Can you achieve anything you want?
Too often you hear that if you ‘really follow your passion’ or ‘really go for what you want to do’ and ‘believe in yourself,’ you can...
An original piece on clichés
On an average day, reading newspapers, watching the news, hearing commentators, watching films or surfing the net, you come across one...
Life and Purpose
Individual and Social Organisms 'An entity that continuously adapts to its surroundings', could certainly be the definition of a living...
The Killer Rule
In my last blog I talked about how alignment can help resolving the dilemma of the necessity and the fallibility of rules and procedures....
How to define your rules
In my last blog I talked about people who break the rules now and then, because they believe the specific situation they're in could not...
To be naughty or not, that’s the question
THE PARENT'S DILEMMA It is one of the dilemmas of being a parent: if your child is always well-behaved, does that make you proud or do...
Taking the steps you can
You are working for an organisation, but your boss doesn’t give you the space to do what you think is good for the business. E.g. you’re...
Acting despite your doubts
I used to read comic books. Even at a young age the message in ‘Asterix and the Normans’ inspired me, the tough Vikings charging a...
Why there are no '7 Steps to Success'
For every life lesson, you can come up with exceptions or opposing lessons. ‘Haste makes waste’ versus ‘The first blow is half the...
Interview with Dennis Heijn in IESE Insights Dec' 2017 (English version)
High-flying executive turned author Dennis Heijn reflects on his life and career, explaining why we need to learn from past experiences...
