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A running notebook of short reflections, links, and longer essays about engineering leadership, product, and work culture. Some posts are imported from LinkedIn, and kept here as a personal archive.

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Posts

168

Last updated

Dec 25, 2025

First post

Apr 17, 2012

Topics

7
Jun 7, 2023

It was a delight to talk with Elliot from Engin...

It was a delight to talk with Elliot from Enginears a bit about how we organize ourselves at SumUp - and even more doing it side by side with Jan!As we mention in the podcast, cross-tribal …

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May 28, 2023

I've written a small article on a topic I usual...

I’ve written a small article on a topic I usually recommend getting deeper into to improve professionally - with the nice side effect of being usable in our daily life too.Funnily enough, …

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May 28, 2023

Developing our empathy to be better colleagues and leaders

Developing our empathy to be better colleagues and leaders Created on 2023-05-28 12:47 Published on 2023-05-28 14:12 I often get asked what skills are most useful to develop to be a successful …

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May 4, 2023

I met Zahra during the React meetup we hosted i...

I met Zahra during the React meetup we hosted in SumUp Copenhagen. I really enjoyed the chat with her, and her background - and I’m sure that she can be a great teammate for a danish tech team …

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Apr 29, 2023

I'm a big fan of Ted Lasso.Not only the Apple T...

I’m a big fan of Ted Lasso. Not only the Apple TV+ comedy series about an American football coach who becomes the manager of a struggling English soccer team - but also Ted Lasso as a fictional …

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Apr 14, 2023

It was really nice to host the meetup in our of...

It was really nice to host the meetup in our office in Copenhagen 🇩🇰. Great talks, both the organized ones and the informal.Meetups are great for networking, learning how others are tackling similar …

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Mar 27, 2023

Interactions like this really make my day to da...

Interactions like this really make my day to day meaningful :-)Having the chance to work in a product that helps people run their business (or their good cause initiatives as this case) it’s a …

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Mar 24, 2023

Or if you were luckier... be the leader that yo...

Or if you were luckier… be the leader that you had - and would like others to have too :-)1. Reflect on your experience"2. Keep the good parts"3. Ditch the bad ones"4. Make the …

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Mar 22, 2023

While one could think "why celebrate if we're e...

While one could think “why celebrate if we’re equal”… that’s not fully true. Glass ceilings, lack of diversity, career truncation after maternity… Personally, …

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Mar 21, 2023

What a journey: rebuilding a technology product...

What a journey: rebuilding a technology product while delivering incremental business value is an amazing feeling.Instead of doing “the same thing” (but better, don’t we always think …

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