Is being lazy a strategic asset? I think it is. When the Greek hero Heracles had to clean out the Augean stables full of manure, he realized that even with his God-like powers, it would take him months of hard […]
Is being lazy a strategic asset? I think it is. When the Greek hero Heracles had to clean out the Augean stables full of manure, he realized that even with his God-like powers, it would take him months of hard […]
When I was a student, I enjoyed participating in debating tournaments: The objective of such a tournament is to win a contest by arguing more persuasively than your opponent. I got so excited, that I started to use my newfound […]
A distillation column is an industrial piece of equipment which is designed to separate liquids: It consists of a series of stacked plates: Separation of the liquids occurs by selective boiling and condensation on each plate. The distillation process is […]
Ten simple behaviors to quickly build trust with your team members, your peers and your bosses: All these behaviors support consistency, reliability and credibility. Where is your biggest opportunity to improve?
Richard Feynman, the eminent physicist, once said that things on a very small scale behave like nothing that you have any direct experience about. He was referring to the bizarre world of quantum mechanics, where an electron is everywhere all […]
When I need to generate creative ideas, I use a simple trick: I set a meeting with other people. Having a meeting somewhere in the future, provides a deadline, which forces my brain to start thinking. As a bonus, the […]
How much effort does your organization spend on productivity improvement, such as lean sigma initiatives, optimizing payment conditions, and renegotiation of lease contracts? Next question: How much of this effort results in actually moving away from the competition? If your competitor decreases […]
With the advent of ChatGTP humanity has reached two peaks. The first peak is the perfection of systems to access complete and accurate knowledge. This process started more than 5.000 years ago in ancient Sumer, with clay tablets recording the […]
The Tamagotchi is one of the more curious phenomena of the 90’s: A keychain with a virtual digital pet, which had to be nurtured, fed and played with. Otherwise it would die. Peak Tamagotchi was finally achieved when the toys were […]
Is growth essential for a company, organization or society? At the end of the nineteenth century, many scientists in the field of physics assumed that we knew all there is. We understood the machine of nature, and what was left […]