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Recently, I talked to a senior level healthcare employee in the U.S. who really wanted to get her COVID vaccine shot. But when her employer told staff they would lose their jobs if they didn’t get vaccinated, she and her co-workers got angry. Some even quit. Now, said employee has a very negative attitude towards […]

Have you ever gardened? Then you’ve seen that seeds don’t turn into full-fledged plants overnight. They need time to grow and blossom. The same principle applies to your business. To improve your working capital, you should give your employees time — but only when the time is right. What does that mean? Going the extra

Office doors across the globe have opened, and life is slowly going back to normal. But the definition of ‘normal’ has changed. For example, remote working will be integrated into our post-pandemic world — more and more companies have implemented hybrid working. Although that’s mostly a good thing, the term ‘remote’ is potentially problematic. You

Texas Digital recently attended Club Kongress 2021, an event that was perfectly organized by Udo Schüring. At the congress, which was all about customer contact, we also organized a session in which we explained our philosophy of self-management. A crucial takeaway from the congress: to ensure customers are happy and send invoices that make you

Most organizations aim to grow. But at some point, they might feel they’ve hit the proverbial glass ceiling. “We’re at the top of our game,” they say. “There is no way we can improve any further.” Think you’ve reached that point? We challenge you to think again. There is no such thing as peaking. Glass

When I walked my dogs the other day, I saw the neighbors toss their trash bags into the garbage bin. My first thought: ‘All waste has a history.’ What used to be in those torn cardboard boxes and crumpled packaging that end up in the garbage heap, discarded and forgotten by mankind? Something interesting. Waste

During the pandemic, we’ve had to redefine and recalibrate many things. For example, sun-loving Dutch tourists who used to travel to Spanish and Italian beaches now decided to stay closer to home: many opted for the beautiful beach in Ameland, a West Frisian Island off the Dutch coast. The local hotels, bed and breakfasts, and

Now that people increasingly work remotely, self-management in the workplace is more important than ever. Employees operate from their home offices these days, which means they have to make independent decisions. They can only do that if you provide them with just the right amount of information — not an overload of data, but spot-on,

Have you ever tried to knock the skin off a rice pudding? Here’s a piece of advice: don’t. It’s a bad idea. So bad, in fact, that it has seeped into our language. When we say someone couldn’t knock the skin off a rice pudding, we mean they’re ineffectual or weak. What is the best

In the Netherlands, traffic lights are not always strategically placed. When the sun shines from a certain angle, it’s impossible to see the red light turn green. So, you’ll have to make gut decisions — which isn’t advisable in traffic. In countries like the U.S. and Germany, traffic lights usually hang across from an intersection,