What a silent retreat taught me about leadership in journalism

Scott Umstattd for Unsplash. Entrepreneurship can make you doubt yourself, especially when you are working on complex topics or have to relate to the global pluricrisis. I realized this again after returning from my latest ten-day meditation retreat. The silence reminded me of why I started Inclusive Journalism in the first place. Inclusive Journalism exists … Continue reading What a silent retreat taught me about leadership in journalism

How does a meditation practice relate to struggles for justice?

Sunrise in the meditation retreat The day my seventh silent meditation retreat ended was the day the US and Israel attacked Iran. After nine days without my phone, it felt strange to scroll through the news again. Not only because my mind had just spent more than 100 hours in silence and meditation, but also … Continue reading How does a meditation practice relate to struggles for justice?

When self-improvement makes leaders more judgmental

(Media) Leadership is increasingly framed as an inner project, for good reasons. Iโ€™m an example of someone who became a better manager after studying coaching and going through a thorough two-year program that laid bare my own vulnerabilities and triggers.  As a good leader, you are expected to be self-aware, emotionally intelligent, and regulated, meaning … Continue reading When self-improvement makes leaders more judgmental

Staying sane in an age of permanent overloadย 

Photo by Ray Harrington on Unsplash ChatGPT creating overwhelm We are living in a moment where tools designed to help us think are increasingly shaping how we cope with overload. Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerates the loss of our scarcest natural resource: water, as Forbes published in 2024. The AI boom has caused the same COโ‚‚ … Continue reading Staying sane in an age of permanent overloadย 

Where do we belong in a digital and disconnected world?Notes from the listening circle for media professionals.

Where is home? Is it a physical place, a state of mind, or something harder to define? And in a world dominated by screens, algorithms, and curated identities, do we even know what it means to belong anymore? Or does the digital world give us a new community to belong to? These were the intertwined … Continue reading Where do we belong in a digital and disconnected world?Notes from the listening circle for media professionals.

Space to Breathe: Notes from a Listening Circle for Media Professionals

Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash. โ€œCome as you areโ€ was the invitation for the listening circle for journalists, content creators, and media professionals feeling the ground shift beneath their feet. Amid all the chaos, uncertainty, and relentless change swirling through the journalism industry right now, Mili Semlani and I want to offer something simple: … Continue reading Space to Breathe: Notes from a Listening Circle for Media Professionals

Should Adam grant think again?

Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash Adam Grant wrote Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know and says that rethinking starts with intellectual humility: acknowledging what you don't know, the areas where you're ignorant. There are many areas I know very little about. Cancer research or immunology, but also the world of … Continue reading Should Adam grant think again?

The road of systemic implosions

Bryan Level for Getty Images. When the news about the fight between Trump and Musk surfaced, it made me think of implosion and how that seems to be a common thread in the chaos in the world right now.ย  According to the Oxford Dictionary, an implosion is โ€œan instance of something collapsing violently inwards.โ€ Stars … Continue reading The road of systemic implosions

How to give yourself permission to grieve?

Itโ€™s exactly a year since my dear friend Pytrik passed away. I still canโ€™t believe she is really gone. Cancer took her from us way too early. She was diagnosed four years ago, and so she was sick for three years before she died. She went through several intense treatments, putting all kinds of chemicals … Continue reading How to give yourself permission to grieve?

What is the relationship between journalism and nature?

Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash With the rapidly developing climate change and the increase in climate disasters newsrooms now have special climate change reporters and sometimes even Climate Desks. How did the media report about nature before it became a problem for humanity? In the online course Ecosystem Therapy organised by the Institute for … Continue reading What is the relationship between journalism and nature?