In the past four months, I spent most of my time and energy advocating for my elderly father across a variety of healthcare facilities. He passed away during August, and while it was merciful for him, we're left with a gigantic hole in our family and hearts. There's also a mix of guilt, frustration, and anger at much of the healthcare management, leadership, and delivery we encountered along the way. The post Leadership and Management Lessons from Losing Dad appeared first on Management Excel...| Management Excellence by Art Petty
Ariel Goldstein expands on the hardship of being a Jewish woman and attempting to live up to impossible standards. The post The Myth of Having It All: Torah, Therapy, and the Truth About Modern Womanhood appeared first on The Lehrhaus.| The Lehrhaus
Avi Schwartz reflects on the life and teachings of Rabbi Dr. Neil Danzig, Z"L.| The Lehrhaus
Mary Dahm and Shane Mauss reflect on how the Covid pandemic disrupted everything—and unexpectedly liberated Solos.| Peter McGraw
In diesem Sommer bietet Bayerns Landeshauptstadt München gleich zwei Ausstellungen zu Stadt und urbanem Leben. Das Münchner Stadtmuseum zeigt mit “What the City. Perspektiven unserer Stadt” eine Ausstellung zu den vielen Städten (bzw. Facetten), in denen sich München als gewachsene Metropole zeigt. Sie reichen von Kunst und Kultur bis hin zu Nachhaltigkeit und der Gestaltung sowie Wahrnehmung durch die MünchnerInnen selbst. Die zweite Ausstellung ist in der Kunsthalle München in der...| Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations
There is a moment, just before arrival, when Sancaklar Mosque is entirely invisible. The sunflower fields thin out. The hum of construction trucks grows louder. Then, a sharp-edged minaret (and nothing more) breaks the horizon. Everything else sinks. Following the slope; downwards instead of upwards. The city has vanished, but something else begins...| Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations
Traditional religious historiography attempts to grasp ‘religions’ in their becoming, possibly their founding, their slow or radical changes – similar to how urban historiography undertook. This brought transformations into view that, in the extreme case, could take on their own form in the splitting and splitting off of religious groups...| Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations
जैसा कि इस ब्लॉग के पाठक पहले से जानते हैं, मैं अक्सर कालीकट आती रहती हूं। शहर का आधिकारिक नाम "कोष़िकोड" है (मलयालम में: കോഴിക്കോട്), लेकिन इस शब्द का यूरोप वालों के लिए उच्चारण करना कठिन है, इस...| Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations
As summer approaches, here are some recent highlights from our blog...| Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations
Today, the academic study of religion in the discipline widely called Religious Studies or Religionswissenschaft has developed into a large array of thematical fields and foci, of general approaches and source-specific methods. As such it is ranging from historical and anthropological disciplines through social sciences and economics to philosophies and theologies, either conceived as a proper discipline overlapping with these other disciplines or seen as a subdiscipline to the one or other o...| Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations
A family-filled long weekend, biking adventures, and the scent of honeysuckle — plus a milestone: 15 years since 168 Hours was published.| Laura Vanderkam
Peter Drucker's classic article, "Managing Oneself" is something I read annually. The gold in this article is in his five powerful questions we all need to ask and answer to create alignment between ourselves and our work and lives. I share these and offer six additional questions worth considering. The post Feeling Stuck? Revisit Drucker’s “Managing Oneself” and ask and answer these questions appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty. Related Stories How the up...| Management Excellence by Art Petty
For the management of business-to-consumer (B2C) organizations, the retail or service location is, of course, the ultimate proving ground. The experience for the consumer—good or bad, reflects the organization's management systems from values, commitment to hiring, leadership development, and operations effectiveness. Here are some examples—good or bad—of the management system in action. The post The Management System Creates the Customer Experience—Observations in Excellence and Othe...| Management Excellence by Art Petty
I always hope for rain on 9/11. Of the images and emotions seared into my mind from this day, the backdrop of that perfectly blue sky where we saw evil up close and felt the burn of tragedy and loss is something I can't shake. Clear blue skies amplify my emotions on subsequent anniversaries of that awful day. The post I always want it to rain on 9/11—personal reflections on the day the world changed appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.| Management Excellence by Art Petty
Our former fellow Supriya Chaudhuri has just published a new book entitled "Envisioning the Indian City: Spaces of Encounter in Goa, Calcutta, Pondicherry and Chandigarh". The volume was published with Jadavpur University Press...| Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations
This interview marks the beginning of a series in which Ahmad Ali will be engaging with scholars working on India at the Max-Weber-Kolleg. He is a student of Religionswissenschaft at the University of Erfurt, currently working on the project "Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations".| Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations
Die eigene Arbeit am Manuskript einer globalen Religionsgeschichte unter dem Fokus von „Religion und Urbanität“ wirft nicht nur Fragen nach den Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Vergleichs, dem Umgang mit objektsprachlichen und metasprachlichen Terminologien und der ganz praktischen Frage der Stoffauswahl auf. Sie macht auch die Frage nach dem Übergangsfeld von historischem Erzählen und Fiktion auf...| Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations
Yesterday was the festival of Mahashivratri. I have never considered this day or any other festival as something to be celebrated. What matters to me is whether it’s a holiday from school and work …| The Bespectacled Mother
A short, tiredness-fuelled rant. I love science. I find chemistry so logically fascinating that I could do mole calculations for hours in the same way some people do those adult colouring books. My…| MBDscience
Symbols and rituals are vital in various religious traditions, facilitating a deeper connection with the divine. While they hold significance, true faith transcends these materials and symbols. It …| Indrosphere
The anecdote shared during a group discussion recalls a friend’s relative visiting Delhi, eager to haggle at INA Market. Forgetting slippers, he confidently offered Rs 12 for a pair but was h…| Indrosphere
Maitraee, a community club in Ranchi, has been inviting senior citizens from old-age homes to celebrate Durga Puja for over a decade, fostering joy and belonging. The initiative includes offering P…| Indrosphere
Saraswati Devi, from Medininagar, traveled 125 kilometers to Ranchi for medical treatment. Under the care of Dr. Judhajit Roy Choudhury and Sustaining Life’s home healthcare services, she received …| Indrosphere
Planner’s Travel Series About the series: Welcome to our ongoing travel series. These are all posts written by planning students and professionals about what to do in a given city when lookin…| Carolina Planning
How do megachurches, with several thousand worshippers per week, find space in a densely populated city-state like Singapore, characterized by limited space? The urban landscape and use of city space are tightly regulated by the government. Fast-growing neo-Pentecostal megachurches, needing large auditoriums for their worship services, often fail to gain permission from the state to build churches that cater to 5,000 or more worshippers...| Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations
I wrote the following piece for my shul magazine. Enjoy? With all the talk of how it will revolutionise just about anything, if there’s one thing that could benefit from some humility, it wou…| MBDscience