Kategorie: Management & Entrepreneurship
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Just Research
Cvetkovich, Ann (2012). Depression: A Public Feeling, 19. Story behind the Passage No worries, I am not going to talk about depression today, in case you are thinking that when looking at the book title. Even though, I could to say a lot about this, I refuse to do so. If you want to learn about…
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Book Of The Week Playing Big
Mohr, Tara (2014). Playing Big: A Practical Guide for Brilliant Women Like You. Story behind the Book Choice This upcoming Tuesday I am going to run a workshop on “Gender Diversity” at a graduate school. In preparation for this, I thought it would be nice to finally read Playing Big. The book has been sitting on…
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Book Of The Week The Alliance
Hoffman, Reid, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh (2014). The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age. Story behind the Book Choice This time, it is very easy to understand why I bought this book. It is about talents and employer-employee relationships. This topic has been occupying me since my first days at work after graduating…
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Special Sex Cars Underwear Playing With Guys Toys
Van Herk, A. (1998): No Fixed Address. An Amorous Journey. Alberta: Red Deer College Press, 132–33. Story behind the Essay I wrote the following piece on December 29, 2005, almost 15 years ago. The reason why I am sharing it today is because I want to write more about saleswomen in 2021. This is my New…
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Reading Body Language
Molcho, Samy (1998/1983). Körpersprache, 158–59. Story behind the Passage Today, I recorded my first zebra podcast with an entrepreneurial colleague of mine. He is an expert in communication and that is, of course, what made me think of Samy Molcho today. I have no idea at what age I learned about him. As far as…
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Selling And Choosing Life Stories
Eaking, Paul John (2008). Living Autobiographically: How We Create Identity in Narrative, 147. Story behind the Passage Around Christmas and New Year’s, German TV stations show these old movies and series. You can even watch famous fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers. It is funny how they continue showing them. I bet, there must be…
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Solving Problems But Which Ones
Oxford Dictionary of Business and Management (2009), 441. Story behind the Passage What can you do best? The answer to this question is the basis of your business. There is only one problem: If your best skill is problem solving, you need to know which problems you solve best. Or is this question not important at…
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Book Of The Week Elizabeth Arden
Shuker, Nancy (2001). Elizabeth Arden: Beauty Empire Builder. Story behind the Book Choice If you want to learn how women became tycoons, there is no way around the beauty business. This already explains a lot about one of the most fundamental principles of business: solving problems while also sensing a market behind the products you are…
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Mega Bullshit And Our Value Crisis
Frankfurt, Harry (2005). On Bullshit. Story behind the Passage It was maybe five years ago when I visited a conference on “Rethinking Management.” A keynote speaker from the UK gave a lecture on the topic of “Bullshit.” This is also when I learned about the original work by Harry Frankfurt On Bullshit. I immediately bought…
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Dear Women Do Not Train Yourselves Out Of The Game
Mohr, Tara (2014). Playing Big: A Practical Guide for Brilliant Women Like You, 146. Story behind the Passage On some days, it is really hard for me to decide on the topic I want to write about. On other days, it is very easy. Today is one of the easy days because a dear friend of…