Kategorie: Allgemein
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Somewhere Else
Kaldas, Pauline (2007). Letters from Cairo, 131. Story behind the Passage The passage is from a book I discussed in my Ph.D. thesis back in 2013. I remember the story very well, like most of the narratives by Arab American women that I worked on. The funny thing is that for so many years, all this…
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Time More Is More
Dobelli, Rolf (2013). The Art of Thinking Clearly: Better Thinking, Better Decisions. Story behind the Passage Time has always been an issue for human beings. After all, we know that our life time is limited and that is why all of us, at some point in our life, discover that time really is the most…
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Story Struggles And Digitalization
Davenport, Thomas H., and Laurence Prusak (1998). Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know, 82. Story behind the Passage Why struggle with stories if I write every day? You know what, I am so sick of this back and forth. What I mean is: In some organizational cultures, storytelling is already a very well-known and…
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Women And Power Redefined
Beard, Mary (2017). Women & Power: A Manifesto, 83. Story behind the Passage I am thinking a lot about the future of decision making these days because I am designing a project on it. This is also why I am thinking about the role of women in decision-making processes, especially with a focus on intercultural…
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The Wave
“Surfin’ U.S.A.” The Beach Boys. Story behind the Passage On some days — only poetry can do. My Learnings You want to surf, Desperately. You go to the beach, Every day. You wait for the wave, The big one. It does not come. You go again, You wait. You pray. You hope. You research the perfect place. It…
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Unveiling The Paradox
Koelbl, Susanne (2019). Zwölf Wochen in Riad: Saudi Arabien zwischen Diktatur und Aufbruch, 77. Story behind the Passage Today I watched a short report about the German war and crisis photographer Ursula Meissner. The report was about her decade-long work and the fact that right now all the trips have been canceled due to the…
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Poets As Managers
Pink, Daniel H. (2005). A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, 143. Story behind the Passage Hardly any day passes without a conversation about the future. Most people I talk to think about the future of business. Some think about their personal future. Others try to not think about the future at all…
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Learning About Learning
Zipfel, Astrid, and Michael Kunczik (2001). Publizistik, 414. Story behind the Passage Is it normal that people who learn a lot also think a lot about learning? And why do I even worry about that? I mean, I already know that my ‘normal’ is usually not the normal of others. But I am not asking…
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Book Of The Week What Tech Calls Thinking
Daub, Adrian (2020). What Tech Calls Thinking. Story behind the Book Choice “Arrogance” is going to be the buttom line of today’s book discussion. No, this is not because I am annoyed by the fact that I actually had to start a new Word document today. The old file with my previous 127 posts is…
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Beyond Alt Ac And Post Ac
Higgins, Sabrina C., and Megan Daniels (2015). “Alternative Academics: Moving beyond the Academy.” Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies 3:3: 238–246, 239. Story behind the Passage In a conversation with a colleague today I learned a new word: “alternative academics.” As always, I love learning new concepts, especially if they describe things that I…