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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

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Dagens Nyheter Culture

"A Leadership Course with Kafka"

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Gazeta Wyborcza, Duży Format

"Shibboleth: Why Does a Manager in Sweden Avoid Leading?"
By Maciej Zaremba Bielawski. In Polish.

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Gazeta Wyborcza, Żyć Lepiej. Psychologia Codziennie

"She Locks Managers in a Dark Room and Makes Them Listen to Cioran, Szymborska and Kafka." In Polish.

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Fokus, Culture/The Encounter

"Julia Romanowska: The Managers Needed to Be Shaken Up"

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Akavia Aspekt

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

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HR Nytt

"When Leaders Encounter Their Own Limits"  

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Tidningen Äldreomsorg

"Culture That Gets Under the Skin Makes Better Leaders"  

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Epoch Times Sweden

"She Lets Managers Experience the Explosive Power of Art"

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Uppsala Nya Tidning

"A Leadership Course with a Twist"

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Arbetets Nyheter

"Julia Romanowska"            

Articles, Commentary and Perspectives

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Svenska Dagbladet Culture, Under strecket

"A Leadership Course from Hell Exposes the Problems of the School System"                        

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Svenska Dagbladet Business

"Culture Brings Out Better Managers"                       

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Dagens Industri, OPINION

"Let Culture into Business"                        

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Swedish Radio, OBS

"We Need a Different Kind of Leader"

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Chefstidningen

"The Shibboleth Study: Conventional Leadership Programmes Are Ineffective"                           

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CHEF

"Shibboleth Shocks Managers into Becoming Better Leaders"                      

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Ingenjören

"Art and Music Create Better Managers"                       

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KOLLEGA

"Managers Need Anxiety"

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KOLLEGA

"Art and Tragedy Improved Leadership"                  

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VDtidningen

"Art Makes Better Managers"                         

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Polistidningen

"Culture Shock Makes a Better Manager"

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Skolledaren

"Dramatic Experiences Can Make Managers More Empathetic"

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Chefen i fokus

"Calls for More Art in Leadership Programmes"                        

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TLNT Media

"When a Programme Can Make You a Worse Manager" 

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Ideell Arena

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

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Sandahl Partners

"From Exercising Power to Taking Responsibility"

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Johan Ivari, Försvarshögskolan

"Are We Training Destructive Leaders?"   

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Anders Hallengren, Harvard Alumni

"The power of words and music"

Reviews & Book Recommendations

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Läkartidningen

"A Book Offering Invaluable Insights into Leadership"

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Tidskriften för Svensk Psykiatri

Review of Schibboleteffekten

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Västerbotten's Courier

"Managers Should Be Exposed to Powerful Cultural Experiences"
Review of Schibboleteffekten

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Universitetsläraren

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

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Skolledaren

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

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Helene Öhman

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

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Handelshögskolan Executive Education

"Inspiring Reading"

Academic and Institutional Contexts

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Medicinsk Vetenskap, Karolinska Institutet

"Art Shock Improves Leadership"       

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Uppsala University, School Leadership Academy

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

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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.

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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU

Art as a Detour to Empathetic and Responsible Leadership

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Sigtuna Foundation Magazine

"Shibbolet”

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