While enjoying the summer holidays in Italy, we decided to buy some fresh delicious focaccia. As soon as I wanted to pay, I noticed a humming big black box at the register: This strange machine turned out to be a […]
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When I was a young process engineer, I was tasked to build a spreadsheet to help optimize a chemical plant. The spreadsheet was done quickly, but I was so enthusiastic that I decided to extend my efforts and build a state-of-the-art […]
The only way to achieve lasting and predictable results is either by doing projects, such as getting a new key client, or by building systems, such as implementing a new referral system. Interestingly enough, the process of doing projects or […]
Peeling potatoes is hard work. Since we were eating potatoes frequently when I was growing up, we were naturally interested in a new invention: The Magic Potato Peeling Machine. We bought the machine and what looked great on paper was much […]
If you don’t have your own goals, you will be working for the goals of someone else. We still have seven months to go in 2023: It’s a good time to step back and take a look at your goals for […]
The average human has one breast and one testicle. The average human also does not exist in real life. Be careful with blindly using averages to interpret data. A great pen and nice paper inspires me to write. I therefore […]
In the past decade I have facilitated workshops with hundreds of groups, ranging from three to three thousand people. These are some of the best facilitation practices I use to make most out of these sessions: 1/ Start with discussing with the group […]
When I was a student of statistics, I was told that outliers should be discarded. Now that I’m a student of high-performance, I realize that outliers are the only things which really matter. Recently, the CTO of Microsoft explained in […]
During a press conference, soccer super star Ronaldo visibly put aside two bottles of Coca-Cola-one of the main sponsors of the soccer event-and replaced them with water bottles. Many in the press reported a Coca-Cola stock price decline as a […]
Last week I gave a keynote about high-performance leadership in a virtual setting. While preparing the talk I realized that the virtual space increases focus, yet sacrifices context. Think of reading an email-a virtual communication-which is textually clear, but is still confusing […]
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