This year is my fifth year of my website and my fifth year I am blogging publicly about my experiences and reflections. I am overwhelmed about the feedback and reach of this platform, also thanks to SEO of my website, listing my site as the second list on google search after my LinkedIn profile. This…
Category: Reflection
Cultural identity
In the past couple of days, I had the pleasure to expose myself in Asian culture, westerners would define it as ‚different’. the borderline in the separation of common and different is blurred in today’s society a have diverse extensions in the level of cultural influence. Often it is easy to be fascinated by the…
Emotional Leadership
As soon as we talk about leadership, we have either a role model in mind or set certain qualities to it. Working for an MNE, I have learned that, there are for sure qualities you see in true leaders and top-management. Especially the values charisma, empowerment and emotions are on the rise of true leadership….
True bonds
Recently, I was put into a thoughtful situation in which a very close one asked me a personal question. It was about bonding between close ones and what exactly are we contributing towards it. I thought about it and come up with three pillars, which are crucial for me and my relationships I have with…
The Berlin winter
What a blast of a time in Berlin. After spending four months in the capital, I leave with a total new perspective on livable cities and life quality in metropolitan areas. The merger of culture, contemporary and activism makes this city vibrant and heard by the people. My work-occasion as my first project in this…
Review 2018
First things first, this year has been incredibly challenging and blessed year for me. For my post last year, I chose an orange tree photo with the header to carry my fruits home. This is what I did. I had a fantastic time at Newcastle and graduated with a distinction and many many awards and…
10 Impressions as an Entrepreneur of New York City.
To experience NYC as a graduate of the master’s programme Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, entices to immerse in the entrepreneurial environment and start-up scene. In the following, I will list my ten impressions and takeaways as an Entrepreneur of NYC. 1. Hustling is a common skill. The first thing you will notice immediately is the…
Chain mentoring
Mentoring is about acknowledging people and the most powerful tool of networking. It’s not about exploiting people’s power or time by having a predetermined purpose in mind, which is commonly misunderstood. For me is mentoring is about connecting through personal touch points, sharing passion, thoughts and mindset that is reflecting each other in different stages…
Hult prize – reflection
Last year in December I have participated at the Hult prize on Campus competition with 3 of my coursemates. We signed up for this two-day boot camp to come up with a solution as social entrepreneurs to make an impact on 10million lives by 2025. This year Hult prize was on energy. We came up…
STARTUP scene in Newcastle
I am using this blog post to write about a unique experience I have here in Newcastle, which I realised after reflecting what it is. I am talking about the startup scene in Newcastle. It’s a goldmine of collaboration and disrupters with the university as the primary pusher. Companies such as Noveltea; Equiwatt and many…
DSP and Daimler networking trip
In the time period of the 19-22. Feb. I’ve visited Germany for my first DSP training called Start with success. The location was different to any other training in Laemmerbuckel, conducted in Stuttgart. It was one-day training on Tuesday, I flew back on Saturday and used the remaining time to stay with my family. Unfortunately,…
Review 2017
I am back home at my working desk in Germany. Almost one year ago, I wrote on this table my aims for 2017. Reflecting on what I have achieved, I just can say – I smashed it! With having 5 profoundly empowering months at Daimler, I met great people alongside my daily routine and also took…
Reflection of semester 1
3 months has been passed, and the master program has already exceeded every expectation I had for this year. To sum up, I became elected course representative of my course for 28 students from 19 different nationalities. The diversity and their background are very breath-taking and exciting. I have a close relationship with all students, and the…
Daimler AG – a cultural reflection
Daimler AG organisational culture is known for three things: driver for innovation and pioneering; pursuit of excellence and hierarchical decision-making process. Having said that, I experienced the change in these three fundamental pillars with the shift happening in the industry. Emerging companies such as Tesla and Chinese suppliers starting entering the future of mobility market. Tech- software companies such…
Reflection of being a ’Working Student’ at Daimler AG
Another 6 months at Daimler has been past and with that my time at GSP/RM. I cannot describe what I have learned during the time at Daimler, I would need hours just to write down the task and responsibilities I had during the past 12 months. However, I am glad to have such great working…
Review 2016
This year was the most exciting year since my graduation from school. I had a fantastic time in Newcastle and did 7 modules with first class marks; 3 societies and lots of international friends definitively the most out of it. I can also say, I have improved my English language skills and extended my vocabulary….
Reflection on Internship Daimler AG
6 months are past, and I am still at Daimler. I continued my work by being a 20h working student and supporting my team. It was the most intense and most satisfying 6-months in my work life. I had so many responsibilities and actively volunteered for any job I could take to learn a new…
Review 2015
learning outcome – Networks. Reflecting on this year with the three aims I set for 2015. I have unpredictably fulfilled all of them. I met new people through the internship and through the eye-opening realisation of the importance of networks from my best friend. I will try to maintain my network and build new connections…
IAA 2015 – The emission scandal
IAA 2015, a please in heaven for seeing the latest cars and tryouts with vast experience. I am visiting every year this exhibition, but this year is different. It’s because, it’s the first time that I have old working colleagues, representing the company on a massive stall at the exhibition – Volkswagen. But it is…
Reflection on VW Internship
DISCLAIMER: This reflection has been rewritten at 15.05.2016 as part of an assignment for Newcastle University using the STAR method (Situation – Tasks – Action – Results) Situation: 8 weeks internship at Volkswagen in Granada, Spain in Project management for a product launch event with a team of 28 VW employees + around 120 event…
Network
My best friend who graduated as an Architect decided to move to New York. Her network which reaches all over the world as an open-minded artist and creative mind. This allowed her to get a job as a designer for an architect studio in New York. She is an outgoing person and finds it easy…
Review 2014 – People
This year was a tough year with a lot of big decisions and mental workload. I am not sure, if and how I could have changed the situation to not to be in this situation. I lost a year of useful study, as I not even can take over the grades from my degree. Working in…
‘Exmatrikulation’/ de-registering University
The past 4 weeks where the most intense 4 weeks in my life. After reflecting everything, I came to the conclusion that I had to change something. I wasn’t happy with my work contract and had no perspectives for my study without even considering working for SPIRIT/21 AG after graduation. I wanted to leave but…
First full-time employment
………. Took a long time to reflect on my job. reflecting on my working attitude: highly motivated talking to people – distance connecting to somebody? just with team members. learning a lot about IT and databases. friendly person but difficult to connect with. I’m not sure if I can work here after finishing my bachelor degree.
first post
the first post introducing my aims achievements and reflection in a digital blog. EDIT 25.08.2017: Some post has been edited and rewritten with a better reflection of the past to have a better understanding of the overall perception and environment I was operating in.