design@cbsCafé
The Copenhagen Business School is an extremely diverse institution — including lawyers, sociologists, political scientists and around 18,000 students. So perhaps I shouldn’t haven been surprised to find a cluster of people interested in the intersection of business and design. I happened to arrive in time for the design@ cbs Café. According to the invitation […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
d.studio marketing blitz
What happens when you put two talented Sauder undergrads to work on marketing the d.studio for next spring’s sessions? Wow. Selena Shannon and Ryan Yu took on the task of making the sauder community aware of design thinking and of the Spring 2012 d.studio offering. Their marketing plan looked like this: week one: presence @Sauder Digital […]
From career to passion via design thinking
We a country, province and region worry about productivity. Part of this is making sure that as many people as possible follow their passions. Here is Part 2 of the Aldergrove Secondary School design thinking story. After the introductory exercise, Mike started the class on another project — aligning with the Planning 10/Graduate Transitions curriculum. […]
Why do I have to think?
Sometimes you can’t help but wonder who is out there reading our blogs. And whether the posts just end up attracting people who write about anti-wrinkle cream or anti-snoring pillows? But then faith is restored. Someone has responded seriously to your blog. They are excited about design thinking. And better yet they teach secondary school […]
Creative Business Spaces
Where do creative businesses start up in our global cities? Again, one of my favourite mags, Monocle brings me up-to-date via their Small Business Guide 2010/11. http://www.monocle.com/ Partly due to increasing costs of real estate in our city centres and partly because it is more fun to venture into new territories, creative businesses often find […]
How Sauder Business School Initiatives help to solve world challenges
Sauder School of Business is full of passionate individuals and innovative ideas. I have had the privilege to be a part of two groups at the school: Sauder Africa Initiative and Sauder d.studio. It seems that the paths of both have crossed a little at the moment. Many of the business students know IDEO. We […]
Scenario planning for Port Metro Vancouver
Imagine 2050. What will Vancouver be like? What will Port Metro Vancouver be like? I was pleased to spend roughly a day and a half with around 100 stakeholders in an exciting scenario buidling workshop around the Port and its possibilities for the future. We were asked at the end of the session by the […]