Jaap TrouwThe flip-side of scaling📈Scaling means growing, right? And that usually means hiring more people, levelling up your technology stack, adding more processes…Feb 21, 2023Feb 21, 2023
Jaap TrouwPermission? No thanks, give me some constraints!Looking at the terms, you might think “Give me permissions all day long!” Not so much…Feb 14, 2023Feb 14, 2023
Jaap TrouwDon’t do #ITIL, except this!As most frameworks, especially with a business case for selling trainings and/or certifications, ITIL and/or iTSM is way too complicated…Feb 7, 2023Feb 7, 2023
Jaap TrouwThe number #1 Ethical Rule of Fraud DetectionIf you see fraud, and do not say fraud, you are a fraud*Dec 19, 2022Dec 19, 2022
Jaap TrouwDeclutter your meetings, rule 1You are swamped. Swamped with meetings. And if you take a close look at your calendar, most of them are recurring meetings you have weekly…Dec 16, 2022Dec 16, 2022
Jaap TrouwSolve your Organisational Debt, the Boy Scout MethodTechnical debt There are 3 fundamental ways to deal with Technical Debt:Dec 15, 2022Dec 15, 2022
Jaap TrouwWhat’s your problem?Complex Problem Solving is THE skill we need in the coming years, at least that is what the World Economic Forum says. But what does…Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
Jaap TrouwBe comfortable being uncomfortableI see this slogan popping up in companies, some people even have it upon the wall in their work-space. I don’t believe it’s very healthy.Apr 21, 2020Apr 21, 2020
Jaap TrouwIf it’s not a question, don’t ask!Some lessons you learn the fun/hard way. In other words, your children teach you. Anybody with kids recognizes the following conversation.Apr 20, 2020Apr 20, 2020