Kategorie: Allgemein
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Book Of The Week Start Something That Matters
Mycoskie, Blake (2012). Start Something That Matters. Story behind the Book Choice Today’s pick is easy to explain because I chose it for my class on Social Entrepreneurship. The thing is, Mycoskie is NOT a social entrepreneur because he intentionally designed a for-profit-model when starting TOMS. What is social behind this is the mission: Mycoskie wanted…
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Reading Helps
Hynes, Arleen McCarty (2019). Bibliotherapy: The Interactive Process. A Handbook. Story behind the Passage Today, someone shared with me that the reading circles we did in the past weeks actually helped her overcome a personal problem. And I mean — a serious personal problem that had to be treated professionally. Then she participated in the circles and…
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Book Of The Week Silent Spring Part Ii
Carson, Rachel (1962). Silent Spring. Story behind the Passage Last week, I did not make it through the Carson book. Today I did — kind of. I have to admit, the book is so dense and so full of profoundly researched examples that I was not able to read and digest every single one of them. But that…
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Big Bang Theory
Kowalski, Dean A., editor (2012). The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Aristotle, Locke. Story behind the Passage With a dear friend and mentor of mine, we talked about nerds and sex today. And then she said: “You have to watch The Big Bang Theory! There you have it all. A bunch of…
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Oratory
Diggins, John Patrick (1989). The Proud Decades: America in War and Peace, 1941–1960, 292. Story behind the Passage Today I gave a talk at a conference together with a dear colleague of mine. I just had five minutes or so — but I used them. I had no idea what I was going to say beforehand. And…
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Mirrors
Plath, Sylvia (1971/1961). “Mirror.” Story behind the Passage It is very easy to explain again how this topic and the poem made it to my blog today. In the past days, I heard the term “mirror” at least five times from three different people in many different contexts. The thing is, I am getting sick…
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Business Women And Identity
Kwolek-Folland, Angel (1994). Engendering Business: Men and Women in the Corporate Office, 1. Story behind the Passage “All this neo-liberal terminology, we should get rid of it altogether.“ This is what self-declared critical thinkers like to say. You know what, I understand all the critical thinking but the point is, it is also getting on my…
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Writing Ads
Frome, Shelley (2009). The Art and Craft of Screenwriting: Fundamentals, Methods Advice from Insiders, 214. Story behind the Passage Yesterday in my Social Entrepreneurship class we talked about THINX and Miki Agrawal’s book. No worries, the semester is going to be over soon and I am not going to start that many more posts with…
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Book Of The Week The Time Of My Life
Swayze, Patrick, and Lisa Niemi (2009). The Time of My Life. Story behind the Book Choice There is no actor I identify so much with as Patrick Swayze. I know this sounds stupid because, after all, I never him, neither did I watch many of his movies. But his life path always fascinated me whenever I…
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Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1994/1926). The Great Gatsby, 188. Story behind the Passage Today I looked at the website of a colleague of mine from the U.S. Well, she is more of a successful role model in our business than a colleague. I looked at her work and I could see the American Dream behind it. What…