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3/2020 Business Spotlight 9

She was the only nominee for the job. And

at 66, she was too old. But the International

Monetary Fund (IMF) waived its age limit

of 65 to allow Kristalina Georgieva to be-

come its new managing director in Septem-

ber 2019.

Georgieva studied political economy

in Bulgaria. She then travelled to the UK,

where she studied at the London School of

Economics. She later held important posi-

tions in the World Bank and the European

Commission. In 2010, she was recognized as

“European of the Year” and “EU Commis-

sioner of the Year” for her handling of hu-

manitarian disasters in Haiti and Pakistan.

In a statement, Georgieva said the IMF

would have to “deal with issues like inequal-

ities, climate risks and rapid technological

change” in order to improve people’s lives.

Georgieva took over the job from another

powerful international figure — Christine

Lagarde, who left the IMF to become the

head of the European Central Bank (ECB).

PROFILE

Humanitarian

at the helm

MEDIUMAUDIO

The most

important

thing in

communication

is hearing

what isn’t said

at the helm

[)Ät DE (helm]

, an der Spitze

Haiti [(heIti]

, [wg. Aussprache]

International

Monetary Fund

(IMF) [IntE)nÄS&nEl

(mVnItEri fVnd]

, Internationaler

Währungsfonds (IWF)

issue [(ISu:]

, Thema

managing director

[)mÄnIdZIN

dE(rektE]

, geschäftsführen-

de(r) Direktor(in)

nominee

[)nQmI(ni:]

, Kandidat(in)

waive sth.

[weIv] , auf etw.

verzichten, etw. außer

Acht lassen

Austrian-born

US management

consultant,

educator and

writer Peter

Drucker (1909–

2005)

consultant

[kEn(sVltEnt]

, Berater(in)

educator

[(edjukeItE]

, Pädagoge/

Pädagogin

WORKING WORLD

Feeling uninspired at work? Take a walk

in the woods. Better yet, invite Paul Aus-

tin to join you. Austin is a psychedelics

coach: He teaches people how to use psy-

chedelic drugs to level up in their careers.

Long associated with the hippie move-

ment of the 1960s, psychedelic drugs such

as LSD and “magic mushrooms” have

been making a comeback in the work-

place. The trend is called “microdosing”

— taking tiny doses of a drug in an effort

to boost creativity and performance.

Austin leads his clients, who have al-

ready taken a microdose of their drug

of choice, on meandering walks in the

woods near Silicon Valley, California. He

boost sth. [bu:st]

, etw. steigern

commit to sth.

[kE(mIt tu]

, für etw. (verbindlich)

zusagen

dash [dÄS]

, Schuss, Prise;

hier: sehr geringe Menge

enhance sth. [In(hÄns*]

, etw. verbessern, fördern

hike-rodosing

[(haIk roU)doUsIN*]

, etwa: Wandern unter

leichtem Drogeneinfluss

level up in sth.

[)lev&l (Vp In]

, bei/in etw. aufsteigen,

ein höheres Niveau

erreichen

meandering walk

[mi)Änd&rIN (wO:k*]

, etwa: zielloser Spazier-

gang (meander

, sich schlängeln)

mushroom [(mVSru:m]

, Pilz

psychedelics

[)saIkE(delIks]

, Psychedelika

UNITED STATES

Hike-rodosing

ADVANCED USAUDIO PLUS

calls it “hike-rodosing.” During the walk,

the conversation sounds much like an

ordinary coaching session, but, as Austin

told the BBC, he believes the psychedelics

enhance the process. “Why are we doing

what we’re doing? Why does the work

that we’re doing matter to us? I think

psychedelics are really helping people

with that process more than anything.”

Paul Austin would be happy to guide

your inspirational walk in the woods.

You need only commit to at least three

months of coaching at $1,000–$2,

(about €900–€1,800) a month. And

swallow a dash of magic mushrooms, of

course.

Looking to the future of the world

economy: Kristalina Georgieva

* This symbol marks standard US pronunciation.

Drugs and a forest: the tools of an effective

career coach?