Kategorie: Allgemein
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Nuts And Dolts Bosses
Fitz-Gibbon, Bernice (1967). Macy’s, Gimbels, and Me: By Nobody but Nobody but, 231. Story behind the Passage When talking about leadership, you usually also talk about “bosses.” That was very evident in our group discussion yesterday. Everyone practically had one (stereo-)typical leader in mind when describing leadership qualities — even unconsciously. What I think about a lot these…
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Trading Man
Fogerty, John Cameron. “Proud Mary.” Story behind the Passage As so often happens, an encounter today made me ponder. It was a remarkable encounter — unexpected, spontaneous, with someone really unremarkably remarkable. Just a wonderful and inspiring person who brings joy and wellbeing to the people with what he does. In the car afterwards, I turned on the…
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Forgetting To Think
Vaidhyanathan, Siva (2011). The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry), 177. Story behind the Passage This time, I do remember when and why I bought this book. Or at least, kind of. I listened to a lecture by the author at an American Studies conference. I did not like the lecture but I was…
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Alas Political Education
Nohlen, Dieter, ed. (2003). Kleines Lexikon der Politik, 32. Story behind the Passage It must have been in 2000 when I chose my majors in high school. It was 2005 when I chose my subjects in university. In both cases, I chose Political Science or “Politics and Economy,” as it was called in high school. Little…
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One Mentor
Heiss, Marianne (2011). Yes, She Can. Die Zukunft des Managements ist weiblich,162. Story behind the Passage I do not think there has ever been a time in history when people talked more abou career…-everything. There is career orientation, coaching, further education, seminars, workshops, counseling, mediation, retreats — and there is mentoring. Well, I am not saying that…
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Book Of The Week Silent Spring Part I
Carson, Rachel (1962). Silent Spring. Story behind the Book Choice Today is one of these rare occasions when I have to break my promise of writing about a new book I have read. I simply did not manage to complete the reading load today. But I had a very fulfilling day. I worked my first shift…
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The Primitive Condition Of Humanity
Mill, John Stuart (2009/1869). On the Subjection of Women, 5. Story behind the Passage I read Mill today in preparation for a class tomorrow. I could not remember whether I had read the Subjection of Women before. For sure, I read Mill a lot during my undergraduate studies. I even think that Mill was my entry…
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Re Framing People
Scheufele, Bertram (2003). Frames — Framing — Framing-Effekte: Theoretische und methodische Grundlegung des Framing-Ansatzes sowie empirische Befunde zur Nachrichtenproduktion, 13. Story behind the Passage The book above was one of the major resources I used for writing my PhD. I first learned about framing theory in Communication Studies. It is one of these “common-sense” theories which we all tacitly…
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Too Rich To Be Courageous
Sandberg, Sheryl (2013). Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, 91. Story behind the Passage Currently as I am preparing my “educational turn,” if you want to call it like that, I get a lot feedback on the topic of feminism. It is so funny because when I call a seminar “leadership,” then women…
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Oh Jerusalem
Alpert, Herb. Jerusalem. Story behind the Passage Just turn on the news and you will see the reason why a writer has to write about Israel today — and probably for a long time to come. My Learnings Bombs flickering in the air, People in the shelter. Explosions and fire everywhere. Oh, Jerusalem. There were times of…