Show, don’t tell. Aristotle already knew. And boy is this still true 2000 years later. Culture is built on mimicked behavior. Still. Because of mirror neurons. We do as we see. Employees/colleagues do this. Your tribe does this. Your sports team does this. Kids do this. Family does this. Friends …
Everyone who achieved extraordinary results says it’s simple. But how can it be simple, but so few people have it, you ask? It’s simple. But it’s not easy. How? You have to do the boring work. Often. And repeat. Less than 1% of people do have the patience to do …
That’s a trap. Fast isn’t the opposite of good. Good is an opinion. Good is good in the eye of the beholder. Is it good if you’re on time for the meeting? Or is it right? Or can you also be late? Or should you cancel the meeting because there’s …
In our garden is a garden door to the outside, right next to the shed. When, in the morning, I brought the kids to school by bicycle, I park the bicycle in the garden (not in the shed) so that it’s easier to take the bike in the afternoon. Today …
Humans have invented language as a way to preserve knowledge over generations, in the culture. Over the last 5000 years we’ve learnt to store language (on papyrus at first) and now we can even store and reproduce visual at scale. Any other knowledge we possess is still preserved in our …
There’s incredible power in a but. It decreases the magnitude of anything before the but. At the same time, it shines the light on a different perspective. Be wise in dosing your buts.
In the life cycle of a river, there’s a process of meandering. The river flows where the water encounters the least resistance. The same goes for human behavior. I just read an article, and I’m paraphrasing, that says “the customer journey” is going to change because of AI. And… I …
Yuval Noah Harari. A historian, philosopher. A brilliant voice on AI. I listened to a recent talk of his, where he speaks about how AI has the potential to disrupt and end human history. Alien intelligence has arrived on planet Earth. And we have created it. What stuck with me …
Changing the culture is easy. Often it’s just one decision away, and a word, or an act. But wow it’s hard. Because what would you decide, say or do? One thing’s for sure. It’s together. It may be your thoughts, voice, or work. But that’s just the first drop in …
“C’est le ton qui fait la musique”. My parents used to say this every now and then when I was young. And I never understood why. The sentence thus is imprinted and hard-wired in my brain. And I grew to hate when they said that. But recently, this specific sentence …
