Happy New Year! And what better way to start off the New Year by taking a personality test (I introduced you to one here)–but this is not your standard personality test–this is the “Which Super Villain Are You?” test (seen at Jason’s blog).

Let me know which one you are in the comments. Below is my result. (I don’t know Dr. Doom, I’d better do some research.)

You are Dr. Doom, blessed with smarts and power but burdened by vanity.

Click here to take the Super Villain Personality Test

One of my good friends, Bo Damgaard, which is also my colleagaue on the board of a large foundation, is now blogging.

He is off to a great start with great posts titled “Passion” and “If you want to succeed in business, don’t get an MBA. Study philosophy instead!” Go read them.

Here, a quote from the purpose statement of Bo’s blog:

It is not my business here to inquire whether or not the interpretations I give are faithful to the thought they seek to render. Clearly they betray it, but perhaps this betrayal is only a way of highlighting the ‘not-thought’ inherent in that thought.

The Purpose: To transcend the given!

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley was without any doubt one of the super hits this summer. But, hearing it over and over again (although I still like it) can make it a little worn out.

That’s why I was jumping out of happiness when my good friend Trine sent me a link to Nelly Furtado’s cover of Crazy, which has a nice jazzy, singer/songwriter feel to it. You can listen to it online here.

And — if you haven’t bought it already, you need to go get Nelly’s latest album Loose.

PS: The headline for this post is, of course, from the lyrics of Crazy — the song — and has nothing to do whatsoever with the beautiful photograph of Nelly. Really. :-)

The best case competition in the world — at least I think so :-) — is now blogging about everything from organising the competition itself over the life of the organisers to competition tips and tricks… you name it. The entire organising committee will be blogging.

CBS Case Competition is the first on the planet to blog — we define case competitions :-). It is the work of the PR/Marketing and IT groups of the organising committee, and I am really impressed with the speed and professionalism with which they have carried it out.

I hope you’ll go pay the blog a visit — I will be blogging both here and there — and participate via comments. Also have a look at my blog profile at the CBS Case Competition blog.

One of my best friends, Christoffer Husted Rasmussen, is on exchange at New York University this Fall. Being abroad is an excellent excuse to start a blog, and of course, Christoffer went right along and did so — welcome to the blogosphere Christoffer :-). So far, he has nice stories and photographs from New York City. Boy, do I miss it!

This photograph is from the Awards Banquet of the CBS Case Competition 2006 in March. Christoffer is the one on the right.

Tom Peters (In Search of Excellence, The Pursuit of Wow!) runs an extremely read-worthy blog. Some days ago, a post drew my attention to an article Tom had written in Liberation Management called The Pursuit of Luck. He puts forward 50 rules that you can follow, if you want to get more lucky. Here are some of my favourites:

1. At-bats. More times at the plate, more hits.
6. Visit odd places. Want to “see” speed? Visit CNN.
17. Constantly reorganize. Mix, match, try different combinations to shake things up.
34. Spread confusion in your wake. Keep people off balance, don’t let the ruts get deeper than they already are.
40. Vary your pattern. Eat a different breakfast cereal. Take a different route to work.
45. Get out of your office. Tell me, honestly, the last time something inspiring or clever happened at that big table in your office?!

Boy is he right! You can read the entire article here.

Finally, I got around to doing my blogroll—I have made a separate page for it, which you can find under Links: Blogroll.

One of my friends, who is a serial entrepreneur, has a new project up his sleeve—and all of us who love nice clothes should thank him for this wonderful idea: Opening a Hugo Boss Outlet in Copenhagen. Could it be more genius? (Think Chandler of Friends, when you read the previous question.)

Go to Boss Online, his web site, to learn more.

The first premise
One of the blogs that I subscribe to is Overheard in New York, which refers small conversations, tid-bits, and what have you that have been, well, overheard in the Big Apple. I think it is hilariously funny–and–having lived in New York City myself, it helps me drive down memory lane once in a while.

The second premise
Another one of my favourite sites on the web is Google Maps–and especially derivative sites such as the GMap Pedometer and FindVej (Danish). The site is lightning fast compared to other map services on the web.

Conclusion
Why shouldn’t you map the conversations that have been overheard in New York City on a map? Well, someone did it, and they used Google Maps–they call it Overplot.

My blogging activity is still not up to normal pace. Feel free to attribute that to either (1) my computer being down, (2) the usual indoor inactivity (and outdoor activity) of summer time, (3) summer university–or any combination of the prior of your choosing :-).

Meanwhile, I found a very good post from Jeremy Zawodny on sense of accomplishment, and where you get it from. He divides personalities into the individual contributor, the team player, or the team leader/manager. I think the thoughts are very spot on, so go have a look at what he writes.