Category: Transatlanticism (Int.) | Journal by getAbstract

The Pizza Margherita Method for Self-Fulfillment

Lots of things in life go down the drain. Trite calendar slogans provided by self-help literature won’t help you cope. But what does?

by Vince Ebert
In a Two-Person Tent with Richard Branson (and Hannibal Lecter)

Creativity is neither “nice” nor “eccentric” – but unpleasant, resistant, and sometimes even lethal. It should be given space, regardless.

by Vince Ebert
Life Is Hazardous to Your Health

How do I rate risks and chances correctly when it comes to decision-making (even when I am a statistics dummy)?

by Vince Ebert
Our World Is Counterintuitive and Exhausting

What saber-toothed tigers and used-cars salespeople have in common. And what that has to do with your brain and better decisions.

by Vince Ebert
Why Big Plans Fail

And how you can do better than Kodak, Kohl and Communism.

by Vince Ebert
Culture Crash

In a globalized world, we get to know each other across borders and cultural limits. Often, however, we get in our own way and thus limit our options.

by Vince Ebert
What’s Important in 2021

2020 will go down in history as a lost cause. What can you do to prevent yourself and your organization from meeting the same fate in 2021?

by Vince Ebert
Whaling in Nebraska

Or: How large should teams, companies and governments grow in order to function efficiently?

by Vince Ebert
Language Barriers

The maintenance of our greatest cultural achievement requires constant work on our skills. You have to decide which one it’s going to be: “Ick bin ein Berliner,” or rather, “Senk you for travelling viz Deutsche…

by Vince Ebert
Deutsche Thoroughness

As a German who chose to live in the United States for a while, the first thing you miss is not the good old Schwarzbrot – it’s the art of engineering.

by Vince Ebert