I would like to argue that the current state of affairs seems to be that companies and institutions are not able or willing to die, they stay with us as unuseful reminders of their glory days. We hold on to their constructed truths and beliefs, like a drunk person to a fence. The pinnacle of…
We grow and develop, at the same time we are part of bigger systems that grow and develop. While interchanging a part of our identity for the identity of the bigger organisms like companies, institutions, cities, nations. Branded like cattle with ideas and beliefs. Are these so-called organisms also prone to similar development as we…
What kind of value structures do we have to develop to protect us from the paperclip maximizer theory? The paperclip maximizer is the canonical thought experiment showing how an artificial general intelligence, even one designed competently and without malice, could ultimately destroy humanity. First described by Bostrom (2003), a paperclip maximizer is an artificial general…
To be able to face the uncertainty of the 21st century, companies must invest in how they and their employees think. We must understand the importance of vertical development for people and companies. Our logic / sense making of the world around us has to evolve. There are diferent stages that people go through in…
Family, friends, work, relationships and so on. Take a minute or 10 and try to imagine (even better if you would take a piece of paper and write it down) how would a week in your life look like if you could just choose one set of core values (one wicked me) and behave the…
This series is meant to open up a discussion and help to reflect upon randomly selected parts of your company through the lens of values. How is your sales department evolving? How do the times we live in influnce the way we look at our employees and our customers? Do you feel the influnce of…
I would like to open this blog with a challenge. Observe how your mind works for 48 hours and try to find patters of reactivity and what triggers them.
