Kategorie: Allgemein
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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…
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Just Research
Cvetkovich, Ann (2012). Depression: A Public Feeling, 19. Story behind the Passage No worries, I am not going to talk about depression today, in case you are thinking that when looking at the book title. Even though, I could to say a lot about this, I refuse to do so. If you want to learn about…
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Book Of The Week Playing Big
Mohr, Tara (2014). Playing Big: A Practical Guide for Brilliant Women Like You. Story behind the Book Choice This upcoming Tuesday I am going to run a workshop on “Gender Diversity” at a graduate school. In preparation for this, I thought it would be nice to finally read Playing Big. The book has been sitting on…
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Learning Detachment
Chopra, Deepak (2007/1994). The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Pocketbook Guide to Fulfilling Your Dreams, 80. Story behind the Passage The best things come to your life when you do not expect them. Does that sound familiar? If yes, you have one ability that sets you apart from all those who never experience this mystery…
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Reading Body Language
Molcho, Samy (1998/1983). Körpersprache, 158–59. Story behind the Passage Today, I recorded my first zebra podcast with an entrepreneurial colleague of mine. He is an expert in communication and that is, of course, what made me think of Samy Molcho today. I have no idea at what age I learned about him. As far as…
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Introverted Output
Cain, Susan (2013). Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, 71. Story behind the Passage I am running the risk of repeating myself by being a bit critical about the current status of social, political, and business affairs. Still, I have to talk about all this again. Someone today mentioned that…
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Selling And Choosing Life Stories
Eaking, Paul John (2008). Living Autobiographically: How We Create Identity in Narrative, 147. Story behind the Passage Around Christmas and New Year’s, German TV stations show these old movies and series. You can even watch famous fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers. It is funny how they continue showing them. I bet, there must be…
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Book Of The Week Elizabeth Arden
Shuker, Nancy (2001). Elizabeth Arden: Beauty Empire Builder. Story behind the Book Choice If you want to learn how women became tycoons, there is no way around the beauty business. This already explains a lot about one of the most fundamental principles of business: solving problems while also sensing a market behind the products you are…