From time to time I find myself writing longish e-mails to individuals or groups, offering them my point of view on various topics that are currently on their radar. This one – an attempt to provide some clarity on company wide prioritization and strategic coherence – went out to a Management Team. A few words […]
From time to time I find myself writing longish e-mails to individuals or groups, offering them my point of view on various topics that are currently on their radar. This one, on the topic of Technical Debt, went out to a Management Team. A few words on technical debt Technical debt is a common term […]
August 2015 Turtle on the beach Hotel, Kovalum, India After a week of work in busy Bangalore I decided to head down to Kerala for some relaxation and writing. I checked in at the Turtle on the Beach Hotel in Kovalum, a few miles west of Kanyakumari, the southernmost point of peninsular India. With the […]
August 2015 The Leela Palace, Bangalore, India The journey is the reward – Daoist proverb Important looking European business men are scattered around the bar. Their pale faces are lit up from their laptops, making them look like evil alien masterminds contemplating the destruction of earth. A troubadour with a lavish taste for reverb and cowboy […]
April 2015 Budapest, Corvine Center Suites So then, this is the model that I hope capture the essence of the message that I would like to invite you to consider. This then, is the entire skeleton of the book I hope to write. As avid readers of this blog might observe, the earliest illustration of […]
December 2014 Kristianstad @ the in-laws “…In fact, when asked what it takes to secure a prosperous future, more than 80 percent of executives consider agility as important or more important than strategy when it comes to securing a prosperous future”. – The A.T. Kearny 2014 State of Strategy Study On this beautiful crisp christmas day morning I […]
I recently found myself sitting in a panel discussion at Berghs School of Communication here in Stockholm. We touched upon a number of subjects, such as process- and group development and how the advertising/communication industry is transforming. The audience consisted of students who wanted to get a grasp of what sort of skills they need […]
October 2014 Stockholm – Papas Deli Perhaps you have, quite like me, felt the frustration of observing group behavior through the lens of the IMGD model of Susan Wheelan. How does one go about establishing which phase a group is in, when the group does not have a voice, but consist rather of a multitude of voices, […]
June 2014 Stockholm, on a couch @ AgileSweden Simplicity is complexity rescued – Constantin Brancusi So I’d like to expand the model I presented last time I wrote. If you review the image you’ll see that I’ve added colored borders surrounding the “fields”. They signify that the fields represent Sociocratic circles. I will get deeper […]
May 2014 Paris, Charles de Gaulle I like things that aren’t even wrong. They make me giggle. Interestingly, my body detect when things aren’t even wrong before my mind does. This often happens right in the middle of conversations. My mind directs me towards asking follow up questions in attempts to untangle the logic. Meanwhile, a sensation of […]
Coherent with my interest in “the future of work”, I will try to attend as many sessions here at SXSW as possible (there’s free beer everywhere, you know) that deal with the “how” of product development, innovation and work. I argue that these aspects of how we do what we do critically impact our capability […]
So, if you’re a reader of this blog you might have seen me mention satisficing a number of times. This is a concept worth exploring deeper, and when we do, we’ll find ourselves in the midst of fascinating concepts such as bounded rationality, behavioral economics and decision making. Decision making, as a field of study […]
Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken. Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech when it brings no evil to others is pleasant. — Sn 3.3 What we say matters. The buddhists recognize this, and the concept of expressing yourself in […]
Dear friends, After a few weeks of well deserved rest I have now returned to work. During my vacation this blog was left idle, as I saw fit to prioritize all and any outdoor activities that I could think of. We have precious little sun here in Sweden. It’s get it while you can or […]
Here’s something some of you don’t want to hear: being a fan is for teenagers. No, really. It is. And in a time when the connection between the fans and the subjects of their adoration seem to be a cornerstone of many entrepreneurial wet dreams, this might be disheartening to hear. But I stand firm: […]
