Escaping the Noise and Hype for Better Judgment

Another 15 minutes of my life eaten up by LinkedIn’s feed. I admit, they are really good at hijacking my attention. Yet most of the content I see is noise. By noise, I mean shallow updates that don’t deepen your understanding or offer meaningful help. Perhaps it wouldn't matter that much if just a bit of wasted time was at stake.

How Lacking Intuition Made My First Angel Investment So Hard

In May 2021, after more than a year of building my pipeline, reviewing pitch decks, and talking with founders, I decided to make my first angel bet on a Berlin-based startup—Global Changer. It was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made, but not in a way you might think.

How context building and delegation of authority can strengthen small organizations

I’m a big fan of the belief that “if you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.” This approach works just as well for organizations, in my opinion. If they want to change the world, they need to take care of themselves first. In this article, I’m sharing a story of how our company faced challenges related to our identity as well as financial and engagement crises, and how we overcame these problems. As a result of building more context and delegating authority, we managed to make our teams more collaborative and engaged, improve their skills, and strengthen our organization overall.

Transparency - a powerful force feared by organizations

Transparency can be an undeniably powerful force in the long-term advancement of organizations, but it also typically raises various concerns at the management level at the same time. In this article, I will use a story about the atomic bomb to first highlight the importance of transparency, and I will then try to address the biggest fears that I often hear about in regards to transparency.