Published inPrototype Life·Aug 10, 2022Leading in an (Art)ificial World.It’s sometimes hard to find words when we encounter something new and unfamiliar. It takes work to give name to an experience if it doesn’t fit what we have seen before. If we lack the words, or past patterns to associate with, we may actually ignore what we are seeing…Art8 min readArt8 min read
Published inPrototype Life·Apr 12, 2020Member-onlyWhen my dream job became virtualOver the last decade I have been redesigning my life to do work that is meaningful to me. I did it by experiment. I tried many things, and deleted, erased stuff that didn’t fit. With no remorse but with trepidation. It costed me almost everything that society prizes. Recently, I…Life Lessons10 min readLife Lessons10 min read
May 15, 2018We become what we makeOne of the most mysterious things about new technology is that over time we forget how it was to live without it. Ask people born in this millennium to imagine living without the Internet. What would they struggle with? Finding facts? Keeping in touch? Or, if you are slightly older…Design8 min readDesign8 min read
Published inEmergent // Future·Oct 23, 2016Do humans dream of android children?I bet that if we summarised all the things we ask of Siri, Alexa, all the bots and other „learning machines”, what would emerge is an image of humans being in quite a demanding mood. „Alexa turn on the lights”, „Siri, call my wife”, „Chatbot423, order pizza”…, “Google, will it…Artificial Intelligence2 min readArtificial Intelligence2 min read
Published inPrototype Life·Nov 26, 2015Making to think — a strategy style for the changing times.Strategy is sometimes equated with something conceptual and separate to action. The language that describes it is full of cerebral words such as “thinking”, “logic”, “plan”. This is in contrast to seemingly different world of implementation, where we talk “doing”, “effectiveness”, “process”. …Innovation4 min readInnovation4 min read
Published inPrototype Life·Nov 10, 2015Drawing to thinkI have a superpower. I make complex things simple. Some people read. Some people write. I doodle, sketch, draw. Whatever is in my head. Out it comes onto the paper. Why is this a superpower you ask? You see, we can know more than we can tell. We know more…Design3 min readDesign3 min read
Published inPrototype Life·Sep 23, 2015Strategic change is always personalConstantly changing environment requires more and more organisations to re-invent themselves. But to change an organisation leaders need to contend with change within them as well. — “What business are we actually in?” — I heard the CEO of a large manufacturing company ask this question of his team in the middle of a workshop. It was the beginning of a strategy review which would take them into completely new territories. …Innovation5 min readInnovation5 min read