Monthly Archives: June 2008

June 20, 2008
Authenticity Book

Visiting another authentic company, the legendary Ducati factory

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During the past week I spent two days visiting a company that produces sexy, roaring, speedy beasts, the legendary motorcycle manufacturer Ducati in Bologna as they are a case study in my book on authentic companies. I was visiting creative director David Gross, author of ‘Fast Company” ...
June 19, 2008
Anthropology and Culture, Branding, Design and Identity

A new vision for the city of Odense

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Two months ago I was asked to participate in a public hearing in Odense regarding a new vision for the city, “To Play is to Live” (or in Danish: “At lege er at leve”). It was an interesting experience. I was participating in a panel as branding expert among a select group of ...
June 11, 2008
Communication

Corporate blogging in a strategic perspective

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A group of students at Roskilde University that I have been advisor for this semester have written a paper on corporate blogging in a strategic perspective. Their case-study is the Danish Defence and the students have been interviewing different groups in the organization about the use of corporate ...
June 10, 2008
Anthropology and Culture

Coaching – not just another buzzword

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Coaching, – a topic that has earlier been discussed elsewhere on the STAGIS blog. Yet, at the risk of repeating myself or others, I would like to make another contribution about the monthly coaching sessions, we do at STAGIS. Before I started my job here at STAGIS, I guess I had somewhat of a ...
June 6, 2008
Talks and events

Summer ;DBAR at STAGIS’

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Friday the 20th of June at 4 PM we are inviting our clients, colleagues and friends to cool summer drinks and funky feel-good music. At 6 PM we present our new identity. Exciting! Check your e-mail or facebook for more information about STAGIS’ ;DBAR ...
June 1, 2008
Creativity and Leadership

Malcolm Gladwell and what you can learn from spaghetti sauce

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One of my favourite writers is Malcolm Gladwell. The last book of his that I read was ‘Blink’ which is about snap judgements and first impressions, the decisions we make in split-seconds based on knowledge that we don’t understand ourselves. In the book that I am writing I work wit ...