Today I’m giving a guest lecture at the ISP MBA of the university of St. Gallen: I’m really excited to meet the international excecutive students, and discuss with them the topic of Global Management Communication. The presentation “Visualize it! Improving global management communication across cultures with visual mapping” is available online. — After the lecture:Continue reading “Visualize it! ISP MBA guest lecture”
Monthly Archives: September 2012
University of St. Gallen top in rankings
The University of St. Gallen is getting top marks, according to the Financial Times and the Handelsblatt Ranking, the reference journal for the German speaking business world. The Financial Times ranks St. Gallen master in Managment as number one worldwide, for the second year in a raw. The CEMS master, of which St. Gallen isContinue reading “University of St. Gallen top in rankings”
Visual Literacy for Management
The presentation of the course Visual Literacy for Management, which I teach at the University of St. Gallen, is now online in a completely new format: a prezi presentation with a temple metaphor. It is also potrayed as ‘Visualization of the month’ on http://www.knowledge-communication.org Note: you need a good internet connection to be able toContinue reading “Visual Literacy for Management”
Supercomputer in Lugano
The CSCS (Swiss National Supercomputing Centre) moved the biggest Swiss supercomputer to Lugano. The new building is right in front of the stadium. Recently the center had an open day in which the general population could tour the new center and learn about the uses of supercomputers for research. The event has been very instructional,Continue reading “Supercomputer in Lugano”
Sketching at work auf Deutsch
The book Sketching at Work is now available in German, and is the best seller of the Amazon.de’s category on Presentations. Congratulations to the authors Prof. Martin Eppler and Roland Pfister. The English version can still be viewed here and ordered here.
Testing your skills in color vision – gender differences
You might have had the impression that women can see and name more colors than men. You are actually right. Ten percent of men have some kind of color deficienc: mostly, they cannot distinguish red from green. Color blindness is easy to test: can you see the numbers below? If not, you have some degreeContinue reading “Testing your skills in color vision – gender differences”
Universidad del Pacifico – Visualization for Organizational Communication course
Thank you to the Universidad del Pacifico, Lima – Peru: I had a great time teaching the executive course “Visualization for Organizational Communication”. Here’s the great team, Sunday at 7pm after 16 hours of teaching! And, as promised, here are the results of the strategy communication game we have done in class: The results confirmContinue reading “Universidad del Pacifico – Visualization for Organizational Communication course”
