9 October 2026
Hands up, it’s the weekend — What were you completely convinced of ten years ago, but no longer believe today?
❓ What were you completely convinced of ten years ago, but no longer believe today?
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8 October 2026
Programme steering series (4/7): Why the fires keep burning – despite the firefighters
People who prevent fires go unnoticed – while the firefighters are praised in the steering committee.
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6 October 2026
Quiet substance beats loud showmanship – in AI adoption, too
The companies that really use AI talk about it the least.
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2 October 2026
Hands up, it’s the weekend — Do you talk more or listen more? Should you change that?
❓ Do you talk more or listen more? And should you change that?
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1 October 2026
When AI proposes the decision – who takes responsibility?
As a board member or managing director, you are increasingly making decisions that AI has helped prepare. You still carry the responsibility – not the model.
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29 September 2026
AI does not shorten recruitment time – it shifts the bottleneck
AI makes your recruitment faster. And yet the position stays open just as long.
Read article↗25 September 2026
Hands up, it’s the weekend — When did you last keep your word, even when it was really hard?
❓ When did you last keep your word, even when it was really hard?
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22 September 2026
Programme steering series (3/7): ‘Per cent complete’ is not a useful steering metric
Before: 45 minutes debating where the project actually stands. After: 10 minutes deciding which of the two blockers gets resolved today.
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Don’t take the bait.
❓ When did you last let a provocation go unanswered?
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Programme steering series (2/7): The most important KPI does not originate in Excel
The dashboard is ready. 27 metrics are green, amber or red. Only one question remains: What should we decide now?
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Programme steering series (1/7): Why most project reports answer the wrong questions
What decision is your Steering Committee actually supposed to make after reading this report?
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Hands up, it’s the weekend — If your calendar were inventory: which meetings would you clear out immediately?
❓ If your calendar were inventory: which meetings would you clear out immediately?
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Nervous people fill silence; confident people own it
Nervous people fill silence. Confident people own it.
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A digital twin of my wardrobe
I built a digital twin of my wardrobe for my AI.
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4 September 2026
Hands up, it’s the weekend — What reasons do your competitors have to envy you?
❓ What reasons do your competitors have to envy you?
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Programme steering series (5/7): Reporting determines behaviour
You do not get the projects you want. You get the projects you ask people to report on.
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1 September 2026
Flattening: Middle management is disappearing – but not in the way you think
Middle management is disappearing – that has been the argument in recent months.
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28 August 2026
Hands up, it’s the weekend – week 35
❓ When did you last make a decision you knew would be uncomfortable — and make it anyway?
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Structure → roles → people
Four months of arguments. Then three weeks to clarity. The difference was not the people.
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Why transformations do not fail because of the strategy
The strategy was right.
Read article↗21 August 2026
Hands up, it’s the weekend — When did you last reject a good suggestion because it did not come from you?
❓ When did you last reject a good suggestion simply because it did not come from you?
Read article↗20 August 2026
Provide facts; leave motives out.
‘He is only doing that to protect his territory.’
Read article↗18 August 2026
The comfort zone: not a place, but a decision
The comfort zone is not a place. It is a decision.
Read article↗14 August 2026
Hands up, it’s the weekend — Are you really creating order, or merely rearranging the disorder?
❓ Are you really creating order – or merely rearranging the disorder?
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Leading with the brain: 5 neuroscience facts for better decisions
Under pressure, your team decides differently. The question is: according to which system?
Read article↗11 August 2026
Boss vs leader: Why is your team really staying silent?
Monday, 9 a.m., strategy meeting. Someone asks a critical question. Ten people nod. Nobody disagrees.
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Hands up, it’s the weekend — If you were unavailable for two weeks, which decision would simply be left waiting?
❓ If you were unavailable for two weeks, which decision in your company would simply be left waiting?
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AI Act: Supervision is here – enforcement has been under way since 2 August
Two weeks ago, I wrote: supervision starts in 11 days.
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Hands up, it’s the weekend — Which time-waster is still in your calendar, and why?
❓ Which time-waster is still in your calendar, and why?
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Dive deep without drowning: leadership duty vs micromanagement
Micromanagement does not begin with a look at the details. It begins when you cannot find your way back out.
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