project before?...