Giovanni Gruni
@giovannigruni.bsky.social
Executive and university professor. Interested in global issues, law, finance, climate change, and world trade. 🌎Let’s be kind to each other.
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I finished my PhD 10 years ago here a few lessons I have learned after 10 years in academia.
1) If you don’t believe in yourself no matter what, this is not the business for you.
2) Only some universities give promotions to out of the box thinkers and disruptive thinkers.
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1) If you don’t believe in yourself no matter what, this is not the business for you.
2) Only some universities give promotions to out of the box thinkers and disruptive thinkers.
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Not sure nos. 5 and 6 are compatible.
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Not sure nos. 5 and 6 are compatible.
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If you’re a woman in academia you find these things out before you’ve even finished your PhD.
I finished my PhD 10 years ago here a few lessons I have learned after 10 years in academia.
1) If you don’t believe in yourself no matter what, this is not the business for you.
2) Only some universities give promotions to out of the box thinkers and disruptive thinkers.
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1) If you don’t believe in yourself no matter what, this is not the business for you.
2) Only some universities give promotions to out of the box thinkers and disruptive thinkers.
…
October 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
If you’re a woman in academia you find these things out before you’ve even finished your PhD.
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There's some good advice in this thread, but I'm going to offer another take on #6 here:
The "best" (i.e. most prestigious) program you get into might not be the best fit for you, and you can still have a great career, even if you decide not to put status above everything else.
The "best" (i.e. most prestigious) program you get into might not be the best fit for you, and you can still have a great career, even if you decide not to put status above everything else.
6) If you are offered the opportunity to do a PhD or a master at Oxbridge, Harvard or Yale don’t thing twice. Go!
7) Smart work exists in academia as well. Just look for it.
8) Paradoxically the pace of innovation at work can be slower in academia than other
businesses.
7) Smart work exists in academia as well. Just look for it.
8) Paradoxically the pace of innovation at work can be slower in academia than other
businesses.
October 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
There's some good advice in this thread, but I'm going to offer another take on #6 here:
The "best" (i.e. most prestigious) program you get into might not be the best fit for you, and you can still have a great career, even if you decide not to put status above everything else.
The "best" (i.e. most prestigious) program you get into might not be the best fit for you, and you can still have a great career, even if you decide not to put status above everything else.
I finished my PhD 10 years ago here a few lessons I have learned after 10 years in academia.
1) If you don’t believe in yourself no matter what, this is not the business for you.
2) Only some universities give promotions to out of the box thinkers and disruptive thinkers.
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1) If you don’t believe in yourself no matter what, this is not the business for you.
2) Only some universities give promotions to out of the box thinkers and disruptive thinkers.
…
October 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I finished my PhD 10 years ago here a few lessons I have learned after 10 years in academia.
1) If you don’t believe in yourself no matter what, this is not the business for you.
2) Only some universities give promotions to out of the box thinkers and disruptive thinkers.
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1) If you don’t believe in yourself no matter what, this is not the business for you.
2) Only some universities give promotions to out of the box thinkers and disruptive thinkers.
…
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If the Reform Party plan to abolish indefinite leave to remain also abolishes settled status for EU citizens, that would be a breach of the withdrawal agreement, liable to lead to the EU retaliating by removing trade preferences.
September 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
If the Reform Party plan to abolish indefinite leave to remain also abolishes settled status for EU citizens, that would be a breach of the withdrawal agreement, liable to lead to the EU retaliating by removing trade preferences.
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Jimmy Kimmel returns tomorrow.
This is an important victory for free speech.
Remember that it was YOU all using your power TOGETHER that got a gigantic corporation to reverse itself.
Bless everyone who participated in telling Mickey Mouse to fuck off.
This is an important victory for free speech.
Remember that it was YOU all using your power TOGETHER that got a gigantic corporation to reverse itself.
Bless everyone who participated in telling Mickey Mouse to fuck off.
September 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Jimmy Kimmel returns tomorrow.
This is an important victory for free speech.
Remember that it was YOU all using your power TOGETHER that got a gigantic corporation to reverse itself.
Bless everyone who participated in telling Mickey Mouse to fuck off.
This is an important victory for free speech.
Remember that it was YOU all using your power TOGETHER that got a gigantic corporation to reverse itself.
Bless everyone who participated in telling Mickey Mouse to fuck off.
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Stock of potential EU substitute to Starlink. +540% in less than a week.
March 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Stock of potential EU substitute to Starlink. +540% in less than a week.
Went to a dj set tonight. Good to unplug from the news cycle once in a while. Wondering how many of the people dancing around me are aware of the state the world is in.
March 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Went to a dj set tonight. Good to unplug from the news cycle once in a while. Wondering how many of the people dancing around me are aware of the state the world is in.
There is a new narrative emerging in Canada 🇨🇦 about Canada joining the European Union. 🇪🇺 Worth discussing it at length but not on Saturday night.
March 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
There is a new narrative emerging in Canada 🇨🇦 about Canada joining the European Union. 🇪🇺 Worth discussing it at length but not on Saturday night.
This is a must read.
1/ Donald Trump may be aiming to annex the Great Lakes – and possibly south-eastern Ontario in a maximalist scenario – and kick Canada out of NORAD, judging by first-hand accounts of talks between Canada and the Trump Administration. ⬇️
March 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is a must read.
The UK indeed substituting the US as leader of the free world. We needed the UK back on the right side of history.
Starmer wants to broaden the coalition beyond Europe and said he was encouraged by interest from Canada *and others*.
March 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The UK indeed substituting the US as leader of the free world. We needed the UK back on the right side of history.