Hans Rosling, the master of making statistics fun was recently in an interview with Danish television. The journalist tried to get him to succumb to the terrible status of the world that the media keeps displaying, giving as an example the terror facing Nigeria. Rosling counters with: “Yes, sure there’s terror in a SMALL part…
People Do Not Live in Isolation But in Society
The other day I read a book by Paul Ormerod called “Positive Linking”. Ormerod is the guy who previously wrote “Why most things fail”. In Positive Linking he talks about the fact that, since we as humans have a “propensity to copy or imitate the behaviors, choices and opinions of others”, the old economic theories…
I am ready to serve the world
My time as a servant for a few is gone. I enter a new stage of my life when all the knowledge I have acquired and the experience that comes with it, can be harnessed for serving a bigger community. My path has evolved in a not so obvious way. I was the “rebellion” who…
Ghana overview – via Worldfolio
Over the last two decades, Ghana has evolved into a model for political and economic reform in Africa, as well as a beacon of progress, democracy and stability. As the first place in sub-Saharan Africa where Europeans arrived to trade, Ghana later became the first nation in the region to achieve independence from a colonial…
Will you be the next Mina?
Interested? Send a link to your video to lada.jurica@ep.europa.eu or Tweet it with hashtag #NextMina Deadline for application 3 May. Good luck! /Mina
FuckUp Nights Brussels vol VI
Dear Fuck-uppers and to-be Fuck-uppers, If you were there yesterday, you recognise the feeling of relief. That’s at least the feeling I have attending a FuckUp Night. And each time it grows stronger. I’m talking about the relief of pressure to perform. Once that relief has settled, iz when your mind opens up and you…
Merry Christmas Everybody
What happens when you bring 29 colleagues together to sing one song? Well..Here we go: Jingle Bells in 16 different languages. All in one.
The Pope paid us a visit last month in Strasbourg
If the Pope comes to you. You make video of Pope. He came to Strasbourg last month and I had a splendid view from my office window. But I just had to go down to the stage. To get a little closer…
Relax, smile and be ready to fail
Three days. Multiple hours. All set for the big day. Three alarms. Fail. Thank you Frederic della Faille for reminding me about the epic sentence: It’s ok to fail. Sunday 30 November, 8.00 pm We were ready. Briefings with all the volunteers. Team building activities. Set-up and rehearsals. During three days we had repeated out…
Warming up for TEDxBrussels 2014
A few years ago I wanted to be the most successful business woman in Sweden. I had my map set in how to achieve it. Somewhere along the line, the map faded, got wrinkled and finally thrifted away with the wind. The path to where I am today took many turns – bumpy ones too….
Mina The Legend 