The Jim Bouman Experience – Podcast

You want to make sure everyone in the company knows what they should be doing? That they feel motivated to do their work? Change the KPIs so they are a direct consequence of employees’ actions. Not sales targets. Not number of likes. Not how much effort they have put in (how do you even measure […]

When you start a company, communication skills can be largely ignored. But once you attract that second person to your company, the ability to communicate effectively all of a sudden becomes paramount. And it only becomes more important as your company grows larger. Weak communication can demotivate people. Make them feel lost. Cause friction within

Today the value of human connections really hit me. And it wasn’t even in the emotional support kind of way. But simply the ability to help somebody along in their journey by connecting them with someone you know. I don’t think I am able to help everybody myself. But I know I can connect that

Hesitation and doubt kill productivity and speed. Rather than spending time crafting the perfect plan or weighing the consequences of both options, just go out and do. The payoff can be anticipated but never guaranteed. So don’t try to. Let the world or market tell you which option was the right one. And you’ll be

Scaling a startup should be a positive and exciting thing. But if you cannot scale your impact along with it, it can quickly feel like you’re losing control. That you’re doing as much as you can, but look back on your day and realize that you haven’t progressed a single step. When you start scaling

Managing your time is really hard. It’s a never-ending journey of learning and optimizing. I don’t have a perfect solution for you but I hope that you will find some value in the way I try to optimize my time. How do you manage your time? How has your time management philosophy changed over the

Many ideas for a business but not sure which one to pick? There is no right or wrong answer. What does your situation allow? How do you thrive? Get excited? Keep going day after day, week after week? Figure out what works for you and your circumstances and just give it a shot. If you

Growing a business means hiring the right people. Not just people with the right skills. But people with the right mindset and motivation. Finding those is a guessing game though. You won’t know whether the fit is truly there until the person has started working. Corporate culture can to a large extent take care of

Trust and reputation gets built over time. To start the relationship: don’t just tell what you will do, show what you have already done. And then keep on delivering. And finally overdeliver. That’s how you get others to want to work with you. And if you’re lucky, you may even get referrals. Just remember: while

Technology has significantly changed the way we do and think about business. What particularly interests me is the trend of companies partnering up at a prototype or pre-prototype stage, without having the ability to test the product. This way startups are able to leverage userbases from existing companies and vastly speed up the feedback loop.

Every day I think about what value I can provide to others. Two weeks ago making these daily episodes was very uncomfortable. It still is, though not to the extent it used to be. I’ve made small tweaks to improve the value these posts provide to others but I still have a long way to

Delegation isn’t easy. In this episode I discuss the questions I have developed for myself over the years and what I recommend to others I work with when they’re struggling with delegating tasks. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds