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Time and time again I hear from and meet startups who are eager to follow the corporate partnership route to gain traction in the market for their startup. Sometimes it works out well. Most often - I would argue - it doesn’t. I know this from my own prior experience from the corporate side. Yes,… Continue reading Deadly theater
When I was a kid, I enjoyed playing chess. I was part of my school chess club, part of the first team and at one time actually won the local county (amt) championship in my age group. Chess was fun and interesting. And taught me a couple of important lessons about life; Looking and planning… Continue reading What chess taught me
2021 is upon us. And for many that signals the roll-out of a new strategy or annual plan. While those often seem intuitive - sometimes even banal - getting them right is super hard. It is vital to be able to focus on executing on the plan. Yet, it is also vital to be open… Continue reading The Catch 22 of strategy
When you're busy executing on tasks, it can be super easy to forget about setting time aside to think about strategy. But you should. For a number of reasons. First of all you need to always make sure that what you're working on is taking you in the right direction. There is the old saying… Continue reading Always think about strategy
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 two types of problems, you can pursue solving, when you're trying to build a startup: You can go after a problem that is really obvious and outspoken. Or you can go after a problem that is non-obvious but nonetheless exists. If you go after the first, chances are that you will be far… Continue reading Attacking a problem
I love OKR's as a concept. And God knows I have been trying time and time again to make them and associated tracking apps and services work for me and my team. But alas; I have failed every single time. It is not that setting up OKRs is super hard; everybody can define and objective… Continue reading The problem with OKR
The Danish Management Society's new focus on "Digital Reshaping" - whatever that wording means - made me think; Whenever somebody talks about the need to 'digitalize' products or processes in an old industry company, you as a digital expert should be quite alert. Perhaps even worried. Because what does the phrase really mean? I will… Continue reading The dangers of ‘digitalization’