These are some of the locations I used as an office while I was on "workation" in Tallinn - a great rooftop terrace (on top of the Solaris shopping center) where I did the proofreading and final corrections for my paper and Benjamin used it for hour-long conference calls; a coworking space that was the … Continue reading “Offices” of a digital nomad
I just came back from a month-long "workation" that I mostly spent in Tallinn, Estonia and I wanted to share my experiences with coworking and being a digital nomad. Motivation - Why, What, How? As a PhD student you never really have a sense of accomplishment. Unfinished paper projects, new research ideas, and new approaches are … Continue reading Workation Experiences from Tallinn
In times of dynamic change, when everybody is talking about being or becoming agile, it got me thinking about the difference between agility and elasticity: Agility for many organizations means reacting swiftly to a changing environment. This is jumping from one task to the next, change requirements, being able to change scope and adapt to … Continue reading Agility vs. elasticity in organizations
-Randy Pausch's last lecture is a couple of years old, but never gets old. I re-watched it this week - in the course of the "excellent teaching on film" movie series - and I think it is one of the most inspiring things you can find on youtube. If you haven't seen it (or haven't … Continue reading Monday inspiration: Achieving your childhood dreams (Randy Pausch)
At the St.Gallen Open Air a couple of weeks ago I witnessed a funnily odd scene: Two girls were jumping through the mud, while another girl was taking their picture. However, after ten seconds they stopped dancing, ran up to their friend, checked the picture taken, and then returned to their spot and started dancing again. … Continue reading Memory in a digital age
After the Mobile Business Forum on June 1 was over, I started to calm down a bit. June and July are traditionally the calmest months, when I can take things a bit easier and start to re-focus on my thesis. I have been to Stuttgart to visit some friends, participated in the Zurich fencing marathon, … Continue reading One second everyday – June 2016
Yesterday I participated in the yearly fencing marathon tournament at the academic fencing club in Zurich. The competition is mainly directed towards leisure fencers, even tough there are some pretty successful fencers there, most of the participants do not regularly take part in competitions. I was there for the past three years. When I participated … Continue reading On winning
When I was little, I was playing magician for a while, learning how to draw the attention to one thing which gives you the opportunity to perform a trick on another. I remember being pretty proud about a trick, where I "smashed" a glass through a table without breaking it. That's why I loved this … Continue reading Monday inspiration: What to learn from magicians
I have to admit - every day I am living in St.Gallen I love it more and more. Over the past two and a half years it has become my home. I noticed that when I travel and people ask me where I am from, my immediate answer is: "from Switzerland". Even though, Munich is … Continue reading 100heart.ch
Benjamin recently had the idea to set up a movie series on great teaching movies at our university. Specifically it was, when we watched "Seymour. An introduction", which features Seymour Bernstein, a brilliant piano teacher, who is warm, knowledgable, encouraging, and just a simply endearing character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCOM3wMqoHg The other movie, that we came across last … Continue reading Movies on Excellent Teaching
Sabine Berghaus 