Explore the four most crucial skills and start your learning path — I am on this journey for a couple of years. Although my background is auditing and accounting, I always wonder why some things are done in the old, slow, and sometimes papers-based way. So I try to learn more about the digital tools we can use. When using a new…

Focus on understanding yourself, other people, and the world around you — Check out our new platform 🚀 https://thecapital.io/ You need to upskill, learn to code, learn machine learning, learn how to sell yourself. But where to start? After speaking with people and their aspirations, I have gathered together four areas, each contains one super easy practical tip, which you can implement right after you finish reading this article.

COVID-19 Deaths in Perspective — When the pandemic started in Europe and more than 100 people died in Italy in a day, that was a turning point for me. Until that time I was not sure whether it is something we should be worried about. Now the same number has been reached in the Czech…

What are the limits of tolerance against stupidity in theories about things which matter — If someone claims that Covid will disappear within two months (no matter if it is your uncle or scientist on a TV), should you say anything, ridicule the person, or be tolerant? Tolerance against intolerance is way to hell Let's firstly define what it means to be tolerant. Tolerance is the acceptance of other people, their ideas…

In the future ability to come to office for work or to have a personal meeting might be listed among job benefits — I was lucky that in every job in past 10 years I could work from home. Sometimes it was more regulated, sometimes where I worked did not matter. Now I have to work from home almost all the time. I miss several things, mainly the human connection. But also dedicated…

And survived with much more energy — My coffee addiction — Day in a life I was addicted. I did not realise that before but I was. I woke up, went to kitchen, press the button on our espresso machine and have my first espresso. Then when I came to work, I turn on my computer and went to the kitchen and press the button…

Effect on the life span and rate of deaths in the region — 133 is the number of people who died in Italy of Corona virus in 24 hours on 8th March 2020. It is difficult to say if the number is high or low unless we get the perspective of normal death rates in the region. …

Jobs are changing. Here is what you should know to be a part of that change and not stumble behind. — We hear it all the time. Finance jobs might not exist, robots will do the tasks. Many factory workers are not needed anymore, and knowledge workers will follow them. So who is the finance professional? Their natural habitat is an open office in departments that covers accounting, controlling, reporting, even the management accounting.

Emotional empathy is obvious. The second dimension is perspective taking — Empathy is a key skill. It enables cooperation between people. But it is not well understood. When we say empathy, we usually mean the emotional part. It is the inherent quality of a mind. We have a very good instinct in recognising people’s emotions. …