Author: Viktoría Jensdóttir
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The Schnauzer family article 3: Grooming Can Enhance Type — But It Must Not Create It
There is one breed family I think about more than any other when I talk about presentation in the show ring, and it is the Schnauzer family. Few breeds reward a skilled groomer with so much visible improvement, and few breeds punish a lazy hand-on examination so thoroughly. A correctly trimmed and stripped Schnauzer can…
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Reason 8 of 10: Go Where Your People Are
Part of my series: Everyone Told Me to Delete TikTok. I Refused. Here Are 10 Reasons Why. For two years I was chairman of Kraftur — a foundation supporting young people and their families facing cancer. The focus is young people between 18 and 39 years old.When we looked honestly at who was actually engaging…
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Hoshin Kanri: Connecting Strategy to Action
How I used Hoshin Kanri (X-matrix) to align my team’s strategy from breakthrough objectives down to improvement project owners — and why everyone left the room energised.
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Reason 7 of 10: Nobody Warns You
Part of my series: Everyone Told Me to Delete TikTok. I Refused. Here Are 10 Reasons Why. Nobody warns you that getting older just happens. One day there’s a grey hair. Then a wrinkle. Then your muscles are sore in the morning for no particular reason. And suddenly the style that worked for you at…
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The Schnauzer Family article 2: Coat, Colour and the Genetics Behind Them: Reading the Schnauzer Through Its Jacket
People look at a Schnauzer and see a haircut. Judges and serious breeders look at a Schnauzer and see a working garment that happens to also be a haircut. The difference matters because the harsh outer coat, the dense undercoat, the banded hair pattern in pepper-and-salt and the deep pigmentation of a true black are…
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Reason 6 of 10: The Hamster Wheel Needed a Pattern Interrupt
Part of my series: Everyone Told Me to Delete TikTok. I Refused. Here Are 10 Reasons Why. Here is something nobody tells you about moving into senior leadership. At some point you have to stop being the best executor in the room. Not because execution doesn’t matter — it does — but because if you…
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How to Facilitate a Strategy Workshop: A Step-by-Step Case Study
How I facilitated a full-day strategy workshop for 16 participants at Össur — the exact 8-step format, SWOT snowball exercise, and dot-voting method that produced genuine alignment and clear ownership.
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The Schnauzer Family article 1: One German Idea, Three Sizes
When most people meet a Schnauzer, they meet only one third of the breed. They meet the Miniature in a city park, or they meet a Giant in a working harness, and they assume the other sizes are scaled copies of the dog in front of them. They are not. The Schnauzer family is one…
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Reason 5 of 10: The Sausage Dog Who Brought Me Back
Part of my series: Everyone Told Me to Delete TikTok. I Refused. Here Are 10 Reasons Why. Here is a fun fact about me that nobody ever guesses — I am a dog judge. I use it in those “two truths and a lie” moments at work because people never see it coming. But dogs…
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