The Norseman is known as one of the toughest, if not the toughest, Ironman races in the world. For me most likely at least one bridge too far and therefore I even more respect the ones who manage. This is a great documentary showing how intense triathlon training in general is, and even more what the Norseman really means.
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March 2020 will forever be remembered as the month in which most European governments (over)reacted in response to the Coronavirus, partially because action was taken rather late if not too late. Nobody understood what was really happening. As a fire brigade response ad-hoc actions were taken to limit the spread of the unknown virus and the amount of patients with the Covid-19 disease in the hospitals. Country boarders got closed, we had to face an almost worldwide lockdown. Months later
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It is a cold Friday evening, February 2006. My wife, Kasia, and I are sitting on a sofa, enjoying a warm glow of our open fire and a beautiful glass of red wine. We are reflecting on our life, what we have achieved, how happy we are with our beautiful family and exciting careers. Nevertheless, it feels as if something is missing, we are not fulfilled. We feel like finding a new purpose in life. Shall we start looking for
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Many friends and colleagues have been asking how I got so addicted to triathlon and what keeps me motivated and therefore I’ve decided to share my sports story, because it hasn’t always been like that. Hopefully, this story will motivate others as well.
Do you know that feeling that you should be more active and that it is high time to start moving? I had that feeling for years. Up and down I was doing some things for a
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This year I plan to finish a 70.3 Ironman in Hoorn, The Netherlands. It will be my first race in my home country, which is rather weird. This video shows a summary of last year’s event. I’m really curious what it will be like.
Update: Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the race got rescheduled to 2021, and because of an eye surgery I had to postpone plans even further. Now I plan to participate in June 2022.
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When you are making use of modern technology day by day, it is hard to realize how it scares others. This week I was asked if we would be able to support a company with their digital transformation. When I learned their main problem, I was a bit flabbergasted. They didn’t know how to deal with it and are afraid to be legging behind. So, what is causing this fear and should you be afraid at all?
What is Digital
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The expectations of lean working practices and the agile ones derived from it are high. Everybody would like to achieve the efficiency and effectivity gains as Toyota managed to achieve after inventing their new way of working. The reality appears to be harder than expected. Negative experiences with these methods make us do believe they are not for us, but is that really true? Why only a few seem to profit? Recently, I read “The Culture Map” and I started realizing it has
…From orange to purple, from Goyello to Aspire Systems. A new name and color. The same values and awesome people. Watch the movie and relive the journey with
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Over the past years Microsoft focused mostly on providing the market with the right devices. Because other device producers didn’t do well enough, Microsoft bought Nokia and developed their own Surface. The Nokia acquisition wasn’t successful and it made Microsoft realise it has a different purpose. During Microsoft’s yearly partner event Inspire in Las Vegas, Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO clearly showed Microsoft’s new ambition: experience centric development to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve
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John, a product manager of a large corporate, proudly shows his management what results their 200 software development teams are delivering every second week!
He knows he impressed them. But soon his confidence is gone. With a weak voice, he confesses the teams do not have enough work to be done …..
They react furiously. “Impossible”, the business management claims, because there is work for about 10 years queuing.
John knows the long wish list, but he does not know
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