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You’re Not Wrong. You’re Just Too Close. leadership-traps mentorship Jan 02, 2026

In these liminal (yes, I have been looking for an opportunity to use that word) days between the old and the new year most of us reflect back and look forward a bit. Days where we're not sure what tim...

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Why the Next Generation Is Right to Refuse Bad Leadership clarity leadership-traps mentorship Nov 12, 2025

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...

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How Data Leaders Build Execution Engines That Deliver cornerstone field-notes leadership-traps Sep 30, 2025

Week after week, we sat in those meetings.
The idea was simple: create a council of unofficial data leaders, backed by a board of their superiors who could validate the big decisions.

In practice, it...

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