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  • JP on Gamification, Lipstick and Pigs

    And here is another fantastic talk by JP Rangaswami, Chief Scientist Salesforce.com (twitter @jobsworth) on the gamification of companies and why this can’t be something superficial like putting lipstick on a pig. Was looking for a transcript, did not find it, so decided to do it myself. Below a summary of JP’s talk. Hope I… Read more

  • Organizations Fit for the Future

    Awesome “Must-see” video by Gary Hamel. Contains a lot of the wisdom of Vineet Nayar of HCL, who wrote the book “Employees First, Customers Second”. Btw: have invited Vaneet to Innotribe at Sibos Toronto on Corporate Culture. Hope he accepts. I’d love to get to a stage where Innotribe is the place where you discover… Read more

  • Silence, I am painting

    I have a week off, so it gives me some time to reflect and muse about things that are close to my heart. This is a post about my intensity in creating and curating Innotribe events.   It is about creating memorable events that are memorable because they deliver an authentic experience   I got… Read more

  • Innotribe Mumbai : Indian Waves and Genuine Smiles

    After Kosta’s wrap-up about the event some days ago, i’d like to share with you some personal impressions and lessons learned from this event. We have been designing this event for a couple of months. Not every day 100% – though that may have been true the last two weeks when everything comes together –… Read more

  • Banks for a Better World

    This is probably the most important blog post I wrote since the start of my blog in April 2009. It’s about a “big bad idea” that started simmering during Le Web 2010, when listening to Shai Aghassi of Betterplace.com     Shai Agassi was the number two of SAP in 2009, responsible for a budget… Read more

  • Is SWIFT a Railway station ?

    Recently had a good discussion with Tony Fish, author of My Digital Footprint, and entrepreneur/investor with AMFventures. The discussion was in the context of our digital identity incubation project (more about that project in an upcoming blog post). Not sure who invented it, but he came up with a really good metaphor based on the… Read more