We humanize your work
Discover your Strengths
Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? Chances are, you don’t. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to…
Without struggle there is no progress
We live in a world of accelerating change, where the future is less and less an extrapolation of…
Why learning beats knowing in the new game of work
Is it possible to be at your best even when you are underqualified or doing something for the first time? Is it still possible, even after decades of experience, to…
Perfectly fair equity splits for bootstrapped start ups
Entrepreneurs and early-stage company participants get taken advantage of so frequently that we hardly notice. Bad equity deals are the rule, not the the exception. The Slicing Pie…
How to get the best out of your employees as a company
Do you remember when you were in high school? There were undoubtedly one or two subjects where you excelled and one or two where, say, you were not the best student. Now ask…
A guide in human consciousness
The way we manage organizations seems increasingly out of date. Survey after survey shows that a majority of employees feel…
Start a revolution not a business
Don’t waste your time on bullshit business plans. Forget sales. Put everything on the line for…
Embedding your core values
Speed is a game changer and being able to move at high velocity is essential. In this ever-changing workplace, company culture is more…
How passion in your work and life can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary
Mark Sanborn met his postman, Fred, just after he moved to Denver. Fred knocked on his door, introduced himself and welcomed him to the…
Or how take on the world and win
Whatever your ambitions, ideas and challenges, this book will revolutionize the way you live, think and work; today and tomorrow. Pirates didn’t just break the rules, they…
Shattering the stuffy hierarchy
Driving human initiative and offering everybody the opportunity to contribute on a day-to-day basis. Removing bureaucracy and…
Fundamental needs
Humanizing Work is about continuously improving the conditions we work in and…
The next step towards our everyone organization
Once upon a time there was a group of Rookie Minds… and one day they started building a new kind of organization. Why? To break with the bureaucratic hierarchy and make people…
Our search for the ultimate statement
What is the purpose of our organization? That is a question we have asked ourselves countless times. An important…
Driving human initiative to outrun change
We live in a world where the future is less and less an extrapolation of the past. Change has become…
A constantly changing world requires a different mindset
Thriving in an age where change has become the new standard. It is the challenge we all face, no one excepted. And it demands a lot. To look beyond the horizon, to seek…
Our dream of a different way of organizing
It has been five years since we launched The Rookie Minds. And like Martin Luther King, we too started with a dream. Unlike King, this dream was not about the ideal we want to achieve…
What we can all learn from the Rookie Mindset
The election battle erupted extra hard this week. On every talk show, a leader of a political party sat down to showcase his or her views. After more than a…
The effect of autonomy and the use of common sense
Who can still remember OHRA’s famous commercial about the …
A process of permanent mediation
Having a good discussion about the expectations of a collaboration before concluding a contract, appears to lead…
Why leave days are crooked
A friend moved twice last year: once to temporary housing and a few months later to her current home. In doing so, she crushed the average in…
The role of HR anno 2022
Who doesn’t know him: our winged friend Calimero. Life is quite a challenge for the little bird. “I’m short and they’re big!” he often…
The power of empathizing and listen more deeply
11:59 p.m. the next day. That’s how much time it takes Parkmobile to automatically stop your parking because they suspect that you left the app on…