The basic dogma of KPI (Key Perfomance Indicators), the core knowledge of OE, the prayer of the Operational Excellence Manager: you cannot improve what you don’t measure. But if it was that simple, we would all become incredibly fit people as soon as we started wearing a fitness tracker, right? …
This one’s for you nerds out there. For everyone else: A “let’s play” video is a common format on YouTube, Twitch and other streaming sites where you can watch a person play a video game. It’s one of my favorite forms of entertainment. A former supervisor once asked me, how …
I’ve mentioned it before, but if you’re a new reader or just forgot because of the long, long hiatus: during the last year, I was (and still am) part of an organization that went through a period of intense pressure with a hard deadline to work towards. It’s been an …
I’m kind of a nerd about the whole “being organized” thing. I was asked this week to give a full list of my current tasks – no problem, right? However I had to admit to myself (and the asker) that I did not, in fact, have a complete overview of …
Buckle up, this one’s a long ride. I’ve mentioned before that my corner of the company is going through some exciting times with a lot of pressure, including some very hard, non negotiable deadlines coming up. I have tons of things I need to take care of, and most of …
A while ago, I was in a meeting (shocking, I know). The host of the meeting was doing a good job with facilitating – you know those meetings that just go well? It was one of those. Not spectacular, but that was not the intention anyway, we just got the …
Before my recent switch from an internal consulting role to an operational role in production recently, I didn’t really anticipate that the way I approach my work would have to change much (sweet summer child and all that). If I even thought about it at all, I figured the new …
About 100.000 people work at Bayer, give or take. I am – I think – a pretty active networker, but even if I could talk 24/7, the sheer number of people in this organization makes it impossible to connect with everyone else. However, this is a blog about believing in …
I recently reread one of the Discworld novels (okay, a couple of them, like all of the time), Sir Terry Pratchett’s “Interesting Times”. In the book, the story follows Rincewind, a character that has just one goal in life: to live in a way that provides the least excitement and …
