Author / Ben Sahlmueller
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Film: Alison Klayman, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
A remarkable portrait of the Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei (艾未未) by American director Alison Klayman, documenting his main creative period between 2008 and 2011.
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Benerkenswert July 2022
The July 2022 issue of Benerkenswert
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Book: Egon Friedell, Kulturgeschichte der Neuzeit
The Kulturgeschichte der Neuzeit is Friedell’s main work, capturing him for the better part of his last 15-or-so years. It is a wild ride through European history from the Black Death in 1348 until World War I, playing homage to many of the geniuses, kings, and lost souls of what he calls the Neuzeit, the pre-modern and early modern age.
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Benerkenswert June 2022
The June 2022 issue of Benerkenswert
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May I have your attention, please?
Introducing Benerkenswert, a monthly newsletter about the stuff happening in my life, starting as an experiment.
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Dessert
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Book: John Grant Ross, Taiwan in 100 Books
Ross‘ book was among the first I read on Taiwan and is still among my favourites. It reads like a kind of reading journal, or rather, like going to your dry-humoured neighbour (the one with shelves up every wall) to borrow a book and not leaving for the afternoon because both of you can’t really decide which one to pick.
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On gear and glass and how to get started
This is the second part of my series on photography. Click here for Part I and here for the overview. Photography has a very technical side to it that can be much fun to nerd about. At the same time, the many options are often overwhelming for people new to it. And whereas new possibilities…
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The amateur’s way to photography
Photography entered my life very early through the “click, rip rap, click, rip rap” of my father’s old Minolta. It was his great passion, and during my childhood, our family vacation walks took their rhythm from me and my siblings’ interest in puddles and his in the perfect perspective. I am not good in visualising…
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Leading emergent change, Chapter 1: Leadership and self-organization
This blog post is the translation of a chapter from a research study I wrote in 2020 for the consultancy LEAD during the Corona crisis. Two ways to shape change: Leadership and self-organization To remain successful, organizations need resilience, adaptability and innovation. But how can leaders strengthen these qualities?Shaping change is an enormous leadership challenge…
