The Culture Map – cultural dimensions for teamwork
Working with people from different cultures can feel like a challenge. They can have incompatible habits and expectations. Most people are flexible, but trouble begins … Read more
Anton Vanhoucke
Psychological Safety tips: 5 ideas to help people open up
Many people wish for more transparency. They want to know what others have been doing or what they are up to. Transparency, however, is not … Read more
Teamwork tip 4: Build a robust foundation to handle raw and honest feedback
Google ‘feedback method’ and google will come up with countless ‘systems’ for giving feedback. Any of these systems quickly becomes awkward and forced when you … Read more
What if Star Wars Rebels were organized with Scrum? – a Rebel Scrum Guide
Ever wondered how to apply Scrum outside of software development? Ever doubted the applicability of Scrum in the real world? This article is a Scrum … Read more
Holacracy vs. Agile
Holacracy claims to improve Agile and time management. It’s supposed to make any team run better by continuously evolving the roles in the team to … Read more
Switching from iPhone to Fairphone: day 4 to 10
After my initial few days of Fairphone 3, here’s an update with more hands-on experience. I decided to keep it, despite its shortcomings. Read on … Read more
Switching from iPhone to Fairphone: day 1-3
Last Friday my Fairphone 3 arrived. Yay! In this article I’ve collected my thoughts after using it for three days. I expected a world of … Read more
What I learned by coaching FLL kids part 1: how to build a fresh team in 6 steps
How do you make a high performing team from 8 individuals? You start by getting to know each other. But what works well in practice? … Read more
Teamwork tip 3: Escape the road to hell by looking at intentions
This is the third article in a series of teamwork tips & tricks. The first tip was about aligning the things you do with the … Read more
balance needs and shoulds
This is the second article in my series about great teamwork. It is about work/life balance. Ever wondered how you can be part of a … Read more