Masked Poetry
For the doctors and nurses Who give more than ever you can Please put on your mask. For the beauty of eyes That are looking at a beautiful world From right above a mask, For your parents and grandparents Who want to keep getting your love Keep on that face mask. Read the full article…
17. Leadership in Corona Times
July 22, 2020 Daily Total Cases worldwide 239.113 15.084.963 Deaths worldwide 5.678 618.493 Becoming Open This chapter is targeted to right within the second COVID-wave. It’s a letter to the near future. With leadership, I don’t mean bossy figures who tell others what to do. You might take a look at my book Read the full article…
Delegating is for Great People
Delegating is about letting go. Does this mean less or more control? Delegating = giving space. So it’s about space. The space of the universe is boundless, at least that’s what we think. Other than that, all spaces have boundaries. Delegating is about stretching these boundaries. So it’s about boundaries. Leadership is about giving people Read the full article…
Open Letter to Leadership in Second Wave of Corona
A second wave in the US and Europe is almost inevitable. Of course, let’s not forget the rest of the world, especially the countries with much fewer resources. Much can be done to alleviate it if not only the virus is looked at, but also the human being. We urgently need to dare to question Read the full article…
Why and How to Wear a Face Mask
There is a difference between motivation and coercion, even when using scientific arguments. If one wants people – including oneself – to wear and continue wearing face masks, one needs to motivate them. This is: to provide them with the means by which they can motivate themselves. There is no other way. Besides, it’s an Read the full article…
Are you Interested in Making the Future Together?
Let’s not get defeated by the virus. International top specialists say a second COVID wave is inevitable in the autumn. It seems they are wrong in that it will come sooner. In any case, autumn will be worse and winter even worse than that. We just came out of a mental-physical whirlpool. Virologists are specialists in virology, Read the full article…
People ‘Believe’ in You: as a Weatherman or Santaclaus?
A weatherman plays with statistics. Santaclaus works with toys and children’s souls. When people notice that you act differently than you say, they don’t ‘believe’ you anymore. I use quotes because ‘believe’ is a term with two meanings that are very different from each other, which may often lead to misunderstandings. The first meaning of Read the full article…
Lonely at the Top?
One is not lonely by being alone, but by losing oneself. You may have already heard the expression in the title, or even experienced it yourself. Of course, one does not have to be at the top to be lonely. Loneliness occurs in all walks of life. One can therefore also reverse the expression. The Read the full article…
Vision Makes Future and Past Live in the Present
A good vision is not a dead compromise but a living synthesis of past, present, and future. A leader keeps a vision alive in the mind of his ‘disciples’ (such as a company credo). He motivates them to follow him in this vision. This is discipline. You notice the similarity in word use. Of course, Read the full article…
From Fear of Failure to Failure as Part of Success
In our hypercomplex society, failure is a certainty… that we may use for the better. Everyone fails. Even someone successful, sometimes fails, except it will be even more noticeable. The fact remains that the bigger you are, the higher you fall. And you may hit the ground with an almighty wallop. One is more surprised Read the full article…