02 Oct Jyri Engeström, Jaiku and Google: Congratulations Jyri!
As soon as the good news about Jyri Engeström came across, I congratulated him! He was hired by Google....
16 Jun Direction, Coordination & Author of the Summer School 2007 Creative Capital // Escuela de Verano Capital Creativo 2007: Construyendo la Sociedad Creativa Actual
After three years Summer School trilogy, starting with The Future of Work in 2005; continuing with The Creative Capital in 2006; and ending with the Creative Society in 2007; I gathered the field work information to start writing my dissertation while comparing with Dublin (in...
15 Jun The Basque City-Region: Building up the Creative Basque Society // Euskal Hiria: Construyendo la Sociedad Creativa Vasca
This article published in the Basque Country's media (El Diario Vasco and Euskomedia) reflects on the social context where innovation seems to be the solution for economic growth and social cohesion. The article underlines the complex and wide nature of the concept, bringing it to...
14 Jun Coordinator & Author of the DVD Creative Capital + Director of the Creative Society 2007 Summer School // Escuela de Verano Capital Creativo 2007
On 7th June 2007, Andoni Aduriz (Mugaritz), Joxean Muñoz (TBK), Imanol Agote (DFG) and myself, presented the DVD Creative Society 2006 as the result of the 2006 Summer School about Creative Capital. At this event, we presented the new edition for 2007 that will be...
04 Apr Orkestra: Basque Institute of Competitiveness
Orkestra, the Basque Institute of Competitiveness, was founded by the Deusto Foundation in 2006. I attended the public presentation of the Institute in St. Sebastian in 2007. Their projection was interesting when it referred to comparative regional policy analysis....
04 Apr Basque Public Television & Radio // EiTB: Aro berria, egoitza berria. Euskal Hiriaren pantaila
On the 25th anniversary of the the Basque Public Radio and Television, I attended an event that took place in Bilbao....
21 Mar Benchmarking & Business Model for TBK (Tabakalera), Centre for the Creation of Contemporary Culture // Euskal Hiriaren fabrika izanen da.
Tabakalera, as the Center for the Creation of Contemporary Culture, is a cultural institution managed by the three main Basque institutions: Basque Regional Government, Gipuzkoa Province Council and St. Sebastian City Council. ...
17 Mar Gastronomy & Creativity: Mi pequeño moleskine en Diálogos Gastronómicos Creativos
Gastronomy can be considered as the study of food and culture. In the Basque case, it is not very easy to separate it from the daily social life and ordinary culture. At this event, I gave a talk about Creativity and how we can apply...
15 Mar Del Outsourcing al Crowdsourcing
Being curious about the so-called Crowd-funding term, I have been following-up the relational meaning of it in contrast with other concepts such as outsourcing. What it makes me mistrust is these new trendy concepts that are not solid and sometimes remain unclear and blurred. However,...