Kategorie: Management & Entrepreneurship
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Book Of The Week Good To Great Part I
Collins, Jim (2001). Good to Great: Why some companies make the leap and others don’t. Story behind the Book Choice Today is one of these days again when I will not get through with the reading. But it does not matter. I got done with many other things today that are more important. Success is all…
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Application Oriented Minds
Isaacson, Walter (2011). Steve Jobs, 35 Story behind the Passage This might be the third time that I am blogging about Steve Jobs’ biography but so it may be. I used the passage above in a presentation today. As I was putting it together, I became aware of the immense difference between “foundational research” and “application-oriented”…
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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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Existentialist Freedom
Beauvoir, Simone de (2009/1949). The Second Sex, 37. Story behind the Passage Today in my Feminist reading circle, we discussed Simone de Beauvoir’s Second Sex. I never read the whole thing before but as soon as I started reading the first chapters again in preparation for the course, I immediately felt catapulted back to the time…
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Overacademization And Ph D Titles
Keller, Morton, and Phyllis Keller (2001). Making Harvard Modern: The Rise of America’s University. Story behind the Passage Today in the morning, I received breaking news on my cell phone that went: “Minister for Family Affirs resigns from office.” This is not the first time that this happens to a leading politician. We have been…
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Processes Like Zippers
Paksoy, Turan et al., eds. (2019). Lean and Green Supply Chain Management: Optimization Models and Algorithms. Story behind the Passage Somehow, the past always comes back to you. Or maybe you make it come back. Whatever you believe in — it does not matter. Just enjoy whatever life allows you to encounter. And for me, this currently…
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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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Moving Images Moving People
Schulz-Bruhdoel, Norbert (2005). Die PR- und Pressefibel: Zielgerichtete Medienarbeit: Ein Praxisbuch für Ein- und Aufsteiger, 134. Story behind the Passage There are so many things that entrepreneurs learn on their journey. One is: You never know what the day brings when you get up. That is quite a dumb statement, of course, because it applies…
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Karl
Sahner, Karl (2009). Karl, 181. Story behind the Passage Karl Lagerfeld is one of my biggest roles models. There you go — now it is out. He is one of the few people on this planet who really walked the talk and he resisted all mainstream ideas and temptations. Sure, it is tempting to satfisfy your ego with…
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Modeling Excellence
Ash, Mary Kay. (1984). On People Management, 65. Story behind the Passage Last week someone mentioned that I should not worry so much about how to call what I do. What matters is that I do what I do and thus “model” what I stand for. Fine, that is what I call “walking the talk.”…