Since the beginning of June, I stood up every morning at 5:30. Early bird gets the worm. It worked. Actually, it worked like a charm. I was productive for the first 2 hours of my day. Every day. That’s 10-14 hours a week of high-quality deliverables. Without sacrificing anything. Well. …
A message said out loud is not always acted upon immediately. Because of the prevailing culture. Because of standards. Because of masculinity. Because of expectations. Because of differences. It’s the moment after the meeting when everyone is gone. “I didn’t dare saying this out loud, but you are completely right”. …
Sleep is thé the most essential thing to do in life, just after breathing. Without sleep, our cognitive and emotional abilities become badly disrupted. Loss of focus, weight gain and depression are just some short term effects, associated with it. Not just correlated, but caused by sleep deprivation. Sleep is …
Since about two months, I’ve changed my way of processing information in meetings. A closed laptop on the table. An open Moleskine Cahiers, lined note journal and a Parker pen. The benefits I discover are stunning. I focus much more and intense on the conversation. And moreover, I only write …
Of how your customer thinks of you. And acts accordingly. It’s not the Facebook algorithm. It’s not that one hangry customer that gave you a 1* review. It’s not the bad weather. It’s not your low budget for shooting a quality video. It’s not your shortage of time. It’s not …
Children that do not fall, have no pain. No pain is good: That’s what a generation of parents thinks now. Because we have all seen pain. We have seen our friends get burned out at 25 to 35 years of age. Our kids must be protected. But must they? Ask …
In our schools, we teach our kids how to build blocks. How to work together. What empathy is. How to write. How to read. How to calculate. How to speak. How to use a computer. And what their parents do, is give them a smartphone. These kids are exposed to …
Wat is de grootste les na 7 jaar werken bij Google? Welke vraag stel je vaak aan jezelf? En moet je lang op een drol kauwen, of juist niet? In deze aflevering van The Shift kom je er allemaal achter. Met Ex-Googler Josse praat ik over zijn tijd bij Google …
Eight year olds nowadays use Chromebooks in class. It’s different from 22 years ago, when I was eight. I had problems with writing. My handwriting was stone coal, as we would call it here in The Netherlands. Rooster legs (again, Dutch). Terrible. We optimize education by giving Chromebooks to children. …
‘Offee’ ‘Offee’ That’s when my 1,5 year old daughter says she wants coffee. Of course I can’t give her coffee. But I can give her coffee. So I ask for her drink bottle. She gives it to me. I put my coffee cup below the machine and the bottle next …