Kategorie: Allgemein
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Show And Tell And Not Vice Versa
Dacey, Linda, and Rebeka Eston (2002). Show and Tell: Representing and Communicating Mathematical Ideas in K-2 Classrooms, 1. Story behind the Passage Language is such a difficult thing. That is why I wish that we would all be using children’s books for communication. Well, or at least, some methods of child pedagogy. I have at…
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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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Fucked Up State
Aust, Stefan (1998). Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, 36. Story behind the Passage It takes a while to break all chains with your own past. I am not talking about any “skeletons in the closet.” I am simply talking about old thoughts, values, and hopes. In my case, I did believe in the fact that a market…
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Management As Responsibility
Drucker, Peter F., with Joseph A. Maciariello (2004). The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done, 110. Story behind the Passage Today is another one of my Peter Drucker days. I know, maybe you get sick of him already but I can guarantee that I will most likely blog…
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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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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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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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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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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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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…