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  • Winners and Losers Have The Same Goals

    Winners and Losers Have The Same Goals

    That’s why systems matter
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    Lasse Olsen
    Nov 9
    How Concerts Gave Me a Crash Course in Problem Solving

    How Concerts Gave Me a Crash Course in Problem Solving

    Always follow the cable
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    Lasse Olsen
    Oct 31
    On Writing Descriptions

    On Writing Descriptions

    Because sometimes you should just do it
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    Lasse Olsen
    Oct 27
    Great Teams Have Issues Too

    Great Teams Have Issues Too

    Key difference is they actually talk about them
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    Lasse Olsen
    Oct 17
    On Pressure, Depression and Healthy Minds

    On Pressure, Depression and Healthy Minds

    A short post on mental awarness
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    Lasse Olsen
    Oct 10
    Everyone Can Do Strategy

    Everyone Can Do Strategy

    A short story on how we accidently were strategic, and how you can too.
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    Lasse Olsen
    Oct 6
    Helping People from the Pressure of Perfectionism

    Helping People from the Pressure of Perfectionism

    Feel free to send this to an perfectionist
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    Lasse Olsen
    Aug 2
    Collaboration With Stakeholders

    Collaboration With Stakeholders

    In some form or another, there’s an almost guaranteed chance you’re working with stakeholders. How you deal with that will depict how great…
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    Lasse Olsen
    Jun 14
    Oh Shit, We Have to Be Motivated for How Long?

    Oh Shit, We Have to Be Motivated for How Long?

    I’ve been in a slump lately when it comes to my own motivation at work. Although it’s nothing serious, it’s been enough that I’ve actually…
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    Lasse Olsen
    Jun 1
    From Chaos to Clarity: Why Miro is the Ultimate Tool for Organized Product Development

    From Chaos to Clarity: Why Miro is the Ultimate Tool for Organized Product Development

    Building products are often, and probably should be, a chaotic process. To have confidence in prioritising one thing, it helps to…
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    Lasse Olsen
    May 21
    I call for a ban on the word “Silo”

    I call for a ban on the word “Silo”

    Getting approving nods in a meeting feels good. I would actually venture to say it’s addicting. People think you said something smart. You…
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    Lasse Olsen
    May 10
    On being liked with unlikable decisions

    On being liked with unlikable decisions

    As a former people pleaser, being OK with not being liked has been something that I’ve been having to learn. Despite my best efforts, I’ve…
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    Lasse Olsen
    May 8
    Choose three highlights every day

    Choose three highlights every day

    There’s several things I’ve learnt the hard way throughout my career. Being busy is not a sign of quality, my work calendar is not a good…
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    Lasse Olsen
    May 4
    Easy trick to make every commitment actionable within a week

    Easy trick to make every commitment actionable within a week

    One big pain in Monday Commitments is having commitments that never move/change. A typical example would be something that needs…
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    Lasse Olsen
    Apr 27
    How to run successful Monday Commitments that lasts 15 minutes

    How to run successful Monday Commitments that lasts 15 minutes

    If you’re either running a well-oiled team or just getting started with trying to organise an OKR-structure, we can all agree that: nobody…
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    Lasse Olsen
    Apr 25
    The secrets sports teams can teach us about building teams

    The secrets sports teams can teach us about building teams

    Tl;dr: the methodologies from building sport teams is time-tested and the similarities with autonomous teams is surprisingly close. This…
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    Lasse Olsen
    Apr 17
    Why focusing on psychological safety as a solution doesn’t create psychological safety in your team

    Why focusing on psychological safety as a solution doesn’t create psychological safety in your team

    Listen, I’m not trying to be all super meta with “damned if you do, damned if you don’t”, but psychological safety has been a hot topic…
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    Lasse Olsen
    Apr 11
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