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Month: October 2006

To Blog or Not to Blog

Posted onOctober 19, 2006AuthorMarcus BirkenkraheLeave a comment

Very interesting new article from Wharton Business School on pros and cons of blogging. I have been thinking about letting my students blog – now I think I will initiate that.

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Interculturalism

Posted onOctober 19, 2006AuthorMarcus BirkenkraheLeave a comment

Attended a meeting of an engineering association as a panel member yesterday. Presentation and long discussion about “intercultural communication”. The speaker used Hofstedte’s 4 cultural dimensions – criteria to label a specific culture – apparently Read More …

CategoriesCoaching

Wharton on blogs

Posted onOctober 19, 2006AuthorMarcus BirkenkraheLeave a comment

In a new article in “Knowledge @ Wharton”, their weekly newsletter, professors of this prestigious business school report on their use of blogs in their work. Both positive and negative opinions are vented. I have Read More …

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Soft skills are hard, too

Posted onOctober 14, 2006AuthorMarcus BirkenkraheLeave a comment

When asked for constructive criticism, one student remarked that he’d prefer “more hard skills” in my BPM course. Another said he’d like the soft skills. A third said that she didn’t think we would still Read More …

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Coaching is about story, too

Posted onOctober 14, 2006AuthorMarcus BirkenkraheLeave a comment

Yes. Any questions? The truth of this statement hit me when I picked up a book on novel analysis today. It has long been known to contenders of the “storytelling” school of knowledge management (e.g. Read More …

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There is no way back

Posted onOctober 14, 2006AuthorMarcus BirkenkraheLeave a comment

“The reason why we are unable to predict the result and the end of an action with certainty is that an action has no end.” – Hannah Arendt (from: “The Human Condition”, German edition: “Vita Read More …

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Home of the Brave

Posted onOctober 13, 2006AuthorMarcus BirkenkraheLeave a comment

Met two founders of Perlentaucher.de (English version: signandsight.com) on my way home from Göttingen yesterday – T. and N. – very colourful characters – gotta introduce them to the students. A great place to learn Read More …

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Acquisition and the value paradox

Posted onOctober 13, 2006AuthorMarcus BirkenkraheLeave a comment

Ah-kwee-zee-shon … our most hated/best loved four-syllable word, isn’t it? Went along for the ride yesterday. Even during an acquisition, which is essentially a business transaction, coaching skills come in handy: observing the client’s body Read More …

CategoriesCoaching

Fielding technique … and Aikido

Posted onOctober 12, 2006AuthorMarcus BirkenkraheLeave a comment

Background: Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art, developed by Morihei Ueshiba between the 1920s and the 1960s. Aikido contains a very significant spiritual component. One of the key experiences of aikido is that the Read More …

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She named an underwater rock after me

Posted onOctober 10, 2006AuthorMarcus BirkenkraheLeave a comment

My friend SP who refuses to leave online comments (I still don’t know why – are you shy? 🙂 made me laugh today: after reading my last entry on Emil Wiechert, she offered to name Read More …

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