2026
- What Doesn't Close
What Doesnโt Close โMmmhh, da haste dir aber nen Thema ausgesucht & ich hoffe sehr, dass du dabei im Kopf behรคltst, wie wenig sich Asymmetrien letzten Endes vermeiden lassen. Ganz รคhnlich, wie โฆ
- Weekly Review โ Oct 5โ11, 2026
TL;DR: Six posts this week, and most of them ask the same question from different seats: who carries the consequence of a decision, and can they see it? A line in a reorg plan that the planners can โฆ
- One Side Rates, the Other Can't Answer
TL;DR: You gave it three stars. โIt was fine.โ To you that was an opinion, tapped out at a red light and forgotten by dinner. To the person on the other end it was a mark on a permanent, aggregated โฆ
- More Than Technology: How Agentic AI Changes Minds, Culture, and the Way We Build
TL;DR: Once usable agentic technology is available, the bottleneck often lies in how people, culture and ways of working change. For individuals, the core skill shifts to defining good, giving โฆ
- The Door Only Locks Behind One of You
The Door Only Locks Behind One of You TL;DR: The same decision can be a two-way door for the person making it and a one-way door for the person it lands on. The decider can revisit, rehire, roll back; โฆ
- The Iceberg Problem
TL;DR: You are judged by the effort other people can see, not the effort you actually spend. That gap is the iceberg: whoever evaluates you sees the tip and none of the mass below the waterline. The โฆ
- The Expert Can't Remember Not-Knowing
TL;DR: In 1990 a Stanford researcher had people tap the rhythm of a famous song on a table and predict how many listeners would name it. The tappers guessed 50%. The real number was 2.5%. The tapper โฆ
- The Feedback Exchange Rate
TL;DR: Feedback runs on a hidden exchange rate. The giver spends five minutes on a remark and moves on; the receiver spends three weeks re-reading it, because bad lands heavier than good and the mind โฆ
- Asymmetry of Stakes: Staying Humane at Volume
TL;DR: To the recruiter itโs interview #40 this month. To you itโs the next five years of your life. Both readings are correct, and that gap is the problem. When one side lives an event at volume and โฆ
- The Psychology of "We'll Call You"
TL;DR: โWeโll call youโ turns a relationship into an asymmetric wait: one side owns the timeline and the information, the other can only sit with it. Decades of research explain why the silence often โฆ
- What a 2012 Management Book Taught Our AI-Era Team
The Workshop That Surprised Me Lencioniโs six questions that create organizational clarity. A few weeks ago, our leadership team spent a day in a workshop. No slides about AI strategy. No architecture โฆ
- "It's Faster If I Just Do It Myself" โ The Most Expensive Sentence in AI
The Moment I Almost Gave Up A few weeks ago, I spent 45 minutes teaching my AI agent how to prepare customer meetings. Pulling context from Slack, checking the CRM, looking up LinkedIn profiles, โฆ
- The tl;dr is that ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก are two different things. - straight to the point. Growth is
The tl;dr is that ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก are two different things." - straight to the point. Growth is something which is owned by individuals - you own your own career (aka growth) and must be โฆ
- โBy design, the innovation funnel leads to survival of the safest ideas.โ
โBy design, the innovation funnel leads to survival of the safest ideas.โ, quoting Tomโs post that Iโm responding to here. Yes been there and seen that. Not only in Germany where we are unfortunate โฆ
- โจ It has never been a better time to be excited about the future.
โจ โIt has never been a better time to be excited about the future.โ ๐ I missed this interview back in October last year when Jeff Bezos compared todayโs AI boom to the internet bubble of the 2000s at โฆ
2025
- Everything changes all the time - Open Mind for a different view. And nothing else matter.
Everything changes all the time - Open Mind for a different view. And nothing else matter. Last weekโs re:invent is a wrap. I guess many of the folks in my network are still busy with digesting what โฆ
- I find this very insightful.
I find this very insightful. I remember my early days at my current company. Coming from roles with relative high degree of freedom but embedded in โask for approvalโ culture, it was hard for me to โฆ
- But the most important thing I've learned is that trying to create for an algorithm ultimately takes
But the most important thing Iโve learned is that trying to create for an algorithm ultimately takes away from creating for actual people." - absolutely agree. Also, once you stopped creating for your โฆ
- This is a great start into the week. Creates some fast smiles and than some more serious afterthoughts.
This is a great start into the week. Creates some fast smiles and than some more serious afterthoughts. I absolutely agree that working backwards from real customer needs must be guiding product โฆ
- Navigate your AI Adoption journey like you prepared to hit the road!
Navigate your AI Adoption journey like you prepared to hit the road! I still hold the Atlas from my school times, which opened the world for me the first time. For sure it was not always fun but โฆ
- Totally agree with Manuelโs view.
Totally agree with Manuelโs view. Indeed I see AI adoption, not unlikely to other tech transformations, as mostly a people& process thing and way less a technical challenge. One addendum to the โฆ
- ๐ You can't stop the waves from coming, but you can learn to surf. - Jon Kabat-Zinn
๐ โYou canโt stop the waves from coming, but you can learn to surf.โ - Jon Kabat-Zinn ๐ก This is a very universal and powerful quote. Even more so, how Stephanie thinks about applying it to the โฆ
- Back from a week-long break and mostly offline.
Back from a week-long break and mostly offline. Catching up with all the messages, emails, and news from the network one-by-one seems impossible. ==> So, what did I miss? What is worth diving into? โฆ
- ๐ท ๐ข๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ == ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ?! ๐ข๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ?
๐ท ๐ข๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ == ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ?! ๐ข๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ? ๐ The sun is setting in Germany, and Iโm commuting home. Perfect time to dive into Werner Vogelsโ latest post โ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ โฆ
- ๐ช ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐น๐๐ป๐? ๐๐ณ ๐ป๐ผ๐, ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ?
๐ช ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐น๐๐ป๐? ๐๐ณ ๐ป๐ผ๐, ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ? The phrase โsharpening the sawโ originates from a parable popularized by Stephen Covey in his 1989 book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, โฆ
- ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ โ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ผ-๐ฑ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ
๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ โ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ผ-๐ฑ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. This thought emerged during a recent discussion with colleagues and customers about how we โฆ
- ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐? - An Evening of Inspiration and Insights...
๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐? - An Evening of Inspiration and Insightsโฆ Last night I had the pleasure to mingle with leaders at the AWS ExecLeaders Networking Dinner event in my hometown - โฆ
- ๐ Change is the only constant in life - but what if it's bad?
๐ Change is the only constant in life - but what if itโs bad? The original quote is attributed to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. In its original form, it was maybe closer to โeverything flows.โ โฆ
- What are youโa Frog ๐ธ or a Bird ๐ฆ? And why do you need both?
What are youโa Frog ๐ธ or a Bird ๐ฆ? And why do you need both? This sounds like a silly question to most readers, assuming you identify as human. But itโs actually an important one. This concept goes โฆ
- Wo drรผckt der Schuh?' - ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐: '๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต?' ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐
Wo drรผckt der Schuh?" - ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐: โ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต?โ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐? ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ. ๐ The only constant in life is change. But how do we deal with โฆ
- ๐ต Offline - Everyone's Worst Nightmare! Or a Gift? ๐
๐ต Offline - Everyoneโs Worst Nightmare! Or a Gift? ๐ Just returned from a short break: 5 days in the mountains with absolutely NO network. ๐๏ธ Really, no network at all. No WiFi at the hut, no mobile โฆ
- ๐ฅย ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ - ๐ฏ๐๐
๐ฅย ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ - ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐. Thatโs my observation from years of product conversations, not a โฆ
- Is somebody around you drowning? This is a super important question and, as Carlos put it in his post
Is somebody around you drowning? This is a super important question and, as Carlos put it in his post, a question which naturally translates also to the work environment. Iโve been in situations where โฆ
- Stefan, why are you still with AWS after already being there for so long - currently 8 years?
Stefan, why are you still with AWS after already being there for so long - currently 8 years? I get this question constantly, in countless variations. My honest answer is always the same: itโs the โฆ
- The art of influencing - is it actually an art or something we can learn?
The art of influencing - is it actually an art or something we can learn?  The art of influencing - is it actually an art or something we can learn? Created on โฆ
- Humans by nature are influencing each others in almost any context. At work the ability to influence
Humans by nature are influencing each others in almost any context. At work the ability to influence others and to be aware of being influenced by them strikes me as more and more key. In many of โฆ
- Thanks Mo for sharing this. Just a little after 9am Monday morning and you already opened up my perspective.
Thanks Mo for sharing this. Just a little after 9am Monday morning and you already opened up my perspective. Curious to try this - possibly this could work well in a team off-site setting? Highly โฆ
- On the post election Monday in Germany. Difficult results. I was reflecting on the Amazon Leadership
On the post election Monday in Germany. Difficult results. I was reflecting on the Amazon Leadership principle of โDisagree and Commitโ during my morning jog today. Recap of the principle (my โฆ
- ๐ Just watched the interview of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at WSJ Journal House Davos. Highly recommended!
๐ Just watched the interview of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at WSJ Journal House Davos. Highly recommended! While obviously not mentioning any exact targeted launch dates for features, he gave some โฆ
- I woke up with some loose ends in my mind about binary encoding and impacts on human life. Needed to
I woke up with some loose ends in my mind about binary encoding and impacts on human life. Needed to reflect on this: Binary encoding is powerful for computers, while binary thinking is limiting for โฆ
- Go ugly to be successful ?!
Go ugly to be successful ?! ๐ฏ Just watched a fantastic TEDx talk by Prof. Martin J. Eppler about unleashing the power of visualization at work(available at YouTube: [1]). He outlines three Key โฆ
2024
- How do you create results being limited in your scope of influence.
How do you create results being limited in your scope of influence. ๐ก Great 2min time investment to start your week - or actually at any point in time, but soon ๐ : โฆ
- ๐ฉโ๐ผLinkedIn is a business network and I will keep it like this. Avoiding personal and political stuff as much as possible.
๐ฉโ๐ผLinkedIn is a business network and I will keep it like this. Avoiding personal and political stuff as much as possible. People following me on LinkedIn, will recognise based from the bag and shoes, โฆ
2023
- ๐งโโ๏ธ Good morning, what an awesome - despite early - start in the day. On my way to meet the team to
๐งโโ๏ธ Good morning, what an awesome - despite early - start in the day. On my way to meet the team to close off 2023. Personally, it has been a very active year and it feels good to cool down a little โฆ