Monthly Archives: December 2008

December 19, 2008
StagisLife

Merry Christmas

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From today on we will close down the office to enjoy a nice Christmas break… Or at least some of us will…  Nikolaj is writing his book on Authenticity, and in the following days we will work to launch a new website for the bus industry in Gereater Copenhagen. We're just finishi ...
December 14, 2008
Creativity and Leadership

A conversation of abundance,
“The Art of Possibility”

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I want to share a story with you. When I was i fourth grade we had to chose a classical instrument that we wanted to play for the next many years at my school. I was thinking about the cello, but somehow I wound up with the clarinet, my parents and class teacher considering "what […] ...
December 12, 2008
Design and Identity

New course in Helsingør Municipality

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At the moment we are doing an ongoing project for the Health & Social Welfare department in Helsingør Municipality. It is an internal project, focused towards all the leaders in the health institutions in Helsingør. The project is about communicating themes and values for the next ...
December 11, 2008
Branding, Design and Identity

Busdrivers with character – the authentic strength of the bus industry

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Today we delivered three films about the busdrivers of Greater Copenhagen. Anne and I presented the design of a new website which is part of a large project about the image and reputation of the experience of taking the bus in Copenhagen as well as the public image of the job as a busdriver. Part [& ...
November 25, 2008
Jobs

Dygtige freelance kodere søges

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  Stagis søger dygtige freelance kodere til kodning af forskelligtartede websites. Stagis Laver primært corporate websites, microsites, kampagnesites- og bannere samt blogs. Så er du hardcore koder eller mere kreativ flash udvikler hører vi gerne fra dig. Læs mere om de specifikke kompetencer ...
November 24, 2008
Design and Identity

Young talent

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Markedsføring ...
November 18, 2008
Creativity and Leadership, Design and Identity, Talks and events

OKI New Designer Award

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This morning I was visiting Mediehøjskolen in Copenhagen as one of our clients, OKI Printing Solutions, is honoring the best conceptual design proposal from nine groups of students participating in the ‘OKI New Designer Award’. The students have had about six weeks to find a real or ima ...
November 3, 2008
Anthropology and Culture

7 Habits

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Yesterday I was invited to hear Dr. Stephen R. Covey talk at Gyldendal Business. Apparently I am one of the few who haven’t read his bestselling book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, which have sold 15 million copies worldwide. Besides Dr. Covey, Nina Kenny, Director of Leadership, F ...
October 28, 2008
StagisLife

‘Consume’ – for women who want more than just beauty and fashion!

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Yesterday I read an interesting article at ’markedsforing.dk’. It was about a group of young woman, who have decided to start an abnormal women magazine. The magazine is called ’Consume’ and is about women’s real needs. Or, the needs that have been suppressed by all the other women magazin ...
October 25, 2008
Anthropology and Culture, Design and Identity

Grant McCracken, A Capital letter Anthropologist

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Today I met Anthropologist Grant McCracken. First of all he was on stage doing a great talk on the importance of anthropology, which is in his words “too important to leave to Anthropologists”. Something which I can most certainly agree to. There is a discussion going on about Capital-le ...
October 24, 2008
Talks and events

GAIN Conference: Epiphanies, Fields and Neuroscientists

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Today the GAIN conference opened. Tom Kelley, head of IDEO, California, was at his best, with a rare ability to combine sharp insights, empathic questioning, stories from a long career at IDEO with wit and humility. One of the presenters this morning, Michael Conforti was talking about jungian arche ...
October 23, 2008
Design and Identity

We’re at the GAIN Design Conference in NYC

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Yesterday Anne and I arrived at the biennial design- and business conference GAIN in New York, arranged by AIGA. We are here together with a handful of managers from the Danish design industry (Danish Design Association), namely Søren from e-Types, Mikkel and Line from 1508 and Mark from The Mark. ...
October 22, 2008
Creativity and Leadership

What are they advertising for?

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Not to long ago I saw the coolest commercial I have ever seen. I think the pictures are perfect, the timing is perfect, the music is perfect, but… Yes of course there has to be a but. Despised how cool I thought this commercial was, and how often I told my friends about it, I […] ...
October 21, 2008
Authenticity Book

Authentic road trip with Lego’s Jørgen Vig Knudstorp

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During the past three weeks I’ve been on a roadtrip with Lego. A mental and historical of the kind with Lego company and a literal one with CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp. During the past year I’ve been studying a number of different companies in order to further define my conception of organizationa ...
October 3, 2008
Jobs

Ansøgningsfrist for autentiske projektledere forlænges en uge

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Vi har i løbet af de sidste par dage modtaget rigtigt mange ansøgninger til stillingen som projektleder i Stagis. Alligevel har jeg valgt at forlænge ansøgningsfristen med en uge (fra i dag til fredag den 10. oktober), da jeg er blevet opmærksom på, at to af de medier, vi har slået stillingen ...