“And the winner of the award Facilitator of the Year 2011 in the category Leadership, Communication and HR is…
…Kasper Arentoft.”
This was the second year in a row that Kasper Arentoft was nominated for the Confex award in Denmark.
Confex is leading provider of open programs in executive development in Scandinavia and delivers over 300 programmes for over 15000 participants yearly.
PlanB’s open programs in Danmark are offered through Confex.
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Michell Zappa is a London-based technologist and designer originally from Stockholm, who has spent part of his life in São Paulo and Amsterdam. He holds a BA in Social Communication and has worked for advertising agencies and the trend forecasting bureau trendwatching.com.
His interest lies in thinking about the future of technology and how society adapts to its rapid change. Envisioning Technology is a framework for visualizing the future of technology, attempting to demonstrate for different areas of research cluster — and speculating about when said technologies are bound to become mainstream.
Mick Cordero
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Multiculturalism, increasing complexity, emerging social technology and increased corporate social responsibility creates new demands on leadership. Listen to Professor Edgar Schein when he explains how the leader of the future must master the art of helping.
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Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, the majority of the society will always adopt their belief. The findings were published in the July 22, 2011, online edition of the journal Physical Review E in an article titled “Social consensus through the influence of committed minorities.”
“When the number of committed opinion holders is under 10 percent, there is no progress in the spread of ideas throughout the system. ”It would literally take the amount of time comparable to the age of the universe for this size group to reach the majority,” said SCNARC Director Boleslaw Szymanski, the Claire and Roland Schmitt Distinguished Professor at Rensselaer. “Once that number …
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Change is a fact of life. In companies, it is a natural response to competition and shifts in the socio-economic environment and a route to gaining advantage and building business performance proactively. But, for change to be successful, managers need to ensure that employees both understand and support it.
Employees, on the other hand, have to actively seek information and contribute to a constructive dialogue on change implementation.
Change in companies happens when people choose to change behaviour and stick to this new behaviour until it is really implemented. Change communication is about motivating people to want and embrace the change. At the heart of change communication is the ability to motivate leaders and employees to engage in change management.
Badly planned and …
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The Arab Spring is an amazing example of emergence in the process of change. This speech given by Riyaad Minty, Manager of Al Jazeera Network’s social media initiatives, shows how people using social media to connect and communicate develop the needed critical mass to successfully overthrow the government of Egypt.
Complexity theory and studies of complex adaptive systems tells us that the amount of connections between the agents or the parts is a critical factor enabling emergent change. In this speech Riyaad Minty tells us how Twitter together with Al Jazeera enabled (or facilitated) the Arab Spring.
For further reading I highly recommend Margreth Wheatly’s article on emergence and social innovations.
Henrik Challis
Source: Media Evolution – The Conference in Malmö Sweden 27th of …
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Two minutes of creative inspiration. Watch this movie!
29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE from TO-FU on Vimeo.
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PlanB is currently investigating the possibilities for establishing an operation in Mozambique, with activities in the fields of organization and leadership development, start up of a training center in Maputo and a number of projects towards the educational system in Mozambique with a special focus on young female leaders.
The country of Mozambique is experiencing a strong economic growth with establishment of the worlds largest coal mine, large aluminium plants, extensive investments in the country from mainly China and Brazil, a growing tourism industry and trade industry with South Africa, among others.This hopefully leads to increased prosperity as well as many new job opportunities in Mozambique. However, this development also creates new challenges for companies in terms of new recruitments, organizational …
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We have moved into new offices in “Den Hvide Kødby” – the Meatpacking district of Copenhagen. An area full of creative industries, innovation, networking and new thoughts!
Our new address is: Flæsketorvet 68 – 1711 Copenhagen V.
We are looking forward to the chance of welcoming our clients, colleagues, partners and friends into our new facilities!
If you are curious to the area where we are moving – you can read the following article from The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/oct/10/copehagen-city-break-kodbyen
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