Toon Timbermont
#TWIL 24/01
Welcome to the 1st edition of "This Week I Learned." 🚀 I hope my snippets of learning serve as inspiration & practical knowledge for you as well! 🌱
The Power of Systems Thinking Applied to Business Cases
In this post, I'm diving into a topic that's crucial for the success of any venture – the business case. But not with the classical Excel table :)
3 books that shape my organizational thinking
As a software architect, project lead, and tech startup co-founder, I’ve encountered many challenges that are disguised as technical choices or issues.
And while tech is often a factor, the organizational issues beneath these challenges are just as critical or even more critical to address.
Here are three inspiring
Why and How I Use Obsidian as a 2nd Brain
Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.Â
— David Allen
Why a Digital 2nd Brain?
I do not remember everything. I forget. Sometimes this is a good thing, but often not. You do want to forget a bad memory, but not that important task!
I have ideas. A lot
5 Tips on How to Launch a Startup
Launching a startup is a bet. A big bet. You’ll spend a lot of time and effort on it, possibly your money as well… Which is daunting! So you’ll want to prepare for your journey. Use these 5 tips to raise your chances for success!
Want to improve your team’s performance? Make things simpler!
It happens more than you’d expect or hope for. The effort spent on developing a product feature takes much longer than you’d expect. A conversation with the developers leads to a reasonable explanation: “Before we can start with ABC, we need to DEF because of GHI …”. While this
How Your Mind Takes Decisions For You
An individual has been described by a neighbour as follows: “Steve is very shy and withdrawn, invariably helpful but with little interest in people or in the world of reality. A meek & tidy soul, he has a need for order and structure, and a passion for detail.” Is Steve
The Hero Project Manager is Dead!
I was talking to an ex-colleague and he expressed a bold statement: “The hero project manager is dead”. When asking for some more context, he explained that several project managers in his current organisation come from a functional or architecture role and evolved into project management, but still need to
A Mental Revolution
I spent the last few days in Batumi (Georgia) for an international conference on the topic “Public Service of the Future”. And I have to say it was a great experience! The delegations represented around 20 countries, going from neighbours such as Turkey and Azerbaijan to faraway countries such as