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Today is my birthday and that triggered the following question: When do we stop growing and start getting old? In other words, when the apex of age? I don’t have an answer but would love to read your views. Read more...
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The idea of accelerating success by emulating what successful others do is appealing. It feels like a shortcut to success. But the context of your company, your team and history, in general, means that your situation is very different from the people described in the paper. No-one says it well as Simon Wardley in this video: When asking a General “Why did you bomb that hill?” the answer should not be “Because I read it in General Weekly and bombarding hills is the latest thing” - Me paraphrasing Simon Wardley Read more...
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“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ― Thomas A. Edison Read more...
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Well done! You now have a new amazing team to work with. It might be a temporary team, as a project team, or it might be your first long-term team. Anyway here are my 7 tips to start on the right foot: 1 - be patient Remember that real change is slow. You are planning to create a winning team, and that means taking the time to observe, orient, decide, act OODA loop. Read more...
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Christophe Leroy, a friend, an executive coach, and many other things, explained me that since the beginning of COVID19 we are all going through the phases of grief without knowing or acknowledging it. Around mid-march 2020 we all lost “normal-life”, and we are grieving it. This is true for you, as a leader, but also every member of your team. Everyone is at a different phase of the cycle, so everyone needs to be treated differently, starting with you. Read more...
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I’ve the idea of spliting the tech side of this blog from the business side of it, mostly because most of you readers are interested (I hope) in one but not the other. What are your thoughts à bientôt Read more...
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And while it is very easy to understand what maintenance means for objects, like cars or gadgets. The really important maintenance is on ourselves (e.g. health), the important persons around us (e.g. spouse, kids, parents), and for almost every other aspects of life. à bientôt Read more...
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You can get access to excellent online training so what does paying for an MBA gives you? The diploma is sure something important, but networking is even more so. People attending MBA create very strong bond with others and share the same (figurative) battle scars. I know of startups being created and incubated by people that without the physical presence of the classroom would have never met. This connection is much harder (if even possible) to generate with remote learning. Read more...
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There is a myth about innovation that goes like this: Innovation is driven by Entrepreneurs in the private sector with the public sector at best a spectator, at worst a blocker. This is a myth! Life-changing progress requires long-term (i.e. 20+ years) investments, care and the creation of a new market. Getting it all wrong with investors Tell the following if you want to fail your presentation with potential investors. Read more...
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Have you ever turned on your mobile with a specific goal in mind and ended up being distracted by emails, chat, work up to the point of forgetting the initial purpose? It happens to me all the time. My most time-impacting distractions start when I read wikipedia. This is where my curiosity can get me lost of hours. For example, I learned (i.e. clicked and read the full article) about Synesthesia while reading about Billie Eilish. Read more...