X-tra Time #19 " A meaningful job as such doesn't exist, meaning lies in the relation between the individual doing the job and the job itself. It's about the alignment of who you are and what you do. That's authenticity, the first aspect of a meaningful job. There are still three others: whether you feel the connection between what you do and what we (the company) do; whether you have a sense of belonging; and lastly who we are as a company vs. what the company actually does." 

Listen to our conversation with Jochanan Eynikel, business philosopher at ETION. We talked about the intersection between Artificial Intelligence & Ethics, meaningfulness in work, business philosophy, positive dilemma's in COVID times, and much more. 

Mentioned in the podcast 

- BOOK: check-in — Jochanan Eynikel

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X-tra Time #18 

"Bel eens mensen op, stuur een kaartje, ontdek een nieuwe hobby, kom ook eens uit uw kot om te gaan wandelen, etc. Maak een beetje een agenda voor uzelf, regelmaat is belangrijk. Anders kan het zijn dat je in een soort vicieuze-cirkel van binnenblijven geraakt en, als gevolg, in een depressieve stemming terechtkomt."

Luister naar ons gesprek met Bram Deschamps, projectmedewerker en communicatieverantwoordelijke bij MindMates. We spraken Bram over de korte geschiedenis van Mindmates, over mentale gezondheid van studenten, over eenzaamheid, over online initiatieven om (toch nog) mede-studenten te leren kennen, en meer.

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- Mindmates

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X-tra Time #17. 

"We zijn overgegaan van diversiteit naar superdiversiteit. Ongeveer 55 jaar geleden spraken we vooral over Marokkanen in de zin van gastarbeiders, vandaag zit er, in de Marokkaanse community alleen, al super veel variatie wat betreft etniciteit. Wat echter belangrijk is, is dat niet iedereen zich in die super diverse context bevindt. Er zijn mensen die enkel iemand met een andere huidskleur zien als ze naar televisie kijken."

Luister naar onze conversatie met Hanan Challouki, oprichter van Inclusify. We spraken haar over integratie, diversiteit & inclusie, quota, Colruyt, racisme, Coca-Cola, en nog veel meer.

Vermeld in de podcast

- Inclusify

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"Manners maketh man. It's about opening the door for a lady, not splitting the bill but taking turns in paying, or cleaning up after yourself when sleeping over at a friend's house. Show some gratitude and kindness, people (unfortunately) don't do that anymore."

Listen to our conversation with Tommaso Bordoni, founder of Bordoni.

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X-tra Time #15:

— Miklas: "It's depressing to go into politics, because it's already so messed up."

Listen to our conversation with Toby Joshua Fischler, a proud jewish Antwerpian on a quest to find out "why we are the way we are". In this two-part episode we explored structure (hierarchies, meritocracy, politics), chaos (nihilism), and antidotes to chaos (Judaism, religion, reading-writing-speaking).

Mentioned in the Podcast:

- BOOK: The Meritocracy Trap — Daniel Markovits

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X-tra Time #15: 

— Miklas: "It's depressing to go into politics, because it's already so messed up."

Listen to our conversation with Toby Joshua Fischler, a proud jewish Antwerpian on a quest to find out "why we are the way we are".

Mentioned in the Podcast:

- BOOK: The Meritocracy Trap — Daniel Markovits

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X-tra Time #14

"Some people have the conception that negotiation is about winning from the other party, that you need to be tough and prepared not to give in. The idea is that experienced negotiators will rip you off or use tricks to manipulate you. The theory that we teach, however, which is the principled method of negotiation, is not about that at all. It's firstly more looking at negotiation as a way to collaborate, and secondly it's 90% about empathy and active listening."

Listen to our conversation with Tom Vos, Phd researcher at the KUL and co-founder of the LCM student association. We talked about negotiation & mediation, nudging & biases, what it's like studying at Harvard, and did a LIVE demonstration of the Socratic Method.

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X-tra Time #13

"Digital marketing has one upside and one downside. The upside is that everything can be measured, and the downside is that everything can be measured. In the 'Madmen era' you could come up with 2 brilliant campaigns a year and put them on a billboard sign with the selling point that 150k people had the opportunity to see it. Nowadays, with a banner campaign, you can see how few people actually click on this banner (0.02 % clickthrough)"

Listen to our conversation with Clo Willaerts, a digital marketing expert and program manager at the 'Karel de Grote hogeschool'.

We talked about the generation gap in the 1970's and 80's, about the early computer days, TikTok, highly advanced chatbots, the marketing industry, and much more.

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X-tra Time #12  

"Hoop is iets gevaarlijks. Hopen is eigenlijk als op een piratenschip zitten, iemand schiet gaten in uw schip en gij hoopt dat ge niet zinkt terwijl ge beter een plan zou bedenken om te overleven. Het is het omgekeerde van plannen maken." 

Beluister ons gesprek met Jef Willem, D-j, event organisator, en podcast host @onbespreekbaar. We spraken Jef over nihilisme, keuzes maken in het leven, de waarde van het bouwen van een eigen huis, en zoveel meer. 

Vermeld in de podcast 

- Onbespreekbaar

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X-tra Time #11

"In our IT systems, we are changing the power structure of society and we should revert that. I think each of us has a responsibility as a citizen to make sure this happens in a correct way. We can make decisions, small and large, to make sure that this power relation can be reverted again and that we don't give up our power just to get access to a digital world."

Listen to our conversation with professor Bart Preneel, encryption specialist and crypto-analyst at the KULeuven. We talked about the US elections (obviously), online privacy, the Snowden leaks, cryptocurrency, and much more.

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