Distributed Scrum
Last night I listened to the latest episode of Software Engineering Radio, "Distributed Scrum", with Rini van Solingen. Having worked on open source projects and having mentored in Google Summer of...
View ArticleWhat is Sustainable Pace?
Sustainable Pace is an essential part of both Extreme Programming and the Agile Manifesto. In contrast to aspects like Test-Driven Development or Continuous Integration, Sustainable Pace is less known,...
View ArticleFour day work week
I have been working 5 day weeks for 8 years now, without a significant pause. Since then I had very little time to pursue spontaneous interests in order to satisfy my curious nature. The plan So, in...
View ArticleOrganize for Complexity
The first time I came along the distinction between "complex" and "complicated" was in Jurgen Appelo's Management 3.0: The difference is that the outcome of complicated systems is still predictable,...
View ArticleConsciousness - A very short introduction
Having been inspired by the book "The Meme Machine" in the past, I was happy to find out its author Susan Blackmore had also written a book on consciousness, a subject I wanted to learn more about....
View ArticleArt is Therapy
When you go to a museum, they have a very clear idea about how art should be experienced: You follow a pre-defined route through several anti-septic rooms, and take a short glimpse on far too many...
View ArticleA Rembrandt in your living-room
When you find yourself strolling along the Amstel river in Amsterdam, make sure to peek through the windows of the rather unremarkable building at Amstel 218: They have an original Rembrandt painting...
View ArticleZen and the Art of Consciousness
You may have read my review of Susan Blackmore's book "Consciousness - a very short introduction". As I'm keen on getting a better idea about the purpose of meditation, I was delighted she had written...
View ArticleWatch my talk on Gunter Dueck and the Omnisophie trilogy
Unfortunately Gunter Dueck is not as well known outside of Germany as he should be: He is a math professor gone entrepreneur, with a focus on ethics, sustainability and innovation, and author of dozens...
View ArticleSchwarmdumm (Gunter Dueck, 2015) - Swarm Stupidity
Win my physical copy of the book by tweeting about this article, just retweet this tweet. I will draw a winner on Wednesday, March 11th and send the book to the winner free of charge! The winner has...
View ArticleRefuse to choose (Barbara Sher, 2015)
Barbara Sher is a career coach with a focus on goal achievement. She has coined the term scanner for a certain personality type. A scanner is a person with an unusually wide range of interests and...
View ArticleBeing Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande, 2014)
"Being Mortal" is a book by surgeon Atul Gawande about the modern experience of mortality. Triggered by the death of his father and enriched with his vast medical experience, he reminds us that the...
View ArticleThanktuary - the stress-free social network
(This is something I wanted to build a few years ago. Unfortunately it never materialized. I still think it's a cool idea!) What's wrong with Facebook, Twitter, etc? Thanktuary appreciates the value...
View ArticleThinking, Fast And Slow (Daniel Kahneman, 2011)
This book was referenced in so many other stuff I was reading, so I finally bought and read it. Fast and slow The premise of Kahneman's book is that there are two different modes of thinking: a faster,...
View ArticleWorking Out Loud (John Stepper, 2015)
Working Out Loud is a book by John Stepper and describes a framework for taking control of your life and career. The core idea is creating a reinforcing loop by employing the five pillars of Working...
View ArticleWorking Out Loud and the Five Ways to Well-being
As I have volunteered to do a workshop on Working Out Loud in July I'm thinking more about why it seems to work almost effortlessly. In his book, John Stepper mentions the relationship to intrinsic...
View ArticleWhat do I do during meditation?
In mid-January I started to meditate almost daily. Since I attended a seminar at a Zen monastery in March, my practice has become even more stable. I start each day at about six in the morning with a...
View ArticleWhat do I gain from meditation?
During my weekend at a Zen monastery, there were two Q&A sessions with the Zen master, where more or less the same questions kept popping up. This blog post is about "What do I gain from...
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Working Out Loud is a book by John Stepper and describes a framework for taking control of your life and career. The core idea is creating a reinforcing loop by employing the five pillars of Working...
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As I have volunteered to do a workshop on Working Out Loud in July I'm thinking more about why it seems to work almost effortlessly. In his book, John Stepper mentions the relationship to intrinsic...
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