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The Benefits of Repairing Things: Good for the Planet and Your Mind
There are many benefits of repairing things: It boosts creativity, develops practical skills, saves money, and helps the environment.
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Why Military Planning Should Be Guided by the Worst Case and Not Politics
No amount of cyber capabilities and commercial drones will stop enemy hard power. Consider this in your military planning.
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Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst: How to Make Decisions in Uncertain Times
In a fast-changing world, optimism isn’t enough. Plan for the worst while staying hopeful—true for budgeting, crisis, and resilience.
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How Focus Fridays Work in Startups: Our Leadership Rhythm Fix
Focus Fridays transformed how we work. We changed our leadership rhythm to reduce chaos, boost output, and protect deep work time.
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Business Is Easy: Revenues Up, Costs Down. How to Run a Profitable Business
Want to run a profitable business? Focus on sales, customers, and product—and cut admin, re-tooling, and politics.
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Ever Tried to Accelerate a Software Project by Adding More Resources? It’s Difficult
Whilst building an internal team of developers is certainly not a fast activity, a proper team might churn out productive code way faster than a collection of agency developers.
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What Kennedy’s Quotes Teach Entrepreneurs About Choice and Hardship
Kennedy’s famous quotes offer timeless lessons for entrepreneurs — from choosing hard paths to putting the team first. Here’s how they apply to startups.
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Tracking Changing ISO 9001/27001 Norms Is Easy with the Right Tools
The price you pay to track your norms effectively is a one-off effort when setting up your ISO 9001 27001 tools.
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To Fully Appreciate Success, Remember the Times of Doubt and Hardship
Real success takes time, doubt, and grit. Here is how we learned to fully appreciate success in a deal that took years to close.
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Life Is a Negotiation — Not an Enforcement
Business, government, or neighbors — life is all about give and take. Real negotiation isn’t about rules, but mutual benefit.
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Lonely Leadership Decisions: A Story from an Airline Captain
From pilots to CEOs, tough calls come with the role. Most of those leadership decisions are taken in loneliness.
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How to Kill Innovation: The Talk That Stops Progress
Legal hurdles, slow procurement, endless discussions: Real-life experience with some common blockers that kill innovation.
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How Crisis Management Training Can Prepare You for the Worst
Crisis management training builds resilience before disaster strikes. Military methods can prepare teams for real-world emergencies.
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Why Documentation Must Be User-Centric, Not Just Compliant
Most documentation still serves the company or authority. User-centric documentation improves clarity, compliance, and adoption.
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Global Business Challenges for SMEs: Real-Life Examples
“Doing business in the region” sounds glorious. Until it isn’t.
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Why Endless Discussions Kill Progress: Start Small, Act Fast
Too many projects die in endless discussions. Some hard-earned lessons on why doing things twice is better than doing nothing at all.
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Digital Documentation Has Many More Benefits than Just Taking Weight out of Documents
What trends do we see in digital documentation software? Here are some answers to questions I am often asked by consultants and investors.
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Why SaaS Startups Should Avoid Enterprise Editions
Save costs by using community editions before upgrading. Real-world examples show how to avoid enterprise editions – at least for now.
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How To Set Up A Fully Digital ISO 9001 and 27001 Documentation
See how we passed ISO 9001 and 27001 audits with no findings—using fully digital documentation and our own product to manage QMS and ISMS.
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Does a Small Wind Turbine on Your Home Increase Self-Sufficiency?
Thinking about installing a wind turbine at home? Learn whether small wind turbines or an investment in a larger wind park make more sense.
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Want to Cut Your Electricity Bill? Downsize Your Electric Car
Irrespective if you produce your own solar energy or buy electricity from your local utility, the single best way to save electricity is to reduce the size of your car.
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Cash Is King. What’s True for Business Is Also True for Your Private Household
How to use an entrepreneur’s cash flow plan template for your private household
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What’s the Best Tool to Document ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 Certification?
Before you start documenting your QMS and ISMS, spare some time to think about the best tool to do so. Just as there isn’t a single best way to run a company, there isn’t a single best way to document your QMS and ISMS.
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My Vertical Solar Panels Increased Self-Sufficiency by 4 Percentage Points in November-January
Vertical panels are not just for mountain cabins, they work on all residential buildings. And yes, also in the darkest months of the year.
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Leadership Lessons from Mountaineering in a Changing World
In times of rapid change, here are some leadership lessons from mountaineering that include teamwork, attitude, and flexibility.
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The 3 Key Challenges Of Building A SaaS Company
Selling, building, and growing your product are the 3 core challenges of building a SaaS company. 3 must-read books that capture each one.
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Folders or Tags? Folders Are a Relict from the Paper Days
Folders or tags? Folders are outdated. Learn how tags offer a smarter, flexible way to organize and retrieve digital information.
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Distributing Power Generation Solves Two Problems at One Go
Increase the use of renewables, decrease grid dependency
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How to Make Your Home Resilient for Uncertain Times
Make your home resilient for black swan events involving energy, food, water, internet, and cash shortages. Preparedness beats prediction.
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How to Save Water, and With It Tons of Energy and Money
Start with simple and effective measures. You will be surprised about the benefits.
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Configure Starlink as Fallback WAN on Unifi UDM Pro
It’s simpler than you might think. This step-by-step guide replaces watching creepy Youtube videos and going through Reddit posts
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How to Improve Your Solar Self-Sufficiency with Vertical Panels
Discover how vertical solar panels can improve winter performance and raise annual self-sufficiency from 70% to 80%.
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I Ordered Starlink as a Satellite Internet Backup. Why Do I Bother?
In a crisis, information is vital. Here’s why I added Starlink as a redundant satellite internet backup—to stay online during blackouts.
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5 Productivity Tools to Avoid as an Entrepreneur
Sticking with simpler, proven solutions than those 5 productivity tools to avoid saves your business in the long run.
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How to Build an Intelligent Car Charging Logic with Loxone
Optimize your electric vehicle charging using solar energy and a car charging logic with Loxone. Save costs and boost self-sufficiency.
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Switzerland’s USP Has a Name: Its Active Reserve System
The active reserve system brings together people from different walks of life, with different expertise and experience
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The Fat Years Are Over, and That’s Good News
Climate change, war, and energy crises signal that the fat years are over. But that’s not bad news—it’s a chance to refocus on what matters.
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Why and How to Save Electricity in Summer Rather than in Winter
It doesn’t follow intuition, but it’s better than bunkering candles and talking about nuclear power stations
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5 Military Lessons That Make You a Better Entrepreneur
Discover how military training prepares you to lead a startup. Five military lessons for problem-solving, planning, and resilience.
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Lessons from Aviation to Lead the World into the Future
Error culture and decision-making offer powerful lessons from aviation for entrepreneurs facing high-stakes decisions under pressure.
