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time series #4: EVERYTHING WAS BETTER BACK THEN.
I was not planning to write this on a bus, going from Krakow to Rzeszow in Poland. Since I have got this gift of two hours’ time, I have...

Jan Myszkowski
Mar 28, 20243 min read


time series #3: I WILL DO IT WHEN I RETIRE.
About 20 years ago, I was sitting at the Hong Kong bar in Munich with my friend. We used to do it once a week after work. I loved these...

Jan Myszkowski
Mar 20, 20242 min read


time series #2: WHO IS STEALING MY FUTURE?
When you type in “stealing the future” in the online search engine, you will get a mixture of hits such as: an east German spy story,...

Jan Myszkowski
Mar 16, 20242 min read


time series #1: I AM COMPLETELY BOOKED OUT!
I am calling the assistant of a board member and he says that she is completely booked out. Not for this week. Not for this months. For...

Jan Myszkowski
Mar 5, 20242 min read


BEHAVIOUR - MINDSET - EXPERIENCE - EXPECTATIONS
Leading is about people. Leading people is about making them do certain things. So when you lead, you want to influence the BEHAVIOUR of...

Jan Myszkowski
Feb 24, 20242 min read


DOES A GOOD LEADER WALK WITH THE TEAM?
It’s a good question, and I would answer it with YES. It makes a lot of sense to me that a leader is with the team, with the followers....

Jan Myszkowski
Feb 14, 20242 min read


WHY THERE IS ‘US’ IN THE ‘TR-US-T’?
First step When I had to connect an international community for the first time, it was kind of a test for all. For the participants as...

Jan Myszkowski
Feb 6, 20242 min read


IT’S A STATEMENT.
If one makes a statement, there is content in the lines and sometimes also in-between the lines. And so it is in business. We work in the...

Jan Myszkowski
Jan 31, 20242 min read


YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE FOR A REASON.
Change It is easier to change yourself than others. Why? Because you don’t need to be introduced to yourself by somebody else, you can...

Jan Myszkowski
Jan 23, 20242 min read


MAGIC CHANGE BUTTON
When it comes to change or transformation leaders face typically the following reactions: We don't believe that it is possible. or:...

Jan Myszkowski
Jan 19, 20241 min read


A STORM IS COMING. WHAT DO YOU DO?
My first storm When I was a child in my village in south east of Poland, the mother of my friend did not come back from the field. Then I...

Jan Myszkowski
Jan 16, 20243 min read


TIME TO MARKET MATTERS
Knowing when to start a race A good idea needs a good timing… Especially if it comes to a product category. The first electric car was...

Jan Myszkowski
Jan 9, 20242 min read


DEMAND IS NEVER A PROBLEM.
Consumer spending ... is the money spent by individuals on consumption of goods and services such as everyday needs (food, clothing),...

Jan Myszkowski
Dec 12, 20232 min read


DO WHAT YOU WANT.
No gravity, no balancing …it’s a wishful thinking. There is all kind of gravity out there or I shall say under here: a physical one, a...

Jan Myszkowski
Dec 5, 20233 min read


MISTRUST IS A TAX ON YOUR HAPPINESS.
In HOW we trust… Today I had a privilege to listen to a keynote of my colleague, Karsten about “A day in a life of a firefighter”. Apart...

Jan Myszkowski
Nov 28, 20233 min read


YOUR MIND IS A FILTER. USE IT WISELY.
We wonder We sometimes wonder why the other person doesn’t understand what we are talking about. Why she or he doesn’t get as excited as...

Jan Myszkowski
Nov 22, 20232 min read


LEADING MAKES FOLLOWING UNNECESSARY
Long time ago… … when I was a strategy consultant, I had a great assistant. Ingrid was very young and a bit nervous but she always wanted...

Jan Myszkowski
Nov 14, 20232 min read


LAST MILE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT COUNTS.
Movie Have you ever been to a movie theater? I’m sure you have. How many times have you left the movie theater just 5 minutes before the...

Jan Myszkowski
Nov 7, 20235 min read


IF YOUR CULTURE IS BASED ON CONTROL, YOU WILL HIRE ONLY PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE CONTROLLED.
Agenda Recently, I had a talk with a group of executives. We were exchanging experience and tips around the new way of working. How much...

Jan Myszkowski
Oct 31, 20233 min read


EMOTIONAL MIND AND RATIONAL FEELINGS
71% According to HBRS (April3, 2019), 71 percent of employers value emotional intelligence more than technical skills when evaluating...

Jan Myszkowski
Oct 24, 20233 min read
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