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The One-Minute Read #2 (Happiness in CEE)
The 2019 World Happiness Report (edited by John F. Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey D. Sachs) has been focusing on happiness and community, analyzing how happiness has been changing over the past dozen years, and how information technology, governance and social norms influence communities.
The One-Minute Read #1 (Innovation)
Innovation as a Country Indicator World’s Most Innovative Countries in 2019 (according to Bloomberg Innovation Index)
Employers to require new skills in 2019
You might have noticed that Job Descriptions and Role Requirements have already become increasingly sophisticated, at least with regards to general management skills & leadership flair, marketing versatility & ingenuity. New competencies are required from all employees across organizations.
Headhunting in Bucharest
WARNING 🧛: This is not about Headhunting as in Executive Search! Nor is it about the practice of taking and preserving a person’s head after killing the person 😊! Or maybe just a little – in terms of taking pictures and preserving the memory of a novel artistic intervention by J.Ace that has been happening […]
30 HR & Business Terms and Trends in 2018
Our vocabulary visibly expands, so should our ability to embrace change and transformation! 30 terms and notions that you (may) have heard of, or trends which you are already experiencing.
The Personal Assistant – an On-Site Workshop
Interview with Nona Henti, the Workshop’s Facilitator
The African Wisdom of Togetherness
25 May: Africa Day “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African Proverb
Around the World on Fridays (“M” | Part 1)
“Peace begins with a smile.” Mother Teresa Today: Macedonia | Madagascar | Malawi | Malaysia | Maldives | Mali | Malta | Marshall Islands | Mauritania | Mauritius Cover Photography © Gina Buliga | Madagascar
Around the World on Fridays (“L”)
“We are, at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, attitudes, values, traditions, behaviors, beliefs, rituals.” Randa Abdel-Fattah Today: Laos | Latvia | Lebanon | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg Cover Photography © Eric Lafforgue | Libya
What do you wish for in 2017?
What do you wish for in 2017, he asked? I won’t settle for anything less than peace, I said. Long-lasting resounding worldwide peace. Global peace, literally peace in every corner of this world, you know? Yes, he said gently, yes, I know … Featured Artist: Ilie Krasovschi
ROMANIA – A Winter’s Tale
Photography © Sorin Onisor “Winter Song” by Nichita Stanescu | English translation by Thomas Carlson and Vasile Poenaru
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY | “Afghan Girl” | Respect, Steve McCurry!
Cover Photography: Steve McCurry and the “Afghan Girl” | Photo © Bente Haarstad Photography June 1985: The image of a young Afghan woman with intense green eyes in a red headscarf makes the cover of the National Geographic Magazine. The portrait was taken in 1984 by the amazing photojournalist and visual storyteller, Steve McCurry. Compared […]