Varinia Bernau leads the department of success and is the host of the podcast “Chefgespräch,” where managers, politicians, scientists, and entrepreneurs reveal their secrets to success. Previously, she spent five years leading the Innovation & Digital department at WirtschaftsWoche and reported on the digital business world for Süddeutsche Zeitung. For the same publication, Varinia Bernau worked as an economic correspondent in North Rhine-Westphalia, observing how the German industry seeks its way into the digital age. Throughout her work, she has repeatedly noticed that, despite automation in our working world, deeply human emotions play a crucial role.