Kategorie: Allgemein
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Consulting Epilogues And Sustainable Impact
Drucker, Peter F. (1964/1946). The Concept of the Corporation, 237. Story behind the Passage A couple of days ago, a friend of mine told me how frustrated she currently is. She said: “You know what, everybody is now talking about the Covid vaccine. We are just treating symptoms all the time. Nobody is talking about…
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Dear American Studies What Is Your Value Proposition
“The Value of the Humanities” (2018). Deloitte and Macquarie University, 8. Story behind the Passage Today I am not talking about a book, I am talking about a study I found online. It is one of the most helpful studies to explain the economic value of the humanities. There is just one tiny cosmetic problem:…
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Solving Problems But Which Ones
Oxford Dictionary of Business and Management (2009), 441. Story behind the Passage What can you do best? The answer to this question is the basis of your business. There is only one problem: If your best skill is problem solving, you need to know which problems you solve best. Or is this question not important at…
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Mega Bullshit And Our Value Crisis
Frankfurt, Harry (2005). On Bullshit. Story behind the Passage It was maybe five years ago when I visited a conference on “Rethinking Management.” A keynote speaker from the UK gave a lecture on the topic of “Bullshit.” This is also when I learned about the original work by Harry Frankfurt On Bullshit. I immediately bought…
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Thinking About Artists Maybe
Hesse, Hermann (1974). Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend, 113. Story behind the Passage It is not easy to not know what you do exactly. This afternoon, a dear friend of mine asked me to send her some info about me because she wanted to pass it on to someone who was interested in getting…
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Dogs
Lindnord, Mikael (2016). Arthur: The Dog Who Crossed the Djungle to Find a Home. Story behind the Passage It is so funny but I just noticed today that I have not blogged about dogs so far. That is surprising because dogs are so important to me — animals are in general. Since I blog about topics that I…
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Leadership Learning
Burns, James MacGregor (2010/1978). Leadership, 63. Story behind the Passage This morning while taking my run, I had a herureka moment. It was facilitated by the fact that I had to write an intro to someone yesterday and I completely messed up. Everything I wrote about me and my business was true. But the problem…
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Online Education Before And After
Ries, Eric (2011). The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, 131. Story behind the Passage A few days ago, my mother actually raised the question whether it is such a drama if the schools go on Christmas break a lot earlier than planned because of the current Covid…
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Intercultural Being
Trompenaars, Fons, and Charles Hampden-Turner (2003/1997). Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business, 13. Story behind the Passage I am not on any dating platform. But I have blind dates quite often. Today, I had another one. It turned out to be such a wonderful conversation. No, it was not meant to…
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Strategy Stays
Mintzberg, Henry, Bruce Ahlstrand, and Joseph Lampel (1998). Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Strategic Management, 15. Story behind the Passage I love strategy. Yes, that might sound old-fashioned but I am convinced strategy is important — and will remain important. The thing that I am seeing these days is that many are claiming…