Feb 13Member-onlyFrom surfing to services — the history of the webDo you remember the era of the internet when you SURFED the web? More or less randomly hopping from one web site to the next, via hyperlinks? This was when Yahoo! dominated the internet. (Yahoo stands for Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle… a library of links, manually organised. Imagine that.) …2 min read2 min read
Dec 8, 2022Member-onlyNo, you’re not too old to “do a startup”Creating a successful startup company that scales is extremely difficult. It takes tremendous skill. The problem is, we have this image of the successful startup founder as a young person with a great idea, drive, and ambition. But, that’s not enough which is why successful startup founders are older than…Entrepreneurship2 min readEntrepreneurship2 min read
Dec 5, 2022Member-onlyThe sampler and the AI — beat it?The 1980s was a special decade for music. Computers and synthesisers changed the sound of music in a rapid way, as the development of the technology moved so fast. One of many new inventions was the sampler, used mainly by hiphop artists as they reinterpreted and played with music from…Future Of Work1 min readFuture Of Work1 min read
Nov 11, 2022Member-onlyDance with the stormAfter a few years of a pandemic, a war, supply chain disruptions, an energy crisis and rampant inflation that seemed to come from out of nowhere we really should be at the point where arguing for annual budgets and multi year projects should be considered flat out crazy. The world…1 min read1 min read
Jul 8, 2022Member-onlyDALL·E is CREATIVE DESTRUCTION……or the beginning a new era of explosive creativity when new tools to create everything you can imagine reach everyone?Artificial Intelligence1 min readArtificial Intelligence1 min read
Apr 22, 2022Member-onlyThe super productive companyIn 1905 the book “Organising a Factory” by Clinton Edgar Woods came out. In it, he describes the optimal way to — well- organise a factory. This book is one of the first examples of an at the time emerging new field: management. The art and science of optimising productivity…Innovation4 min readInnovation4 min read
Mar 23, 2022Member-only50 shades of “done” with the Result ChainWell, maybe not 50. Anyway… Have you ever gotten the question: “when will you be done?”. I think most of us have. If we work in a team where other people are dependant on us, we must be able to indicate when the work we do is done. But, what…Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Oct 26, 2021Member-onlyThe IA (Intelligence Augmentation) Turing Test and the Future of WorkEverything that can be automated will be automated — and everything that has been automated can be augmented by AI. What does that mean for the future of work? Let’s explore… Many years ago I wrote an article in a Swedish magazine about a variant of the Turing test that…Future Of Work2 min readFuture Of Work2 min read
Mar 24, 2021Member-onlyTwo companies at onceEvery company is always, under the surface, two companies at once. The first company is the result of your past and it is what the company is today. The customers you currently have, the products you currently offer and so forth. The second company is the company of tomorrow. The…Leadership1 min readLeadership1 min read
Feb 28, 2021Member-onlyTrue masters can focus: in art and strategyI was once a huge Prince fan. I still am, to a certain extent, but for a period of my life I was a fan on the level where I bought obscure bootleg albums with poor sound quality just to hear a song I hadn’t heard before. At his (arguably)…Strategy5 min readStrategy5 min read
