Emails can’t be urgent

Have you ever received an email and shortly thereafter, the sender asking you whether you have either read it or even acted upon it? Why should you? It's just a mail! Your email client is like your physical mailbox: stuff gets added even without you looking at it. That email that has been waiting in … Weiterlesen Emails can’t be urgent →

Let go of your advice

When you give a present to someone, you hope that the receiver likes it and uses it. But, once it is given the new owner decides what to do with it: use it, give it to someone else, or throw it away. Advice and any other feedback is just like a present. Therefore, don't expect … Weiterlesen Let go of your advice →

Momente verblassen / Moments fade away

Stell Dir vor, Du verlässt deinen Arbeitgeber und darfst nichts mitnehmen: keine Emails, keine Kalendereinträge, keine Gesprächsnotizen, nichts. Imagine you are leaving your employer and are not allowed to take anything with you: no mails, no calendar entries, no notes, nothing. For English please scroll down. Dein ganzes Leben enthält wunderbare und positive Momente, sei … Weiterlesen Momente verblassen / Moments fade away →

7 Prinzipien, mit denen Sie Ihre Aufgaben immer erledigen

Kollegen berichten mir häufig, dass sie in ihrer Arbeit untergehen, anstelle in ihr aufzugehen. Sie erhalten kontinuierlich neue Aufgaben, die sie beginnen müssen, ohne die laufenden beenden zu können. Der stetig wachsende Stapel an unvollendeten Aufgaben erzeugt bei uns Menschen Stress und macht uns auf Dauer unzufrieden, denn wir wollen Aufgaben bestmöglich erledigen und diese abhaken dürfen. Wir werden aber häufig am Erfolg gehindert … Weiterlesen 7 Prinzipien, mit denen Sie Ihre Aufgaben immer erledigen →

In which part of the organization should a business analyst or requirements engineer be located?

"In which part of the organization should a business analyst or requirements engineer be located?" is actually an age-old question. It always comes along with other questions like the „what is the difference between a business analyst and a requirements engineer?“, as well as the WHAT and HOW. These questions have a symbiotic relationship. If an … Weiterlesen In which part of the organization should a business analyst or requirements engineer be located? →

How to really get promoted

James Caan, an influencer at LinkedIn recently wrote a blog post about how to get promoted. In his post he describes how you should present your recent accomplishments in order to sell your promotion to the decision makers. While that is great advice, it misses the point, twice actually. First, James believes that you get promoted for what you did … Weiterlesen How to really get promoted →

Choose people you trust, trust the people you have chosen

Employees come motivated, superiors can only de-motivate them. "An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her managers" (Dr. Bob Nelson). It is so easy to feel de-motivated when dealing with senior management. We have to find ways to not let ourselves be de-motivated by them. My previous post The slaves of a Scrum team … Weiterlesen Choose people you trust, trust the people you have chosen →

Erzwungene Kreativität

Gunter Dueck provozierte, als er seine These formulierte „Brainstorming hat jetzt 100 Jahre nichts gebracht und man hat es umbenannt in Design Thinking.“ Ich vermute, ihm ging es hierbei weniger um die Methoden Brainstorming oder Design Thinking an sich, sondern um die Tatsache, dass „Untalentierte“ nicht kreativ sein können und um die Frage, wer in solchen … Weiterlesen Erzwungene Kreativität →

How to make your meetings memorable

They say we should decline meetings without an agenda because the agenda defines the planned course of action and what is aimed to be achieved. After planning the event, sticking to the agenda, and producing the desired results, meeting organizers sometimes forget to make their meeting memorable.