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Bianca Schmitz, director of leadership development at ESMT, and Nan Guo, program director at ESMT, explore how corporate progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) suffered a serious setback under the pandemic.

Providing support to a country after a major cyberattack is tricky since outside help can get in the way of domestic experts who know their technology systems best, explains Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, director of the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT.

​​​​​​Vitor Gebara (ESMT alumnus) co-founded Mindsurance. The company creates a way to connect employees with world-class mental health care and allows employees to connect with therapists, coaches, and digital mental health tools that are certified and backed by insurance companies.

Alexander Kudlich (ESMT alumnus): The Berlin-based venture capital firm 468 Capital, of which Alexander is General Partner, raised €210 million last week via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Moreover, 468 Capital just announced the closing of their new Fund II. With approximately $400 million, it is currently the largest seed-stage fund in Europe. Since its incorporation in 2020, the firm has raised a total of $1.3 billion and made more than 50 investments.

Sean Wiid (ESMT alumnus): UP42 joins the BDI NewSpace Initiative on its mission to foster the German economy and innovation. Sean took over the company as CEO more than a year ago. UP42 brings together data from leading geospatial data providers with powerful analytics in a user-friendly platform and marketplace.

Hannes Gurzki, program director at ESMT, explains in his article how traditional luxury goods companies are trying to go digital.

The book review titles "Framers", written among others by Francis de Vericourt, professor at ESMT, the "book of the month".

Based on his leadership experience as a former CEO and a current CMO, ESMT global online MBA student Douglas Souza explores the 4 things you need to know to succeed as a leader.

Nick Barniville, director of the EdTech Lab at ESMT, volunteers as a part of the mentor program BeginnerLuft.

Claudio Martay, MiM program Alumni from ESMT, is one of many young Europeans taking on high leadership positions after completing their studies.

Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, head of the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT, explains more about executive education, cybersecurity on the supervisory board, and Russian cyber activities.

Students in the market for an online business degree need to do more than glance at rankings and need to do their homework to make informed and thoughtful choices about where to go.

Rebecca Loades, director career accelerator program at ESMT, elaborates on the online MBA degree program and fees.

A low GPA won’t automatically get you rejected from an MBA program, explains Rebecca Loades, director career accelerator programs at ESMT.

When it comes to convincing employers, career-switchers should stress the benefits of the MBA, says Rebecca Loades, director career accelerator program at ESMT.

In an interview with ESMT Berlin, Shiyan Li, MIM 2023, provides an insight into what brought her to ESMT and what student life is like both inside and outside of the classroom.

Learning the right way to turn some requests at work down can help us stay in our jobs, as happier and more productive employees.