Possibly the Most Important Skill for Managers, Coaches, Teachers and Parents

I am writing this during a chess tournament for kids and I just talked to a mother, which triggered this post.
When her son made a mistake which resulted in loss of his queen and as a result loss of the game she said:
“I better don’t talk to him. I’d only scold him for his mistakes.”
My [...]

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The Social Web is a Tool, Fool

Many companies lately come to the conclusion, that they have to do something about this social web thingy. But when I listen to the discussions, I feel like traveling back in time to the end of the last millenium, when everybody thought the web (release 1.0 at that time) was the way to print money. [...]

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The Perfect Office

Some of the customers I am working for have an extremely crappy office environment. On the other hand the office we work in at LINEAS are rather nice. This contrast makes me realize how big a difference a decent work environment is. After all: how important can you and your work be, if you don’t [...]

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