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Last week I followed a report on Estonian National TV on how to handle the corona crisis in our healthcare institutions. One of the doctors mentioned during her interview that she was very worried before entering the emergency room filled with corona patients for the first time, but just one look at the naturally behaving…
Once upon a time, there was a professor who enjoyed hiking in distant countries, while embracing great discussions in a good community. It is not just the heights that attract him, but most of all, he enjoys the journey itself. To be honest, this gentleman looks as if he was constantly in Flow – focused…
A university has been and will be a safe place and I am not speaking about being a ‘clean’ environment in the classical sense. Today’s university is a ‘safe place to fail’ as it provides students with opportunities to practice something, that one cannot learn simply by studying a book. The business game Dynama is…
Remote Work and Virtual Teamwork are as different as Ice Skating and Ice Hockey! Interview with Sirja Sulakatko, Virtual Teamwork enthusiast Ten years ago, the then 20-year-old Sirja had an important decision to take: While working full time in Estonia as a store manager, she had the possibility to take a 6-month internship with ADIDAS…
Let me tell you an important essence: Leadership development is the foundation for overcoming any of your current problems and for realizing future projects! We know about the mechanics of the concept of being in Flow works, in fact, it is not just a theory but a real, observable, and reproducible phenomenon! Flow, the optimal…
Head of the Department of Management and lecturer at Estonian Business School, Marge Täks has faced many changes in her life: among others switching from the corporate world to a career in academia. Nevertheless, after returning from holidays in India in March 2020 (which was also the first time she did not take a laptop…
The main reason why I decided to ask for an interview from Ester Eomois, one of my TOP3 inspirators and an experienced leader, was that through the whole crisis she was the calmest and most relaxed colleague of mine. Suspicious, as I am, I wondered if she might have a secret “managerial weapon” and through…
QUICK FACTS ABOUT FLOW Flow is a mental state in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment. Flow, creativity and happiness are related. Prof. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a distinguished social science scholar, found an inventive way to make happiness measurable. He discovered under what…
Yes, you might wonder how on earth might these fuzzy concept-catchwords be connected, and why on Earth Day? A McKinsey Blog about the top fashion trends highlights the following directions such as creating an inclusive culture, establish new social media platforms for classic brands, focus on sustainability to reduce resource usages such as energy, pollutants,…
Last week I was happy to report about the Flow state I have experienced while teaching my 5th group of FLIGBY students. Today, there is even more Flow around us in spite of the “virtuality”… Estonian Business School (EBS) moved all of its teachings to Canvas Conferences as the main online teaching platform 4 weeks…