It’s Monday morning, and I’m heading to Belgium for a meeting for an hour. What a way to start the week, an intensive business discussion in German. Every Monday, 9 am. After lunch, I cross the French-German border and meet Sebastian for an hour. Then, after a quick cup of tea, I cross the Atlantic and meet Ismar in…
By now, most people will have heard of ChatGBT and what it can do. And here is the first mistake. It is still only computer software acting on the instructions of a human. That it will develop further is a given. Let us not kid ourselves with that. There are many reports about worried teachers…
It’s always exciting when two community members meet each other for the first time. Last week it was Babette in Germany and Rosii in Sao Paolo. Each of them got the same ice-breaker questions. There came a point when I asked whether I should leave the two ladies alone in their conversation, but they did allow me to stay…
This newsletter is two weeks late. And there are two reasons for that. Being away in England for the New Year, while not a holiday, did provide a long-needed change of scenery. Martin in Kassel phrased it wonderfully, “You are out of training in taking holidays”. He is so right, and it’s on my New Year’s Resolution…
This week was about synergies. We start with Maxime. Last week, I wrote that he discusses engineering topics with Manfred and Martin in Kassel. They exchange messages in a private group, Brida Engineers. Of course, they do this in English. This is a win-win situation. This week, we took the practising in English process a…