Kategorie: Allgemein
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Book Of The Week Factfulness
Rosling, Hans, Rosling, Ola, Rosling Rönnlund, Anna (2019): Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World — And Why Things Are Better Than You Think. Story behind the Book Choice As I mentioned last week, I decided to improve my reading habits again by reading (at least) one new book per week. “New” means: new in my list…
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Only The Bright Ones Are Full Of Doubt
Lorenzo, Giovanni di, and Helmut Schmidt (2013). „Eigentlich musst Du mal den Koran lesen.“ Interview with Matthias Nass. In: Auf eine Zigarette mit Helmut Schmidt, 138. English translation “It is commonly said that politicians do not find the time to read.” “I have always read at night, also during my time as a minister and as…
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Thinking Class In University And Business
Kadi, Jo(anna) (1996). Thinking Class: Sketches from a Cultural Worker, 146–147. Story behind the Passage Hardly ever before have so many of my contacts in businesses talked about larger social, political, and education issues. There is something wrong with this. I mean, not with the talk but with the reasons. The fragmentation of the social spheres…
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The Iceberg Of Traditional Higher Education Is Melting
Kotter, John, and Holger Rathgeber (2005). Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding under any Conditions, 10. Story behind the Passage Change is everywhere, we just do not see it all the time. But there are people who notice and know that action needs to be taken. I talked about Kotter’s eight steps of change…
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Common Sense
Paine, Thomas (2003/1776). “Common Sense.” In: Common Sense, Rights of Man, and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine, 21. Story behind the Passage In a conversation today we talked about the fact that many businesses simply forget to listen to their clients. Even worse, they completely forget that clients should be at the center of everything…
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Special Sex Cars Underwear Playing With Guys Toys
Van Herk, A. (1998): No Fixed Address. An Amorous Journey. Alberta: Red Deer College Press, 132–33. Story behind the Essay I wrote the following piece on December 29, 2005, almost 15 years ago. The reason why I am sharing it today is because I want to write more about saleswomen in 2021. This is my New…
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Reading Games Players
Peterson, David B. and Mary Dee Hicks (1996). Leader as Coach: Strategies for Coaching and Developing Others, 56. Story behind the Passage Today I watched a documentary about Bastian Schweinsteiger, the German soccer player. It really moved me. It was done by the German film maker Til Schweiger. To me, the movie was another masterpiece of…
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The Liberal Arts And Innovation
Nussbaum, Martha C. (2010). Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, 53. Story behind the Passage Hardly any day passes without me thinking about education. It is not like I get up saying: “Hey, let’s think about education today.” It is just that I encounter so many dumbheads that I simply cannot escape thinking…
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Public Intellectuals
Said, Edward W. (1996/1994). Representations of the Public Intellectual. Story behind the Passage In a conversation today, someone brought up the term “public intellectual.” I love that term, as you might know by now. Even though I am constantly mourning that seemingly extinct group of leading minds, I cannot let go of them. Well, that…
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Book Of The Week The Alliance
Hoffman, Reid, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh (2014). The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age. Story behind the Book Choice This time, it is very easy to understand why I bought this book. It is about talents and employer-employee relationships. This topic has been occupying me since my first days at work after graduating…