Trust in a remote working culture

by Christian Herbst | Mar 1, 2022 | New Ways of Working

Over a year into the pandemic with virtual work as normality, company cultures reveal a lack of trust among the remote managers and employees. Many supervisors haven’t been trained to manage their employees remotely. Therefore, many over-monitor their employees, which...

Changing Interests

by Christian Herbst | Feb 22, 2022 | New Ways of Working

It is a current phenomenon that people experience a changing interest in their work. Especially at the beginning of the Covid pandemic, people started spending a lot more time at home. This gives people more freedom to think about the next year or five years of their...

Tailoring agile approaches

by Christian Herbst | Feb 15, 2022 | Project Management

All agile methodologies aim to satisfy the rapid development needs by focusing on iterations of development, small releases, accepting changing requirements and direct communication with the customers. A whole group of agile methodologies emerged following these...

Why Women tend to burnouts more than men and how the Covid pandemic catalyzed this trend

by Christian Herbst | Feb 8, 2022 | New Ways of Working

Research shows that lower incomes are linked to higher stress levels and lower overall satisfaction levels. There is still a large pay-gap between men and women in most countries. Also, burnout levels are shown to be significantly higher in women than men due to...

Bullshit Jobs

by Christian Herbst | Jan 28, 2022 | New Ways of Working

In 1930, John Maynard Keynes prophesied that by the end of the century technology would have advanced enough that countries like Great Britain and the United States would have arrived at a 15-hour workweek. From a technical point of view, we would also be able to do...