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Category Archives: Leadership
Dat mag niet!
Ik sta op het punt de parkeerplaats voor ons kantoor op te rijden. Voor mij rijdt mijn collega, die hetzelfde van plan is. Plotseling staat hij op z’n rem. Op gepaste … Continue reading
Tags: initiatief, leiderschap, regels
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A signal that’s really useful
Our system shows how many hours someone can spend and has already spent on a project. This system is accessible for everybody. Often I am asked if it’s possible to let this system generate a signal, to let the co-workers … Continue reading
The use of creativity
A concept, a website, a display, an event. Who’s it for? Well, the client of course, they requested it. Any creator will say that. Inevitably, however, any project will become a piece of you as well, not without consequences.
Tags: creativity, projects, solution driven
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Show, Tell or Do?
Every time I answer someone who asks how many people work at Quince, they are surprised. The size of the company is bigger than they thought, and subsequently they ask why they never heard of us before. I guess an … Continue reading
Tags: just do it, strategy
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Do your thing! (Just a plea for ‘de-hierarchyzing’)
I recently read a wonderful thing. It’s about what really moves people to do their thing. Yes, you read that right. THEIR thing. Not your thing. Because who would want to do your thing? Or someone else’s thing? Nobody. Everbody … Continue reading
Tags: de-hierarchyzing, hierarchy, intention, responsibility, task, thing
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All together now
Recently in the metropolitan Paradiso an orchestra of 42 men and women played Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Without a conductor. The performance was flawless. If an orchestra can do that, so can a company. A matter of having to be independent … Continue reading
Come out of your box!
Can a company operate efficiently without hierarchy? The (for some) surprising answer is that it certainly can, if this is part of a corporate culture aimed at fostering personal leadership, where the liberation of the potential of the individual is … Continue reading