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This is me

"Good morning!" This was the photo I sent to my kids on my way to work very early yesterday – before they got out of bed. I forgot to...

Trust in Danish

In this CPH POST “Get Your Biering’s”-column I talk about the mostly-good-weirdness of the Danish version of trust. In our research...

I made all the mistakes ...

In this article - in Danish - I talk about my background as a diplomat, and I give a couple of examples of the mistakes I have made...

India - my first love

Two weeks and 20 years ago I arrived in India on my first posting. I had never travelled to South Asia before and fell in love with India...

Be quiet - before going to your gut

🤐 Just zip it. Be quiet. Zoom out. Pause. In diplomacy it can be a shrewd way of obtaining information. In psychotherapy it can allow...

To travel doesn't (necessarily) make you culturally wise - unfortunately

Having worked in a number of countries and having led cross cultural teams makes us culturally intelligent. Right? Wrong. I know from...

Hot flashes at work ...

Having hot flashes at work ... Not a subject often discussed in a work blog, I know. But really. How do you deal with it? On both sides...

Knowing yourself is not egoism - it is a first step to leading others

Shutting off is a normal emotional reaction to dramatic and disturbing events. Many of us do it when witnessing natural or man-made...

Be kind like you mean it

Be kind. Towards others - but start with yourself! Purposefully and consistently showing kindness towards yourself is in effect a...