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Olivia
Sep 9, 2022
Rethinking the office
What is the office today actually for?
Neo
Aug 12, 2022
Is introspection the best path to self-knowledge?
How well can we truly know ourselves? Do other people know us better?
Neo
Jun 15, 2022
The art of substraction
As a way to improve things
oaive
May 26, 2022
Bittersweetness
Susan Cain suggests in her new book that longing, sorrow and grief could be the wellsprings of connection, creativity and hope.
Olivia
Mar 13, 2022
Fiona Hill
On motivations, ambitions, framing, re-framing and imagining a way out of the conflict.
Olivia
Mar 5, 2022
A global village
Snatches of other peoples stories by Sarah Jones as guest in the podcast "Design Matters".
Olivia
Feb 8, 2022
Social illusions
"The picture we have of one another. Layers and layers of misunderstanding. The picture we have of ourselves. Useless. Presumptuous."
Olivia
Jan 22, 2022
Presence
An unexpected, unconditional act of kindness can shuffle perspectives, helps reframing the moment and changes some life trajectories.
oaive
Jan 15, 2022
Snowflake Bentley
"Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty".
Olivia
Dec 15, 2021
The extended mind
Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin?
And what is the mind, btw?
Olivia
Dec 11, 2021
On boundaries
How do you create and uphold healthy boundaries?
oaive
Nov 17, 2021
Feelings
What are feelings? Why do we feel? And do feelings maybe have to do with body homeostasis?
Olivia
Sep 24, 2021
Creating a new office culture
The sense of a before and an after, this separation in time and space creates a grounding structure, an inner anchor.
Olivia
Sep 16, 2021
Sidesplitter
A beautiful conversation between comedian Phil Wang and journalist Elizabeth Day on comedy, engineering and much more.
Neo
Sep 7, 2021
A quiet evening of dance
"When the music turns on, you are suddenly able to read" tells us William Forsythe in dancing steps.
Olivia
Aug 23, 2021
Speaking, interrupting, getting attention
When women speak, they are often interrupted or spoken over. Why?
Neo
Aug 14, 2021
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin won the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
Her speech is timeless.
Neo
Feb 14, 2021
The art of asking everything
Like her Podcast a lot! And her TedTalk as well.
oaive
Nov 27, 2020
Michael Spicer
The room next door and other shows from the writer and comedian Michael Spicer
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