LearnShift is a podcast that explores how education can transform lives. Each episode tells a real story of someone who used the idea of lifelong learning and unique background to create a different career path—often connecting business with other fields, from technology and healthcare to sustainability, arts, or leadership.
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25/03 What would you do if you discovered you had enough money to retire at 55? Martina Ernst on the Three Dimensions to Success Framework
What would you do if you discovered you had enough money to retire at 55? Martina Ernst did the math one snowy December afternoon and couldn’t sleep that night. Not from worry—from possibility. Instead of climbing higher in corporate HR, she jumped. Three years of “doing nothing.” Yoga in India. Total silence. Then four businesses…
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25/02 “If you know the demand, you don’t have to sell” – Martin Giesswein on Leadership and Proximity to Reality
💬 “I’m a very bad seller.But I’m very good at identifying demands.And if you know the demand, you don’t have to sell — people buy automatically.”— Martin 👥 Giesswein, on the skill that changed everything 🎙️ Today launched on LearnShift:A law student who followed his friend to university.A Nokia manager who survived the company’s collapse.A…
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25/01 “What Kind of Nonsense Is That?” – Barbara Stöttinger on Championing Values When Nobody Believes
“Do you think I can do that?” That’s what Barbara Stöttinger asked when offered the role of Dean at WU Executive Academy. She had 48 hours to decide. No time for pros and cons lists. Just one weekend to choose between comfort and the unknown. She said yes. In our latest LearnShift episode, Barbara –…