I’m kind of a nerd about the whole “being organized” thing. I was asked this week to give a full list of my current tasks – no problem, right? However I had to admit to myself (and the asker) that I did not, in fact, have a complete overview of …
Buckle up, this one’s a long ride. I’ve mentioned before that my corner of the company is going through some exciting times with a lot of pressure, including some very hard, non negotiable deadlines coming up. I have tons of things I need to take care of, and most of …
A while ago, I was in a meeting (shocking, I know). The host of the meeting was doing a good job with facilitating – you know those meetings that just go well? It was one of those. Not spectacular, but that was not the intention anyway, we just got the …
Before my recent switch from an internal consulting role to an operational role in production recently, I didn’t really anticipate that the way I approach my work would have to change much (sweet summer child and all that). If I even thought about it at all, I figured the new …
About 100.000 people work at Bayer, give or take. I am – I think – a pretty active networker, but even if I could talk 24/7, the sheer number of people in this organization makes it impossible to connect with everyone else. However, this is a blog about believing in …
I recently reread one of the Discworld novels (okay, a couple of them, like all of the time), Sir Terry Pratchett’s “Interesting Times”. In the book, the story follows Rincewind, a character that has just one goal in life: to live in a way that provides the least excitement and …
I switched jobs recently, from a more corporate-focused role to an operative position. As you can imagine, the work and the culture are pretty different. I am still learning how things are done around here, but there’s one thing I noticed almost immediately, and it has given feminist-me quite a lot …
When I started to work in innovation, I remember someone with a lot of experience both in GMP and innovation management telling me that innovation is nice and all, but it would never work in regulated environments. At that point, I agreed. After all,many times when someone tries to teach …
In my previous post, I discussed the theory that the development of agriculture lead to the co-development of settlements and property rights which in turn lead to ownership of things, and people. Apparently, the data is not as clear as I was thinking, as someone kindly pointed out: it’s also …
