Light snow was falling as I boarded a Qantas 747 bound for Singapore. Before take-off the plane needed to be de-iced and prepared for its 12 hour flight across to the small island just below Malaysia and across from Indonesia.
Graff and new friends in Berlin
See http://picasaweb.google.com/ajoest/BerlinInOctober#
It was a dark and cold weekend but kicked off with a night out with work colleagues in Mitte. Then Saturday and Sunday involved checking out Berlin Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg! Berlin is a smorgasboard for the eyes.
It was a dark and cold weekend but kicked off with a night out with work colleagues in Mitte. Then Saturday and Sunday involved checking out Berlin Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg! Berlin is a smorgasboard for the eyes.
Berlin Arrival
So i'm in Berlin. Thanks to Sarah, my old quasi-landlord in Mannheim, I am staying in a place at the top of Schoenhause Allee. Sarah was in Berlin while I was in her room in Mannheim. It's a wg- (wohngemeinschaft - or share apartment) with all the essentials. I'll stay here until the 9th and in the meantime will look for a place here. Once I have a place - i'd love you to visit...
After dropping off the car I rode my bike back up through Berlin-Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg. Even on a Sunday evening there are plenty of vegetable shops open, restaurants, bars and considering the weather was quite agreeable today, there were lots of people out.
The energy in Berlin is everywhere. It's powerful...and I hope it rubs off on me as I immerse over the coming months!
After dropping off the car I rode my bike back up through Berlin-Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg. Even on a Sunday evening there are plenty of vegetable shops open, restaurants, bars and considering the weather was quite agreeable today, there were lots of people out.
The energy in Berlin is everywhere. It's powerful...and I hope it rubs off on me as I immerse over the coming months!
Stuttgart
Moving out of B6 was a nightmare. Sarah was busy getting her things out while also making the flat livable for me. In the end, as there had no water and very little furniture it felt as though I was camping there. In many ways i'm happy to have very few possesions. When I moved my things, four trips down the stairs singlehandedly got all my things into the car. It took the girls two days and a large Mercedes Sprinter van to take their things!
In the end it was sad leaving the great times of B6 with Sarah, Andreia, Henna, Marie and Christoph as well as honorary guests - Praful, Avinash and many more from our class.
With a full car I went down to Leonberg (near Stuttgart) on Thursday evening. Thursday evening was spent over a few beers with Marc and his friend Armin in downtown Leonberg - a happening place would be an gross misrepresentation! In the morning I also went to Weil der Stadt to visit a sick but happy Laura. I spent the rest of Friday with Marc's dad cruising around on the bikes while Marc was at work. Marc's mother is a mean cook and really won't let you leave the table until you're completely and utterly full. This was a welcome task considering the past few days of "camping" in B6. Nothing like a home cooked meal and lots of Schwaebisch being spoken! We went out on Friday night in Stuttgart which was pretty good - Waranga, Barcode and Mutter's Milch. If you're into house music then Theodor Heuss Strasse is for you. Saturday was touring around and seeing the sights. Klein aber fein = Stuttgart. The Schloss Platz, Koenig Strasse, Markthalle, etc are all nice. I like some of the new architecture in particular the new Museum at the Schloss Platz. After a lye down and another great dinner on Saturday evening we hit the Wasn for the Cannstatter Folksfest. Sadly I didn't have Lederhosen. It's the second biggest Volksfest (people's festival) in Germany after the Oktoberfest in Munich. While it might not be as good as the Oktoberfest, there is no shortage of beer, dancing on benches and dirndl powered cleavages. In fact, it is something that makes Australian drinking behaviour look like kids drinking milk in the school yard. The guys / girls running around with 10 steins with a litre in each (plus the weight of the glass) is impressive. I'm astounded that no one breaks the benches that everyone stands on. Each bench has 5-6 people jumping for hours on it. The heat in the tent (it was below 10 degress outside) was high due to sweating people so much so that the inside of the tent had enough condensation for it to drip water (of course) all evening.
After a lap of the show grounds and a few beers we took off early to beat the crowds to head into town. Marc met some of his friends while I met with Laura and her friends in a Mexican restaurant. There was plenty happening and luckily we could still get into bars. A bouncer in all his wisdom tried to test how drunk we were by asking me if we could speak in English...we got in. Classic Rock was a good bar with plenty of dancing and after-Wasn activity going on!
The only mistake was missing the night-bus which set us back an hour. That being said, an extra hour in the cold to wind-down was probably a good move. Although a Doener was threatened, waiting for the bus didn't seem too long a wait. Marc's mother dotingly picked us up in Leonberg and brought us to our beds to round off a great weekend.
After some strong coffees and a couple of brezels I hit the road again, heading north to Berlin. I had arranged a Mitfahrer (via a online platform for car-sharing) and picked him up from McDonalds. As it was Sunday and trucks aren't allowed on the Autobahns, the traffic flowed nicely and meant I covered the 640kms in five hours or so. I unloaded Clements (a nice guy about to start his studies) in Potsdam before unloading my things in north Berlin and before taking the car back.
What started last week as a stressful week of moving and not really knowing my plans and future finished up being a fun, relaxing and reinvigorating week. Thanks to Marc and his family for superb Schwaebisch hospitality!
In the end it was sad leaving the great times of B6 with Sarah, Andreia, Henna, Marie and Christoph as well as honorary guests - Praful, Avinash and many more from our class.
With a full car I went down to Leonberg (near Stuttgart) on Thursday evening. Thursday evening was spent over a few beers with Marc and his friend Armin in downtown Leonberg - a happening place would be an gross misrepresentation! In the morning I also went to Weil der Stadt to visit a sick but happy Laura. I spent the rest of Friday with Marc's dad cruising around on the bikes while Marc was at work. Marc's mother is a mean cook and really won't let you leave the table until you're completely and utterly full. This was a welcome task considering the past few days of "camping" in B6. Nothing like a home cooked meal and lots of Schwaebisch being spoken! We went out on Friday night in Stuttgart which was pretty good - Waranga, Barcode and Mutter's Milch. If you're into house music then Theodor Heuss Strasse is for you. Saturday was touring around and seeing the sights. Klein aber fein = Stuttgart. The Schloss Platz, Koenig Strasse, Markthalle, etc are all nice. I like some of the new architecture in particular the new Museum at the Schloss Platz. After a lye down and another great dinner on Saturday evening we hit the Wasn for the Cannstatter Folksfest. Sadly I didn't have Lederhosen. It's the second biggest Volksfest (people's festival) in Germany after the Oktoberfest in Munich. While it might not be as good as the Oktoberfest, there is no shortage of beer, dancing on benches and dirndl powered cleavages. In fact, it is something that makes Australian drinking behaviour look like kids drinking milk in the school yard. The guys / girls running around with 10 steins with a litre in each (plus the weight of the glass) is impressive. I'm astounded that no one breaks the benches that everyone stands on. Each bench has 5-6 people jumping for hours on it. The heat in the tent (it was below 10 degress outside) was high due to sweating people so much so that the inside of the tent had enough condensation for it to drip water (of course) all evening.
After a lap of the show grounds and a few beers we took off early to beat the crowds to head into town. Marc met some of his friends while I met with Laura and her friends in a Mexican restaurant. There was plenty happening and luckily we could still get into bars. A bouncer in all his wisdom tried to test how drunk we were by asking me if we could speak in English...we got in. Classic Rock was a good bar with plenty of dancing and after-Wasn activity going on!
The only mistake was missing the night-bus which set us back an hour. That being said, an extra hour in the cold to wind-down was probably a good move. Although a Doener was threatened, waiting for the bus didn't seem too long a wait. Marc's mother dotingly picked us up in Leonberg and brought us to our beds to round off a great weekend.
After some strong coffees and a couple of brezels I hit the road again, heading north to Berlin. I had arranged a Mitfahrer (via a online platform for car-sharing) and picked him up from McDonalds. As it was Sunday and trucks aren't allowed on the Autobahns, the traffic flowed nicely and meant I covered the 640kms in five hours or so. I unloaded Clements (a nice guy about to start his studies) in Potsdam before unloading my things in north Berlin and before taking the car back.
What started last week as a stressful week of moving and not really knowing my plans and future finished up being a fun, relaxing and reinvigorating week. Thanks to Marc and his family for superb Schwaebisch hospitality!
Helmet rules in Australia
In response to this article posted by a friend Dixie:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/16/2983587.htm
I'm partly in favour of this Dix. True: fewer helmets will mean more people on bikes, true: road safety campaigns do help and true: more helmets means less head injuries per accident. His point, the number of accidents aren't reduced with helmets. They are not a preventative measure, rather band-aid for later. The missing link here is the "driver" and associated infrastructure. Are drivers in Australia aware enough of cyclists? I would argue not. I've been hit several times and had close calls hundreds of times. Though, without a helmet I may not have been here to write this note.
In EU drivers are far more aware of others on the road. Getting a license here is far stricter, the road rules are stricter and for that matter roads are safer; in my opinion. Similarly, the acknowledgement of cyclists in EU has led to a real investment in bike paths which lead to better safety when cars and bikes require co-existence. In the EU many people do wear a helmet even though it's not compulsory.
Let's add the ability for bikes to be taken on public transport and we are starting to build a network for bike users who can travel long distances with public transport and make the smaller connections with their bikes. I think there is nothing cooler than rolling to work on your Holland style town bike or Fixie for the more adventurous.
All our cities in Australia could facilitate this form of transport. Our weather is perfect for it. Roll the leg over, and ride to work I say!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/16/2983587.htm
I'm partly in favour of this Dix. True: fewer helmets will mean more people on bikes, true: road safety campaigns do help and true: more helmets means less head injuries per accident. His point, the number of accidents aren't reduced with helmets. They are not a preventative measure, rather band-aid for later. The missing link here is the "driver" and associated infrastructure. Are drivers in Australia aware enough of cyclists? I would argue not. I've been hit several times and had close calls hundreds of times. Though, without a helmet I may not have been here to write this note.
In EU drivers are far more aware of others on the road. Getting a license here is far stricter, the road rules are stricter and for that matter roads are safer; in my opinion. Similarly, the acknowledgement of cyclists in EU has led to a real investment in bike paths which lead to better safety when cars and bikes require co-existence. In the EU many people do wear a helmet even though it's not compulsory.
Let's add the ability for bikes to be taken on public transport and we are starting to build a network for bike users who can travel long distances with public transport and make the smaller connections with their bikes. I think there is nothing cooler than rolling to work on your Holland style town bike or Fixie for the more adventurous.
All our cities in Australia could facilitate this form of transport. Our weather is perfect for it. Roll the leg over, and ride to work I say!
Turn the air-con off and sell ice-cream
That's how Deutsche Bahn is making up for lost profits due to train breakdowns.
For Germany any temperature above 35 degrees is stinking hot. Very few buildings have air-conditioning and those who've spent a lifetime eating wurst and drinking beer are sweating profusely. Raining sweat.
For Germany any temperature above 35 degrees is stinking hot. Very few buildings have air-conditioning and those who've spent a lifetime eating wurst and drinking beer are sweating profusely. Raining sweat.
MBS-WHU Rowing 3rd July 2010
So as the water puddles finally dissipate downstream on the Neckar, from what was an excellent regatta on Saturday, I write to thank all those who took part, who helped make the day happen and for WHU's great healthy competition and support each year.
In it's 5th year, a rowing race has been held between the Full Time MBA programs of the Mannheim Business School and the Otto Bleisheim School of Management at WHU (Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung Vallendar, near Koblenz).
It all started some months ago
In it's 5th year, a rowing race has been held between the Full Time MBA programs of the Mannheim Business School and the Otto Bleisheim School of Management at WHU (Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung Vallendar, near Koblenz).
It all started some months ago
Critical Leadership skills for sustained success
What do you consider to be the critical strategic leadership skills that enable organisations to realise sustained success?
Introduction
In this assignment I will attempt to outline what I consider to be the critical strategic leadership skills using what notable people have written and also what I see from my own perspectives as both an experienced follower and an inexperienced leader (although I really do enjoy trying to be, and think I am learning to become, a (good) leader).
Introduction
In this assignment I will attempt to outline what I consider to be the critical strategic leadership skills using what notable people have written and also what I see from my own perspectives as both an experienced follower and an inexperienced leader (although I really do enjoy trying to be, and think I am learning to become, a (good) leader).
Win Win Situation
Win-Win-Situation
- Report on our Social Project.
Strategieworkshop der Mannheim Business School mit der Plan-AG Mannheim
Wer an der Mannheim Business School (MBS) ein Master-Studium absolviert, hat unter anderem ein „Social Project“ im Curriculum stehen. Und so nahm ein Viererteam im Herbst 2009 Kontakt mit Angela Müller von der Plan-Aktionsgruppe Mannheim auf. Der Deal: Ein gemeinsames Projekt, bei dem die Aktionsgruppe von den angehenden Führungskräften des International Business professionell gecoacht wird. Die Studierenden betrachten Erfahrungen, Wünsche und Potential der Aktionsgruppe und beweisen ihr Knowhow. Nach einigen Treffen stellten Kristina Weith/Deutschland, José Puche/Kolumbien, Salma Wang/China und Adrian Oest/Australien ihr Konzept vor: Einen eintägigen Strategieworkshop für die Aktionsgruppe.
Private Information
With Facebook under huge pressure from consumers and governments alike the thought of protecting private web based information is almost oxymoronic. As we continue to move at light speed further into the internet age we release more and more information to the optic fibres and routers, in 1's and 0's across the globe. The web is as close to a public medium as it gets.
I write here to somewhat stand on the side of Facebook and Google, although I too feel vulnerable to personal information theft. As a fan of social media and an active social media user I am well aware of the risks. I have become more comfortable with this risk simply because I think it would be naive to think that my personal information could not be dragged up from a server other than Facebook's.
I write here to somewhat stand on the side of Facebook and Google, although I too feel vulnerable to personal information theft. As a fan of social media and an active social media user I am well aware of the risks. I have become more comfortable with this risk simply because I think it would be naive to think that my personal information could not be dragged up from a server other than Facebook's.
HHL Soccer
The business school was invited to a soccer tournament in Leipzig to compete against other European business schools. We left after a very intense M&A exam and a very long information overload week. The bus ride was very salubrious drawing much interest from cars overtaking us on the autobahn.
Gründer-Gespräche
The Mannheimer Gründer-Gespräche (Entrepreneurial Founders get-together) is run as part of the Institut for Mittelstandforschung (Institute for research into small to medium size companies) under Prof Woywode, our Strategic Management Professor.
Enrique and I attended the evening near Mannheim to get a feel of the entrepreneur community in the area. These events are relatively new but provide a great opportunity for students, founders and business people to get together and hear each others stories. Also in attendance were a few VC's, Professors and researchers.
Enrique and I attended the evening near Mannheim to get a feel of the entrepreneur community in the area. These events are relatively new but provide a great opportunity for students, founders and business people to get together and hear each others stories. Also in attendance were a few VC's, Professors and researchers.
Bionade - German Success Story
Bionade is a German success story. I went along to the www.thinc.de presentation this evening to get further insights into the Entrepreneur industry in Germany. The first thing to note was that the lecture hall was jam packed. Standing room only at the back.
Peter Kowalsky is the founder of Bionade. He is a brew-master and worked with his family and more specifically his brother and mother as a brewer. Over 10 years they experimented, alongside normal beer production, with an organically brewed alcohol free lemonade. Why brewed? To create the bubbles without using chemicals. The idea was to brew it naturally, like beer, using micro-organism to get the bubbles.
Peter Kowalsky is the founder of Bionade. He is a brew-master and worked with his family and more specifically his brother and mother as a brewer. Over 10 years they experimented, alongside normal beer production, with an organically brewed alcohol free lemonade. Why brewed? To create the bubbles without using chemicals. The idea was to brew it naturally, like beer, using micro-organism to get the bubbles.
VC / Start Up Activities - Germany
Start Ups / Entrepreneurs / VC and other interesting things for us to look at while at Mannheim Business School:
Mannheim Business School - Institute for SME's
http://www.entrepreneur-guide.de/
Venture Capital Summit for Students in Feb 2010
http://munichventuresummit.megabyet.net/
Social Media to the extreme:
http://pleaserobme.com/
Other websites:
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/
http://www.vc-magazin.de/
http://www.gruenderszene.de/
www.nexxt-change.org
Would love more insight into the German / Euro market...
Mannheim Business School - Institute for SME's
http://www.entrepreneur-guide.de/
Venture Capital Summit for Students in Feb 2010
http://munichventuresummit.megabyet.net/
Social Media to the extreme:
http://pleaserobme.com/
Other websites:
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/
http://www.vc-magazin.de/
http://www.gruenderszene.de/
www.nexxt-change.org
Would love more insight into the German / Euro market...
MBS Stammtisch - It's happening!
You are invited to the Mannheim Business School Stammtisch evening:
The Inaugural MBS Stammtisch - 5th March 2010 @ 18:30 at Novus (M4,1)
Stay for one drink, or many. Stay to meet one person or many. We invite you nonetheless to take the opportunity to meet new people, explore other cultures, meet other students from the Full Time MBA, the EMBA, the EMAT across all year levels.
After many meetings and feedback from you all (see attached for a summary), we would like to kick off a monthly networking event for students, alumni and friends of the Mannheim Business School.
SA State Championships - AUBC win Mens' Eight!
SA Rowing First Grade State Titles from A.M. Ramsay International course West Lakes, 20/02/2010.
AUBC win Mens' Eight at South Australian State Championships.
Results for the rest of the regatta - Phil Mangelsdorf
AUBC win Mens' Eight at South Australian State Championships.
And it was the Adelaide Uni mens eight who won the 117th and last race of the weekend on Sunday and the state title in the mens eights from their arch rivals and last years winners, the Adelaide club.
The two rivals were level after 500 metres of racing but then the Adelaide Uni crew, stroked by Mathew Bolt, settled on a rock solid 35 strokes per minute and took the lead over Adelaide who were always rating two or more strokes higher and looked short in their stroke making as they tried everything to keep up with the speed of the Adelaide Uni crew.
Adelaide Uni put on a finishing burst towards the end of the race but it was hardly needed as they crossed the finish line 7.29 seconds in front of Adelaide with the St Peters College crew 8.67 behind third and Prince Alfred College fourth.
The Adelaide Uni crew was again successfully coached by Michael Jeffries and contained several of the men who won the Australian Universities title last year and for this race was further strengthened by the inclusion of the experienced Australian representative Bolt and Olympian Chris Morgan.
Results for the rest of the regatta - Phil Mangelsdorf
RFID / Barcodes Do we need them?
Machine vision is now so powerful it can detect slight changes in skin movement (See video on the graphics behind The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ted.com for ideas) under many light conditions. In the case of warehouse and supermarket inventory/POS management systems it would seem that the next step forward is to remove RFID and barcodes altogether and replace the readers with machine vision. Training machines to read objects, to recognise certain logos, colours and shapes is relatively simple technology. As long as the features are distinctive and all objects are placed within view of the camera they can be 'read'. There would be no need to scan anything physically just simply put the items along a conveyor and let the machine do the scanning.
Clearly there are already sunk costs in infrastructure at warehouses and supermarkets but over time the current systems will need to be upgraded in any case. Marks and Spencer, Ikea and others are already experimenting with self serve cashiers. Machine vision could be the next generation.
Clearly there are already sunk costs in infrastructure at warehouses and supermarkets but over time the current systems will need to be upgraded in any case. Marks and Spencer, Ikea and others are already experimenting with self serve cashiers. Machine vision could be the next generation.
Mannheim One School Stammtisch Proposal
“One School” Update:
8th February 2010
A number of us from the Mannheim Business School met on Friday at Novus to further discussions and keep this project moving. Included were program management, representatives from the EMAT and Fulltime MBA as well as Alumni from the EMBA.
Firstly, thanks to those who came along. It was a most enjoyable evening meeting you all and to get feedback and develop ideas on how to go forward bringing the school together.
Key discussion points and resolutions were:
8th February 2010
A number of us from the Mannheim Business School met on Friday at Novus to further discussions and keep this project moving. Included were program management, representatives from the EMAT and Fulltime MBA as well as Alumni from the EMBA.
Firstly, thanks to those who came along. It was a most enjoyable evening meeting you all and to get feedback and develop ideas on how to go forward bringing the school together.
Key discussion points and resolutions were:
Infosys Company Presentation
Aditya Nath Jha, Head of Global Branding and Corporate Marketing at Infosys presented on the 2nd of February. I took notes, luckily, because it was one of the best company presentations we have been seen at the Mannheim Business School this year.
We never know what we will get at these presentations. Sometimes the speaker simply tells us how good their company is, sometimes they don't even mention the company and simply give us a presentation to somehow inspire us to join the company. This one from Infosys was somewhere in between. Unfortunately for many of us who are interested, they are looking for experienced German nationals to give them a direct contact with the industry here. They are expanding rapidly in Germany currently. Due to their employee demographic being 96% Indian they have had troubles previously getting traction in the German market. It looks like they have woken up to this and are starting to make some progress. So although not so useful to us as a recruiting drive it was a great presentation nonetheless. Here are some notes:
Six Key changes in Marketing:
We never know what we will get at these presentations. Sometimes the speaker simply tells us how good their company is, sometimes they don't even mention the company and simply give us a presentation to somehow inspire us to join the company. This one from Infosys was somewhere in between. Unfortunately for many of us who are interested, they are looking for experienced German nationals to give them a direct contact with the industry here. They are expanding rapidly in Germany currently. Due to their employee demographic being 96% Indian they have had troubles previously getting traction in the German market. It looks like they have woken up to this and are starting to make some progress. So although not so useful to us as a recruiting drive it was a great presentation nonetheless. Here are some notes:
Six Key changes in Marketing:
Four Square - A clever analytical tool?
Foursquare is really quite an interesting experiment. With Facebook and Twitter, as well as many other sites, there are more and more opportunities for people to present their latest ideas and movements online to share. But why?
Communicating:
I can see why people want to use Facebook (i'm an addict by the way!) to communicate. It aggregates all your friends and links them to photos and interests. It's in a way just a better organised email system with nice features such as photo share. Similarly, Xing and LinkedIN are specialised aggregators of contacts aligning common professional networks.
News:
Twitter and other apps are news broadcasters. While you can communicate using Twitter, it's very disjointed in my view. I don't use it for much more than collecting news streams and screening over the news and other interest sites.
Online Presence:
It seems Foursquare and another I have seen blippy.com are attempting to entice people to put more information about their lives online. Foursquares is presented as a game to collect info on local cafes and 'places'. People then say where they, via mobile devices, and if they frequent it more than other users then they become the mayor of the location. I see Harvard University has listed all it's campus locations on Foursquare. In essence it is becoming a clever analytical tool to see where people are going and perhaps even learning why. Like Google analytics tracks users through a site, Foursquare may attempt to track humans in real life thanks to their willingness to input the data! How that will get monetised remains to be seen - a cool game at the moment. I'd love to find out more.
Blippy attracts even more extraverted people who list what they have recently purchased. So, while there are people who don't want to have a presence online under any circumstances, there are others who want to have absolutely everything online. Personally I find it a little strange
Where next?
I see these sites taking the input information from these extroverted people and aggregating that information (their movements, their purchasing patterns and whatever next) to build profiles to then target further information when presenting to them. Maybe it may even become a turbo powered calendar2.0 (calendar3.0!) system showing what's hip and happening according to an algorithm based profile...any thing is possible!
Communicating:
I can see why people want to use Facebook (i'm an addict by the way!) to communicate. It aggregates all your friends and links them to photos and interests. It's in a way just a better organised email system with nice features such as photo share. Similarly, Xing and LinkedIN are specialised aggregators of contacts aligning common professional networks.
News:
Twitter and other apps are news broadcasters. While you can communicate using Twitter, it's very disjointed in my view. I don't use it for much more than collecting news streams and screening over the news and other interest sites.
Online Presence:
It seems Foursquare and another I have seen blippy.com are attempting to entice people to put more information about their lives online. Foursquares is presented as a game to collect info on local cafes and 'places'. People then say where they, via mobile devices, and if they frequent it more than other users then they become the mayor of the location. I see Harvard University has listed all it's campus locations on Foursquare. In essence it is becoming a clever analytical tool to see where people are going and perhaps even learning why. Like Google analytics tracks users through a site, Foursquare may attempt to track humans in real life thanks to their willingness to input the data! How that will get monetised remains to be seen - a cool game at the moment. I'd love to find out more.
Blippy attracts even more extraverted people who list what they have recently purchased. So, while there are people who don't want to have a presence online under any circumstances, there are others who want to have absolutely everything online. Personally I find it a little strange
Where next?
I see these sites taking the input information from these extroverted people and aggregating that information (their movements, their purchasing patterns and whatever next) to build profiles to then target further information when presenting to them. Maybe it may even become a turbo powered calendar2.0 (calendar3.0!) system showing what's hip and happening according to an algorithm based profile...any thing is possible!
Alumni Ideas for Mannheim Business School
Below I have listed some things that are done in other schools around the world. The issue lies in that being a German program we need to match the cultures of our bigger and older US and UK counterparts with that of the German culture. I don't know what that necessarily is. Thus one suggestion has been to arrange a Stammtisch style event. It brings together the idea of networking and community of common purpose together with the German tradition. At this moment, I'm not all that clear on the way forward. For it to work there needs to be motivation for all parties.
In any case, after a brief search on the internet here are some things the Alumni departments do:
In any case, after a brief search on the internet here are some things the Alumni departments do:
Ethics
Introduction
Senior Managers have a variety of conflicting ethical challenges to identify, understand and act upon in today’s Global Banking Sector crisis.
Senior Managers have a variety of conflicting ethical challenges to identify, understand and act upon in today’s Global Banking Sector crisis.
Oberstdorf
I've pulled up quite well from skiing actually. I'm being fed silly here at Fredy's place in Neresheim but never complain about food! In fact because they are a French family, it's cheeses, wines and all things good.
Yesterday was a great day. It's been snowing here quite a bit so travelling is slow. However once i'd hired some skis and we were on the slopes the speed picked up! I'm no skier and so was more of a liability to myself and those around me. I came very close a few times to running over a few kids. Luckily the slopes weren't too busy. I had some great crashes for Fredy's benefit. He loved it. I'm glad I provided the entertainment without breaking myself. He has skiied there often and is a great skier so I think it was nice but a little boring. Some patches were very icy but on the whole the snow was pretty good. Fred gave me some pointers and I think I improved throughout the day. I need a couple weeks more skiing and i'll be a gun! Considering i've only done 4 days skiing in my life and came home in one piece I did ok!
We skiied at a place called Fellhorn, near the village of Oberstodorf. It's right on the southern border of Germany to Austria. We literally went from Germany to Austria as we went around the ski area! The views from the top were superb. There was a layer of cloud about half way up the mountains so above that we were in sunlight - and actually got a little bit sunbburnt! Also a novelty! Because it was a Friday there weren't too many people on the slopes or waiting for the lift or waiting for lunch (it meant I could eat my Leberknoedelsupppe in peace!).
After the lifts closed (4:30) we skiied all the way down, or in my case, skiied, crashed, skiied, crashed etc all the way down for a beer at a snow bar. Happy days!
Yesterday was a great day. It's been snowing here quite a bit so travelling is slow. However once i'd hired some skis and we were on the slopes the speed picked up! I'm no skier and so was more of a liability to myself and those around me. I came very close a few times to running over a few kids. Luckily the slopes weren't too busy. I had some great crashes for Fredy's benefit. He loved it. I'm glad I provided the entertainment without breaking myself. He has skiied there often and is a great skier so I think it was nice but a little boring. Some patches were very icy but on the whole the snow was pretty good. Fred gave me some pointers and I think I improved throughout the day. I need a couple weeks more skiing and i'll be a gun! Considering i've only done 4 days skiing in my life and came home in one piece I did ok!
We skiied at a place called Fellhorn, near the village of Oberstodorf. It's right on the southern border of Germany to Austria. We literally went from Germany to Austria as we went around the ski area! The views from the top were superb. There was a layer of cloud about half way up the mountains so above that we were in sunlight - and actually got a little bit sunbburnt! Also a novelty! Because it was a Friday there weren't too many people on the slopes or waiting for the lift or waiting for lunch (it meant I could eat my Leberknoedelsupppe in peace!).
After the lifts closed (4:30) we skiied all the way down, or in my case, skiied, crashed, skiied, crashed etc all the way down for a beer at a snow bar. Happy days!
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Christmas - New Years 2009 - 2010
Just some notes.
Photos from assorted cameras are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/ajoest/ChristmasAndNewYears20092010#
Arrived Christmas Eve at Luton from Zurich with Patty, caught the bus to Oxford and got picked up by Tim to be taken 'home' to Merton.
Photos from assorted cameras are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/ajoest/ChristmasAndNewYears20092010#
Arrived Christmas Eve at Luton from Zurich with Patty, caught the bus to Oxford and got picked up by Tim to be taken 'home' to Merton.
The Term - Term 1 - MBS MBA09
Before the next term starts I thought i'd write down some comments from Term 1. Being 'the baptism of fire' that it was in the sense of ramping up our academic lives again there are many things to talk about. So many issues arose over the term but as I write nearly a fortnight after exams finished many of the small issues fade away. The issues at the time seemed to be really major at the time but time has put everything into better perspective.
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