A virtual Stepping Exercise
In the past 6 months we have facilitated many virtual sessions: Strategy sessions, Team Development sessions, you name it. Normally we have multiple laptops in our ‘control room’. One showing the Mural we use, another with Teams and one back up for the ‘in case of’… Fortunately all worked well the past months… till yesterday!…
Read MoreSupport Employers should provide in this Virtual World
Since March our whole world changed significantly. Suddenly we had to work 100% from home, wether you liked it or not. Heiske: ‘A couple of years ago I wanted to work from home 1 day a week. My manager was not really in favor of people working from home, so I experienced it as a…
Read MoreBe a Contemporary Leader
There are many inspirational organizations where we can learn from to become a contemporary leader. Netflix is one of them. It’s CEO, Hastings, shares his learnings in his latest book: No Rules Rules. To get a first impression about his Leadership mindset, you can watch this short video. These are the 5 learnings he shares:…
Read MoreSuccess of a tool = tool + desired behavior!
Poka Yoke is a Japanese term that means ‘mistake-proofing’. A poka-yoke is a mechanism in a process that helps the operator avoid mistakes. This comes really handy when the handheld computer of your kids doesn’t function anymore and you are kindly asked to fix it. To disassemble things is typically not really difficult, but to…
Read MoreFading Boundary between Human and Robots
As a Contemporary and Impactful Leader you have to be aware of the CONTEXT you operate in. Only then you can make the best decisions for your organization. But this is quite a challenge in our fast changing world. In my role of Organizational Futurist I try to keep up with most important trends and…
Read MoreMy daughter’s personalized sneakers
We just survived the first school week. In this first week my daughter concluded that she did not fit her sneakers for her weekly physical education class anymore. She asked me to buy new ones and had a special request: ‘can we buy just simple white ones and spice them up?’ And so we did……
Read MoreA contemporary organization starts with you!
Do you recognize this? ✅ You start doubting yourself since you don’t see your strengths anymore. What is the added value you bring?✅ You are not sure if your role or organization still is a good fit for you.✅ You received feedback that you should (further) develop your People Management and/or Leadership Skills.✅ You struggle…
Read MoreHow to make a virtual Strategy Session work?
Do you recognize one of the following concerns? The team is not 100% aligned on what to work towards and focus on The team had a clear strategy but due to working remotely the focus diffused It is time to reflect on the strategy but how to do that with all team members working from…
Read MoreTeam dynamic lessons in Below Deck?
Below Deck is an American reality television series on Netflix. It is about the lives of the crew members who work and reside aboard a mega-yacht during charter season. It shows the crew as they deal with their personal issues in order to make there professional careers work. The crew on a yacht can be…
Read MoreHuman brain not wired for exponential growth
The change we will face in the coming years will be an exponential change. And that is difficult to understand, because our human brain is not wired for exponential growth. We simply can not understand and imagine it. A nice example to experience that is one thought experiment I found in ‘Abundance’ from Kotler. If…
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