Kategorie: Allgemein
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Tupperware S Brownie Wise Erasing History
Mason, Fergus (2014). Brownie Wise: Tupperware Queen, 85. Story behind the Passage This morning I wanted to write a text about an interview that I had conducted almost a year ago with a medium-sized industrial company. The business has continuously expanded since its founding almost 150 years ago. I had done the interview with the two…
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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…
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Taking The Leap
Branson, Richard (2008). Screw It, Let’s Do It: 14 Lessons on Making It to the Top while Having Fun and Growing Greener, 60. Story behind the Passage Today, I had so many awesome conversations that I can hardly remember all of them in detail. I know, this blog is now turning into something like a diary.…
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Saying No To The Mba Bubble
Zanetti, Mariana (2013). The MBA Bubble: Why Getting an MBA Is a Bad Idea, 140. Story behind the Passage What does it take to say “no” to something? It is just a word, you think? Why would it be difficult? Well, ask yourself right now when someone asked you to take a new job/role with more…
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Paradigm Shifts And Humility
Covey, Stephen R. (1989). The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, n.p. Story behind the Passage Yes, I know, this is a long screenshot today. And it is not even from a startup story. I have chosen this story today because I had three conversations in the last 24 hours that made me think of it.…
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Blitzscaling Is Not Our Story
# 15: “Blitzscaling” Is Not Our Story (Part I) Hoffman, Reid, and Chris Yeh (2018): The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies, 279. Story behind the Passage Today I am getting a bit serious. I am already warning you — some people in the German startup scene might get pissed off. But since you know that…
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Diversity As A Personal Brand
Aust, Oliver (2020). Unignorable: Build Your Personal Brand and Boost Your Business in 30 Days, 36. Story behind the Passage When I was still a kid and did something that was typically “Silke,” my parents used to laugh and say: “Gee, you are a brand of your own!” (German: “Du bist eine Marke”). Just to highlight:…
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Among Ghosts What Sells A Book Is Heart
Harris, Robert (2008). The Ghost: One Man Will Uncover the World’s Biggest Conspiracy, 23. Story behind the Passage I am quite diverging from my original plan of talking about startup stories today — but maybe I will not. I have no idea. Let us see where this is going. I just know that I need to write…
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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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Special The Myth Of The Professorship As A Calling And How You Can Become Who You Really
# 22 SPECIAL (Part 1): The Myth of the Professorship as a “Calling“ and How You Can Become Who You Really Are My e-mail to PhD candidates, 09/17/2020 Why “Special”? Today is a special blogging day as you can already see in the headline. I have been blogging every day for three weeks now and I…