Kategorie: Allgemein
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History Nuns And Powerplay
Cunningham, Mary, with Fran Schumer (1984). Powerplay: What Really Happened at Bendix, 95. Story behind the Passage There are periods when I really get excited about history. Right now, I am reading a book about the history of the suburb where I live. I had no idea that the monastery which once existed around the corner…
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Reading As Serendipity Resolution
Merton, Robert K., and Elinor Barber (2004). The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity, 2. Story behind the Passage Usually, I try to use easy language that everybody can understand — including myself. The title today diverges from this golden rule. Even more disturbing is the fact that I myself did not know about the concept of “serendipity”…
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Out Of The Box Networks Co Redesigning Key Words
Cross, Nigel (2011). Design Thinking, 27. Story behind the Passage Today is Monday and Mondays can be quite shitty sometimes. Of course, this is a self-fulfilling prophecy, I know this. So, today, I am choosing to make my Monday shitty because I label my day this way. In objective terms, my Monday has been quite…
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What Is Academia Don T Ask The Dumbest Generation
Bauerlein, Mark (2009). The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future, 212. Story behind the Passage “Oh, could you please be a little less academic about this?” Have you ever heard this sentence in response to something you said or presented? If yes, you are probably above 30 and graduated…
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How Much Personal Diversity Is Too Much
Cox, Taylor, Jr. (1993). Cultural Diversity in Organizations: Theory, Research, and Practice, 11. Story behind the Passage A few years ago, it must have been in 2015, I gave a talk about diversity management in front of an academic association of cultural and literary studies scholars. To make a long story short: They ripped me…
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Just Read Dear Scholars
Hoff, Benjamin (1982). The Tao of Pooh, 25–26. Story behind the Passage Tomorrow, Nov 20, Germany is going to celebrate the “Day of Reading” (Tag des Vorlesens). This is a day that seeks to raise awareness of the importance of reading, particularly reading to children. As someone who writes books across all genres and for different…
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Books Will Stay In A Complex World
Strunk, William, Jr., and E.B. White (2000/1979). The Elements of Style. Story behind the “Passage” This morning a friend sent me a message in response to what I wrote on the blog yesterday about reading. He asked: “Will there be a post-books era since we are already talking about the post-facts age all the time?” I…
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Excellence Takes Brain
Peters, Thomas J., and Robert H. Waterman Jr. (1982). In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies, 29. Story behind the Passage My best friend is in Japan right now. Getting to know a new culture and learning a new language is not that easy in the middle of a pandemic while wearing a…
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Communication As Life Narrative
McQuail, Denis (2005): McQuail’s Mass Communication Theory, 381. Story behind the Passage It was some weekday morning in the spring of 2007, I was 23 years old and in the second semester of my university studies. The wife of a young colleague of my Dad called me at home. “Silke, my boss is looking for someone…
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The Wrong Rebirth Of The Author
Backes, Laura, Sebastian Hammeleleh, Tobias Rapp, and Claudia Voigt. Der Spiegel, 44, 120. Story behind the Passage There are writers who have the privilege of publishing with an acclaimed publishing house. And there are writers who get kicked out of a publishing house after 40 years of successful book writing. Both of these things happened to…