A compass for leaders doesn’t help you walk faster. It helps you see again whether the direction you’re following still fits. Sometimes it is enough to look again at the direction you have been following for a while. I work with leaders in manufacturing...
AI and leadership in manufacturing are becoming closely connected. AI can help you see faster. Numbers. Processes. Patterns. Deviations in production, planning, quality or performance. In many manufacturing organizations, that is attractive. Understandably so. There...
“You can’t solve a problem with the same mindset that created it.” — Albert Einstein We see that quote so often it’s practically become a cliché. But in organizations, that’s exactly the mirror we don’t like to look into. Because when something gets stuck, we usually...
I often see teams working hard. Leaders try to move adaptive strategies forward, while teams carry a large part of the execution. Everyone is investing in improvement. And still, something can feel slightly off. Conversations about direction keep repeating themselves....
In teams, collaboration often does not go wrong because people are unwilling. It goes wrong because too much is assumed. Everyone thinks they know what the goal is. Everyone thinks it is clear who is responsible for what. Everyone thinks the agreements are clear....
Shared language prevents people from thinking they are talking about the same thing, while actually meaning something different. A management team talks about growth. Sales thinks about new customers. Operations thinks about capacity. HR thinks about people who are...
