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Books that Changed Everything: “Thank You for Arguing”

There are a couple of books that I reread, every year or few years. I reread them, because they contain ideas that have had a huge impact on me. An impact either on my thinking, life and work philosophy, or ways to get things done.

The Making Of: My Most Brilliant Ideas

The dump-engage-merge cycle

It’s rare, but sometimes I struggle to find a good solution to a problem. However, I found a very simple technique to help me in such situations, and it’s very straightforward to execute. I…

The M-Word

I don’t like the term manager. It has connotations I really don’t identify with. Probably in part due to Dilbert and Office Space. In fact…

So, You Want to be an Engineering Manager

For sure?

Ryder (PAW Patrol) Management Super Talent

Ever since PAW patrol launched on TVs world wide in 2013, the management world has…

Everybody is in Sales

My role in job interviews

A year or two ago I had the opportunity to shadow somebody who did partner recruitment for the company I worked for at the time. After listening in on a few calls, he asked me if I had any feedback. I answered that I…