The story behind my first book “We Are All Made From Stars”
A lot of people have asked how this book came to be. So I figured I’d tell you the story behind it.
To whom it may inspire
Lessons, thoughts and contemplations about creative leadership and living an inspired life.
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What I read in 2025
It’s been a rather slow (read: not many books) reading year. However, my 2025 list includes some amazing books for adults and kids.
My personal 2025 recap
What a year it’s been! Traveling between Princeton, Dublin and Montreal (more on that below) while getting to work on some of the most rewarding projects of my career so far has been a whirlwind.
Jony, Sam, Steve, and Dieter – On missing nuance and critical thinking around design, AI, and the world we want to leave behind
Now that the news cycle has had time to push the “next big thing” through our eyeballs into our brains, let’s talk about what was missing from the OpenAI deal and what it means for design and business
Poets & Thinker Ep 2 – AI Policy-Making in Service of Humanity: From Davos and Washington DC to Riyadh with Manail Anis Ahmed
What if our approach to AI and technology development is overlooking the most fundamental human value – dignity? In this episode we explore this question and how to approach global AI governance.
My podcast “Poets & Thinker” explores the humanistic future of business leadership
The world is in recalibration mode. To harness the power of AI for good and mitigate the unintended human consequences of the big reshuffle, we need to look beyond traditional leadership playbooks.
Is the Chief Design Officer dead? (No.) The Great Creative Awakening: On Business leadership in the AI era.
In the next 10-15 years, companies will look and function very differently than today. The Creative Leader emerges as the most crucial role in these companies of the future, let’s explore why and how.
What I read in 2024
It’s been a transformative year, and reading has as always been a source of recharge and inspiration. My 2024 list includes some great books for adults and kids.
Free Agent – On a personal note
Looking ahead into 2025, it‘s shaping up to be a year of exciting and meaningful collaborations around the topics I’m most passionate about. Here’s to new endeavors!
Short design thinking, long creative leadership.
As the world is in turmoil, we also find the profound opportunity to rethink the way we lead into the future.
Make to Think
As “Design Thinking(TM)” has become a caricature of itself, I reflect on how design and creative leadership can drive honest and true organizational transformation.
What I read in 2023
Over the last years I’ve shared a list of the books I read that year. This year I decided to write a few sentences about each book in addition to my personal star rating.
Poetry and Business
On how the art of poetry can teach us to lead with more integrity, build better products and grow more valuable businesses
Authentically Human
On generative AI and the yearning for soulful products and genuine human connection
The Disease of Quantifiability
On how leaders can revive the soul of business for the greater good of humanity
A beginning – To whom it may inspire
Somewhere between “time to write” and “yet another newsletter, really?!” lies “if it inspires one person, it’s worth it”. So here’s to that!