Of course it’s not a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’. A month ago I failed at my goal of writing 30 blog posts in 30 days. I failed on day 25. The same with my daily meditation routine. Inevitably I drop out of the routine after 70 days max.…
I always tried to understand the world around me. Be it algebra in polytechnic or management rules at work or building startups in a successful way. So I read clever books, listen to wise people sharing advice and so one. And I realised that none of them actually know. They…
Building an organisation that’s not based on org-chart, command and control is a difficult thing, but we’re trying. We all have this feudal hierarchy baked into us by school and past jobs. On top of that we humans are hierarchical animals. It means that even if there’s…
Sometimes when I have too many things pulling me into different directions I loose sight of what’s important. I guess this is the case for most of us!? I have a simple way to get myself back on track. I’ll set aside a few minutes in the morning…
We all strive to do good work. At least in what that is important to us. We wanna make it high quality. Only when the quality is high enough we can focus on quantity, right? On the surface it’s obvious. But what we vastly overestimate is what good enough…
I went to Berlin to visit the eCommerce expo last week. I wanted to get the feel of the tech sector in the city. Here’s what surprised me… Clusters of similarity First what I found on the expo was that there’s a number of products that are similar…
Fear guides all of our actions. It’s in our decisions about job choice, about vacation or any kind of purchase we make. What I just wrote is either obvious to you or you think I’m mad. That’s because there’s different levels of familiarity with fear… We…
Being a project manager is a tough. It’s a constant fight with obstacles and problems in order to bend reality to our plans. The world resists and fights back. That’s the never-ending battle. Perhaps you had a chance to work as a project manager. Most of people didn’…