The journey is the reward - (re)finding resonance at work

When we go to the mountains, we are often not just looking for an adventure - we are looking for resonance. That quiet, often surprising experience of something connecting with us. It's not about conquering a summit. It's about being touched by a landscape, by our own actions, by the unavailable.

The sociologist Hartmut Rosa describes this very aptly: resonance is not created through control or optimization, but through genuine engagement - with the weather, the path, your own body. To what cannot be planned. To what you encounter.
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And at work?
At work, too, we often have to deal with unavailability - only we call it something else: interpersonal tensions, creative dead ends, surprising turns in projects. Instead of suppressing or trying to control them, we could see them as an invitation: to genuine encounters, to pause for a moment, to lively cooperation.

Resonance is also possible in business. When people really listen to each other in meetings. When teams struggle together and then something succeeds. When someone takes responsibility, not out of duty, but out of inner drive. When leadership not only directs, but lives trust in processes and people.

My appeal: Let's create more space for resonance in everyday working life:
- Don't plan everything through - but remain open to new paths.
- Don't always compare - but feel what you are doing.
- Don't make everything available - but also allow for chance, satisfaction and interpersonal relationships.