Do you want fast? To go fast, you should go alone. Carry the least of baggage required. Fast means decision making that is not always fun, but rapid progress. Communication is baggage. Empathy is baggage. Generosity is baggage. Help is baggage. Don’t carry it if you want to go fast. …
Today. The American people celebrate the 244th Independence Day. Nowadays, nobody is actually happy that the US is not part of the UK. We don’t even think about it anymore. Still, the celebration of the declaration of independence of the monarch of Britain is huge. One of, of not the, …
Products need response. Positive response. Openminded views. Criticism. Gather the responses and go forward. Who do you want to be happy with your product? Everyone can criticize. But your product is not for everyone. Your product is for the people from whom you want criticism. Figure out who you want …
Garry Kasparov played already for 10 years as the world’s No.1 grand master of Chess, when he was beaten by a computer. A computer (deep blue) was better at chess than a human (Kasparov). In 1996 computer vs. human was world news. In 2017 it was a Machine Learning computer …
After a 5 year journey, 2008 Honda quit Formula 1. Only one race won in 2006, in a year dominated by Renault and Ferrari. Lack of performance. Financial crisis. In 2015 Honda returned in conjunction with all time great team McLaren, with great plans and one of the greatest formula …
It’s not speeding up, that makes you see more in life. It’s slowing down.
Een Minimum Viable Product is het minimale dat werkbaar is voor je doelgroep om reacties te krijgen en te kunnen verbeteren. Wat je doet hoeft niet perfect te zijn, het moet slechts goed genoeg zijn voor wat je met je eerste stap wilt bereiken. Dat maakt het laagdrempeliger. Hoe pas …
Doing something in a hurry is rarely impactful. Either make sure your required effort is so small, impact can be made swiftly. Or do it later. Or don’t do it at all. The trick to never end up hurrying is to make better choices.
Not ‘a podcast’. ‘podcast’. It’s iPod Broadcast. Blog comes from weblog. Comes from web log. Book comes from the German word bōk (beech), the wood on which runes were inscribed. Magazine comes from Roman names for storehouse; e.g. the French – Magasin. It’s a storehouse of information. Television comes from …
Today I received an e-mail rejection from a guest I invited for my podcast. Rejections are more acceptable when you feel they are for the right reason. In my opinion, it was not. And I understand, and moreover. I agree on the rejection. Now. From my guest’s angle, the invite …