Organizations in a VUCA World

Most of today’s organizations were built after models developed decades, if not hundreds of years ago. That was all well and fine when we lived in a world which was mostly stable and somewhat slow moving. However, that is just not true anymore.

The Three Types of People Who Matter The Most

Yesterday I was on the phone with one of our amazing entrepreneurs building a really neat new mobile app experience. His team is a few weeks away from launching their first alpha version, and he asked me for some advice on how to go about it.

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

One of the most vexing problems for each one of us is the classic dilemma of not knowing what we don’t know. I had countless encounters with this particularly nasty beast during my career — anything from small hiccups which are easy to remedy to large challenges…

Create A Braintrust

Who is on your braintrust?

I got asked this question a while ago by a mentor of mine. At the time I did not know what he meant — and I surely didn’t have one.

Creative Destruction (or: Don’t Be Married to Your Solution)

One of the trickiest problems most of us face is the dichotomy between believing we are right and being right.

As an entrepreneur, you have to believe in your solution. In the beginning, you are more…

In a World of Abundance Only the Best Ideas Survive

A little while ago I saw someone showing a slide which read:

For the first time in human history, individuals / people / communities have the same innovation power as large companies, and even nation states.

What Is Your Worldview?

While working on a new company, focussed on figuring out what the heck we are doing and how to do this — and keep hitting a wall, a mentor asked me:

What is your particular view of the world?