jan de man

Tales from Berlin, part 1

I spent of couple of days in Berlin last week with some network collegues. It was an awesome experience in several ways. Berlin in itself is a wonderful city. A lot had happened since my list visit, 14 years ago. Lots of new amazing buildings. A vibrant creative community. The contrast between the old West and East is still there, but has faded some. On top of this, nice and warm weather. Made hanging out at cafés and bars even easier...

My friends and I gave ourselves the task to observe and explore the city. We roamed around different parts of the city. And we met people. Two meetings stand out afterwards - meeting Felcitas at Active Philanthropy and meeting Wiebke at The Hub Berlin.

More on these visits and my "take homes" from Berlin in my next post.

//jan

Yunus on Social Business

Should be worth a few minutes of your time :-)

//jan

Tjäna pengar och rädda världen

I dagens pappersversion av DN Ekonomi finns ett helt uppslag med Maja Brisvall och Erika Augustinsson om deras nyutgivna bok Tjäna pengar och rädda världen (Köp den hos Bookhouse Publishing).

Boken har också kommenterats av Cecilia Aronsson på Veckans Affärer.

Jättekul att socialt företagande uppmärksammas allt mer!

//jan

Head spinning

I would have loved to post some thoughts I having going in my head around social business. But I can't. My head is blocked by other processes. 

Feels really wierd. I can physically sense that I have stuff in my head that lies in the way of what I'd like to express and explore. Dang. 

I'm quite sure this has to do with the type of work I'm doing a t the moment. I have two projects that are cognitively challenging and all my processing power seems be used in these projects. One is carving out a 1.5 day leadership training process for 100 managers. And one is creating a plan for a makeover of a local governement's development work.

These projects are also forcing me to spend longer stretches of time in front on my Mac, which in itself tends to make my head spin. I prefer doses of an hour or so by the computer and then do other types of work.

Well, I'll just have to ride it through. And perhaps I can share some of the results. Depends a little on what my clients allow me to show the world.

//jan