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One of the greatest personal strengths and weaknesses is the ability to doubt yourself. It is a strength when you use it to be ambitious about your work and not just release anything for the world or just the people around you to see, just because you can but show - also in delivery -… Continue reading Good enough?
Some people think that being super aggressive and speak in war-like metaphors is the way to go, when it comes to showing leadership in a start up. I would suggest it shows more of a profound insecurity that you're trying to hide by bluster. Trying to hide things is borderline poisonous no matter how or… Continue reading Insecurity is ok
Back in the day I had a very experienced direct report who I used as a sounding board for thoughts and ideas to bring forward to executive management. We would meet in my office (even though technically I didn't have one), and we would go through the arguments, I had thought of making. If I… Continue reading That’s so junior…
There are a lot of fallouts from Covid-19, once we have the vaccine(s) and things start heading back towards some kind of normal (whatever degree of pre-pandemic behaviour that might turn out to be). One of the ones I am most curious about is the Working-From-Home (WFH) phenomenon. How much of that will stick, and… Continue reading Qualify for WFH
When trying to build a startup ground up, there are a ton of different tasks that need to get done. And keeping track of it all is essential. But how do you do that efficiently? For me I have resorted to using a combination of Trello and OKR. We use OKR's to define our objectives.… Continue reading Trello and OKR
Is creating value as a startup with something new always inherently positive for everybody concerned? Maybe not. What if part of the value creation you offer is to help take away the uncomfortable pain of someone having to confront someone else with a problem, the first one really just want to be rid off? Is… Continue reading The negative value proposition
Yesterday I went for a summer get-together in my VL network group. Over a super nice summer meal, the discussion was flowing and we got talking about some of the things that you don't normally find yourself talking about. One of the discussions I was a part of was a discussion about what defines the… Continue reading Come on, lean in!
A movement is forming around the future of work; saying goodbye to the office in return for unrestricted flexibility to work from wherever whenever and however you might choose. It's the future, damn it! First of all, I will always be very reluctant to base any long term strategy on a short term experience of… Continue reading WFH? Not so fast