There are many layers of differences between humans. On a personal level, I prefer to socialise with people who share the same values, and who perceive the world in a similar way. Professionally, too many similarities may lead to stagnation rather than development. With only visionaries in a team, there is an obvious risk thatContinue reading “The dilemma of finding an adequate level of differences”
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Scaffolding for a solid start
Why is it so important to plan and arrange for a good start? There are many good reasons, and one of them is that a successful university education is very much about relations. To build sustainable relations and a sense of belonging you may also need support and a context. A sense of security willContinue reading “Scaffolding for a solid start”
Two (or ten) heads are better than one
More than thirty years ago, when I was doing my bachelor, a frustrating group-work experience became a tipping point that made me change my major from Business administration to Economic history. We, a group of four young women, could not communicate, we could not cooperate and we could not produce a paper together. We splitContinue reading “Two (or ten) heads are better than one”
Too scared to share
University teachers’ general reluctance to share openly their teaching material has bothered me for years. I do understand why, but at the same time not at all. I understand (but I don’t want to accept) that research has a higher value than teaching within universities, and that teaching therefore must be given a lower priorityContinue reading “Too scared to share”
Teleportation of a professional digital introvert
I love my bakelite telephone (yes it works), I know how to untangle a cassette tape (although I have not used that skill for a long time) and I prefer to take notes by hand on blank papers. I don’t use Swish (the Swedish app for money transfer), and for many years my mobile phonesContinue reading “Teleportation of a professional digital introvert”
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