Passive vs. Active Security
Human beings, to a varying degree, all crave security. This is why some of us stick to a lousy job and others amass all they can. Security is a double edged sword, though. Even more so in a world where...
View ArticleThe Next Web Europe 2014
We participated in The Next Web Europe conference’s Boost startup programme last week. The conference and the programme were both outstanding. Certainly the best startup experience I have had so far....
View ArticleEvolutionary or Revolutionary?
A lot of the startup scene is about creating the Next Big Thing. Ever since the idea of the Blue Ocean Strategy broke through, startup entrepreneurs have been looking into creating the next big market...
View ArticleApple, Tesla and Next Generation Marketing
How do you deliver a strong brand message? About ten years ago I bought an iMac. It was one of those white plastic 17″ ones back in the day. A great computer, although this unit had some quality...
View ArticleOn Fear
I’ve been thinking a lot about fear lately. One of the reasons is that I’ve been scared a lot. One of my favorite quotes is the one attributed to John Wayne: “Courage is being scared to death and...
View ArticleThe Illusion of Growing Up
This is a trend that has carried through millennia: When people turn thirty, twenty-somethings start to seem overly enthusiastic, optimistic and unrealistic. And when you turn forty, fifty, and so...
View ArticleTools Make Us Smarter
What exactly does it mean that somebody is smart? Scoring a high IQ in a Stanford-Binet test? Being good at math? Paraphrasing Forrest Gump, smart is what smart does. If you manage to get things done,...
View ArticleOn the Culture of Complaining
There has recently surfaced a heated discussion in Finland about relative poverty. People have been letting off steam about the outrageous bonuses of corporate executives, in contrast to poor people...
View ArticleHuman Capital in the Twenty-First Century: Piketty, Progress and the...
Thomas Piketty’s magnum opus Capital in the Twenty-FIrst Century made huge splashes especially after the publication of its English translation last spring. The bombshell argument of the huge book,...
View ArticleInsanely Great Products
It looks to me as if Steve Jobs’ laser-like focus has become the buzzword business paradigm in the world. I must admit: the way the zen CEO axed the majority of Apple’s product lines in 1997 to save...
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