At Hester Bijl’s inauguration as Rector Magnificus, Dap Hartmann mainly heard empty words. He offers a suggestion on how she might turn those words into decisive leadership.
Although Dap Hartmann dutifully completed the Recognition & Rewards Culture Barometer survey, he regards it as a pantomime – an elaborate performance that carefully avoids the real problem.
A student asked Dap Hartmann for his opinion on the use of AI for writing a final report. Using AI instead of creating something yourself is plagiarism, he believes. You present something under your own name that did not originate in your own mind.
Dap Hartmann was invited to attend a meeting about the new concept Code of Conduct. He witnessed the struggle to find striking examples.
Why are cases of misconduct always handled behind closed doors by people from within the same organisation? Dap Hartmann suggests a tribunal: an independent panel of honourable ‘judges’ who hold public hearings into allegations of abuse of power by managers.
Several start-ups at YES!Delft grew from Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship’s entrepreneurship courses. Dap Hartmann believes that TU Delft needs to cherish the Centre.
The printers on campus have been replaced. Dap Hartmann believes that the promised ‘better printing environment’ has not yet been realised. At least, not for the user. And a good manual is nowhere to be found.
Bob Langer is a renowned academic who turns fundamental science into potentially pioneering innovations and sets up companies to bring these innovations to market. Dap Hartmann believes that it is only in this way that science can have an impact on society.
When will computers match and then far surpass human intelligence? Sooner than you think, Dap Hartmann fears.
