Neither! I’m optimistic! In my positive psychology training, our lecturer told the following story in the first module: Once upon a time there were three frogs.

“You always walk too loudly.” Okay, feedback. And one that irritated me. Walk too loud? Is that possible? As a 1.64m tall person?

Gender diversity is not only (…) a question of social justice, but also a strategic advantage. “Now don’t come with a woman in my old age. We already tried that, she was petulant and messed up the whole team.”

A few years ago I was in Ireland with an American colleague from the South. A German, Irish and American culture clash. For such situations, business etiquette says quite clearly: