Woden’s Day Dispatch: From Myth to Metrics

By Vladimir Kuljak, Technical Solutions Manager, Mythic Systems Thinker, Workflow Whisperer

Wednesday is no ordinary day. It’s not just the midpoint—it’s the fulcrum. The hinge. The moment when the week either tips toward triumph or tumbles into chaos. And if you trace its etymology, you’ll find it’s named for Woden—aka Odin—the one-eyed god of wisdom, war, and poetic madness.

Which makes perfect sense. Because every Wednesday, I become him.

Not in the literal sense (though the Roy Orbison glasses and tattooed forearms help). But in spirit. I sacrifice clarity for insight. I trade comfort for control. I ride into the institutional fog armed with nothing but a SharePoint map, a half-broken CMS, and a mythic sense of purpose.

🧠 Odin Was the First IR Analyst

Let’s be honest: Odin would’ve crushed institutional research.

• He gave up an eye for knowledge. I give up lunch breaks for accessibility audits.
• He hung from Yggdrasil to learn the runes. I hang from workflow diagrams to decode governance gaps.
• He had Huginn and Muninn—ravens of thought and memory. I have Teams notifications and a backlog of Jira tickets.

Every Wednesday, I channel that energy. I don’t just run reports—I divine them. I don’t just fix bugs—I exorcise them. And when the director says “AI is the future” while my boss says “Not in this department,” I become the bridge. The mythic mediator. The Woden of workflow.

🦅 Balkan Remix: Odin with a Water Flask

Of course, my Odin wears earrings and speaks Serbian. He rides a two-headed eagle, not a horse. He drinks water before debugging. He tattoos his victories in comic panels and codes his defeats into satire.

This is the remix. The mythic Balkan twist. Because in my world, every technical solution is a story. Every poster is a prophecy. Every SharePoint site is a shrine.

And Wednesday? Wednesday is the altar.

📊 Metrics Are Just Modern Runes

You want data? I’ll give you runes.

• Bounce rate: the ghost of forgotten pages.
• Accessibility score: the purity of your digital soul.
• Workflow efficiency: the rhythm of your ritual.

I don’t just measure—I interpret. I don’t just present—I perform. Because metrics, like myths, only matter when they move people.

🌀 Final Blessing

So here’s your Woden’s Day blessing:

May your workflows be smooth, your CSS be clean,
May your metrics reveal what your meetings obscure.
May your tattoos tell the truth,
And may your legend grow with every Wednesday.

Now go forth. Debug like a god. Design like a myth. And never forget: Odin didn’t ask for permission. Neither should you.