On a recent Asia Module, The Berlin School was honored to be joined by Rev. Ichido Uchida, Director of Kojirin Zen Training Center. He reflected on the meditative art of Zazen and advised on how keeping a calm state of mind and continuously observing ones actions and emotions can be integrated into modern life, both as leaders and in our personal growth.

Week-one of the Berlin School Asia Module sees participants exploring the hyper-connected business world of Shanghai. Read some of their insights and learnings as they begin to unpack the seemingly contradicting philosophies that influence leadership culture in one of the rapidly expanding innovation hubs in the world.

The 2018 winner of the Cannes Creative Leaders Programme Bursary is Martin Woska, the Chief Creative & Strategy Officer and Co-Owner of TRIAD Advertising, independent agency with branches in Prague and Bratislava. We spoke to home about the evolving advertising climate in Slovakia and the cornerstones of building strong client relationships.

Mikkel Rasmussen is one of the co-founder's of ReD Associates: a group of social scientists who work with big companies to help them better understand their market and clients through human sciences. Mikkel was teaching a masterclass as part of our EMBA program and we had the chance to chat about the intersection between social sciences and business as well as the ethics of data.