unless you understand how to utilise them — I’m not hating on tradeshows. I’m not one of those people who thinks marketing should only happen online. In fact, I think there’s an ever-bigger place for human connection in this post-COVID world which tradeshows can help make happen. Business has moved online probably a little too much, so tradeshows…

or the fight for reclamation “Welcome to the French Resistance. There are 5 million workaholics in New York, and you’ve just met the only four who are in recovery.” This is taken from an article on workaholism by HBR as it describes how the author decided to finally face his…

And why it’s more important than ever to kill management I was a 24 year old engineer, fresh-faced, the world being my oyster. Clearly entitled. Clearly a diversity hire at an american company in Germany because female electrical engineers from Africa aren’t necessarily popping up at every street corner. My…

Or the importance for leaders of understanding what truly motivates them The business world today is based on a very specific worldview : that success means individual achievement and making tons of money. So, much of the culture, practices and processes put in place in organisations stem from this worldview. …

The biggest misconception about climbing up the corporate ladder I had a good friend over for dinner last night. He works for a fortune 500 company. He’s been there for 20 years at this point, and he was reflecting on promotions and climbing up the corporate ladder. Then he said…

knowing the limits is the first step to overcoming them — We rarely see it like this, but the entire way we do business today is based on a very specific worldview. This worldview is about seeing the world as : 1) scarce 2) untrustworthy Scarce : This one is difficult to argue against. Everywhere we look, we see proof of how scarce…

Thinking differently about support functions My colleagues and I had an interesting conversation about HR the other day. We work in a self-organised business, and we don’t have a dedicated HR person for a 30 person team. Typically, self-organised businesses tend to rely on fully empowered employees to make key…

There is an alternative My son routinely finds life incredibly unfair because he can’t make his own decisions, like watching cartoons or having candy whenever he feels like it. My answer to him often is : ‘when you become an adult you’ll be able to make your own decisions. …

Been a long time coming We glorify founders as the ultimate heroes of a successful business story. …