Never a day passes without German companies complaining about a lack of skilled staff. One Göttingen firm offers its employees more than just good pay and careers — it makes them shareholders.

There are tens of thousands of women in leading roles at work in Germany. One of them is the publisher of "Strive" — a pioneering business magazine for women. Katharina Wolff is also leading a headhunting agency for top executives.

The Crescent Bahuman Group is one of Asia's largest textile manufacturers and a poster child for ethical manufacturing. Crescent prides itself on fair conditions and pay. Consumers can trace the clothes they buy back to the producer.

The UK is desperate for truck drivers as supply problems mount. Some British supermarkets have been empty for weeks. Where did all the truckers go? And how is their absence hitting the economy?

Pilots are returning to work after months at home. But the pandemic has changed things for air passengers and for the industry, which is having to reinvent itself.

After the demise of Concorde, supersonic commercial airliners were written off as too expensive, too dirty and too loud. But a comeback is now on the cards. New technology could make supersonic travel much greener, quieter and more efficient.

Josef Aschbacher has been head of the European Space Agency for over half a year. He wants ESA to give NASA a run for its money. To do that, he plans to overhaul the 46-year-old organization.

Let go, lift off, and just fly. And then? Like Krieger, we need to rely on our inner compass. It will show us the way.

There is a lot happening in space. Almost every week, rockets are sent up carrying satellites. Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX owns about half of these satellites. But now European startups, including German ones, want to get on board.

Digital systems are increasingly voice-operated. Two-thirds of people in Africa are at a digital disadvantage due to not speaking a global language. The big tech companies focus on clients in Europe and the US – but why not Africa?