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The 12 Best Books I Read in 2012

What would we do without “Best Of” lists at the end of the year? I have been playing World of Goo because I found it on a list of Bes...

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The Silliest Ritual

When I purchase some ice cream I want the little plastic spoon to be white, not colored. I don’t like colored spoons. There is a useles...

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Where’s the End?

I’m on the train back home from Paris to Brussels. This is my last day “on the road” (or “in the air”) for this year. I have be...

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How to Change the World, Translated

My little self-published book How to Change the World is being translated into eleven languages. The first five are now available:  ...

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I Tried Education Days, Didn’t Work

I once introduced the concept of education days. Every employee in the company was entitled to a number of days per year (we started with...

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Diagnostics Over Metrics

Four people told me today that my talk Let’s Help Melly was the most inspiring they had seen in a long time. Does that make me feel goo...

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So You Think I’m Stupid?

I ordered a coke light (= diet coke) yesterday night in the hotel restaurant in Helsinki. But what they gave me was a glass with a liquid...

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Business Guilds

Have you ever seen the façades on the Grand-Place in Brussels? They look absolutely amazing. In the past they were literally the image o...

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Taking Care of Horses

The original meaning of the word “management” is taking care of horses. I think some teams are like race horses, bred and nurtu...

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The Kudo Box

There are many wrong ways to reward employees. A simple but effective approach is to install a “kudo box”, which enables people to gi...

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In Which Domain Should We Have Common Sense?

When I advocate certain healthy management practices, such as the Kudo Box, Moving Motivators, or Delegation Boards, there is always some...

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“So, You Travel a Lot?”

Yes, I travel a lot. Almost as often as I answer that question. I just counted 210 days of travel this year (that’s almost 60% of my ti...

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