— Notizen
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Thoughts on processes, automation, AI, and what happens between code, people, and ROI. Written for mid-market leaders who want more than technology as a consumable.
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2026
- Character Is a Risk, and We Insured It Away
- Buy the Books You Will Never Read
- Spider-Man in the Cockpit: When Success Is Only Administered
- It Has Never Been This Cheap to Be Wrong
- The Disappointment Was Priced In
- The Sun Is a Blank Page, and Plato Was Still Right
- Why Every Place Looks the Same, and Why That's Not a Design Failure
- The Smartest Guys in the Room: why the smartest guys are always the last to notice
- “The World Has Changed” Is Not a Diagnosis. It's a Negotiating Move.
- Technology Doesn't Repeat. Our Narratives Do.
- What a Token Really Costs, and Why the Value Number Misleads
- Germany Loses to Paraguay. Our Brain Wins a Story.
- Why We Tell Ourselves Stories: What Managers, AI and the Human Mind Have in Common
- I sat down to build an app — and accidentally made a game
- Explaining Is Easy, Predicting Is Hard: I Back-Tested the Famous Economic Links
- The Sense of Beauty — Beauty Is Pleasure Objectified (and Your Feed Knows It)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray — and Whether a Book Can Be Immoral
- Statistical Deception — Predicting Lottery Numbers with AI
- When Things Go Too Well — Thoughts on Morgan Housel’s Psychology of Money
- Over Budget, Behind Schedule, Off Target: Why Software Projects Fail
- Why AI Isn't Interesting Yet — The Bill Hasn't Landed
- 1984 by George Orwell — What the Classic Says About Technology Today
- Tool, Not Miracle: How SMEs Use AI as an Amplifier — and Where to Leave It Alone
- Fear Is Not a Probability: Better Decisions Under Uncertainty
- The Algorithm by Jon McNeill — Tesla’s Hypergrowth Formula, Translated for Smaller Companies
- The Switch-Off: Why Europe Has to Stop Renting Its Intelligence
- Hybris by Krause & Trappe — How Ancient DNA Rewrites the Story of Origins and Hubris
- GEO & AI SEO: How to Get Found in ChatGPT, Perplexity & Google AI (2026)
- AI Tools for Business: 25 Tools That Make Your Team Instantly More Productive
- Dark Patterns vs. Ethical Design: What Every Developer Must Know
- Situational Leadership: The Right Leadership Style for Every Situation
- Burnout Prevention: Recognizing Warning Signs and Taking Action in Tech
- Setting Priorities: Frameworks for Tech Leaders Who Can't Do Everything
- Making Decisions: Frameworks and Techniques for Tech Leaders
- Decision Fatigue: Why Your Decisions Get Worse in the Evening
- Cognitive Biases in Project Management: The Invisible Project Killers
- Stakeholder Management: How to Navigate Complex Interests as a Tech Leader
- Reverse Mentoring: When Juniors Coach the Seniors
- Unconscious Bias: How Hidden Prejudices Affect Your Team
- Error Culture: How Teams Learn from Mistakes Instead of Hiding Them
2025
- Conflict Management in Teams: Productive Friction Instead of Destructive Fights
- Conflict Management: How to Resolve Conflicts in Tech Teams Constructively
- Constructive Criticism: How to Give Feedback That Lands and Works
- Giving Feedback: The Art of Constructive Feedback in Tech Teams
- Active Listening: The Underrated Superpower for Tech Leaders
- From Developer to Tech Lead: The Complete Career Guide
- Asynchronous Communication: The Key to Productive Remote Teams
- Mob Programming: When the Whole Team Codes Together
- Flow State for Developers: Getting Into the Productivity Tunnel
- Deep Work: How to Find True Focus in a World Full of Distractions
- Why Technical Excellence Alone Doesn't Create Wealth
- Sales Gamification: Why Your CRM Reports Activity but Doesn't Change Behavior
- Pricing Psychology for SaaS: Why Customers Pay What They Pay
- Jobs to Be Done: The Job Explains Nothing. The Switch Does.
- Technical Deep Dive: How CRM Outreach Campaigns Works Under the Hood
- Odoo CRM: Multiple Sender Addresses with Different SMTP Servers
- Cold Email Templates for Odoo CRM: Best Practices, Examples & Placeholders
- Do Not Contact & GDPR Compliance for Cold Email in Odoo CRM
- Agency Outreach with Odoo CRM: How Small Teams Run Structured Client Acquisition
- AI Governance Framework for SMBs: Transparency, Auditability, and Data Sovereignty
- Leading Human-Agent Teams: Leadership in the Era of AI Colleagues
- Multi-Agent Systems for SMBs: When AI Agents Collaborate
- AI PCs for Enterprises: Local AI Power at the Workplace
- SEO for Tech Blogs: Finding Keywords Without Expensive Tools
- Technical SEO Checklist for Developers (2026)
- Digital Sovereignty for Enterprises: Cloud, AI, and Data Control in Europe
- Post-Quantum Cryptography: When Must Enterprises Act?
- Zero Trust Security: The New Gold Standard for IT Security
- Build vs. Buy: The Decision Framework for Tech Teams
- Conway's Law: Why Your Architecture Mirrors Your Org Chart
- Writing with AI: Thinking, Authorship, and Responsibility in the Digital Age
- Time of the Magicians by Wolfram Eilenberger — Four Thinkers, One Decade, and the Limits of Language
- Claude Cowork: When AI Programs Itself – Revolution or Hype?
- App Translation Case Study: How Localization Grew My Indie App's Market by 200%
- Digital Maturity Model: How to Assess Your Organization's Readiness
- Digital Wellbeing: How to Develop a Healthy Relationship with Technology
- Choice Architecture: How to Design Decisions That Help People
- Emotional Design: Why Feelings Determine Your Product's Success
- SMART Goals: Method, Criticism, and Better Alternatives
- Fostering Intrinsic Motivation: The Science Behind High-Performing Teams
- Intrinsic Motivation: Why Money Alone Won't Drive Your Team
- Developing Emotional Intelligence: The Guide for Tech Leaders
- Overcoming Impostor Syndrome: The Complete Guide for Tech Professionals
- Return-to-Office vs. Hybrid Work: A Leadership Guide for 2026
- Servant Leadership: Leading by Serving – The Guide for Tech Leaders
- Psychological Safety: Why Google's Most Important Discovery Can Transform Your Team
- Odoo CRM Outreach vs. Lemlist, Woodpecker & Apollo: An Honest Comparison
- Odoo Community vs. Enterprise for Outbound Sales: What You Actually Get
- On the Genealogy of Morals by Nietzsche — Where Our “Self-Evident” Values Come From
- Odoo CRM Outreach: Email Sequences, Follow-ups & Campaign Tracking
- Why Odoo Community CRM Doesn't Pre-Fill Email Recipients (And How to Fix It)
- How to Set Up Cold Email Outreach in Odoo 18 Without Enterprise
- Cold Email & Outreach Directly in Odoo CRM - The Complete Guide
- NIS2 Compliance Guide: What Tech Teams Need to Do Now
- Make.com vs Zapier vs n8n: The Ultimate Comparison (2026)
- n8n Automation: Complete Guide with 10 Practical Workflows
- Make vs. Buy: Custom Development or Standard Software?
- How to Save €100k+ Per Year with Automation [With Calculator]
- Process Optimization Through Automation: Analyze & Reduce Costs
- Best Practices for Process Automation: The Complete Guide
- Process Optimization and Automation: The Complete Handbook
- Process Automation: Best Practices for Choosing the Right Processes
- AI Agents in Enterprise: From Chatbots to Autonomous Systems
- Human-Centered AI: Introducing AI That People Actually Want to Use
- Human-Centered AI: Why People Are at the Heart of Successful AI Projects
- AI Implementation for SMEs: Practical Guide with Real Use Cases (2026)
- The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse — The Most Beautiful Warning About the Ivory Tower
- Why 70% of AI Projects Fail – And How to Do Better
- AI Readiness Check: Is Your Business Ready for AI? [Free Test]
- AI Readiness Check: Is Your Organization Ready for AI?
- AI Strategy for SMEs: From Vision to Implementation
- Brave New World — and the Unease That Mustapha Mond Is Right