Kategorie: Management & Entrepreneurship
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Open Science
Franzen, Martina (2018). Die Digitale Transformation der Wissenschaft. Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung, 40:4, 9. Story behind the Passage What is scholarship? I have been struggling with this question ever since I became a scholar. And I still have not figured it out. To me, it always seemed weird how you, from one day to the next by…
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Visionary Leadership Living In The Future Reading About The Past
Dogru, Caglar, ed. (2020). Leadership Styles, Innovation, and Social Entrepreneurship in the Era of Digitalization, 9. Story behind the Passage I am thinking a lot about how much I ignored the fact that people think differently. This sounds quite stupid, right? Is it not self-evident that we all think differently, especially to someone who talks…
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Digital Thinking
Dix, Alan. “Digital Thinking: See the World with Digital Eyes.” Story behind the Passage Some insights change your thinking irreversibly. For me, this was the case when I finally discovered the full magnitude of what digital technology can do (I wrote about this before). Since then, everything I had previously thought of as smart or important…
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Second Third Fourth Careers
Drucker, Peter F. (2008/1999). “Managing Oneself.” Harvard Business Review Classics, 47. Story behind the Passage Yes, I talk about change all the time. But sometimes I have the feeling — I am either missing out on changing my life or I am changing my life all the time without me even noticing it! As I said to…
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Idea Bazooka
bazooka | Origin and meaning of bazooka by Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com) Story behind the Passage Actually, I think, my next degree might even be in Physics. Am I kidding? Probably! I would not manage to pass any exams in Physics, I think. Still, I have never never been that close to the natural sciences….
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Story Struggles And Digitalization
Davenport, Thomas H., and Laurence Prusak (1998). Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know, 82. Story behind the Passage Why struggle with stories if I write every day? You know what, I am so sick of this back and forth. What I mean is: In some organizational cultures, storytelling is already a very well-known and…
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Blended Academics Live Your Career Narrative
“How Nonlinear Careers Are Becoming the New Normal” (2017). The Atlantic. Story behind the Passage Today I received an inquiry from a graduate center at a German university. It contains an introduction explaining why there is a need to provide career guidance for junior researchers, particularly postdocs. And then it ends with the question whether…
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Making Digital Humanities
Svensson, Patrik (2016). Big Digital Humanities Svensson, Patrik, 172. Story behind the Passage Sometimes it is hard to believe what life does to you. You think, you are lost, but then you realize that everything you have been doing makes complete sense. You have just been using different names for what you have been doing than…
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Special Everybody S Business New Toilets Old Humanities
On the Differences between Academic Activism and Social Entrepreneurship Poon, Linda (Nov 19, 2014). “Toilets ‘R’ Him: Jack Sim Wants A Potty In Every Pad.” NPR. Story behind the Passage Today, someone made me aware of an upcoming conference in my field. It is going to be held on/around World Toilet Day. It is up to…
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Book Of The Week The Music Business And Digital Impacts
Nordgård, Daniel (2018). The Music Business and Digital Impacts: Innovations and Disruptions in the Music Industries. Story behind the Book Choice This morning someone whom I greatly admire for his visionary thinking and his ability to also implement visionary ideas sent me an article about the disruption of the music business and the latter’s inability…