‘Wirecard collapses into insolvency.’ This was the headline of the Financial Times some months ago. Wirecard is a large fin-tech company, which seems to have committed a 2 billion dollar financial fraud, right under the watchful eyes of government officials […]
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One of the strangest phenomena in chemistry is a supercritical fluid: A substance, which is at a temperature and pressure above its critical point, suddenly gains almost magical properties: Liquid and gas phases no longer exist, it passes through solids like a gas, and it dissolves other […]
A major reason why good businesses fail, or professional careers get stuck, is outsourced ownership: The reliance on external factors for business or personal success. Recently, I was working with a client to develop a new business strategy. It became clear […]
Now that businesses are re-opening in many places, here are twelve leverage points for professional and business success, which are currently used by my clients to accelerate their career, business or organization. Can you help struggling competitors by making a deal: Absorb […]
If your boss or your clients are on the fence to commit and invest in their business in the current turbulent times, it’s helpful to help them think through how to take prudent risk. The iron law of risk and reward tells us […]
How do you earn more money and at the same time increase job security? You will be paid based on three criteria: What you do. How well you do it. How easily you can be replaced. The first two criteria […]
A few months ago I stumbled upon a terrifying story: A hiker got lost in the woods. After several weeks, she was finally found with a lot of difficulty, because during her ordeal she had not left any traces behind, such […]
The enemy of unstoppability is distraction. If we could spend our day with an unwavering focus on a single task, our progress would be enormous.This is especially true for teams. If you want to ensure that your (remote) team stays […]
What to do with talented team members which are toxic? Talented toxic team members are team members which add massive specific value, but exhibit behaviors which jeopardize team performance. This is the Steve Jobs dilemma: He had a grating personality, […]
Courage often comes from ignorance. When Columbus was looking into a Western route to Asia, he deliberately ignored the scientific consensus at the time: In view of the estimated radius of the earth, the voyage would simply take too long […]
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