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Mediation
Somehow, some people are often asked to mediate in disputes among others. The author has been in such a position a couple of times but not enough to write a book on the subject. Still a quick checklist to avoid … Continue reading
Turnaround-projects, bike riding a rope
In my experience as a turn-around manager I learned that an effective intervention to turn around a bad situation had to be both swift and effective, like the biker on a rope needs both correct steering and sufficient speed to … Continue reading
Outlook Etiquette
If I have multiple accounts If I am Out Of Office (OOO) If I you send me an invitation When I react to invitations If I send an invitation If I attend If there is a big round If I … Continue reading
Five universal operational reports
To steer any operational process, management needs at least five reports. Below a description of these five, which apply to it seems every industry (Please let me know if an industry has been overlooked!). The order is indicative of their … Continue reading
Designing the Target Organization
Most organizational changes are implemented in two stages: first the target organization is designed, after which this concept is implemented. This blog will focus on the first step, where a typical design of this target organization follows the following logical … Continue reading
Documentation: a chore, but indispensable
Background While Documentation might not be the most sexy topic with colourful relevant pictures, it is a fundamentally important topic. Recently I had a fairly heated discussion on the (how much) use of documentation, where the argumentation of “Trust me” … Continue reading
Values
Many companies publish values. A real analysis or comparison of those can not be performed by just desk research and taking the words, but needs to look into shown actions, the translation of them into the real world. This blog … Continue reading
Addictions and separating channels
The main difference between man and animal often is considered to be consciousness. An addiction can be described as a persistent use of drugs despite substantial harm and adverse consequences, especially the loss of consciousness and thus our ‘humanness’ . … Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence and Freedom
Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) generally is based on Deep Learning, where a decision-making process is divided up into numerous small little steps leading to a certain likelihood of an outcome. Often, these steps become too complex for a regular person … Continue reading
Simpler Systems Integration
The general practice of working with Requirements from Clients and a Scope Of Work from a Supplier, trickling down throughout the chain of Client – System Integrator – Supplier – Sub-supplier might be ready for simplification, saving all parties (so … Continue reading
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