It was on January 15th 2002, that one of the most visited bloggers in the world, Seth Godin, started posting. on his famous blog (I don’t remember, I did just look up his first post online). But it was the Provincetown Helmet Insight in June 2004 that ‘really started things …
One of my personal reflexes to stress is working harder. Paradoxically, things I stress about, aren’t solved by working harder, but, by making smarter decisions. Often I make smarter decisions when I work less and take more time to think and reflect. Chances are that I’m not the only one …
Why does the baker have an aromatic, warm, delicious, free stuffed biscuit standing on the counter? It’s probably no secret to you: This is nót only to enhance the experience of his customers. It’s to sell more stuffed biscuits. Obviously. And you know what, it works. Just as it works …
“The tour must go on.” is always said, even in bizarre times or when bizarre circumstances occur. Deaths. Extreme weather. Pandemics. Of course, it’s ‘Le Tour’ I’m talking about. The Tour de France. Held every year since 1903 (except in WO2). And every year there’s a winner. Ever since I’ve …
The path to any skill consists of hours and hours of doing.
In my job interviews with candidates this week, I managed to ask unexpected questions again. (yes, indeed, you sense a little pride) Symptoms are People don’t have an instant answer When people answer, the answer is authentic and never rehearsed Nearly always, people start ‘shining’ when they answer “Tell me …
The customer decides. Humans have free will and, choose. Yuval Noah Harari, the Israeli Historian, and writer of Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 lessons for the 21st century, led me to think about this ‘who’s it for’. 200 years ago, the customer didn’t decide. There was this different paradox. The …
Yet if we ask for high quality built products, Japanese products definitely cross our minds. How is this so? I believe it’s culture. If quality isn’t a thing, like in Japan, because quality is a fundamental standard and a moral standard to even be on the market in this civilization, …
Tragically, Tony Hsieh passed away last week at age 46. At 25 years of age – in the year 1998 – Tony sells his co-founded company LinkExchange, where 100 people work, for $265 million to Microsoft. He sells, not because he wants to cash. He seems too smart for that. …
Simon Sinek opened my eyes on nerves with his riff on interview questions at the 2012 London Olympics “Were you nervous?“. The definition of nervous is… Your heart races, you visualize the future, your hands get clammy. The definition of excited is… Your heart races, you visualize the future, your …