WorldCup 2014 Retrospective: The Magic about Mindset and Leadership
This weekend preparing this blogpost, I ran into a brilliant quote from Johan Cruijff. At a conference a few years ago for the Dutch local government, he told a great story about a talented blind...
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The summer holidays are over. Fall is coming. Like the start of every new year, a good moment for new inspiration. Recently, I went twice to the Boston area for a client of Xebia. I met there (I...
View ArticleWorldCup 2014 Retrospective: The Magic about Mindset and Leadership
This weekend preparing this blogpost, I ran into a brilliant quote from Johan Cruijff. At a conference a few years ago for the Dutch local government, he told a great story about a talented blind...
View ArticleBecome high performing. By being happy.
The summer holidays are over. Fall is coming. Like the start of every new year, a good moment for new inspiration. Recently, I went twice to the Boston area for a client of Xebia. I met there (I...
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When leading an IT department you are faced with numerous challenges across the board. Whilst attracting and retaining IT talent is one of the biggest challenge, it is often paired with the challenge...
View ArticleChaos Engineering as management practice
Chaos Engineering is perceived as a technical practice. However, it can be leveraged as a management practice to create a safe environment for individuals and teams. It is one of the practices that an...
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I’m grateful to learn from my daughter. Be able to see how the brain develops and picks up new concepts, skills and words. Nowadays, I enjoy to sit down and watch her play. As a parent, I also need to...
View ArticleMental models: a reflection on AWS outage
In November 2020 AWS had a major outage, which started with their Kinesis service, having a cascading failure over some services. Several articles and analyses of the outage, including the official...
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