September 3, 2019
Anthropology and Culture, Creativity and Leadership, Talks and events

24 hours of emergent agenda setting

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With Danish elections and a new Danish government forming in June, just before the summer holidays, the new Minister of Culture, Joy Mogensen, and the Department of Culture had little time to plan and think about the annual event which by tradition is held mid-August. I was pleased to assist the Min ...
June 11, 2019
Branding, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Purpose

EAC Foundation focus purpose for higher impact in new strategy

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A new wave of purpose-focused strategies and leadership transformations are passing through foundations in Denmark and across the World. At the end of 2018 we helped The East Asiatic Company Foundation develop a focused youth strategy, finding ways of supporting business students and the next genera ...
May 23, 2018
Creativity and Leadership, Other, Talks and events

6 ideas for designing a successful leadership seminar

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The arts and cultural institutions are experiencing challenging times trying to ensure high quality and innovate their content and offerings while public funding is decreasing year by year. The museums, theatres, creative schools and other public cultural organizations in Denmark have to look for ne ...
May 10, 2017
City branding, Design and Identity

Kolding design vision comes to life

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On Monday the Danish Design Awards were presented by the directors of Design denmark and Danish Design Center along with His Royal Highness The Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and several Danish Ministers at the Confederation of Danish Industry. As members of Design denmark, we were participating ...
February 27, 2017
Anthropology and Culture, Talks and events

Let rich insights guide your brand development and re:discover your true potential

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Why is it that business leaders tend to rely more on survey data than on thick data? At Re:discover, we entered the chaotic jungle of insights and focused on the benefits of basing your brand development and innovation on qualitative thick data. Sources for innovation is found in the corners of the ...
December 12, 2016
Authenticity Book, Branding

“Den autentiske virksomhed” book at special holiday rate on our new online shop

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It’s the holiday season and we thought we’d give you an idea for a present and a special seasonal offer on my book Den autentiske virksomhed (The Authentic Company) which will go on sale in our own new online shop this week on www.nikolajstagis.dk. Den autentiske virksomhed is a great ...
June 30, 2016
StagisLife

Transformation through purpose – new 2020 strategy

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During this spring and early summer the board at Stagis as well as all of the Stagis team has been working on our new strategy towards 2020. The board has set the bar in their top-level strategy, where the primary focus is growth in terms of Stagis’ size and earnings as well as some changes [&hell ...
June 20, 2016
Anthropology and Culture, City branding

Mapping the authentic strengths of Egedal

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Starting the branding process with mapping the strengths of the area provides several advantages. Most importantly, it insures a genuine result, which is not only critical in regards to outsiders considering relocating to the region, but also for the people of Egedal, a municipality north of Copenha ...
April 25, 2016
Creativity and Leadership

The board and the brand

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In many organizations — and agencies — branding is often considered an issue for the marketing or communication department. However, no matter how skilled the professionals who make up these departments are, their potential for driving a positive change is ultimately hampered considerably by thi ...
April 6, 2016
Anthropology and Culture, Branding, City branding, Communication, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

(Place) Brands With A Conscience (new book)

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Developing brands with a conscience is the main concern of the think tank Medinge Group. The think tank states their purpose as to “influence business to become more humane and conscious in order to help humanity progress and prosper.” Recently the group released their newest book, “Brands wit ...
May 13, 2015
Anthropology and Culture, Branding, Design and Identity

King of the social media hill

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With Facebook’s recent change in its algorithm to focus more on content made by friends, rather than content from pages, it seems that Facebook wants to reposition its claim as king of the social media hill. This is particularly evident with the exquisitely executed campaign, ”Friends”. As ...
April 10, 2015
Anthropology and Culture, City branding, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Design and Identity

Why you should empower volunteers

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In the 1990‘s, 25% of Danes did volunteer work. Today, that figure has increased to one in three. But as volunteers are increasingly used in both private and public sectors, we need to ask a question: what motivates volunteers – why would anyone work for free? Most recently, Stagis helped Va ...
November 22, 2014
Branding, Communication, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Design and Identity, StagisLife

Stagis helps Jawin Safe Trip prevent drunk-driving

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Christmas beer and Christmas dinners is upon us in the festive season of Christmas, where it can be difficult to know, how much alcohol you have consumed. The alcohol culture around Christmas time is dangerous, especially on the roads, where drivers venture out with residual alcohol in the blood  ...
February 27, 2014
Communication, StagisLife

New Director of PR and Communications

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I am happy to introduce myself as Stagis’ new communications and PR Director. I come with 8 years of experience within communications consultancy – and I am glad to be the newest member of the Stagis team. So, how did i find my way to Stagis? The answer is easy. As an experienced communicati ...
December 18, 2013
City branding, StagisLife

Holiday Greetings and New Years Expectations for Stagis

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It’s the last days of a years work at Stagis. We are about to close the doors for the holidays and take a break before we get back to work on Monday Janurary 6, 2014. But just before I leave my desk a few memories from a busy year and my wishes for 2014.   […] ...