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Category Archives: strategy
On motivation of teams
One of the things I enjoy most in my professional life is the challenge that comes with building and guiding a team. In this post I’d like to offer an opinion on 3 factors that have a tremendous effect on … Continue reading
Posted in business, leadership, management, motivation, strategy
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Form and Function
“If you analyze the function of an object, its form often becomes obvious,” – Ferdinand Porsche. Mister Porsche was probably not thinking about software development or business processes as we know them today while saying that but somehow the quote … Continue reading
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The open source question
I’m tired. Tired of hearing yet another big bozo speech about how we will move to open source and how that will magically reduce our costs and make our software better. Gentlemen (and those few ladies who end up reading … Continue reading
Posted in development, leadership, management, software, strategy
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Embracing failure
The most burning question a business generally has for engineers is “when will it be finished”. They are looking for a specific date and often a specific plan for how you’ll get there. They would most likely be overjoyed if … Continue reading
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The morning routine
I’ve been trying out a new morning routine for a couple of months now. Here’s how it looks. I wake up around 8:30 I pick up my iPhone and read the mails that were sent overnight by my colleagues from … Continue reading
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The end of an era
Today has been marked in my calendar for a long time. Today is the end of an era. Today is the last day of Bill Gates at Microsoft. We all have an opinion on Microsoft and their products and strategies. … Continue reading
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(r)Evolution
I came across this post and immediately felt a very familiar sense. It’s something I had been wondering about for a while. I started noticing on events and various ad-hoc meets that a lot of the crowd I know is … Continue reading
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9 baby’s in 1 woman for a month
Or at least something containing all those elements. This article is all about the question "Can 9 women deliver a baby in 1 month?". In this post and subsequent comments we already brought up that 9 women can’t deliver a … Continue reading
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