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  • Dream #2: Flying

    Having a week off, and found some time to look back into my dreams-book (see introduction to the concept in #Dream-1: Breakfast). Here is another dream, called “Flying”: Standing on my tips Slowly softly jumping Then stepping Then running to take speed Sometimes straight from stand-still Go airborne like a balloon And then taking direction… Read more

  • Gatekeepers and Goalkeepers

    There is a fantastic talk on the 99u site by Mark Eckō titled “Embrace the mess” Entrepreneur, media mogul, and designer Marc Eckō tell us that, if we’re not careful, we can let others label us and define our career, robbing us of our natural potential. The solution?   Stand up for yourself!   It’s… Read more

  • Innotribe Sibos 2014 – The Build Up

    I have been relatively silent on my blog, tweets and other social media. The reason is focus. Focus on preparing with the team another exciting experience at Innotribe Sibos, this year in Boston from 29 Sep till 2 Oct 2014. Less than 2 months from D-day, we are in full build up. We are in… Read more

  • Ties vs Tattoos

    Peter Thiel is always good for some controversy. Usually, I am a big fan of him, despite his libertarian opinions. But this time I have to disagree. Because it seems that he hates business suits, to a point that he does not want to invest on startup CEO wearing a suit. In Business Insider he… Read more

  • Principles for Open Innovation and Open Leadingship

    Just found this awesome 27 min talk by Joi Ito on the 9 principles of open innovation. They are not that new – first version appeared in 2012 – but they seem to have matured, like good wine in well kept cellars. Almost every sentence he speaks is tweetable 😉 To help me concentrate on… Read more

  • The Uberization of Everything, and beyond…

    I am just back from the #disruptiontour with tour leaders Peter Hinssen https://twitter.com/hinssen and Steven Van Belleghem https://twitter.com/StevenVBe, and flawlessly put together by tour organizer Ilse Debondt from Connected Visions (https://twitter.com/ConnectdVisions ). The PDF of the full program can be found here: http://www.connectedvisions.eu/pdf/cvdtour_program2014.pdf I have made two blog posts about this excellent study tour: “Highlights… Read more