TOP RESEARCH Get a hobby! How leisure activities can help you at work
Leadership

Get a hobby! How leisure activities can help you at work

by Karoline Strauss

We know that work-life balance is important. Less known is the fact that it’s also important what you do with your life outside of work: in their recent paper, Professor Karoline Strauss and her colleagues show that spending more time on a hobby can help you feel more effective at work - and identify the specific conditions under which you can get this boost.

TOP RESEARCH Entrepreneurship
Economy & Finance

Entrepreneurship

by ESSEC Knowledge Editor-in-chief

Entrepreneurship is a trending topic and we constantly hear in the medias about success stories of famous people such as Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates, among many others. But do we really know what an entrepreneur is? It seems that opinions on the subject are as many as the reasons that make an entrepreneur successful. The word "entrepreneurship" comes from the French verb "entreprendre" which means "to undertake". To truly understand, we have to study the key actors of the economy further.

Sustainability Matters
Sustainability

Sustainability Matters

by ESSEC Knowledge Editor-in-chief

"It is hard to comprehend why we are collectively still moving too slowly"

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