Reinventing one’s career

Throughout our lives’ situations arise, often unplanned, where we are forced to reinvent ourselves. Be it a change in personal circumstances or perhaps linked to an employer we work for. In all kinds of situations, we find ourselves asking ‘what next?’

Why are some people more boring than others?

Back in 2010, I explored what it was that made a leader ‘inspirational’, I brought it down to five main elements: Confidence, Emotional Intelligence, Pragmatism, Adaptability and Intellectual Curiosity, which I explored in detail.

Mistakes need not always be painful

I am sure that I have learned more from my mistakes, and the mistakes of others, than I have from my successes. Success always comes at a cost. A cost in time, often money and always in mistakes. To prove this, there’s a word game called ‘Wordle’.

Agile empowerment requires end to end transversality

Empowerment is a key word of agile transformation. It is usually understood as giving full responsibility to the ‘agile’ team: the full responsibility to prioritize the backlog and to deliver the results.

Pulling your own weight

There was a time when I regularly heard the term ‘pull your own weight.’ It was once used so frequently that although I instinctively knew what it meant, I never really took the time to think about its literal meaning.

Which half?

It seems like a philosophical question, whether the glass is half empty or half full. It’s certainly not a practical question; from a mathematical point of view, both statements are equivalent.

TV’s, Leadership and Vision

There are many ways to boil an egg, everyone is different but, in my experience if you have Confidence, Emotional Intelligence, Adaptability, Pragmatism and Intellectual Curiosity, then you have the makings of fine leadership.

Upside down management

You can spend your time managing upwards; worrying about your bosses, what they are up to, and how you can gain more influence from them. Or you can focus downwards instead. Neither is good and both are bad.

What is the similarity between a ladies foot and a rubber duck?