Wojtek Materka

We become what we make

One of the most mysterious things about new technology is that over time we forget how it was to live without it. Ask people born in this millennium to imagine living without the Internet. What would they struggle with? Finding facts? Keeping in touch? Or, if you are slightly older,

Strategic Change is always personal

“What business are we actually in?” — I heard the CEO of a large manufacturing company ask his team in the middle of a workshop. It was the beginning of a strategy review which would take them into completely new territories. I was a strategy facilitator standing at the side of

When my dream job became virtual

Over the last decade I have been redesigning my life to do work that is meaningful to me. I did it by experiment. I tried many things, and deleted, erased stuff that didn’t fit. With no remorse but with trepidation. It costed me almost everything that society prizes. Recently,