Kategorie: Allgemein
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Feedback Overkill And Gut Feeling
Hsieh, Tony (2010): Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose, 140. Story behind the Passage Just this evening, I was participating in a virtual women’s founder event in Switzerland. In one of the fireside talks, the topic of getting feedback on one’s ideas came up repeatedly. This was when I decided to write about…
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Management By Objectives
Drucker, Peter F. (2005/1954). The Practice of Management, 144. Story behind the Passage The story behind this passage is very simple. I love Peter Drucker! He is my absolute management hero. I love him so much that I spent a whole chapter in my habilitation (second academic book) on his first study about General Motors…
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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…
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Special Part 2 The Myth Of The Professorship As A Calling And How You Can Become Who You
# 23 SPECIAL (Part 2): The Myth of the Professorship as a “Calling“ and How You Can Become Who You Really Are Urban Dictionary CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY (Read Part 1) What is a real mission? As you can see above, the concept of “mission” is used for businesses as well, including startups. In the following, I…
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Pragmatism
Menand, Louis (1997): An Introduction to Pragmatism. Pragmatism: A Reader. Ed. Louis Menand, xi. Story behind the Passage Yes, I know. Again, there is more than one passage above. But we are entering the philosophical sphere now — in case you have not noticed. From my perspective, it is o.k. to start a discussion of Pragmatism with half…
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Why Write
Goodreads Story behind the Passage Today I got a surprise call from a dear friend of mine. It ended up being an intense conversation, but a very helpful and deep one — with true meaning for both parties. My friend repeatedly tried to explain to me what it means to be an artist. I mean, he used…
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The Diversity Fable
Thomas, Roosevelt R., with Marjorie I. Woodruff (1999). Building a House for Diversity: How a Fable about a Giraffe & an Elephant Offers New Strategies for today’s Workforce, 4. Story behind the Passage Diversity is something that has been occupying me for many years. Actually, I AM DIVERSITY on two feet. Whenever I call someone…
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Never Burn Bridges An Issue Of Identification And Problem Solving
Medium Story behind the Passage This article above was in my Medium Daily Digest. Sometimes I read the recommended articles, sometimes I do not. Today, I just had to read this one because it directly addressed my present learning about personal branding and impact. Well, the algorithm knows what I am thinking about, right, so…
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What Startups Can Learn From Horses
Roberts, Monty (2002). Horse Sense for People: The Man Who Listens to Horses Talks to People, Foreword. Story behind the Passage Many startups want to become unicorns. But the name already indicates how rare they are. Companies valued at over one billion USD can be counted on the fingers of one hand in most nations.…
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Taking Stories Seriously
Pullman, Philip (2017). Magic Carpets: The Writer’s Responsibilities. Ed. Simon Mason. Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling, 3. Story behind the Passage Someone who is thinking about writing a book with me told me today: “Silke, you are very serious about stories. You really mean it. The way you get into stories, it is really…