My latest blog posts

Giving feedback that doesn’t suck

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

If you’ve ever worked in a team, especially with people you like, you probably already know that giving feedback is probably one of the toughest things you have to do. And it’s not only hard, but...

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Vegan Startups - Recipe for A Successful Investment

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

In 2015, the revenue of Hampton Creek, a startup from San Francisco selling plant-based food, increased by 350% (1) . In 2014, the sales of Beyond Meat, another company manufacturing vegan...

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Will Universal Basic Income Ever Work?

AUGUST 29, 2016

GiveDirectly, one of Give Well’s top four nongovernmental charity organizations, is preparing to empirically test the idea of a universal basic income based on selected Eastern African extremely...

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Giant Companies Going Cage-Free

AUGUST 11, 2016

2016 appears to be a successful year for organizations trying to improve the life quality of laying hens in the UK. In July, top British retailers Tesco (number 1), Aldi, Iceland, Morrisons and...

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Do You Hate Working in a Team? It's Inevitable, so Learn How

AUGUST 3, 2016

Probably anyone who’s ever worked in a team faced problems with organization or communication. Just a month ago I officially became ‘a parent’ of a new born non-profit association promoting...

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Effective Media Strategy

AUGUST 3, 2016

If you run an NGO, an effective media strategy is essential for getting your voice heard and making a wider audience interested in important social issues. In this respect, managing an NGO is no...

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Where Does Your Coffee Come From?

JULY 20, 2016

Coffee, along with chocolate and cigarettes, is a product with a high chance of being unethically produced, through endangering human life or damaging the environment. If we like drinking a cup of...

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Child Abuse in the US

JULY 1, 2016

Adult retrospective studies show that 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men in the United States were sexually abused before the age of 18. This means that there are more than 42 million adult survivors of...

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What Is Made By Child Labour?

JUNE 16, 2016

The times of chimney sweepers are actually not long gone, as UNICEF estimates that 150 million children worldwide are child labourers. The term ‘child labour’ may be misleading for some people as...

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When Menstruation is a Real Problem

JUNE 9, 2016

For some of us, menstruation is still a taboo topic that we’re embarrassed to talk about in public. However, in the more privileged countries, at least the hygiene aspect of periods has been dealt...

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Is Giving to Charities a Waste of Money? Easy Steps to Effective Altruism

MAY 17, 2016

According to statistics, American people spend 117 billion dollars per year on fast food and Europeans spend 50 billion dollars per year on cigarettes, but 38 billion dollars per year would be...

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Philosophical Puzzles Waiting For Alice in Wonderland

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass” are not books that are only for children. You cannot grow out of them. Quite the contrary: when you are getting older Lewis...

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5 Fictional Characters To Spend Christmas With

DECEMBER 17, 2015

If it were possible to invite a bunch of your favourite fictional characters to a Christmas party, who would you choose? I don’t know how my choice would work out. Maybe it would end in a total...

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Books Are Like Socks

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Socks are probably at the top of Christmas present lists because regardless of your sex or age, socks are always useful. Unfortunately though, they don’t always make you happy. The trouble with...

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