Advice to a friend. — It was a disturbing and uncomfortable teleconference earlier this week. “I feel betrayed and sad,” my academic friend said with a trembling voice. It was clear he was agitated. “I built the program and made it a success. Now they are trying to take it away from me stealthily. And…

Goodbye, corporate convenience. Hello, what exactly? — The world we live in is far from predictable. Nobody knows what the world will look like in 2122. Making predictions can seem risky, given all the uncertainty. Yet, predicting the future is an exciting and widely debated topic that raises many questions. For example, what will be the world’s…

We all possess at least one superpower that can help us when starting over. — “Would you like to participate in 15Qs for the ‘Member of the Week’ page on our Yammer platform?” I was slightly reluctant when I first received this invitation a couple of weeks ago. Who would be interested in my answers to fifteen silly questions on our company’s social networking platform? …

A lost and forgotten decade? Are you kidding! — What if we were able to implant false memories that were indistinguishable from the real thing? Everything would be different. We could go anywhere, do anything, and be anyone. Imagine the possibilities. I could become a secret agent on Mars . . . That’s the premise of Total Recall, one…

Were we spoiled? Maybe. But — sometimes — a little bit of adversity is an opportunity to make changes. — Some of my earliest and strongest memories are of sitting around the coal heater in the living room of my grandparents’ home. The stories. The discussion. The laughter. The food. The coziness. Even the antiquated boardgames. All the advantages and comforts of an analog world, without any of the distractions…

The limits of automation uncovered — Finally. My first international trip after two and a half years was scheduled for Wednesday last week. I was invited to give the keynote at the Nordic Legal Tech Day in Stockholm. I must admit I was nervous. Not for the presentation. I continued to give online talks during the…

I am heading back to the future. Here is why. — Usually, it’s fun to be a first mover. People admire you and see you as a trendsetter. But not always. My wife and I had a different experience more than ten years ago when we decided to trade in our sports car for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (EV). …

What are you going to do? — Tick tock, tick tock. I attended a wedding last week. So many happy faces. The bride and groom, family, friends, and colleagues. When you are younger and attend a wedding, you mainly think about the party. When you get older, these events get to you emotionally. And your own wedding…

Some Unexpected Words of Wisdom from a Friend — “So, what do you think?” My friend, Nathan, from NYC called me last week. He is a lawyer “who never settles for less.” The money-grabbing, ambulance-chasing type who works for a big firm with a grand-sounding name and plush Manhattan offices. He is the kind of person no one likes…