ARC…uniting knowledge, fueling entrepreneurship
Jeff Kroeker is one of those faculty members at Sauder that makes the place truly great. He is an accounting guy (we won’t hold that against him) who is a star teacher and innovator (along with Paul Cubbon) in the COMM 101 course which sensibly and energetically introduces “business” to first year Commerce students. But […]
Creative Enterprise Design at CBS…
Copenhagen Business School (CBS) is full of gems — people that is who glitter with energy and enthusiasm for their work. I have met a few over the past few weeks here, but today I want to highlight Daved Barry, Professor of Creative Organization Studies and Stefan Meisiek, Associate Professor of Leadership at CBS. Stefan and […]
Green Global Challenges at CBS
How do we integrate sustainability into business? Welcome to the world where business as usual is no longer possible. Last night was a Career Night at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS) focusing on the question: Around 400 students (mainly) and assorted faculty/staff listened to a series of speakers on the Green Global Challenges topic. The […]
Copenhagen Business School…not business as usual
Four days in Copenhagen and in love with the City. Haven’t seen so many bicycles and pedestrians in a long time. We are living close to the water on the eastern side of the City. It takes 35 minutes from “home” to CBS. We walk to the closest train station (11 min), take the train […]
Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators
Riverdale Country School in New York cooperated with IDEO and developed The Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators. It provides guidance through the five phases of the design process. It outlines a sequence of steps that leads from defining a challenge to building a solution. The toolkit offers a variety of instructional methods to choose from, including concise […]
Vancouver Design Nerds Jam!
On April 29th, Vancouver Design Nerds are teaming up with the Biomimicry Group, Cascadia Green Building Council and their Emerging Green Builders to bring you one AWESOMELY inspiring Jam. Register and join the fun here.
If the 4th graders can achieve this, what can business students accomplish?
I do not usually watch the TED Talk videos. However, in my spare time, I browse the World Wide Web for new ideas and by accident, I stumbled upon the talk of John Hunter on the World Peace Game. Teacher and musician John Hunter is the inventor of the mentioned World Peace Game. „The game […]
A Global Rethink
It has become a habit to comb through my Monocle each month to see what might be of interest to people who don’t buy Monocle or follow it on-line. We all are in “over-load” in terms of what we can possibly digest in terms of news, information and perspectives. So here are a series of […]
Open IDEO winners announced: How to increase the number of registered marrow donors?
OpenIDEO recently announced 10 winning concepts for its challenge: How might we increase the number of registered marrow donors to help save more lives? You can read more about the winning concepts here. And stay tuned for more: in the next few weeks they will be launching a new challenge phase called Realisation, which will enable […]
All about stories…
Had a great lunch last week in North Melbourne with Shawn Callahan of Anecdote. We met at the Auction Room which is a relatively new neighbourhood restaurant in the area where Anecdote’s offices are now located. I was able to walk from the Spot Building (where my office has been for the last two weeks […]