Kategorie: Allgemein
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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…
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Africa
Gallmann, Kuki (1992). Ich träumte von Afrika, 97. (English version from Google Books) Story behind the Passage A few days ago I caught myself saying: “Covid is bothering me now.” That was the first time I really thought so. I believe, as soon as human beings see the light at the end of the tunnel (vaccines…
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Breaking The Tetris Effect
Achor, Shawn (2010). The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles that Fuel Success and Performance at Work, 99. Story behind the Passage There are tough days in the life of an entrepreneur and there are even tougher days. But all these days are really worth it. They take you to places where you do not necessarily wanted…
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The Value Of Networks
Currier, James (2020). The Network Effects Bible, 15. Story behind the Passage Today I gave a workshop for a group of Ph.D. students. It was about “Gender Diversity.” One message I got across was that all diversity issues are cultural issues and therefore, they can primarily be managed by means of communication. And communication theory is…
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Work With Passion
Lelord, Hector (2008). Hector und die Entdeckung der Zeit, 101. Story behind the Passage What is it that you could be doing for 12 hours a day and never get tired of it? I know what this is in my life but the trouble starts when you find out that this in and of itself cannot…
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Broken Elites
Herles, Benedikt (2015). Die Kaputte Elite: Ein Schadensbericht aus unseren Führungsetagen, 136–37. Story behind the Passage Yes, it is not nice to choose a German book again for a blog in English. Still, I decided in favor of this one today because I am constantly being confronted with the issue of elites — or rather with their…