Wherein I mull over the question "Did you use any AI while writing your book?" and how it relates to our own thriving for creative output, enjoying the process and progress of writing, and why we worked on a book for four and a half years.
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Gotta be honest, I've been waiting for this ever since I saw the movie for the first time (seen many times since). A real shame, Mira's isn't named "Spice Queen"
Beetroot is the most underrated vegetable. Followed by aubergine (I refuse to call it eggplant). Maybe Brussels sprouts should be on that list too.
"Genuinely the most German thing I've ever seen." Hard agree with John Oliver here. Bernd is me and I am Bernd.
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Came back to a few overly large zukes too, which have been thriving this year.
Proper tomato harvest today, Black Russian and Cœur de bœuf. Last couple of hot days have done magic in the greenhouse. Going to be a feast.
Just the Riesling will do, thank you very much.
When in doubt, go for the Riesling.
Excerpts from a little solo wine trip through Germany (Unstrut, Lower Franconia, Black Forest, Mosel, Saale) and Alsace that I was on over the past nine days.
Also pretty cool that the book is now featured oh so prominently on the business books table, seems to be doing well 😍
Whenever I'm at Dussmann I like to sneak signed bookmarks and stickers into the copies of our book @intentionalorganization.com, hoping it brightens someone's day when they pick up a copy 😃
Lushest of greens in the greenhouse right now. Tomatoes and some aubergines on the left, chilis on the right. Basil sprinkled all over:
Harvest season continues. Zucchinis are growing well this year (though some of the blossoms have also fallen prey to the weeks of rain), tomatoes are ripening nicely, albeit taking on too much water:
First season (this is our fifth season growing veg overall) that we've been successful growing cauliflower. Going straight to the oven for dinner tonight!
Wrote a lil' something about how meetings take on a life of their own in many organisations, whether they're useful/productive or not, and what can be done to fix it. Founders and executives take note!
Had a splendid time in London last week at @leaddev.com's LDX3 event. @saralouhicks.com and I got to give a joint talk in front of 900 people. We had a stockpile of books to get into people's hands and sign them. And we visited and appreciate our book on shelf at Dussmann in Berlin!
Sunset view of the Spree from Oberbaumbrücke in Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
There are some upsides to walking home on a warm summer evening in Berlin.
So sorry that happened. I got the same on a test order today. I reordered on Amazon DE from Amazon US. I hope that gets Amazon to rebalance stocks. Unfortunately they do their own internal fulfillment rather than order from our distributor.
Work on your handoffs! Here’s a post from @mathiasmeyer.co and @saralouhicks.com about batons and intentional communication. Teams who communicate well, collaborate well! leaddev.com/communicatio...
What I'm really wondering after watching Thunderbolts the first time around is: what is happening to that guinea pig? Is it their new (in)official mascot? Is it joining the team? Maybe the second viewing today will reveal more?
Obligatory book selfie at Dussmann's Kulturkaufhaus, my favourite English book store in Berlin, where our book is now in stock! 😍
The book, “The Intentional Organization,” is sitting on top of an altar surrounded by spiritual objects with smoke from an incense visible in the air.
A dear friend received our book yesterday and shared this photo and message: “I prayed that many readers of your book may benefit from the wisdom of both authors.” 🥹❤️🙏
Also, my inspo for getting the book bound this way. Thank you Little Women!
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Front cover of a pleather-bound, limited-run version of the book "The Intentional Organization" by Sara Hicks & Mathias Meyer.
Back cover of a pleather-bound, limited-run version of the book "The Intentional Organization" by Sara Hicks & Mathias Meyer
Spine of a pleather-bound, limited-run version of the book "The Intentional Organization" by Sara Hicks & Mathias Meyer
We love books so much, we made a super-limited run of pleather hand-bound books I had made at a local bookbinding shop. All done by hand. Custom stamp for the embossed gold printing. It's beautiful and feels so buttery soft.
Pink book cover with stark-contrast sun/shadow stripes diagonally across it The Intentional Organization A Leadership and Management Guide Sara Hicks Mathias Meyer
@mathiasmeyer.co herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🎉
Yessss, thank you! Such fast delivery, too, and through a small book store, no less!
How far are we from the 100x CEO? Or are we already there?
Oh it's just me surrounded by rye whiskey barrels at the Stork Club Distillery just outside of Berlin. Checking up on the merchandise, so to speak
My favourite part of the whole writing process? When everything was simply Markdown files we kept on GitHub.
We share the experience that a) Google Docs doesn't handle large documents very well and that b) publishing love, love, loves Word. We deeply loathed the process of sending back and forth Word documents and trying to keep track of them. Same for Acrobat. Tracking changes in there is so awful.
Having just finished a book and enjoying the process of writing and creating something from an empty cursor, this part of the article deeply resonates.
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