Hype: New Kids On The Blog
GK Patter from NextD contacted me recently to add my 2 cents to the discussion which has been brought up by a speech of Bruce Nussbaum at Parsons recently. I didn’t do so mainly because I’m not a...
View ArticleThis Is Not Viral: The Creative Side Of Business
I’m definitively the last one to join the choir that “Business is Evil” and that the creativity tools for the future should rest in the hands of ‘Design’ only. On the contrary I’m a firm believer that...
View ArticleThe Bono of Design Thinkers
On Monday I’ve written about the recent Overlap07 (un)conference organized by Victor Lombardi et al. in Toronto last week. Moving to Toronto this year has clearly been a smart idea since some lead...
View ArticleEditor’s Note on Overlap07
As an addendum to my recent posting on the “Overlap7 conference” may I point you to the very informative comments left by Steve Portigal (co-organizer of Overlap06) and Michael Anton Dila (Key...
View ArticleDesign (Management) Conferences: Groundhog Days?
Even though we’ve never met in person I seem to like Lucy Kimbell over at the “Design leads us where exactly” blog. On Monday this on week Lucy posted a nice piece on her perception of the lack of...
View ArticleAbout How, What and Why in (Design) Management
Hat tip to Victor Lombardi over at “Noise Between Stations” Blog for the mentioning of Dan Willis’ Blog “UX Crank”. Beside sharing scenarios on project and (client) management we’ve all came across...
View Article4th Design Management Conference, Cologne
I’ve already mentioned this in an earlier posting that the 4th iteration of the German Design Management Forum will take place in Cologne, Germany on November 9–10th. This is the fourth conference of a...
View ArticleThe Liminal Space between Academia and Practice
A great piece perfectly describing my very own journeys between academia and practice and written in a well articulated format has been published now by frog design consultant Jon Kolko over at Core77....
View ArticleThe Future of Design at Davos
In the light of my latest delicious bookmark posting today Core77 attracted my attention by pointing to a current online article in International Herald Tribune. Among others it sheds some closer light...
View ArticleDesign (Management) in a box
I get regularly asked by people from outside the design (management) community what can design actually do for them and their business. My spontaneous answer for sure is: A lot! – However the tricky...
View ArticleDesign Management and Social Networks
Over at the blog ‘ideasonideas‘ Eric Karjaluoto has posted an interview with the well known (Sir) Kevin Roberts from Saatchi. I thought I’d want to post my very own comment on this here since the...
View ArticleDMI European Conference Reviews
For those of you (like myself) who have not been able to attend the latest European Design Management Institute’s conference I thought it might be interesting to read some stuff that other attendees...
View ArticlePanel Moderation on Design Management in The Hague
From regular checking the logfiles of this blog I know that quite a few visitors come from The Netherlands. So, as some sort of semi-shameless self promotion your might want to notice that I will be...
View ArticlePodcast: Social Media in European and US Companies
While I’m at it (see my previous posting on my recent activities) I’d thought you might also be interested in a recent conversation on the use of social media in European and US corporations (MP3 file...
View ArticleMy Take On Design Leadership
Again one of these posts I would have wished to have written myself ;-) Anyway I’ve skim read Kevin McCullagh’s posting on the Core77 Design Blog just before leaving to The Hague last week. Fortunately...
View ArticleDear Blog: Happy 5th Anniversary!
As the summer vacation period is starting soon I’d thought I celebrate and share the 5th anniversary of this blog a little bit earlier than scheduled with you. If you have a closer look at the ‘Full...
View ArticleDMI Remix Conference Ning
Hey, DMI seems to slightly open up towards the social web! Something I’ve tried to convince them on a while ago ;-) Therefore under the lead of Scott Lerman they’ve set up a Ning where you can...
View ArticleKermit the Frog on Design Management
If you’ve ever wondered what it means to work at the intersection of Managers and Designers than you should watch this great video clip! … after all I was wondering the other day which Muppet character...
View ArticleDME Survey: Business Success by Design Management
One thing leads to another and as I’ve learned from my friend Fabian there is no such thing to be called true ‘randomness‘ (in particular if you compare it to ‘unpredictability‘ ;-). So while I’ve had...
View ArticleWhat is a Design Strategy?
We’ve assembled the chart on “What is a Design Strategy” you see on the left hand side some weeks ago. For some reason I did only push it via twitter so far maybe for the reason that it still needs...
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