Authenticity isn’t something we learn—it’s about unlearning the façades we’ve built. Reality shows, we show up like trained monkeys performing tricks in a circus. We feel sympathy for them, trapped in roles that don’t reflect their true nature. Trained monkeys might perform on cue but never truly inspire awe. But we need leaders who are transparent and open to inspire loyalty and engagement. And for that we have to show our beautifully messy, imperfect, and authentic versions of ourselves.

"There's a fine line between insanity and boldness. Unfortunately, you have to be bold to see it" Why did I write this latest piece? Because we need those bold enough to rattle the cage, question the status quo, and dare to create something entirely new—for Mama Gaia and for every single one of our species. What may appear as insanity to some is actually an essential aspect of innovative leadership and entrepreneurship. I argue that boldness involves recognizing the insanity of the repetitive cycles we often find ourselves in. Breaking through those patterns, embracing discomfort, and acknowledging failure is boldness in action. Boldness is an evolutionary act. "Real evolution, whether in business, leadership, or life, always requires this kind of death—a part of the old you, the old way of thinking, or the old structures must die for something visionary to be born."

We use the word purpose a lot. But what we forget is that purpose also carries a possibility of purposelessness within.

Have you founded your company 20 years ago or do you know someone who did? Well, statistically, this company is moving towards its end. If we want organizations to develop well, we all need to realize that it is us who make organizations exactly what and how they are. If we want them to be different, we have to start with ourselves and change. Here is how…

Vielleicht möchtest du ein Hobby in etwas Größeres verwandeln. Oder vielleicht hast du ein kreatives Projekt, das du mit der Welt teilen möchtest. Was auch immer es ist – die Art und Weise, wie du deine Geschichte online vermittelst, kann einen gewaltigen Unterschied ausmachen.

In my series “Forces of Transition” I talk to female entrepreneurs who have dealt with the forces of change fear, truth, clarity, courage and love in their entrepreneurial existence. In this episode I am in conversation about love.

Authority doesn’t sound smooth. But as leaders we will desperately need it to lead through uncertainty. Here are my thoughts on authority, what it really means and how to recognize it.

Let’s take a closer look at what leading actually is all about: Unlike a production task, leading people is detached from a visible and tangible product. At the end (if there can be an end to leadership) there is nothing tangible or a service that can be experienced, e.g. in the sense of an event. Rather, leadership is an experience of action that conveys orientation and security. And what is management then?