Visualizations supports social entrepreneurs – my article on HSG Focus

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You can read my article on the HSG Focus magazine

An interactive graph of migration flows

A recent article published in “Science” by Guy J. Abel and Nikola Sander visualizes migration with a beautiful and interactive circular plot: check out their page for the interactive vesion. Very insightful.

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Field Trip to India: the kickoff

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We are ready to start the journey to discover India. The first lecture of the course will take place next Tuesday September 27th 2016 from 8.15 am in room 58-018 (Telstrasse 2 – near the St. Gallen train station).

You can now find the course slides and readings on the course webpage.

 

Visualizing where the majority of the world’s population lives

Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist

Why we need infographics

Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist

HSG new course: Field Trip to India

“Field Trip to India: Practicing Social and Intercultural Communication Skills”  is new a master level course that I will offer for students of the University of St. Gallen.

The course will take place in India during the semester break, from Sunday November 6th 2016 to Saturday November 12th, in addition to one kick-off lecture in St. Gallen on September 27th 2016 at 8.15am.

Dowload the syllabus of the course with practical details and have a look at the course Webpage

PhD position available – visualization in teams

The mcm institute’s chair of communication management (Prof. Dr. Martin Eppler) is looking to hire a Research Assistant/ PhD Candidate (70%) in the area of management studies interested in pursuing a PhD degree and researching the impact of nudging and of visualization on the communication and collaboration quality of teams in organizations. The envisioned starting date for this 70% position is mid-2016. See the institute page here for more details

An article on my social entreprised has just appeared in the news

Un articolo riguardante la nostra associazione Kolours è appena stato pubblicato su Il Gazzettino nuovo. Leggi l’articolo online
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Asia Days at the University of St. Gallen

The first edition of “Asia Days” will take place at the university of St. Gallen on May 3rd and 4th. The first day an opening panel will take place on the topic of “M&A of Chinese Capital in Europe “. On May 4th there will be several panels on specific Asian countries such as Singapore, China, Japan and India.

You can apply to the even and find more details at the event page: www.asia-days.com
and on their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1133695596664904/asia days

Getting YES across cultures

This HBR visualization of cultural differences  is very insightful. It’s based on Erin Meyer’ book “the culture map”, an easy to read and useful book to understand how to communicate and work with people from around the globe.

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