In the spotlight
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Letter from Australia: Arriving at Melbourne
Melbourne, “Truly English it looks as yet, at first sight at any rate.” Arriving from London, John Martineau reaches in November 1866 the city of Melbourne after a 3-month journey on board of a sailing ship. “After a long, wearisome voyage, the first impression is almost one of disappointment at having come so far only… Read more …
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A dangerous and failed landing in Cuzco, a closed airport in Arequipa: welcome to Tacna
From a distance, Tacna could be called a border town. Close to the Chilean border, there is little escaping the sand of the coastal desert of Peru that surrounds the city. The city is clearly the economic center of the region and home to a significant mining industry. Using its last breath, the Caplina River… Read more …
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De week van Bert: de wereld is een schouwtoneel
Het radionieuws. Nieuwe versoepelingen, lang leve de vrijheid. Tussen de opgang van de taliban en festivals met meer dan 75.000 bezoekers is er kort aandacht voor de Corona cijfers. De cijfers worden vrolijk voorgelezen, alsof het de winnende lotto nummers betreft. De opgewekte toon waarmee ook de hospitalisaties worden aangekondigd is de aanzet voor een… Read more …
Posts in English
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The South 2015: Monday March 30th, 2015. Brussels – Atlanta, GA.
Have ever noticed that the week before your vacation is often the busiest and more important week at work? All of a sudden everybody needs you, you are deemed irreplaceable and “who is going to do all the work while you’re gone?” is asked more than once during the daily coffee breaks leading up to…
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The South 2015: chronicles of the unexpected
Only so few times in a lifetime you take on a journey where you feel a chronicler and an explorer like Pedro Cieza de Leon. Open, inquisitive and with respect for local culture he wrote down his observations of what was then Peru. Not that I am about to detail an expedition with reports of…
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Chiang Mai: Happy New Year!
January 2nd, 2014, writing from Chiang Mai. When last year in my hometown a true Thai festival -under the patronage of the Thai ambassador- was organized, I was impressed and amazed by the entrepreneurial spirit and managerial skills exhibited by the Thai women present. If not surprised at the number of Thai currently living in…
Posts in Spanish
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Amor…
Amor es lo irracional, lo que entendemos todo pero lo que no sabemos explicar. El dolor y el placer. Te quiero… te amo… racionalmente irracional. Amor es compartir aquella irracionalidad. Amor es tomar decisiones juntos y fijar metas sin base científica. Es también buscar un equilibrio y una convivencia. El desequilibrio viene de exigir lo…
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Double Standard
¿Porqué sería que ellos que presiden las organizaciones que denuncian la corrupción, la falta de transparencia y el favoritismo nunca saben explicar cómo ellos lograron sentarse en el consejo de administración? // Why is it that those who are in charge of organizations which denounce corruption, lack of transparency or favoritism never seem able to…
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La Europa que no existe
A propósito de los 50 años de la Unión Europea, una visión de lo que es y no es la nueva Europa Sólo falta abrir los periódicos latinoamericanos para que cada europeo se asuste. No se asusta tanto por las noticias que no indican ninguna esperanza, pero más por cómo los latinoamericanos se ven a…
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Posts in Dutch
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Review: “Managing Organizational Change during SAP Implementations” door Luc Galoppin en Siegfried Caems
Change Management gaat over mensen; ingewikkelder nog: het is het punt waar mens en machine samenkomen om tot een nieuwe manier van werken te komen. Samen met Siegfried Caems, Project Consultant en Manager, neemt Luc Galoppin, als Change Manager, dit zeer serieus.