A Selection of Articles, Reviews and Interviews
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Over the years, Shibboleth and The Shibboleth Effect have attracted attention in newspapers, professional media and academic contexts – through interviews, features, reviews, essays and public debate. Here is a selection. Most of the linked texts are in Swedish. The two articles from Gazeta Wyborcza are in Polish.
Interviews & Features

Dagens Nyheter Culture
"A Leadership Course with Kafka"

Gazeta Wyborcza, Duży Format
"Shibboleth: Why Does a Manager in Sweden Avoid Leading?"
By Maciej Zaremba Bielawski. In Polish.

Gazeta Wyborcza, Żyć Lepiej. Psychologia Codziennie
"She Locks Managers in a Dark Room and Makes Them Listen to Cioran, Szymborska and Kafka." In Polish.

Fokus, Culture/The Encounter
"Julia Romanowska: The Managers Needed to Be Shaken Up"

Akavia Aspekt
"She Put Managers Through a Shock – and Created a Highly Successful Programme"

HR Nytt
"When Leaders Encounter Their Own Limits"

Tidningen Äldreomsorg
"Culture That Gets Under the Skin Makes Better Leaders"

Epoch Times Sweden
"She Lets Managers Experience the Explosive Power of Art"

Uppsala Nya Tidning
"A Leadership Course with a Twist"

Arbetets Nyheter
"Julia Romanowska"
Articles, Commentary and Perspectives

Svenska Dagbladet Culture, Under strecket
"A Leadership Course from Hell Exposes the Problems of the School System"

Svenska Dagbladet Business
"Culture Brings Out Better Managers"

Dagens Industri, OPINION
"Let Culture into Business"

Swedish Radio, OBS
"We Need a Different Kind of Leader"

Chefstidningen
"The Shibboleth Study: Conventional Leadership Programmes Are Ineffective"

CHEF
"Shibboleth Shocks Managers into Becoming Better Leaders"

Ingenjören
"Art and Music Create Better Managers"

KOLLEGA
"Managers Need Anxiety"

KOLLEGA
"Art and Tragedy Improved Leadership"

VDtidningen
"Art Makes Better Managers"

Polistidningen
"Culture Shock Makes a Better Manager"

Skolledaren
"Dramatic Experiences Can Make Managers More Empathetic"

Chefen i fokus
"Calls for More Art in Leadership Programmes"

TLNT Media
"When a Programme Can Make You a Worse Manager"

Ideell Arena
"Civil Society Has a Strong Intuitive Understanding of the Significance of Art"

Sandahl Partners
"From Exercising Power to Taking Responsibility"

Johan Ivari, Försvarshögskolan
"Are We Training Destructive Leaders?"

Anders Hallengren, Harvard Alumni
"The power of words and music"
Reviews & Book Recommendations

Läkartidningen
"A Book Offering Invaluable Insights into Leadership"

Tidskriften för Svensk Psykiatri
Review of Schibboleteffekten

Västerbotten's Courier
"Managers Should Be Exposed to Powerful Cultural Experiences"
Review of Schibboleteffekten

Universitetsläraren
"A Good Work of Non-Fiction Should Be Both Reliable and Innovative"

Skolledaren
The Headteacher’s Top Book Recommendation: “A Fantastic Motivator”

Helene Öhman
"Conventional Leadership Development or Artistic Shock"
Review of Schibboleteffekten.

Handelshögskolan Executive Education
"Inspiring Reading"
Academic and Institutional Contexts

Medicinsk Vetenskap, Karolinska Institutet
"Art Shock Improves Leadership"

Uppsala University, School Leadership Academy
"The Shibboleth Effect
SkolledarAkademin Report No. 7 on the Academy’s shared reading of and conversations about Schibboleteffekten."

Lund university
LU Managers’ Forum – for All Managers at Lund University
On artistic expression, conflict management and the Shibboleth effect in Lund University’s forum for managers.

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU
Art as a Detour to Empathetic and Responsible Leadership

Sigtuna Foundation Magazine
"Shibbolet”