work & adhd

Useful personal traits are cultivated in interaction with the appropriation of unusual or unusually combined objects, experiences, styles and identities – a rare breed of dog, special cooking techniques, the obscure knowledge of sneaker brands, an offbeat musical style, a novel sexual orientation, and so on. Together, they’re put to work as the... See more

Mein Team ist alles für mich?

Indem sie die Identifikation mit dem Team mit erhoben, stießen die Psychologen auf ein bisher kaum beachtetes Paradox: Was erwünscht ist, eine hohe Identifikation mit Arbeitskollegen, wird bei Jobunsicherheit offenbar zu einem zusätzlichen Risikofaktor für Burnout. Denn auch die Identifikation mit dem eigenen Team... See more

Finally, it would require that we develop the skills and capacities to play – to give ourselves over to those things that are intrinsically motivating, those things that are not ‘overshadowed by the dark clouds of purpose’.

What would it mean to live more playfully? First, it would require us to reject work that is not intrinsically motivating and to build working conditions that are joyfully engaging.

The performative mode fosters a profound isolation and sense of insecurity.

But we should also be careful not to fall into the self-help trap. Any injunction to ‘find your inner child’ or to ‘seek out your play personality’ without structural change risks being a toothless act. It’s not just an act of personal rebellion but a social imperative.