Elly Oldenbourg is a manager at Google, a sidepreneur, a speaker, a salon host, a guest lecturer, and a volunteer, among others, at the German Demography Network or the educational initiative #GermanDream. The common thread in Elly’s areas of influence is to inspire questioning the norms of our use of time, work, and the business world, and to make bolder demands on ourselves, companies, and politics. Not as a means to an end, to further optimize outdated ideals, but to truly prioritize human beings, communities, and the planet in all of our “work.”