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Since the fall feudal europes kings and queens our society has been shaped by top performers. When we look around we are surrounded by top-performing world leaders, straight-A students, growthboosting businessfolks and the next Lionel Messi on a soccerfield. But what does it take to be a top performer? Psychology and business economy student at CBS Niels Vium have made the podcast MindCast im search of an answer to that question.

In this podcast series, we take a snapshot in time and speak with people from CBS about their feelings, experiences, daily routines and “Thoughts during a pandemic”. Have they learned anything about themselves for better or worse? Have their priorities changed? How do they make everyday life work? And how are they feeling deep down? Listen to the podcast and hear all the answers!

Student Guidance Counselor Thomas Gylling: When he lost his “academic virginity” at CBS in 1986, he was completely mind-blown. Back then, it was all about excitement and having fun. But for today’s students, things have changed. In this episode of Outside the Box, we meet Student Guidance Counselor at CBS, Thomas Gylling. He’s a guy who owns 70 pairs of shoes and loves travelling to interesting food locations. He’s also a great listener who focuses clearly on student wellbeing. However, he’s also in many ways what you could define as: Outside the Box.

His journey began on a skateboard, then he turned to the violin before moving on to flipping records in underground clubs around Copenhagen. It took a while before he found his niche, but ever since he became a professor he has never looked back; He has only been eager to know more about the power of technologies. In this episode of Outside the Box, we meet Mikkel Flyverbom, Professor of Communication and Digital Transformations at CBS. He is wise and curious like most professors you know. However, he is also well versed in the urban club environment where he has done heelflip tricks on the board and spinning discs on the record player. He’s what we would call: Outside the Box.

Just as she graduated with a degree in mining engineering, the coal industry collapsed. Overnight, six years of hard studies at Karaganda Polytechnic Institute in Kazakhstan were useless. In this episode of Outside the Box, we meet Dana Minbaeva, Professor and Vice-President for International Affairs at CBS. Once, she speculated in currencies while learning English from scratch on a Walkman to afford and gain access to a better life. Today, she’s the epitome of a true survivor and the essence of what you could call: Outside the Box.