Northbound

I’ve always liked the phrase “The secret of success is starting before you’re ready.”
Probably because I’m someone who tends to over-prepare. I read, research, zoom out… then zoom out again... until I ...

The 90 day illusion

Most new data leaders arrive thinking they have time, but they don't. Executives form their opinion in the first 6-8 weeks. McKinsey calls it the "irreversible impression window"....

Last week I read an article in De Tijd about a Deloitte study that found only one in four younger employees feel they can turn to their manager for real guidance. Most of them don’t even want to becom...

Last weekend I was trudging through the fields with my kids, trying to follow a dotted line on Google Maps. We go on bike rides and walks through the fields and forests behind our house all the time.....