August 1, 2011
Design and Identity

First site in 10 years

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Last week we finally launched the new website for ‘Kastanievej Efterskole’ – a Copenhagen based independent boarding school for lower secondary students. Its been a long process of d ...
July 11, 2011
Authenticity Book, Design and Identity, StagisLife

La Dolce Vita – summer greetings and office closing

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We are closing the office for two weeks, from July 16th through July 31st as we leave to spend time in the sun rather than in the hot office in Kompagnistraede, Copenhagen. We will be back, ready to take on new projects and finalize ongoing work from August 1st. I have been spending most of [&hellip ...
June 10, 2011
Anthropology and Culture, Authenticity Book

New Book Edition Inspired by Development and Heritage in Rome

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I have just begun a two month visit to Accademia di Danimarca in Rome, where I’ll be starting a new process of the international edition of “The Authentic Company”. During the next week I will be finishing the Danish edition of the book “The Authentic Company”. It exami ...
April 13, 2011
Authenticity Book, StagisLife, Talks and events

The Authentic Company – still in a state of becoming

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For the past three years I’ve been working on ‘Den autentiske virksomhed’ (or, The Authentic Company, as it may be in English). Now I’m finally coming to an end. There is a full 360-page manuscript which I’m now editing to about 300 pages. I’m planning to deliver ...
Anthropology and Culture, Communication

Love is in the air: Bus drivers give valentine roses – and get positive vibes back

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On Valentines Day we launched a new campaign in the Copenhagen buses. Some 300 bus drivers handed out roses to some of their passengers in order to create conversation and good vibes. We named it ‘Good moments’ and several thousand text messages returned from happy customers who apprecia ...
March 28, 2011
Authenticity Book

Berlingske Fri: Kend dig selv og bliv mere autentisk

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“Know yourself and become authentic,” writes Danish daily Berlingske in an article regarding the search for authenticity which has become more apparent over the past year or two. I will be ...
March 15, 2011
Branding, Creativity and Leadership, Talks and events

World Class Branding Think Tank? Meet The Medinge Group

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A few weeks ago I spent two days with an inspiring group of people discussing thoughts on branding, identitity, the use of social media in the Middle East, city planning and branding challenges in China. I was invited by Nicholas Ind to meet the group in Paris and give a brief talk on organizational ...
March 14, 2011
Jobs, StagisLife

Kommunikerer du så skarpt, at vi kan bryde lydmuren? (Danish job-posting)

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Erfaren kommunikationsrådgiver med partner-potentiale søges Vil du være med til at undersøge virksomheders styrker og give dem liv gennem udvikling af organisationskultur, design og innovative kommunikationsløsninger? Vi rådgiver store virksomheder, offentlige institutioner og byer på strateg ...
March 5, 2011
Anthropology and Culture, Communication

Meaning at Work, new book by Nicholas Ind

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I first met Nicholas Ind at a reputation conference in Oslo about four years ago. I had just started working on my book on authenticity after finishing a master thesis at Copenhagen Business School and he had already written a handful of successful books on branding. One of them called Living the Br ...
February 14, 2011
StagisLife

Good moments: Valentines roses

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(From left: Karen, Niels, Peter, Lone, Mette and Marc) We just ended a great Valentines Day. During the day some 300 bus drivers in Copenhagen have given roses to their passengers as part of Chauffører med karaktér (Bus drivers with character), our ongoing project to help the bus industry to incre ...
December 21, 2010
StagisLife

High expectations for a happy New Year

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This afternoon, December 21, we are shutting down the office for almost two weeks, celebrating the holidays and the new year. The year 2010 certainly hasn’t been easy for us at Stagis – a bit of a ...
December 20, 2010
Branding, Communication

Bus drivers rap MC Einer Christmas song to create new image

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Every year at Christmas time a Danish hit from 1988 by rappers MC Einar is played on Danish radio. ”Jul, det’ cool” it’s called, meaning ”Christmas, it’s cool”. The rappers talk about an angry bus driver. Last week the ”Bus drivers with character” faced the old hit with their own r ...
November 28, 2010
Branding, Communication, Creativity and Leadership

Experience-based communication for CBS a success

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A few weeks ago we launched the conference ‘Be the change’ for the executive Master of Management Development program from Copenhagen Business School. The conference was designed to create attention and be a platform for interaction between the executive program and potential participants. The f ...
November 24, 2010
Talks and events

Kom-Dag 2010 on Authenticity and Credibility

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I was fortunate enough to participate at “Kom-dag”, the annual event created by the Danish Communication Association. The theme this year was Authenticity and Credibility. Apart from a 30-minute talk in the morning, I gave a brief interview that you can watch on YouTube and an article ab ...
October 25, 2010
Communication, StagisLife

Major branding project about the bus drivers in Copenhagen

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Last week I signed a contract with the public transportation organization Movia who represents the public bus industry in Copenhagen and Sealand. In July, the Danish Transportation Agency decided to allocate a little less than 10 mio. Danish kroner (about 1.3 mio Euro) to giving the bus drivers a be ...
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