22 Jan Zoo/Sociología de la Innovación
The article published in the Diario de Noticias de Gipuzkoa encourages readers to identify the different manners in society that we can identify promoting the so-called innovation mantra....
14 Jan …Innovación… ¿Para qué?
The article published in the Diario de Noticias de Gipuzkoa aims to ask what do we understand when we talk about Innovation?...
16 Nov Cervantes Institute > EU Cities and Creativity (Berlin, Germany)
I was invited by the Institute to give a conference and discuss a broad variety of Cities in the EU (Dublin, Helsinki, Manchester, Belfast, Bilbao and Berlin), maybe my most favourite ones so far. The Conference was titled: "EU Cities & Creativity". The main point...
16 Nov University of Simon Bolivar > Caracas (Venezuela)
In 2007 I was invited by the University of Simon Bolivar to participate in and give lectures, to conduct different Workshops and to give strategic advice on economic development and social cohesion projects. These projects had an important content related to Community Development. Specifically, project...
08 Oct Networking for Networking > Coffee Break 2007 in Cáceres – Spain
Have you ever been in an event talking and networking with 136 cups of coffee? Surprisingly, this event took place in Caceres (Extremadura, Spain) being one of the most innovative networking events that I have ever attended. 136 cups of coffee representing each person that...
03 Oct Creative City // Ciudades Creativas > Plan Estratégico San Sebastian-Donostia
Between 2000-2010, on the one hand Richard Florida contributed to spread the word on Creative Class, but on the other hand, Charles Landry branded the term Creative City. Here my hometown St. Sebastian brands itself as Creative. ...
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...