Trusted friend

on Jul 11, 2010
The idea is that if businesses wish to thrive in our interconnected world, where consumers' opinions spread at the speed of light, they must act as a trusted friend: create quality products, market th…
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Sensing

on May 26, 2010
I just had a quite special experience. For years, I've had some problems with my voice getting strained because of tension in my neck and throat. I know there's a psychological reason for this, so tod…
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Jamie's Food Revolution

on May 23, 2010
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution is a great demonstration of how much force and determining it takes to change a system. Even though the mission is obviously good, inertia is a very very powerful force.…
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Panic!

on Apr 14, 2010
I had a great day today.

Back story: In my experience, our own fear is what’s holding us back the most.

We’re afraid the boss is going to be upset, we’re afraid our wife is going to disapprove, hate, or…
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The place where words come from

on Apr 07, 2010
I’ve discovered that the place where I do my best writing is in airplanes flying across the Atlantic ocean.

Unfortunately, it’s not a very cost-effective way to write.

Back in April when I wrote my shor…
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Burnt child dreads the fire

on Apr 06, 2010
Riffing off of my last post about Morten Lund, just today, my coach Anders sent me a link to this video featuring self-made billionaire Art Williams saying “Just do it” about 15 times in a short speec…
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Often wrong, never in doubt

on Apr 06, 2010
About two weeks ago I was watching as my friend Thomas Madsen-Mygdal interviewed famous Danish Skype-investor Morten Lund. I don’t know Morten very well, and there were several interesting facts that …
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The week everything changed

on Mar 17, 2010
[Disclaimer: This is going to get sentimental. Very. If you can’t handle that, skip this post. You won’t enjoy it. I promise. You have been warned.]

All my life, I’ve struggled to integrate two parts w…
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