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 …
The period between Thanksgiving and Christmas could be called reflection season, if you’re into reflecting. I love reflecting; since it’s looking back ánd forward, whilst standing still. It’s super interesting to see what learnings you’ve gone through in a short period of time, and how you can internalize them moving …
If you’re good at social media, it doesn’t mean you are doing anything right. Let’s make things better, by making better things. Social media is a symptom, not a tactic. If you want to be talked about, you better create a story worth sharing.
Everyone is a unique mix of other people’s thoughts. Our job in life is to choose wisely, which to pursue and which to leave alone.
Some is almost always better than none. Some feedback moved the train forward today for one of my students. However I shared just a glimpse of my thoughts. Some peace is better than none. Some agreement is better than none. Some viewers of our content are better than none. Although …
I love to quote Mark Twain and say “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” In 2019 on November the 23rd, a year ago, I’ve had the honour of presenting my first book Collectie van Rampen. I’ll never forget that day. The Twain quote …