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Oh no, “Agile is Dead”! Again.

FinTech / Emotional Banking 1.0

Oh no, “Agile is Dead”! Again.

I've been trying to avoid joining the "Is Agile dead?" conversation that pops up repeatedly, as it has once again on LinkedIn in recent months. It's tempting to get caught up in this debate, but it happens so frequently. Let's be honest—whenever there's a major change or new initiative in a...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 04 Sep 2024
Open Letter to all the Frightened NeuroSpicy Leaders Still in the Closet

Open Letter to all the Frightened NeuroSpicy Leaders Still in the Closet

(Cross posted to both newsletters if you're both in Technology and HR Leadership) Can you believe it? They have a name for it all. The unfitting. The eternal hardship. The awkwardness. The uncertainty that we ever do the exact right thing or worse, the inability to do but the exact right thing....

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 14 Aug 2024
Becoming an EQ Shop to Stop the New Burnout Wave

Becoming an EQ Shop to Stop the New Burnout Wave

Isn’t life quieter when I’m not "in your ear" moaning about the lack of Agile and the lack of care about the roaring HumanDebt like I used to do THREE times a week a few months ago but barely once every few weeks nowadays? You’re welcome :) Is this blessed (semi) silence from my part caused by...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 08 Jul 2024
(Long) Stories of Life, Books and Resilience

(Long) Stories of Life, Books and Resilience

Hey y’all - long time no talk, loads happened so grab a cuppa so we have a heart-to-heart - (if you subscribe to both newsletters you'll see this in two copies, apologies, but I assure you that it will be back to different (and hopefully less personal and dramatic!) content next week. Let me...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 03 Jun 2024

Good Behaviours and Components of Psychological Safety Explained

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 10 May 2024
Police Brutality Causes International Social Activist and Influencer Duena Blomstrom not to Attend St. Paul "Elite Business 2024" Keynote and Gala

Police Brutality Causes International Social Activist and Influencer Duena Blomstrom not to Attend St. Paul "Elite Business 2024" Keynote and Gala

A detailed public account of one of the most severe incidents we experienced is temporarily withheld due to ongoing legal proceedings. The case involves documented misconduct, institutional failures, and harm inflicted during a period of targeted harassment and extreme trauma, all of which...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 15 Mar 2024
There Is No Such Thing as Leadership Skills

There Is No Such Thing as Leadership Skills

“Leadership Skills! Come buy your leadership skills here! AI-proof/ML-enabled/McK-sanctioned/visionary-du-jour-inspired packaged for insta-leadership right here!” Let’s face it, you can’t walk the corridors of Canary Wharf or the trendy Barbados new ad-hoc WeWorks without being lured by some...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 09 Feb 2024
Can 2024 - be The Year of Self-Care?

Can 2024 - be The Year of Self-Care?

If anyone missed me, I apologise for the silence. We launched not one, not two, but seven different podcasts at TechLedCulture, and invitations have gone out for three more extraordinary hosts to join us. We can not wait to unveil all we’ve been to. If you haven’t subscribed to them, please do...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 31 Dec 2023
Let's Make 2024 All We Deserve It to Be

Human Debt™

Let's Make 2024 All We Deserve It to Be

If anyone missed me, I apologise for the silence. We launched not one, not two, but seven different podcasts at TechLedCulture, and invitations have gone out for three more extraordinary hosts to join us. We can not wait to unveil all we’ve been to. If you haven’t subscribed to them, please do...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 31 Dec 2023
About Insta-Influencers, Trolls, AI and the Human Debt

About Insta-Influencers, Trolls, AI and the Human Debt

Sigh - here we go. (Cross-posted BTW, please bare with the duplicates) Read this, please, because we all need to do something

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 08 Nov 2023
Feelings on the DORA Report and Burnout

Execution Debt

Feelings on the DORA Report and Burnout

(Cross-posted between all my channels, full version and bonus content on substack ) and an author’s read-through available for a one-time recording purchase here One word for my (undoubtedly startled) Medium followers who may not have followed me as part of the 122.000 subscribers on LinkedIn,...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 20 Oct 2023
My Social Entrepreneurship Call to Action: BUY NOW to Help with the Human Debt Work and Create Tech-Led Cultures in All Industries

Human Debt™

My Social Entrepreneurship Call to Action: BUY NOW to Help with the Human Debt Work and Create Tech-Led Cultures in All Industries

Hi Team - This is the first time in my career that I obey a rule of old-school marketing in placing this big clear BUY NOW right here at the start but feel free to ignore it until you manage to read all this, then return and do it (or click the one I'll try and recall to slap at the...

lock-1 By Duena Blomstrom 13 Sep 2023
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Duena Blomstrom — Essays on AI, Humanity, Tech and Human Debt
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About Duena Blomstrom and her independent writing on AI, humanity, Human Debt, power, and the human cost of technological progress.