My Summary on “Drive — The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us” from Daniel H. Pink — and how we can learn from that for a remote work setting. TLDR: Remote leadership requires autonomy, mastery and purpose. We no longer live in a stone-age setting where our instincts drive us…

Due to COVID-19 you most likely will not host a big festive face-to-face Christmas party at your company. Now that everyone knows how to Zoom anyway, host a virtual one! Here're some ideas on how to host a great videocall X-Mas party for your team. Teambuilding (not only for Christmas) Use a google slide/miro board…

And why companies should not just stay remote after COVID-19, but take the shift to fully distributed work as strategic advantage. — Since COVID-19, nearly every company has faced remote working of parts of their teams or everyone. Remote work is often poorly understood and people experiencing work-from-home either to be merely allowed to work remotely, as an exception or because there is no other choice than to stay at home, because…

Part 2 of the series. Re-read part 1 here. How can we bring Flow to our business life? What prevents Flow from happening on the job of our team members and how do we build Flow in organisations and everyday life? According to recent surveys conducted by the Gallup Organization…

Thoughts on “Good Business. Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning. — Mihaly Csikszentmihaly.” Part 1 of the Series. Jump to Part 2 here. Mihaly Csikszentmihaly — (a good friend & magnificent mentor himself introduced me to his thoughts and taught me the pronunciation: “Me-High Chick-Sent-Me-High”) — published “Flow: The…

The coronavirus has changed how people use their smartphones. It has a long-lasting impact that needs us businesses to adapt to a disrupting market. The downloads of mobile apps rose +25% in the first six months of 2020 in comparison to the last six months of 2019 (Source: App Annie…

“There’s an app for that.” While this was good in the beginning, now it’s annoying that you need to download an app for nearly every single use case. …

End June 2020 Apple held it’s annually WWDC in Cupertino, California. For the first time, it has been kept 100% contactless and free for every developer to join. And once again, Apple not just adapted to the given requirements due to COVID-19 distancing and holding the event as a virtual…