Posts

10 Business Principles

In an effort to re-focus on some of the principles I think I live by (or should), I decided to write some of them down. The easiest way is to use short quote'ish statements to summarise such principles. This is what I did and would like to share in this post: valuable principles interpreted mainly in a business context to guide one towards success no matter which industry, but really mainly the tech industry ;)   “ Never Settle ” - Those who stop innovating and changing how they do things, and sometimes even what they do, will inevitably be crushed by competitors and new players. There was never a business on the planet that could just keep doing what it always did in the same way, without at some point being disrupted so badly that they were close to going out o business, or even did. Enable constant change and revision into your organisation, and yourself. Never rest, never cease fire - the world does not either. Or, to say it in the words of Thomas J. Watson: "Whenever...

Hybrid Cloud - State of Play 2017

Hybrid. As far as I can tell, this means the combination of two things that are not the same to serve the same purpose. Like hybrid cars - half electric, half fuel. Or like hybrid energy - half nuclear, half solar. And of course hybrid, as in "Hybrid Cloud". So this cloud-related usage of "hybrid" has been around for years and is one of the most misunderstood and most weirdly interpreted terms. In a blog post on medium.com I discussed the - as far as I have witnessed - history of the "hybrid cloud" and my personal view on the outlook for the next 2-3 years.  https://medium.com/cloud-shift/the-state-of-hybrid-cloud-in-2017-21275d0750d0

Employer Branding Strategy - Why Self Actualization and Purpose matter

Bild
Struggling with finding good workforce for your team? Fighting a constant struggle to retain those you have? Try looking beyond what you can do with money and bonus packages. Think away from increasing car allowances or annual leave days. There is more to work these days. If you run a business or a team, read this article and find out how to achieve employee retention and hiring of talented staff with little investment in a short matter of time.  The Employee Today is Different In the past there must have been an entirely different type of employee wandering the job market. They desired to be payed high above all, wanted to work as little as possible and did not care about much beyond that. At least that is what it seems like when you look at how companies try to convince people to join them. Or make people stay with them. I have no idea what was relevant in that past, but I do see what is relevant now. And salary combined with fixed work-hours per week are not doing the trick ...