When was the last time you felt truly alive? In harmony with yourself, in the flow with your professional tasks, completely in the present moment. At a recent workshop the facilitator asked exactly this question; and it shook me to the core. A simple question that leads directly to existential contemplations.  Am I living my life, or is it just "happening" to me? Am I fully engaged in it, or is it flowing by? Is it perhaps as John Lennon sang in "Beautiful Boy": "Life is what happens to you While you're busy making other plans"

• Read more about "Become What You Are!“ - Rediscover Vitality in the Workplace

Last year, my EMC peers and I delivered two sessions for our INSEAD alumni community where we explored the concept of negative capability.  This idea was introduced by John Keats in 1817. He described it as a state in which a person is ‘capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason’. It is a relevant and powerful skill - especially in a current context.

• Read more about Negative Capability - a Powerful Tool to Navigate Ambiguity

When I'm going through difficult situations in my life, there are three coping strategies that I find useful. They are my personal strategies and might not work for everyone, but I’d still like to share them with you in case you’d like to try them. 

• Read more about Three Strategies for Dealing with Difficult Situations

It’s been almost three weeks since we kicked off our startup tour and we’ve been to Berlin, Amsterdam, and now London before heading to our last stop in Paris. We were lucky enough to have met a lot of cool companies and entrepreneurs on the way.

• Read more about 5 Things We Learnt About Entrepreneurship