LinkedIn Is More Than a Directory
LinkedIn’s value lies not only in a polished profile and connection count, but in conversations and shared experience.
Read essayThematic essays
The person before the role
Work stops being only work the moment it begins to change the person.
Roles, results and obligations can easily cover what we were before them. These essays return attention to the person, their boundaries, relationships and right not to lose themselves.
Selected essays
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Fairer Treatment Where We Have a Say
People do not start life with the same opportunities. Family, upbringing, health and access to education influence what they can try and the consequences they can endure.
Read essayDeveloping Ulcinj from Its Own Values
The conversation about the development of Ulcinj starts with space, heritage and the people who live there.
Read essayBe a resource to the people around you
Share the lessons you’ve learned from your successes and failures. Whenever you can, be a resource to the people around you. If you have access to knowledge and basic information, don’t hoard it. Share it openly.
Read essayWhy Isn’t This World Getting Better?
Why isn’t this world getting better? This question returns whenever I see the same conflicts, injustices, and decisions whose consequences are borne by people who did not make them.
Read essayThe Arrogance of Great Powers
When you look at what’s happening among the great powers, it’s easy to say: politics, interests, geopolitics. But there’s another word we rarely use: arrogance—not the everyday, petty kind, but the systemic kind.
Read essayGreat Potential, Too Little Real Value
We’ve long had everything a small country needs to succeed: nature, location, resources, and people.
Read essayEnough Work to Do on Myself
I do not want to concern myself with other people’s business. I have enough work to do on myself. Every imperfection in someone else is just a point on the path they are travelling. Like mine. It is called life. Perhaps someone is watching me right now. My choices.
Read essayTikTok in a Suit
A personal reflection on LinkedIn and the cost of adapting to its format: what remains of why we started writing when a post’s reach becomes the main concern?
Read essayPain Is Not a License for Arrogance
I’m seeing more and more arrogance. Condescension. A condescending attitude. And every time, it’s the same story: “You know what I’ve been through…” As if pain were an automatic license for bad behavior.
Read essayA Smile That Hides an Agenda
The most dangerous people are not always those who attack openly. More dangerous are those who smile while undermining you. Those who pat you on the shoulder while calculating how they can use you.
Read essayA Response That Doesn’t Escalate the Conflict
A harsh response can intensify a conflict. Do not descend to the language of those who attack you. Do not answer with an insult just because someone else used one first. That does not defeat them; it only makes you lose yourself.
Read essayTruth or Anesthesia?
The harsh truth is that many people aren’t looking for the truth. They’re looking for anesthesia. They want a phrase that will calm them down, a quote that will give them a sense of depth.
Read essayHumanity That Is Only Spoken of Beautifully
I wonder whether we even live on the same planet. Some seem to read books to become better people, while others do so to have prettier quotations as they trample over others. Some fight wrongdoing because injustice hurts them.
Read essayDon’t forget why you started
Today, the problem is no longer that people don’t know what’s right. The problem is that many have forgotten why they set out on that path in the first place.
Read essayThe Person Behind a Single Negative Reaction
One reason our relationships are deteriorating is that we define people too quickly based on what they showed in a single moment.
Read essayListening That Is Disappearing from Our Conversations
There is something slowly disappearing from our conversations. Listening.
Read essayWhen We Get Used to the Distance Between Us
In traffic, I see nervousness. On the street, absence. In grocery stores, impatience. In cafés and restaurants, people sit together yet act as if they are not.
Read essayWe can help someone write a better chapter
This world is no fairy tale. For some people, it is a harsh place—much harsher than we can imagine until we stop and look at how they live, what burdens they carry, and what they struggle with every day.
Read essayMoments That Become Memories
Some moments pass almost unnoticed. Only later do I realize that I’m missing a casual conversation, an encounter, or a moment that I thought would be easy to repeat.
Read essayInequality and Responsibility for Systemic Change
Talks about a fairer society often end with choosing a name for the system. As if a new label alone could fix the concentration of power, inequality, and responsibility.
Read essayGood Will Hunting and the Fear of Being Seen
In Good Will Hunting, what draws me in more than the genius is the question of how hard it is to let another person get to know us.
Read essayA Community We Can Turn to
I want a community where even people with no connections, no influence, and no one to recommend them can get help.
Read essayA Small Country and Clear Responsibilities
A small country could be easier for citizens and entrepreneurs to navigate. It should be clear who is responsible, what is required, and when a request will be resolved.
Read essayWhen a Game Becomes Infrastructure
Pokémon GO shows that a game can become part of an infrastructure that outlives entertainment itself.
Read essayThank you to those who came and those who stayed
Some people were important during a certain period of my life. Some stayed with me afterward. Only with the benefit of hindsight do I realize how much our conversations, their help, and the time we spent together influenced me.
Read essayPublic Office as Opportunity or Responsibility
Public office provides access to information, decisions, and resources that other people do not have. That is precisely why it should not be viewed as a personal business opportunity.
Read essayWhen the Human Element Disappears from a Lecture
A lecture may be accurate, well-organized, and well-prepared, yet the listener may still be unclear on how to apply that knowledge.
Read essayGiving Advice When Someone Else Bears the Consequences
I am wary of how easily some people pin the title of “life coach” on themselves. A polished profile and a confident demeanor do not, on their own, show how well a person grasps the consequences of the advice they give.
Read essayAre We Preparing Children for the Future or for the Past?
We often believe that we are preparing children for the future. But what if, in fact, we are preparing them for the past?
Read essayDon’t Live in Someone Else’s Interpretation
People often view us through their own eyes, their own wounds, their own fears, their own interests, and their own limitations. Some will see pride in your silence.
Read essayJudgment Before Understanding
Today, people are quick to judge one another. It is enough for someone to think differently, live differently, or make a decision others do not understand for them to immediately declare that person wrong.
Read essayDo people really want freedom?
People often say they want freedom. They want to choose their own path, make their own decisions, and live without interference from others.
Read essayAn Entire Past, Almost No Present
We don’t call certain people anymore, but we haven’t had a falling out. Nothing major happened. There were no harsh words, no argument—not even a moment after which we said it was over.
Read essayUnderstanding Our Parents Differently as We Get Older
For a long time, we see our parents through a child’s eyes. We remember what they did not allow, words that upset us and boundaries we did not understand.
Read essayEurope as a Change We Must Make Within Ourselves
Montenegro was part of Europe long before EU negotiations. Membership is about more than geography, funding, open borders and business opportunities.
Read essayThe Future After Our Decisions
Until I became a parent, the future was mostly mine. I could imagine it through my plans, decisions, successes and failures.
Read essayInjustice doesn’t become any less of an injustice just because it’s committed by one of our own
Evil is evil. And nothing can justify it. But when I look at what has been happening in our region and what is happening around the world, I wonder how ready we really are to stand behind that statement.
Read essayLife goes on even when the screen goes dark
Technology has accustomed us to shortening the gap between wanting something and getting it. We increasingly fill waiting, boredom and silence with a screen, making the example we set for children important.
Read essayWhen What We See No Longer Disturbs Us
Sometimes a person reads the news or opens a website just to see what’s going on, and after a few minutes is left with a feeling that’s hard to describe precisely.
Read essayEducation Left Behind by Political Interests
While the governments in the region are preoccupied with seats of power, positions, coalitions, and the distribution of political spoils, a society that remains deprived of knowledge is growing up right before their eyes.
Read essayWhen Poor Understanding Makes Us a Mouthpiece for Others
The problem with education does not end with poor results on international tests.
Read essayWhen Words Still Had Consequences
Today, almost anyone can speak publicly about anyone else. They can comment on another person’s life, judge decisions made by people they do not know, insult, belittle and condemn them without ever truly facing the consequences of their words.
Read essayThe greatest loss is when a young person stops being curious.
The greatest loss in education is not a bad grade. It is when a young person stops being curious. College welcomes people full of energy—ideas, ambition, talent, and the healthy sense that something great lies ahead.
Read essayWhy Has Arrogance Become the New Norm?
Arrogance is increasingly mistaken for strength while the culture of mutual respect slowly disappears.
Read essayI See Fewer and Fewer People
On a world in which we are more visible than ever, yet find it increasingly difficult to notice the person beside us.
Read essayWe must not become so successful in our roles that we stop recognising the person within us.