Every Friday before diving into the weekend I share my thoughts in my weekly blog (in English). Things that touched me, stuff I learned, people I met, challenges I faced, opportunities I see, dreams I try to put in words.
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I am training to run the half marathon in Amsterdam in October after some crazy, stupid and hateful injuries the past years. I cannot believe it was already 2 years ago that I was training like crazy for Roc du Maroc but broke my hand with a spectacular bicycle fall.I am not a pussy, I […]
As a trained project manager, I very often think in projects : what is the scope, what is the timing, what about the costs, what is the desired quality, what about the risks and very important what human resources work on the project and how do we communicate with one another. Do we need to […]
Yesterday morning a bird hit my window while I was writing in the sun. He hit it very hard. I thought he would be hurt, but he flew away, came back again as if he wanted to tell me. If you are looking for us we are up there in the sky. The past few […]
It is the day of our national holiday today. Well that’s nothing new, that is not at all a cliffhanger. Indeed. I remember back in the days I was playing in a soap series, the cliffhangers, they were quite something. Never watched soap series, unless to see my own skills, a long time ago. But […]
I do not like journalists that see an interview as a fight, a wrestle where we want to see a winner. For me every interview is about your guest in the first place, make them shine, show the beauty and be open to also talk about the difficult moments they went through. You need to […]
If you want to create a top team it is not enough to hire top talent. Top talent is only one part of the equation as a team of all-stars does not automatically make an all-star team. Although I believe a lot in self-organizing teams, I am convinced we always need a leader to make […]
I feel that the more I know the more hungry I become to know more. The more I know however I also know there is so much I do not know yet. I have the feeling that rebels very often inspire people, they are ready to bring the change but they are also willing to […]
A great panel discussion earlier this week with fashion start-ups was the ideal place for me to finally meet Murielle Scherre from La Fille d’O as one of the other panelists. She described how her stubbornness brought her where she is now. Even though the fact that she was a sustainable avant la lettre felt […]