Kategorie: Management & Entrepreneurship
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Marketing Squared
Peters, Tom, et al. Management: The Next 50 Years. McKinsey Quarterly 3 (2014): 62. Story behind the Passage “No matter what we do, we will have to sell it to them in some way,” my friend said today in a long conversation about a project we are about to start. It is not even a project…
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Either Or Is Killing Dreams
Sher, Barbara (2006): Refuse to Choose: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the LIfe and Career of Your Dreams, 126. Story behind the Passage There are so many endless circles, I cannot count them anymore. There are always two results: interdisciplinary and intercultural dialogue are the catch words. But the funny and…
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Management As Responsibility
Drucker, Peter F., with Joseph A. Maciariello (2004). The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done, 110. Story behind the Passage Today is another one of my Peter Drucker days. I know, maybe you get sick of him already but I can guarantee that I will most likely blog…
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Goal Orientation As A Mindset
Kepner, Charles H., and Benjamin B. Tregoe (1976/1965). The Rational Manager: A Systematic Approach to Problem Solving and Decision Making, 172. Story behind the Passage Usually, when thinking about management topics, I write about Peter Drucker’s works. If there is one thing that Drucker perfectly balanced (in my view), it is the mixture of deep humanism…
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Fucked Up State
Aust, Stefan (1998). Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, 36. Story behind the Passage It takes a while to break all chains with your own past. I am not talking about any “skeletons in the closet.” I am simply talking about old thoughts, values, and hopes. In my case, I did believe in the fact that a market…
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The Digital Gender Gap And Women Entrepreneurs
OECD. “Bridging the Digital Gender Divide: Include, Upskill, Innovate” (2018). Story behind the Passage It is such a joy to be able to participate in a conference in which women entrepreneurs and researchers from around the world are meeting online. Yes, there are many really tragic things about Covid but organizing conferences has definitely become…
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No Code An Opportunity To Advance Women Entrepreneurs Around The World
Dans, Enrique (Aug 9, 2020). “Could The No Code Movement Put Programmers Out Of A Job?” Forbes. Story behind the Passage Last week, I attended an online conference on women’s entrepreneurship for international scholars and practitioners (I wrote about it last week). To make a long story short: This contributed to me rethinking the blog. I…
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Seeing The Things Of The World Again
Aurel, Marc (2013/1558/59). The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antonius, 57. Story behind the Passage Ever since I read that Helmut Schmidt, one of the former chancellors of Germany, used to read Marc Aurel during his time as a soldier in World War II, I started reading Marc Aurel’s Meditations. I read a verse every morning….
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Whatever It Takes
Imagine Dragons. “Whatever It Takes.” LyricFind Story behind the Passage They played this song on the radio in the car just now. I do not like the song, actually. It is not my kind of music — too loud, too modern, too violent in my ears. Still, the lyrics got me today. I am dealing with people…
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Crossing The Line To Code
Ullman, Ellen (1997). Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents, 15. Story behind the Passage This week something happened to me. I cannot really explain it but it feels as if the REAL dimension of the digital world has finally exploded inside of me. I mean this in a positive way — like an explosion that…