Susanne Bartel

I just finished my last MBA elective called B822 “Innovation, Creativity and Change” at the Open University Business School. (Part of the reason why it was a bit more quiet in my blog than usual). I’d highly recommend this course to anyone interested in bringing out creativity in themselves or their teams. During these studies [...]

Brainstorming?!! I have to admit that I lately wasn’t too excited about that any more. Luckily, I got a refresher and new impetus on how brainstorming can be done, and how powerful it can be. One of the many things I took away from my OUBS B822 Residential School Jan 7-9. Looking back, my appreciation [...]

I thought now would be a good time to have a brief look back at the year 2010, from my personal perspective. It was fairly interesting, as I started my own business! So far I haven’t regretted this step for one second. I really enjoy working with my customers, plus it allowed me to find [...]

Since November, I am studying in the OUBS course ‘Creativity, Cognition and Development’ which so far is really enjoyable. Yes, there are tons of materials to read, listen to, and watch. They are well-prepared and intellectually stimulating. Rather than just consuming and trying to learn things they make me think, reflect about myself, organisations, and [...]

Hi there again. It was a bit quiet on my blog recently. A lot of interesting stuff happened, but most of all the revision for my B821 course (Financial Strategy) exam kept me busy. It was hard work, but brought together a lot of the course concepts, and I “suffered” a few severe aha moments. [...]

On May 1, my next course at the Open University Business School (OUBS) started officially. It is called ‘B821 – Financial Strategy’ and is one of the ‘electives’ of stage 2 of the studies towards the MBA degree. I am about half way through my MBA program now, with two 6-months electives (one of which [...]