The last two years I started the introduction to the summer reading list with the same quote (read all my blog post on reading via this link). For a different reason, I repeat it one more time: . . . the worst thing one can do to feel one knows things a bit deeper is …
Summer Reading 2018: Time for Reflection and Re-Creation Read More »
Credit: Takver via Flickr Introduction: what The Economist has to say about climate change and business More than a year ago, we started off a series of blog posts on mandatory non-financial disclosures with a post on climate change. At that point, four risk groups of climate change were identified and suggestions were made on …
Could You Be Wrong in Thinking Climate Change Does Not Affect Your Business? Read More »
Aristotle might be best known for ‘inventing’ science (see my discussion of The Lagoon – how Aristotle invented science) and being a rather rational kind of chap. Although this is certainly true, and you can learn a lot from reading his treatises (his extant works read more like lecture notes than books) such as On …
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If reading up on philosophy can make you a more creative and effective manager, why not start by reading some non-business books that focus on contemporary philosophy? Harvard Business Review argues that philosophy, through an increased ability for self-reflection, makes you a better leader. Reading philosophy: (…) can promote business success by helping leaders to …
Holiday Reading to Blow Your Mind (and expand your perspective) Read More »
As a preface to this blog entry, forget about the strict definition of redundancy found in the Oxford English dictionary that tells you redundancy means ‘no longer needed or useful’. As will become clear – I hope -, redundancy is needed to have an option to maneuver when things happen that you could not possibly …
