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A Weekend in Düsseldorf
While I am working in Cologne I am using the chance to pass some time with friends and family in the region. So I spent a weekend in Düsseldorf. While Cologne and Düsseldorf are neighbor cities and they are just some 40-ish km apart there is a healthy competition between their inhabitants. We went for [...]
Homo ludens @Gamescom 2010
As i am currently in Cologne working for a client I used the chance to visit this year’s Gamescom 2010, the german CVG (that’s “Computer and Video Games”) expo formerly known as Games Convention. The former GC was held in Leipzig but the powers to be in the CVG business decided to move to the [...]
A Week in Cologne 1
Early April I started freelance work as a project manager for a new client in Cologne. This means that I will be spending some time in Cologne this spring and summer.
Betriebliches Personalwesen TAW
Ergänzende Unterlagen zu den Vorlesungen 2: Personalplanung und 5: Arbeitsstrukturierung der Veranstaltung Betriebliches Personalwesen der TAW, Studienzentrum Rostock, Frühjahr 2010.
Articles on Leadership HBR & HBM
Photo of the Library of Adams House in Harvard by Paul Lowry The annual renewal for Harvard Business Review this year offers a special collection of articles on leadership as an additional incentive. For those who did not get the offer the good news is that the articles can be bought separately from the HBR [...]
FacingWords: Merkel 2009 vs 2010
To show an example in a language other than English for the FacingWords processing sketch I used it to compare the 2009 new year’s speech from German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel to her 2010 speech. The vertical position of the words shows their weighted occurrence relative to the beginning (top) and end (bottom) of the [...]
Service Research Call for Papers
The Department of Business Administration at the University of Rostock issued a Call for Papers for their 2nd Rostock Conference on Service Research. Interested parties and individuals can submit their contribution either as a full paper or an extended abstract (500 words max.), either in English or German before March 1, 2010. The conference will [...]
Pop Life Hamburg
After starting at London Modern Tate the Pop Life exhibition is being shown at Hamburg Kunsthalle from Feb. 12 through May 9 2010. As word has it the exhibits range from gaudy over saucy up to raunchy. You can find more information at Hamburger Kunsthalle and some news reporting at Spiegel Online and even FTD. [...]
Facing Words
About 2 weeks ago I came across Jeff Clark‘s post Two Sides of the Same Story. He shows both his and Jer Thorpe‘s visualisations of comparing two texts. The work of both of them really intrigues me. Jer plans to release the tool as well as the code in the nearer future. I am looking [...]
The Finished Stick
The stick is finished! A good amount of time was spent sourcing tools and waiting to use the lab or work shop. The final stick sports: Case: ★ Carbon and glass fibre sandwich construction. ★ Exterior is clear coated carbon fibre with 3 red and gold pin stripes (made in germany!). ★ 6mm clear acryl [...]
Looking for Interviews with Entrepreneurs!
For a management research study I am interviewing entrepreneurs of owner-managed companies. I would like to conduct interviews with the owner as well as 1 or 2 key employees in management and operative positions. The goal is to look into how owner-managed companies create innovation (both products and services). Target companies are those where: a) [...]