Beamtime ___ 2021-07-27
I appreciate being able to write these lines on this wonderful machine. This machine full of wonders. Generations and generations of my ancestors...
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Digger auftragen: dig thick problems, chase the high score
Digger, bidde digger auftragen. John's voice, two original images, and the Digger high-score link: claims, problems, and tasks with weight.
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No more affiliate codes: advice paid by clients, not vendors
John's no-affiliate rule: McGrinsey drops new affiliate codes. Recommendations follow client fit, not a second paycheck.
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Second Smart: John's startup rule
Second Smart: you need not always be first. Watch the first, learn the mistakes, build cleaner as the second. John's lines, plus glue.
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Catalyzing global ESG business transformation. One click at a time.
It started with a post on Linkedin, where someone complained that banks are not investing enough in ESG businesses, this was my comment: Well, banks...
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Permacontent: plant seeds that still feed next year
Permacontent is durable writing: John's garden lines, composted drafts, and pages that still answer after the feed moves on.
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Startup Data Sources & Metrics
Stuff you want to integrate into your brainflows. The problem is not the general availability of data, but the digestible aggregation and...
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Startup Hooligans: John's namedropping find
John googled “startup hooligans”, found hooligans.co.il, and logged a rare unused phrase. WHOIS snapshot for startuphooligans.com included.
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Happy Hiring: How we’re hacking our hiring flow
Happiness matters. I’m a natural optimiser. As soon as i start working on something i start reflecting on possible improvements to my current...
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The smart things about smart things. Chapter 1: Smarter hiring.
I’ve been hiring people for other companies for years, but i’ve never hired for my own company – and just really realized that i can throw all...
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Steppin’ into the unknown…
…sometimes creating something new means sacrificing a lot… …old habits… …convenience… …the feeling of safety… …the feeling of security… …the feeling...
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McGrinsey – the joy and pain of hiring and cooperation. Plus: i’m hiring. Get on board now! Ready for take off!
I love life. I love people. I love to cooperate. But it’s a pain in the brain, soul, heart and ass to find the right framework for fair cooperation...
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Go Vloggy: rough video practice shipped in public
Go Vloggy is a May 2022 McGrinsey video experiment: random editor buttons, a YouTube cut, and practice talking to clients and teams on camera.
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Matrixcitement: push, publish, feel the jolt
Whenever John logs into a server and uploads one DIY file, he gets a tiny jolt. Battery image, push/publish loop, addicted to awesome.
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Brainlog 2019-09-28: public dump, not a shipping report
Brainlog 2019-09-28 keeps John's buckets: Business NOW/NEW, Social Family, Space, Network. A snapshot, not proof every idea shipped.
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Brainlog 2019-09-27
Trying to clear my mind – one more time. Quite some projects going on that i want to share with the world. I am still freelancing as a digital...
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McGrinsey Brain Snacks – Business and Beyond
Everyday i have inspiring conversations with wonderful people and very often we exchange tipps on favourite books and podcasts. I collect these tipps...
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BLAP & PSMC: McGrinsey's business-core sketch
BLAP and PSMC were internal labels on a McGrinsey poster for the business core. Artefact, not an industry framework.
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