I know it’s hard - being a leader is… that’s one of my most memorable movie quotes because that’s how people used to look at leadership: it’s exhausting, painful, comes with a price, you’re lonely up there yaddiyaddi…

No! Leadership is necessary for companies to be successful. It can be all of the things mentioned above at times, but most of the time it’s rewarding! In this blog, I’m sharing my experiences - the good and the bad ones, the satifying and the ugly. I don’t claim to be always right, but I claim to have an opinion.

Leadership

• Leaders vs. Managers: Decoding the Dance in the Tech Arena (After 19 Years of Stepping on Each Other's Toes), 02 May 2024

  TL;DR Today’s company structures define every manager as a leader. We send managers to leadership meetings, we expect managers to lead teams or units. But there is a fundamental difference between a leader and a manger. In this post I elaborate why it’s a good thing to have both roles.

• Dethroning the Idol: A Multi-Disciplinary Look at Leadership and Beyond, 28 Feb 2024

  Looking at different leader types from military, business and tech - and why they’re called leaders.

• The step back, 03 Apr 2022

  Taking a Step Back to Leap Forward: A Reflection on Career Choices

• The CTO trap, 15 Mar 2022

  Walking the thin line between being an executive, tech lead and human being in a company.

Workplace

• To Evolve and Mingle, 19 Feb 2019

  A successful team is essential for the company and the group itself.

• The power of the mind, 13 Sep 2018

  The mindset influences the success of a company - and vice versa.

• Creating a vision, 15 Aug 2018

  Why having a vision is the most important thing for a successful venture.