I hear people everywhere saying that the trouble with our time is that we have no great leaders any more. If we look back, we always had them. But to me it seems that there is a very profound reason why there are no great leaders anymore. It is because they are no longer needed. … Continue Reading ››
Online comic: Red meat
Red meat is weird, wacky, gruesome and black. Here are a few of my favourites: Ball bearings in the butter tub, the white-hot cure for sticky valves, drool string ukulele, apocalypso facto or the ebullient egg-sac of ennui.
Profit for nonprofits
I read about Pioneer Human Services in a book, and it blew me away. They operate a succesful company that employs among others ex-convicts and drug addicts - the people who most need jobs, but usually can't get them. They also provide housing, training, counselling and other services. And most of … Continue Reading ››
Book review: The power of spirit
Harrison Owen is the inventor of Open Space Technology, the most exciting and productive way of meeting with other people that I know of. In The power of spirit, how organizations transfrom he describes what an organization might look like, if it lived by the open space principles. And let me … Continue Reading ››
Pumpkinspiration
Exercise: Journal of good things
I have a confession: A friend told me about this exercise, and I'm afraid that she heard about it on Oprah... But hey, It's still good.
Anyway, it's about creating a daily positive space for reflection. Try it!
It's terribly simple. Get yourself a journal, or open a new file on your computer. … Continue Reading ››
Anyway, it's about creating a daily positive space for reflection. Try it!
It's terribly simple. Get yourself a journal, or open a new file on your computer. … Continue Reading ››
Book review: The soul at work
Complexity science is appearing more and more often in business literature (and just about everywhere else). This book with the subtitle "unleashing the power of complexity science for business success" shows a better way to manage organizations than the old command-and-control way, and describes some of the tools needed to get there. It … Continue Reading ››
TietoEnator buys Enterprise Systems
It's official, Enterprise Systems has been sold to TietoEnator.
It's a little ironic that this deal is finalized almost exactly 5 years after we started the company. It's also a little sad, but I truly believe that this is the best option for Enterprise to develop. TE can give the company resources … Continue Reading ››
It's a little ironic that this deal is finalized almost exactly 5 years after we started the company. It's also a little sad, but I truly believe that this is the best option for Enterprise to develop. TE can give the company resources … Continue Reading ››
Word of the day: Affluenza
Af-flu-en-za n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit of the American Dream. 3. An unsustainable addiction to economic growth. 4. A television program that could change your life.
Exercise: Faster or slower
Is faster always better? Try this exercise, and see what you think.
Let's say that you want to optimize some process to save time.
In many activities, you can take all the fun out of it if you hurry too much. For example, I used to be a hell-bent skier. This … Continue Reading ››
Let's say that you want to optimize some process to save time.
In many activities, you can take all the fun out of it if you hurry too much. For example, I used to be a hell-bent skier. This … Continue Reading ››