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Defying the crises with new learning infrastructures?

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…

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AnjaTime 055 Mindset in the training republic

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…

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Then we just play productivity theater

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…

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Big Apple Connect: A Free Internet Access for New York

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.…

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Artificial intelligence – where is the best place to study this?

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…

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AnjaTime #054 Transformation of advanced training #edupnx

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…

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Right to leisure instead of old redistribution debates

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…

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Age helps to create a successful business

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…

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Fierce culture war in mathematics

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…

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UnternehmerTUM: Dare to network more

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…