Global Attitude

How to Adapt Business Behaviour Across Cultures and Still Remain Yourself

Andy Molinsky on Global Dexterity Foreign and Frustrated in France Working in the midst of another national culture is often frustrating. You get angry with yourself for not succeeding to do in Rome as the Romans do. But you also get upset with others around you who are so different and who never seem to… Continue reading How to Adapt Business Behaviour Across Cultures and Still Remain Yourself

Backstage on Wall Street

On Saturday mornings, I like to browse and digest the current weeks issues of Time Magazine and Newsweek. I have subscribed to them since the 1980s and I have piles of old issues on paper, but no more. From this issue Newsweek is published only on iPad and other digital media. This transformation of the… Continue reading Backstage on Wall Street

Global Trends 2030 – Alternative Worlds

“We are at a critical juncture in human history, which could lead to widely contrasting futures” – Christopher Kojm , Chairman of the United States National Intelligence Council The National Intelligence Council (NIC) is the center for strategic thinking within the United States Intelligence Community. One of the NICs projects is a Global Trends report… Continue reading Global Trends 2030 – Alternative Worlds

Trends for 2013 and beyond

“I like predictability because I know what I’m getting into.” – Katherine Heigl 2012 was a year of Big Data, Connected Consumers and Social Media, Co-innovation, Multi-dimensional Innovation and according to the Economist, the rise of Shared Value. Shared Value may have been the most important newcomer. Rather than simply doling out checks to good… Continue reading Trends for 2013 and beyond

SymbioCity conference in Kenya

On the 20th and 21st November I attended a conference organised by the Swedish Trade Council in Nairobi and spoke about project finance on the second day. The conference was held at the Laico Regency Hotel, it was very well organised and attended and the talks very interesting. Mr Björn Häggmark, the Chargé d’Affaires at… Continue reading SymbioCity conference in Kenya

The fuzzy logic of HR

I recently had a conversation with a colleague of mine; a well renowned professor in architecture and city development, about the best practice approach to building new offices. Work environment designers are more often than not designing the space from an outside in perspective rather than inside out – basing the design on current trends… Continue reading The fuzzy logic of HR

Something New Above the Noise of the City

In Bearing we have recently together with Thomas Vale Construction, Duncan Berntsen of Berntsen Consulting and Greenwich University and Robert Edwards of Acivico Ltd participated in designing a building on the concepts of innovation and science park without walls. It is the iCentrum building, a high profile extension to the Birmingham Science Park Aston in… Continue reading Something New Above the Noise of the City

Place Branding as a Competitive Tool

Theory Place branding is the process of image communication to a target market. All places compete with other places for people (visitors, residents), resources, and business. The global competition of cities is estimated to host 2,7 million towns, 3 thousand large cities and 455 large metropolitan areas with a population over one million. All of… Continue reading Place Branding as a Competitive Tool

Kenya into the knowledge economy

In the past 48 hours I have got a glimpse of the reality of recent economic development in eastern Africa, and it is impressive. It has been some years since I was in Nairobi last time and what I found this time shows the power of rapid economic growth combined with a young populations ability… Continue reading Kenya into the knowledge economy