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”

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”

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”

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”

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”