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Industrial Era vs Digital Era

By willem | July 8, 2025

What is it, and Why does it matter? I am a child of the 70’s and 80’s, born in ’65, which means I was at the end of the industrial era. Yep, the digital era started somewhere in the 70’s. But it wasn’t that obvious or clear, just like the change from the agrarian era […]

Facing Retirement Before You’re Ready?

By willem | March 14, 2021

Here’s What I Did Instead Retirement was never my plan—at least, not now. But a company policy says I must go, and it happens in less than a month. That’s not where the story begins, though. It actually started two years ago when I turned 58. During a casual chat, someone from HR half-jokingly said, […]