Recent posts on Productivity

Continuous Flow: Saves Lives and Cake

April 15, 2013

Once piece flow - dishes stacing

A fascinating application of continuous flow: A busy town center without traffic lights. Why does it work? Just seeing the traffic light situation there makes me feel uncomfortable. The video below shows this busy square dominated by cars – and the surprising solution of reducing the amount of lanes and removal of all traffic lights. … Continue reading Continuous Flow: Saves Lives and Cake →

I’ve Been Doing it Wrong my Entire Life!

May 22, 2012

There are these little things one learns sometimes, that will affect every day from then on. Little, but powerful. And I think I just came across one of those bits of information: The one piece flow. Before I write a bit about it, check snappy introduction by Eric Ries. It’s in the middle of a … Continue reading I’ve Been Doing it Wrong my Entire Life! →

The Image is in Your Pencil

July 14, 2011

How to get an idea? Start on paper...

Ship Your Art!

November 29, 2010

How many artworks did you not "ship" because it was just not perfect? I hear this often. Many artists never finish bigger works, because there is always mistakes and room for tweaking. Of course there are differences.....

Teaching and Managing – it’s not about the data, stupid!

June 30, 2010

The other day if found via the interesting “Seth’s blog” this talk by Eric Mazur about how a teacher found out he sucked at teaching – and how he approached the problem. See below for download links. I find this very inspiring on so many levels. First of all about how he approaches the issue. … Continue reading Teaching and Managing – it’s not about the data, stupid! →