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Diversity S Gifts
Andrews, Andy (2002). The Traveler’s Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success, 103. Story behind the Passage Today, I had the pleasure of moderating an event on diversity. When I say “pleasure,” I mean it, like I basically mean everything I say. So, what I want to say is that it was fun because I felt…
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Management Emotion And The University
Corrigan, Paul (1999). Shakespeare on Management: Leadership Lessons for Today’s Managers, 22. Story behind the Passage I really wonder why it is that there is so little passion among university folks. I mean, not in general, they become passionate when they talk about their research. But they are hardly ever passionate personalities in the sense…
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Book Of The Week Dancing In The Mosque
Qaderi, Homeira, and Zaman Stanizai, transl. (2020). Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother’s Letter to Her Son. Story behind the Passage On some days, writing and reading is less fun. On rainy and dark winter days like this one, it is even less fun. But the reading really is not the thing. I guess, people…
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The Enduring Vision
Boyer, Clark et al. (2004). The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, 381. Story behind the Passage I never thought I would blog about this book. But here I am, showing a passage from this “Bible” of American Studies. I am sure, other fields use the book as well but I at least got…
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Book Of The Week Trost Der Philosophie
Boethius (2016/523). Trost der Philosophie. Story behind the Passage Today, I was really torn which language to write in. But somehow, even though I read the book in German and the original was in Latin, I still decided to write in English. There is no rational reason for this, I guess. And I doubt that…
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Book Of The Week Competencies For Competence Based Education
# 389: BOOK OF THE WEEK — “Competencies for Competence Based Education” Margolin, Cathryn Grammer (2017). Competencies for Competence Based Education: A Delphi Study. Story behind the Book Choice Today I am writing about a dissertation which I actively looked for. Quite often in my Sunday book section, I write about books that “found me” somehow. This is…
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Vorstellungskraft Und F Hrung
Mary Parker Follett (1868–1933) Es gibt einen Krieg in Europa, Menschen übernachten in Bunkern und es braucht noch nicht einmal Big Data oder ausgefeilte Künstliche Intelligenz (KI), um den Kriegstreiber auszumachen. Viel schlimmer noch, ich vermute, all diese vermeintlichen Innovationen haben dazu beigetragen, das alles vorher zu sagen. Aber es hat mal wieder keiner gehört,…
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Book Of The Week Ducktales Das Schlaue Buch In Gefahr
Walt Disney Enterprises (2019). Das schlaue Buch in Gefahr. Lustiges Taschenbuch. Story behind the Passage On some days, there just is not enough time to read. Still, I am happy I am keeping my promise to read something every week — at least kind of… Today I had no other choice. I will have to give you…
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Book Of The Week Hermann Hesse Franz Von Assisi
Hesse, Hermann (1988/1905). Franz von Assisi. Story behind the Book Choice Heute möchte ich meine wöchentliche Buchbesprechung mit einer Reflexion zu einer Frage verbinden, die weniger direkt mit Hesse zu tun hat. Zwar geht es bei beiden um „Gott und die Welt“, wenn man so möchte. Doch mein vorangestelltes Thema beschäftigte mich, noch bevor ich mich…
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Book Of The Week My Inventions
Tesla, Nikola (2019/1919). My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla. Story behind the Book Choice One day after the official end of the 365-Day Blogging Challenge, I find myself blogging again! The reason is simple: It is Sunday, actually a holiday in Germany (Reunification Day), and since I mentioned that I would keep up my habit…