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  • Petervan update March 2018 – Prison Window

    Petervan Artwork © 2018 – Liberty in Prison – Digital Mix   Spoiler: there is nothing in this post that is business, FinTech, Blockchain or AI related. General It has been a quiet couple of weeks since my previous update of Jan 2018. I am getting used to the post-employee rhythm of the day: art,… Read more

  • Poem 21418

    Ik wou dat ik jouw schilderij was Gestreeld worden door je penselen Geslagen door je vodden en lompen Overspoeld met kleur als door een zacht deken Rough translation I wished I was your painting Caressed by your brushes Beaten by your rags and tatters Washed with colour as by a soft blanket Read more

  • People don’t resist change, they resist bullshit

    There were some interesting posts the last couple of weeks; all indicating that there is something fundamentally wrong with how organisations measure people’s performance. Petervan artwork – detail of 2016 painting on performing Acryl on Canvas   Some examples: Leda Glyptis’ post on the annual appraisal process And her subsequent post about the fake nature of… Read more

  • A new metric for work: A.F.E.A.R.

    In my Mid-Jan 2018 swan song post, I invited my readers to start a conversation on “Let’s do something interesting”. Tourists stroll on a pier in the Black Sea town of Balchik, Bulgaria August 2017, Picture by Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / Getty   A couple of Skype calls later, I stumbled upon a number… Read more

  • Petervan Delicacies – Period 21 Jan – 4 Feb 2018

    Edition-117 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About engineers being in charge (or not): https://thebaffler.com/latest/engineered-for-dystopia-banks About profiling, artificial intelligence and augmented reality. Awesome essay by Mark Pesce: https://meanjin.com.au/essays/the-last-days-of-reality/ About the four fronts of a new and important kind of war. Update… Read more

  • Sine Parole – 25 Jan 2018

    Petervan artwork 2018 – Detail hand-cut tape on canvas on wooden panel Read more