• #gettogether: How to Manage Change
    This minute read saves you up to 5 hours
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    #gettogether: How to Manage Change

    Award-winning author Campbell Macpherson on how to craft an exciting vision for the future – so that change is seen not as a threat, but an opportunity.

  • “Being Open and Agile Is the One Vital Skill for the 21st Century”
    Henna Inam / transformleaders.tv
    This 14 min. read saves you up to 2 hours
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    “Being Open and Agile Is the One Vital Skill for the 21st Century”

    Applicable Tricks That Help Navigate Disruption in the Workplace.

  • Resilient Leader, Resilient Team
    This 3 min. read saves you up to 38 hours
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    Resilient Leader, Resilient Team

    An agile organization responds to whatever changes the marketplace throws at it. But ironically, navigating change smoothly requires consistency.

  • The World Post-Pandemic? It’s Not Going To Be What You Expect.
    Paolo Gallo
    This 16 min. read saves you up to 8 hours
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    The World Post-Pandemic? It’s Not Going To Be What You Expect.

    The “New Normal” has turned into the buzzword du jour. But is the world really going to settle into a new routine following the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic? Author and executive coach Paolo Gallo…

  • Ancient Buddhist Wisdom for Turbulent Times
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 84 hours
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    Ancient Buddhist Wisdom for Turbulent Times

    Though timeless, the teachings of Buddhism are uniquely suited to cope with today’s fast-paced world.

  • Think Like a Rower, and Other Life Lessons from Sports
    This 8 min. read saves you up to 32 hours
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    Think Like a Rower, and Other Life Lessons from Sports

    Organizations increasingly recognize lifelong learning as an economic imperative. But work-relevant learning does not stop at the end of the workday.

  • “That Normal Does Not Exist Anymore.”
    This 9 min. read saves you up to 18 hours
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    “That Normal Does Not Exist Anymore.”

    As the world strategizes on what the “New Normal” should look like, Vlatka Hlupic argues that humane, social-minded companies will survive in the post-pandemic world. How can we become part of a company that is…

  • Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash
    Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash
    Books of the Year 2019

    Invisible women, 25 pairs of shoes, and the long-awaited end of unnecessary meetings – here are this year’s reading recommendations from different departments at getAbstract.

  • Kai Strittmatter, Foto Anton Turovinin (Piper Verlag)
    Kai Strittmatter by Anton Turovinin (Piper Verlag)
    “We Can No Longer Afford the Naivety When It Comes to China Under Xi Jinping”

    The "Middle Kingdom" is back. But not the way one had imagined in the West: While the Chinese economy is growing, the freedoms of the population are dwindling, says China expert Kai Strittmatter.

  • “Public Attention Is Not Awarded Rationally. It Has To Be Carried by a Story”
    Robert J. Shiller, Kai Nedden/laif
    This 7 min. read saves you up to 8 hours
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    “Public Attention Is Not Awarded Rationally. It Has To Be Carried by a Story”

    In his new book, economist and Nobel laureate Robert Shiller argues that he and his fellow dismal scientists need to look beyond the usual data point: Stories are what really drive decisions to spend, save…