Archive for August, 2007

Doing a Workshop in Bangkok for APO

Little posting activity right now, sorry about that. Anyway, it’s an really interesting project I’m on right now, and I will surely report some of the learnings. I am attending a workshop on business model innovation and design and knowledge management organized by Asian Productivity Organization (APO) together with the Thailand Productivity Institute (FTPI) in [...]

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International Journal of Design, 2nd issue

There’s an interesting article in the new edition of the International Journal of Design called “Metaphors in Design Problem Solving: Implications for Creativity“. Here’s the abstract: Metaphors help designers to understand unfamiliar design problems by juxtaposing them with known situations. Retrieving concepts from metaphors demands creative thinking. While the importance of this heuristic has been [...]

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The future of work

BusinessWeek.com’s editor-in-chief, John Byrne, talks with chief economist Michael Mandel about how we will master technology, manage companies, and build careers in the world of tomorrow (mp3).

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Bangkok statt Köln

Tja, was soll man machen. Habe mich gerade von der Liste der Teilnehmer am Barcamp Köln gestrichen und auf “aus der Ferne zuschauend” gesetzt … Arbeit geht nun mal vor Vergnügen

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