Category: Leadership & Transformation
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6-Minute Writing: A Path to Clarity and Self-Reflection
Dr. Pennebaker’s research shows that six minutes of daily, unfiltered writing can reduce stress and improve mental health. Here’s how to start — and why you don’t need to keep what you write.
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Reason 10 of 10: Joy. Connection. And What Comes Next.
Part of my series: Everyone Told Me to Delete TikTok. I Refused. Here Are 10 Reasons Why. This one is personal. When your kids are young, connection is easy. You are their whole world. But as they get older — especially with teenage boys — you have to work a little harder to find the…
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Ice Breakers That Actually Work — Ideas for Facilitators
My favourite ice breaker techniques for workshops — from classic two truths and a lie, to Spotify playlists, to an AI avatar game I invented that brought the house down.
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Reason 9 of 10: Sometimes They Need to Hear it From Someone Else
Part of my series: Everyone Told Me to Delete TikTok. I Refused. Here Are 10 Reasons Why. My son recently started at high school, one that is known for being quite tough academically. The step up was real. And the way he had been studying simply wasn’t going to cut it anymore. So I did…
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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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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.
Viktoría Jens 