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Delegation & Responsibility

01/07/2015 /

The Diplo calendar 2015 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of the wisdom accumulated by humanity over the centuries that has stood the test of time and remains as valid as ever. The hope is that it will inspire you and lead you to explore the thoughts of the people who in one way or another have changed human history for the better .

For the month of July the selected quotation is by Byron Dorgan (b. 1942) – Former U.S. Senator for North Dakota, author of several books about politics and money.

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Combined skills to be a senior manager or leader

19/05/2015 /

Ed Gelbstein, former director of the United Nations Computing Centre with long experience in International management, has summarized in a table what is expected from those who want to be a senior manager or leader in international activities.

Here is the summary which is the combined skills of Leonardo da Vinci, Machiavelli, Peter the Great and Houdini!

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Rank & Responsibility

01/03/2015 /

The Diplo calendar 2015 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of the wisdom accumulated by humanity over the centuries that has stood the test of time and remains as valid as ever. The hope is that it will inspire you and lead you to explore the thoughts of the people who in one way or another have changed human history for the better .

For the month of March the selected quotation is by Peter Drucker (1909-2005) – Management consultant, educator and author, author of several books on management and a leader in establishing management education.

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The gift of today

24/02/2015 /

Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $ 86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every night, it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use. What would you do? Draw out every cent every day, of course.

However, each of us has such a bank, not in dollars but in TIME. Every morning, it credits you 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off as lost whatever you have failed to invest to good purpose. There is no balance, no overdraft. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss if yours.

There is no going back. There is no drawing against “tomorrow”. You must live in the present on today’s deposit.

The clock is running. Make the most of today.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present !

(Thanks to Ed Gelbstein for this contribution)

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The value of time

05/02/2015 /
  • To realize the value of one year, ask the student who failed a grade
  • To realize the value of one month, ask the mother who gave birth to a premature baby
  • To realize the value of one week, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper
  • To realize the value of one day, ask the person whose vacation ends tomorrow
  • To realize the value of one hour, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet
  • To realize the value of one minute, ask the commuter who just missed a train
  • To realize the value of one second, ask the driver who just avoided an accident
  • To realize the value of one millisecond, ask the swimmer who won a silver medal in the Olympics

Treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one.

(Thanks to Ed Gelbstein for this contribution)

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Planning to fail

01/02/2015 /

The Diplo calendar 2015 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of the wisdom accumulated by humanity over the centuries that has stood the test of time and remains as valid as ever. The hope is that it will inspire you and lead you to explore the thoughts of the people who in one way or another have changed human history for the better .

For the month of February the selected quotation is by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) – One the founding fathers of the United States of America, a man whose talents ranged from politics to science, author and inventor (including the lightning rod and bifocal lenses).

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2014 Reading List

03/12/2013 /

The theme of Diplocalendar 2013 was inspired by Mark Twain’s quotation that: “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them”.

Reading_suggestions_2014Diplomats, like many other professionals, must read, understand, synthesise and make sense of newspapers, magazines, emails, official reports and so many other things related to their daily work. But there is so much else to read both for pleasure and to deepen our knowledge.

There is no specific selected book for the month of December, but a list of suggested readings for 2014. Consider them as our … Christmas present.

Stay secure in cyberspace

19/11/2013 /

Many people now understand the role of personal hygiene in maintaining good health. Until the 19th Century this was not the case everywhere and life expectancy was considerably shorter due to contagious disease, plagues, contaminated food and water, etc.
While viruses and plagues continue to exist in real life, a similar situation arose in cyberspace in the form of malicious software.
The explosive growth in the adoption of electronic devices by the general population (computers in various forms, smartphones and tablets) is creating and environment where some measures of digital hygiene (such as maintaining strong passwords, carrying out backups, not becoming a victim to phishing, etc.) are needed to protect the devices and the data they contain as well as their owners.

Ed Gelbstein, in his last book published with Bookboon, describes in simple, non technical language a collection of good practices that can be considered as sensible good hygiene to adopt in cyberspace.

The book “Good digital Hygiene” is downloadable for free at Bookboon.com

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The Art of War

05/11/2013 /

The theme of Diplocalendar 2013 was inspired by Mark Twain’s quotation that: “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them”.

SunTzuDiplomats, like many other professionals, must read, understand, synthesise and make sense of newspapers, magazines, emails, official reports and so many other things related to their daily work. But there is so much else to read both for pleasure and to deepen our knowledge.

The selected book suggested for the month of November that supports professional development and is relevant to management in diplomacy is Sun Tzu’s The Art of War

Cyberspace insecurity

23/07/2013 /

Cyberspace is inherently insecure. Achieving acceptable information security requires building awareness of what it takes to achieve it, mitigating vulnerabilities in people, processes and technologies and constant adaptation to a rapidly changing environment.

Ed Gelbstein’s ‘Information security for non-technical managers’, downloadable for free at Bookboon.com, provides a concise overview and some useful suggestions covering the information security “problem”.

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Bookboon provides a collection of valuable free ebooks for professionals.

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