Articles from Flavian Hautbois

February 27, 2017Flavian Hautbois5 min read

There’s something I want you to learn. I can’t tell you what it is right now. You’ll have to trust me blindly and follow the instructions closely. Part 1 — Be a challenger We’re going to look at some buggy python code. Don’t leave just yet if you have never written python before! You will find…

February 06, 2017Flavian Hautbois5 min read

How a Spanish Coffee Chain started to go Lean This article wants to be a friendly and concrete introduction to Lean. If you have only heard of the concept, I hope you get a clearer view of what Lean is. If you’re an expert, I hope it provides you with additional facts for you to spread the word…

November 30, 2016Flavian Hautbois2 min read

Startups need to experiment and safely fail, and fail a lot Three years ago, I embarked on a startup adventure along with three friends of mine. We had everything: a revolutionary idea, feel-good buzzwords (“Cloud! Big Data! Internet of Things!”), and more than two hundred thousand euros of public…

November 29, 2016Flavian Hautbois1 min read

A simple experiment to improve your sleep without gadgets Let’s get something straight. Not sleeping enough or well enough is bad for you and for others. It makes you fat, makes you angry, makes you sick. In his book Sleep Thieves, the neuropsychologist Stanley Coren provides evidence that missing…

November 29, 2016Flavian Hautbois1 min read

Or, how I got started with todo lists after failing again and again Where is your whale in your life? Do you feel overwhelmed in your personal life or at work? This is it. Sometimes your whale gets lighter; this is when you go on holidays, this is on Friday night before a good week-end. But most of…

November 29, 2016Flavian Hautbois2 min read

I find the joy of the ‘doing’ increases. Creativity increases. Intuition increases. The pleasure of life grows. And negativity recedes. David Lynch Hello there! Are you a creative person? Yes? No? Actually, the question is misleading, because creativity is not a personality trait, it’s a skill. It…