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Marije Kruis, founder of the "Spot the Dot" initiative, captured in black and white.

«A simple act can save your life»

Published by Trotzendorff

Skin can­cer is an under­rat­ed but life-threat­en­ing dan­ger that can hit anyone—no mat­ter your age, gen­der, or skin col­or. As some­one at risk, I’m espe­cial­ly com­mit­ted to rais­ing aware­ness about this dis­ease. That’s why I’ve been sup­port­ing the «Spot the Dot» ini­tia­tive for a while now. It shines a light on skin can­cer through events, col­lab­o­ra­tions, or exhi­bi­tions. I recent­ly talked with Mar­i­je, the founder of Spot the Dot, about her per­son­al expe­ri­ence with skin can­cer, the chal­lenges she faced start­ing the ini­tia­tive, cul­tur­al dif­fer­ences in how skin can­cer is per­ceived, and the cre­ative ways she’s bring­ing atten­tion to the issue. Our con­ver­sa­tion high­lights just how cru­cial it is to take skin can­cer seri­ous­ly and how we can all play a part in prevention.

Into the quiet corners of everyday life

Published by Trotzendorff

For twen­ty years, my iden­ti­ty was inter­twined with my pro­fes­sion as a journalist—a career that, by its very nature, thrusts you into the spot­light. I embraced this pub­lic role whole­heart­ed­ly, not just as an indi­vid­ual or a jour­nal­ist, but as what we called a per­son­al brand. This approach felt not only nat­ur­al but nec­es­sary. Yet, over time, a grow­ing real­iza­tion dawned on me: per­haps I was­n’t as pro­fes­sion­al in my jour­nal­is­tic role as I had believed.

Why Emotional Intelligence Doesn’t Exist — Or Does It?

Published by Trotzendorff

In a 2015 sur­vey, 72 per­cent of employ­ees ranked «respect­ful treat­ment of all employ­ees at all lev­els» as the top fac­tor in job sat­is­fac­tion. That’s no big sur­prise, but what exact­ly does it mean for orga­ni­za­tions and man­agers? One sim­ple answer could be: hire more employ­ees with a high Emo­tion­al Intel­li­gence Quo­tient (EQ), enabling them to under­stand and man­age their own and oth­ers’ emo­tions. How­ev­er, mea­sur­ing EQ is not as straight­for­ward as it may seem, and the con­cept of Emo­tion­al Intel­li­gence itself has been sub­ject to sci­en­tif­ic scruti­ny and criticism.

The Mystery of Statistica: What the Owl Can Tell Us About an Enigmatic Paradox

Published by Trotzendorff

Once upon a time in the enchant­i­ng land of Sta­tis­ti­ca, there were two groups of ani­mals: the Crows and the Fox­es. The ani­mals in this land were known for their excep­tion­al skills in play­ing two very pop­u­lar games: Feath­erball and Fur­ball. The Crows and Fox­es loved to com­pete against each oth­er, and every year, they would gath­er to par­tic­i­pate in the Grand Sta­tis­ti­ca Tournament.