I’ve got news for you
Well, it’s official. So, I am delighted to share the news with you: From July, I am taking on the role of academic lead for the Masters programme(s) in Marketing at Oxford Brookes University. I am...
View ArticleOne of a kind, please
At my eye appointment, today, the optometrist was intrigued by my surname and asked where I was from, originally. When I replied ‘Portuguese’, he said ‘Ah, yes, Portuguese people…‘ and he proceeded to...
View ArticleI am going back to school
That’s right. I am going back to the ‘learner’s seat’. I joined a course on Social Network Analysis at Coursera. I am familiar with Social Network Theory and even used it in the past, but I don’t...
View ArticleSo glad to hear that…
In my role, I get to hear my fair share of complaining. It’s not that there are a lot of problems, it’s just that, when there are problems, I tend to know about them. Sometimes, it is the students,...
View ArticleReflection on AcWriMo 2012
Phew! I survived AcWriMo 2012, a month long initiative of focused academic writing (more information here). My pledge for AcWriMo was to write 100 minutes every day and to produce 6 specific outputs,...
View ArticleSharing the good news: Best Paper Award
A lovely surprise, following my presentation at the Management Learning conference.
View ArticleA personal message that I sent to my students
In recent days, I came across 3 persons from very different ages and life circumstances that have one thing in common: each of them has been been struggling with a difficult situation by themselves....
View ArticleWhen things aren’t adding up…
This message popped up on my Twitter feed this week, as I was adding a few more things to my to do list (and starting to feel increasingly anxious about the next few weeks): A great little reminder,...
View ArticleThe old phone
The 7yo found this phone in the bottom of a drawer. He has been playing with it for a few days and, today, he asked: But how did you write in it? I explained about clicking on a key once to get the...
View ArticleSpotted elsewhere: Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?
What? A video reminding us to look up from our screens, and connect with those around us (as well as ourselves). Where? Shared on Facebook by Jen Johnson Kampanaos, a lovely lady that I had the...
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