Book review

Self-awareness is everything When you work with Tibor Olgers, you get the opportunity to work with lots of interesting people. On our latest Mankracht retreat, I had the pleasure of meeting Eelco Smit, the exit guru. The consigliere behind the scenes of some the major business deals in Holland. His key message; be self-aware. Lessons

There is a war going on. The war for your mind through the use of social media. Media weapons can be more potent than atomic bombs. Learn how to command and manipulate opinions, and you are capable of reshaping the fabric of the world. War Future conflicts will be won not by physical forces but

Good storytelling is important 1. The human brain was never equipped to operate in an information environment that moves at the speed of light. On the internet, virality is inseparable from reality. 2. When we do not know, or when we do not know enough, we tend always to substitute emotions for thoughts. Building blocks

Eddy de Heij recommended “Blitzscaling, The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies” Studying the exceptions and making it into a model? After reading the first chapter, I send him an e-mail: Hi Eddy, Just finished the first chapter. The book sets a lot of conditions: * Access to risk capital from VCs with huge risk

I had the pleasure of doing a talk for Quadia as part of the Video Bootcamp. My role was to put video in the context of storytelling, strategy and the future. Video? Usually, when I do a session, I start with a key question. In this case; video? Answer; yes! Or as a better answer;

“Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There” is a policy version of “Black box thinking”. Rutger Bregman would like Freek Vermeulen, a fellow Dutchman and is likely to be a fan of Naseem Taleb. A lot of things we believe to be true are false. Particularly in science, economy and medicine. Look up

As associates of the Content Providers, we are running a number of inspiration sessions on (video) storytelling together with Quadia. Location is Hilversum, Holland, on 18 and 23 January. If you are interested, have a look here. You need to book. Not sure if there are any place left. Talk triggers In preparation, I read

“Breaking the habit of being yourself” is a great  book about your mind, brain imaging, neuroplasticity, epigenetics, psychoneuroimmunology, quantum entanglement, neurochemicals, and meditation The power of the mind You need to embrace the concept that your (subjective) mind has an effect on your (objective) world. The latest research supports the notion that we have a

I can think of no better, optimistic, uplifting book than “Moonshots: Creating a World of Abundance”. It has everything. Science, future, entrepreneurship, innovation, mindset, sustainability, leadership. It will cheer you up no end. Abundance I have never dreamed of a book. Until “Moonshots”. The question that kept coming through was; what if we had an

I picked up “The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google”.  Power corrupts A while ago I read “The internet is not the answer”. About the beginnings of winners take all. Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon are now near monopolies. You need to think about that. Power corrupts. The good, the bad