The Ideal Team Player - HHS vs. DAC
2023-02-10 Management Books Culture Remote Thoughts
Patrick Lencioni (obviously) wrote The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.
In that book we learn that the five dysfunctions you need to avoid are … ...
Read More
Can we afford to be surprised? - "Hot, hot, hot"
2023-01-14 Personal Environment Politics Thoughts
6 years ago I wrote a blog post to express that my wife loves me for a lot of different reasons and that there is no reason to be surprised about the ...
Read More
Happy new year - I am tooting now ...
2023-01-01 Personal Culture Nerdy Politics Privacy TEDN Thoughts Tips & Tricks
Happy new year to ya all!!!
What a year it has been. Some of the highlights are …
Read More
- In February I spend a week with the European Community ...
What is better than Remote-First 1.0? Remote-First 2.0!
2021-07-04 Management Culture Remote Thoughts
Two weeks ago I got my second jab. I am fully vaccinated now. I am now in Germany to see my parents for the first time in 12 month.
Yes: It is finally ...
Read More
The end of the pandemic - Social Media Edition
2021-06-10 Personal Thoughts
Now it is (almost) official: The pandemic is over (or is coming to an end fast/soon). In the next couple of days I am going to get my second shoot. ...
Read More
Distances - Know them. Manage them.
2021-06-01 Management Culture Remote Thoughts
Building and managing remote-first organizations means that you also need to understand (and manage) distances!
To develop your ability to understand ...
Read More
(The Extreme) 100 Day Walking Challenge
2021-05-15 Personal Thoughts
In January I had a good call with my friend Braggy in Sydney. The insight was, that 2020 was different to what I/we expected, but with 20/20 ...
Read More
What's a Staff Director?
2020-08-31 Management Thoughts Culture
Community is growing fast.
More business. More customers. More people. More money. More (necessary) complexity (software and people).
The demand for ...
Read More
Roland ... what's in a name
2020-04-13 Personal Culture Thoughts
Updated: On Aug., 18th, 2025 Updated: On Apr., 23rd, 2025 Updated: On Oct., 11th, 2020 Updated: On Apr., 12th, 2020 Updated: On Oct., 29th, 2016
A ...
Read More
The American election ... 1 year after
2018-01-21 Personal Politics Thoughts
The dust has settled. All opinions have been voiced. All articles have been written. Not quite … here is another one :).
I am struggling with ...
Read More