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The Last Self Improvement Book

 We are taught from a young age that in order to achieve great success we must set and achieve our goals. However in doing so, we become focused on where we are going rather than enjoying where we are right now. We sacrifice today in the hope that a better future will emerge, only to [...]


The Connect Effects (Building Strong Networks)

The Connect Effects is a straightforward book by Michael Dulworth about how to improve your networking skills, He bring the Networking Quotient (NQ) into the picture and defines it by four elements Quantity: Size matters – you never know when an important connection will lead to a positive outcome. Relationships: Networking is not a one [...]


The Equally Important “Respect for People” Principle

Lean community leaders have recently made two huge changes in how they present Lean. The first change is Lean as a management system rather than “Lean manufacturing.” Second, they are finally taking note of the long-established “Respect for People” principle. Why now? In part because there have been so few successful Lean transformations over the [...]


Kierkegaard – Ridiculous is to be busy

The people who know me knows that I have a huge passion for Søren Kierkegaard. I just found this Kierkegaard quote on my old blog: "Among all ridiculous things it seems to me that the most ridiculous is to be busy, to be a man who hastens when he eats or does his errant in [...]


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Porcupine X is a blog about management, software development, gadgets, photography, networking and the things in between.

Porcupine X is run by Jørgen Larsen - A Jack of all trades, master of none, though often better than a master of one. He is an expert in software development (methods, process, programming, usability, ...), an inspiring leader, a caring manager, a semi-professional photographer, a writer, an open networker, a handyman, a father, an old DJ and radiohost, an idealist, a creative person, easily inspired, very independent, spunky...


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