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3 Things H&M need to do to survive

3 Things H&M need to do to survive

H&M has had yet another poor quarter – and to many that does not come as a big surprise. The Swedish Fashion Retailer has been struggling to keep its margins up and adapt to new market conditions. Online sales have been poor and there is no real answer to

Founders read: Short On Time, Here Is How To Deal With Inefficiency

Founders read: Short On Time, Here Is How To Deal With Inefficiency

New medium post available on dealing with your time inefficiencies. Focus on those things that count – try to keep your own micromanagement to a minimum and make others truly responsible for their own work. Have a look at the post below to read the full article. I hope you like

How professional social media have changed the job of HR-teams

How professional social media have changed the job of HR-teams

Good morning ☀️..! To start the week off well, I thought I would share some insights of an talk I held last week in Glarus at a bi-annual HR-directors meetup. They asked me to speak about how professional social media networks (LinkedIn) can be used in recruitment processes – and how these

How Skinnovation helped me changed my mind on startup-events

How Skinnovation helped me changed my mind on startup-events

Last week I was asked to speak at the Skinnovation in Innsbruck. Skinnovation is a three day event that is hosted by the Tyrolean chamber of commerce and the university of Innsbruck. It brings both startups, investors and innovation managers together in a casual atmosphere. The great thing about Skinnovation

Pyongyang 2018 is on its way

Pyongyang 2018 is on its way

I love the even-numbered years. We are treated to so many great sports events. This year we’ll have the football world championships as well as the winter olympics (Pyongyang). The latter just got off to a fantastic start paired with a beautiful opening ceremony. Go #TeamNL We have got

The smartphone era is coming to an end

The smartphone era is coming to an end

Yesterday, Apple announced that it will cut the estimates production of their brand new iPhone X in half. The Cupertino tech giant had thought to sell at least 40 miliion devices [https://www.google.ch/amp/s/9to5mac.com/2018/01/29/iphone-x-sales-production/amp/] this year. But the demand for

Jeff the canoe guy

Jeff the canoe guy

What we do is who we are The last few weeks I have spend a lot of time thinking about the way we work. What is it exactly that we truly do? Why do we continue to do things that don’t really add any additional value? And importantly, does