Mindblog
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Four questions for a Director of Innovation
HI THERE Linus Wiebe – the new Director of Innovation at Lund University from July the 1st. Before he came to LUIS (Lund University Innovation System) – in March this year – he was the Country Manager Sweden at ARM, … Read more
See Jean Dubuffet in Lund!
When visiting Lund in September, don´t miss this unique exhibition at the Museum of Sketches! Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) was one of the most important French artists, whose art was characterized by a positive naivism, l’art brut, and playful experimentation. During the 1960’s, … Read more
Innovation – not always easy to recognize
When the company Innoventum wanted to present their wind power station made of recycled material, they were given the cold shoulder by the City of Malmö on the grounds that they should know better and be back in touch when … Read more
Nanotechnology enters new markets
The focus of one of the sessions at last year´s Innovation in Mind was ”The Nano-Scale Revolution”, where different experts gave their view of pharmaceutical and medical applications for the new technology. Read more
Lost places
Many of us have read or heard about Joseph Alois Schumpeter and his idea of creative destruction. For when something new is born it often means that something old vanishes or get left behind. All countries have houses, factories, amusement … Read more
How Influential Leaders Changed The World
On Bloomberg TV you can right now watch four interesting documentaries that give a look into some of the influential leaders of today that changed the game and redefined industries and as Bloomberg argues, at times, the world. The game … Read more
Is iPhone killing creativity?
One of the most celebrated innovations of our time is the iPhone. The moment when Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone at MacWorld in 2007 is one the most impressive product introductions that I have seen. And the rest, well, it … Read more
Angry people make change
I thought I should write something about Tom Peters. When he and Robert Waterman in 1982 published In search of Excellence, the McKinsey consultant became one of the worlds most celebrated management gurus. He is still active and a couple … Read more
Researchers and entrepreneurs building teams
LUIS (Lund University Innovation System) and the Master Programme in Entrepreneurship at Lund University are for the second year building teams of researchers and students to commercialize research projects. This year there are five different projects from a variety of … Read more
Limitations spurs invention
Yesterday I read an article about creativity within organizations. It made me think about Sören Kirkegaard and his idea that the more you limit yourself, the more fertile you become in invention. The implication is that without restrictions and boundaries … Read more
Think different
What you are about to see is really a commercial from Apple. But is also an amazing display of some of the great minds that has followed the mantra “think different”. There is something here that in many ways relate … Read more
Food innovation
One of the most successful innovations in modern time in the food industry has made us unhealthy, over weight and less focused – the high fructose corn syrup. Now, researchers at the Antidiabetic Food Centre (AFC) at Lund University have designed … Read more