Article // I went on a Trip: My Magic Mushroom Experience
At the age of sixteen I met God for the first time.
As a child of left-wing intellectual and atheist parents, this was a memorable event in my world. Admittedly, this experience was triggered by a small dose of ‘Magic Mushrooms’ I had consumed during…
Article // What The Patreon-Crowdfunding-Model Teaches Us About Leadership
I am a supporter on Patreon. Patreon is a crowdfunding website where people with budgets of any size can support creators by giving money to allow them to…
Article // Does it Make Sense?
The New Year has begun and I’ve taken some time out to reflect on the past year. It has been a testing and intense year in which many of the plans I had made did not quiet turn out the…
Article // Letter to my dead mother — or what I learned about life from death
The Fall is, for many people, a time to look back, to contemplate and to say goodbye. I choose this post to share about a very personal goodbye. In October, my mother died of her bone-marrow cancer. Due to the…
Article // Who’s Idea Was it Anyway? — The Role of Source in Organizations
Today’s topic looks at the importance of identifying the starting point of an idea or a project. Who was the original creator, the inventor, the initiator (which I shall refer to as the Source)? How are upsets in teams connected to this concept of source? Why do some projects simply not work and why do we often react miffed and protective when it comes to sharing our ideas? And how does it influence…