The Limits of “Peak Performance” and the Benefits of “Authentic, Spontaneous Imperfection”
The Industrial Revolution with its metaphor of the machine as guiding principle (“Leitbild”) for human production and organisation brought upon us the idea of “peak performance.” Within this worldview sits the assumption that the universe follows mechanical, repeatable laws (Newton’s “Mechanical Universe”). Therefore, productive...
Managing on the Edge – 13 Tips for Entrepreneurs
Ask any practicing entrepreneur how it is going and chances are, if you catch them in an honest moment, you will either get a really excited or really concerned and stressed answer. Such is the life of the entrepreneur, because entrepreneurship by definition happens on the edge between creation and destruction. Entrepreneurial activity thus inherently carries a lot of: – uncertainty...Breakfast Interview: On Holism and Beautiful Business
I was approached two weeks ago by my dear friend Ana Seferovic with the request to interview me on the topic of sustainable, holistic business for the Serbian online magazine Breakfast. Ana supplied me with a set of beautiful questions and allowed me to muse freely in my responses. The result of this exchange (in its original English as well as translated into Serbian by Ana) can now be...