Old master Otto Scharmer has (once again) taken the floor with a review of the state of our world (society) and how we could, aka should, react to it. State of the world in keywords 1. period of accelerated collapse and collapse. 2. queasy feeling that it might already be too late 3. massive gap […]
Here’s the second part on transforming training about the importance of growth mindsets across all levels of hierarchy in a training republic. Here are my thoughts on this (first in the audio version, then the same in the video). AnjaTime in audio Your options AnjaTime in color More info and the matching video for this […]
The view of remote work productivity is illustrious. Study after study has shown that office workers are very productive when they are free to choose where they work. Meanwhile, 85 percent of employers continue to emphasize that hybrid work arrangements make it difficult to rely on employees actually being productive. (Aka being maximally well exploited […]
New York now offers free Internet and TV access to residents of its public housing. The program, called “Big Apple Connect,” is very easy to apply for through two providers. If you already have a contract with one, the cost automatically drops to $0 if you check a box that you want to participate in […]
Sepp Hochreiter, German computer science professor at Justus Kepler University Linz was named Austrian of the Year in the field of research in 2018. “His research interests include [according to Wikipedia and for classification here] various machine learning techniques, including deep learning, reinforcement learning, and representational learning, as well as biclustering, matrix factorization, and statistical […]
Education Punks called out how in-service training for teachers could be reimagined in transformative ways. Here are my thoughts on this (first in the audio version, then the same in the video). AnjaTime in audio Your options AnjaTime in color More info and the matching video for this episode can be found on YouTube. More […]
Claus Leggewie takes the floor with an interjection on the future of work that is as political as one could wish for. From the perspective of sociological science, he takes a sober look at the current debates, which in Germany call for a 42-hour workweek ; while other countries and progressive companies have long practiced […]
Startups are often associated with the younger generations. They are considered fresh, innovative, creative, open to new things and eager to experiment. On the other hand, most people associate older people with stolidity, inertia and boredom. Which, admittedly, is often true. But not with all of them! That’s what the article linked here is about, […]
I’ve reported on Stanford math professor Jo Boaler before. Since the beginning of her research on how to bring mathematics to people from lower-income families, she has faced criticism, especially from older, white gentlemen who want to hold on to her (outdated) didactics. Their fight for the old status quo has always been fought tooth […]
At the turn of the millennium, Helmut Schönenberger wrote his business administration thesis at the Technical University of Munich about Stanford University and its significance for the startup scene in Silicon Valley. He concluded by recommending that TUM establish a business incubator. The university approached Susanne Klatten, whose investment enabled the start-up financing of UnternehmerTUM […]