If in doubt, blame the culture seems to be a golden rule in consultancy and management alike. And of course once blame has been allocated we end up with a visitation from the cultural change specialists with their tool kit of communication plans, key drivers, motivational posters, games and the like. I'll quote from that article. MORE >>

Tim Stock of scenarioDNA has created an excellent presentation on the Culture of Luxury, shown here. The Culture of Luxury 2011 (Brand Packaging). Design is the process of creating what could be, might be perfect. design Social trendsLuxury is “the opposite of vulgarity” said Coco Chanel. It can be functional. MORE >>

This collection of observations has made me realize just how deeply culture and cultural differences impact the practice of design. Culture and Design" is the overall theme I have chosen to write about in a series of posts covering the following topics: Culture of legacy and preservation versus culture from scratch. MORE >>

  My colleague and friend, John Seely Brown, has just come out with “A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change” , co-authored with Doug Thomas, a professor at the University of Southern California.    And this doesn’t even address our concerns for our children and grand-children.  MORE >>

new culture emerges. Culture is an emergent property of people working together. Leadership Dave also underlines the fact that over half of your probes will fail and hence the need to have a culture where failure is an option. We don’t do fail-safe design. When people work at a distance, an implicit shift occurs. MORE >>