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Goal Orientation As A Mindset
Kepner, Charles H., and Benjamin B. Tregoe (1976/1965). The Rational Manager: A Systematic Approach to Problem Solving and Decision Making, 172. Story behind the Passage Usually, when thinking about management topics, I write about Peter Drucker’s works. If there is one thing that Drucker perfectly balanced (in my view), it is the mixture of deep humanism…
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Realizing Injustice
Rawls, John (1999/1971). A Theory of Justice, 205–6. Story behind the Passage It is very easy to explain how I ended up choosing Rawls today. I am realizing more and more how the diversity of our society (de facto) leads to injustices (de jure) which the people affected do not even realize. This is not because…
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No Code An Opportunity To Advance Women Entrepreneurs Around The World
Dans, Enrique (Aug 9, 2020). “Could The No Code Movement Put Programmers Out Of A Job?” Forbes. Story behind the Passage Last week, I attended an online conference on women’s entrepreneurship for international scholars and practitioners (I wrote about it last week). To make a long story short: This contributed to me rethinking the blog. I…
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Crossing The Line To Code
Ullman, Ellen (1997). Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents, 15. Story behind the Passage This week something happened to me. I cannot really explain it but it feels as if the REAL dimension of the digital world has finally exploded inside of me. I mean this in a positive way — like an explosion that…
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The Digital Gender Gap And Women Entrepreneurs
OECD. “Bridging the Digital Gender Divide: Include, Upskill, Innovate” (2018). Story behind the Passage It is such a joy to be able to participate in a conference in which women entrepreneurs and researchers from around the world are meeting online. Yes, there are many really tragic things about Covid but organizing conferences has definitely become…
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Soft Skills Hard Consequences Solution Oriented Communication
Grimley, Bruce (2020). The 7Cs of Coaching: A Personal Journey Through the World of NLP and Coaching Psychology. Story behind the Passage Would it not be nice to go to an agency in your city, bring all your documents and get help with whatever you are there for? Sure — but it hardly ever happens. Well, of…
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Whatever It Takes
Imagine Dragons. “Whatever It Takes.” LyricFind Story behind the Passage They played this song on the radio in the car just now. I do not like the song, actually. It is not my kind of music — too loud, too modern, too violent in my ears. Still, the lyrics got me today. I am dealing with people…
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Seeing The Things Of The World Again
Aurel, Marc (2013/1558/59). The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antonius, 57. Story behind the Passage Ever since I read that Helmut Schmidt, one of the former chancellors of Germany, used to read Marc Aurel during his time as a soldier in World War II, I started reading Marc Aurel’s Meditations. I read a verse every morning….
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No Time For Assholes
Lichter, Horst (2017). Keine Zeit für Arschlöcher: Listen to Your Heart, 123. Translation: “In my life, I have always pulled off the things that I decided to do after thinking about them thoroughly. By now, I am used to the fact that people do not believe me. In former times, I was still afraid of this….
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Travels And Travails
Schwarzenbach, Annemarie (2011). Orientreisen: Reportagen aus der Fremde, 112–13. Story behind the Passage Yes, I know it is not reader-friendly to choose a bunch of German texts for a blog that is written in English for an international audience. Since I have no idea who my audience is at this point and since I am not…