“When was the last time that you did something different?” This is one of the questions we asked our participants during our interactive SAP development kick-off Silicon Valley session. “And what did you learn from this experiment?” was the question that helped to reflect on the outcome of doing something different. Plenty of discussions between attendees […]
Sharing and receiving feedback is essential to learn as an individual, as a team member, as a leader. And like the two sides of a coin, you can offer positive or negative feedback. From research we know that the factor that makes the greatest difference between low and high performing teams is surprisingly the ratio between […]
I’m an optimistic world citizen and interested in data visualization. Therefore, “Factfulness” the latest and sadly the last book by Hans Rosling has resonated well with me. “Factfulness” is a manifesto to see the world how the world really is: based on facts and figures and not on how we believe the world looks like. […]
The world is full of books that promise a secret sauce for success. However, what percentage of your success is based on your own performance? Most people completely overestimate their own contribution as Rolf Dobelli points out in his book “The Art of Good Life“. Fortune begins with your birth year and birth place that […]
The Dutch Design Week is one of the largest design events in Europe with more than 100 locations across Eindhoven sharing the work of 2,500 designers for 9 days. Colleagues from SAP Design who visited the event last year have given me the motivation to travel to Eindhoven with my family. Eindhoven is the “city […]
Lessons learned from my 10-year anniversary When I started at SAP in January 2007 the world was a different one: Nokia achieved a 40% global market share, no smartphone believe it: no AirBnB, no WhatsApp SAP stock was at 33 EUR my kids attended kindergarten The world has changed massively since then. And the world […]
The title of Peter Levine’s presentation (“The End of Cloud Computing“) is provocative. However, his presentation delivers good insights on what could be next. The sketch above summarizes the main points. Most companies have just started to adapt to the “Cloud Computing world, and are already confronted with the next age, the age of “Edge […]
The book “Manage Your Day-to-Day” offers proven practices from creative minds. One important piece of advice is to block time in your calendar for your “big stones” projects. These are the ones you are passionate or care especially about. The “big stones” refer to the “Jar of Life” story which has been very well visualized by […]
Surprise, surprise, maybe Abraham Lincoln is not the man to be credited for this aphorism. However, I’m sure that the Silver Surfers have changed our perception of the 50+ generation.
Victor Borge was a classical pianist, conductor and comedian. And yes, it feels good to start this quote sketches with a laughing one 😉