It’s been a decade since I was back in Holland. Time to reconnect!
Brief stop in Amsterdam for a lunch with a good friend and one of my all-time mentors. Even in our digital and AI-driven age, business is still about personal connections. Perhaps even more so now. In a world of network effects and Metcalfe’s law, you know that connectivity matters, but its timing is unpredictable. Imagine you are on a six-hour flight back home to Amsterdam. Then it turns into an adventure. After an hour of circling, the plane makes an unexpected detour, landing in Düsseldorf at midnight. Adventure? Sounds more like a nuisance. Imagine a three-hour taxi ride in the middle of the night just to get back home. How could this possibly be good news? This exact situation happened to Leen. During that long taxi ride, he shared the journey with a complete stranger. Years later, that stranger turned out to be a trusted business partner. Great to reconnect, Leen Tot ziens!