Langecom - on Leadership - Management - Internet

In the eye of the... seagull...

2010-06-14T08:16:00.001+02:00

IMG_9622
Originally uploaded by Johan Lange

...how does the world look to her? We know our perceptional filters are all unlike others. One just can think of how different her world is to ours...

Publiken i det lilla rummet

2010-05-29T22:49:00.001+02:00

Publiken i det lilla rummet
Originally uploaded by Strandh

Ja, detta var en kul kväll! Göran Hägglund, Brit Stakson m fl släppte boken om politik och sociala medier. Tog med lilla gluggen ... ;-)

Bilder från Medieinstitutet

2010-05-07T11:39:00.001+02:00

IMG_4832
Originally uploaded by Johan Lange

Brit Staksom och Göran Hägglund om Politiken 2.0 - hur sociala medier kan spela roll i politiken

Konjunkturen ljusnar!

2010-04-09T14:17:00.001+02:00

IMG_4721
Originally uploaded by Johan Lange

...och det gör det även för en juste processutveckling! Det är med stor glädje jag noterar att tiden aldrig varit mer lämpad för nedanstående filosofier och verktyg - än nu!

LEAN - så mycket mer än bara processer och ansvarstagande team
Underlättande internet-verktyg - eller sociala medier - eller webb 2.0
Coachande förhållningssätt - att arbeta med medarbetares perspektiv
Kommunikation på hjärnans villkor - att gå med naturen

Jag har valt att sammanföra dessa i ett koncept jag kallar LUCK - hör
av dig om du vill veta mer - boka föreläsning, få ledarcoaching, skaffa material för eget arbete eller vad du har för behov.

Mycket välkommen!

Ställer SJ in för att man inte har råd att köra tågen?

2010-02-22T10:01:00.000+01:00

Ställer SJ in för att man inte har råd att köra tågen?

En politisk effekt av detta: Var det inte Google som valde att lägga
en serverpark i Finland istället för Sverige pga vår höga energiskatt?

För att priset drar iväg till horribla nivåer är EN sak - me skatten är
ju procentuell...

IPhone at work

2009-11-29T15:00:00.001+01:00

I was very happy to find one of my participants in Project

Management uses his iPhone at work. He's able to check

production processes and quality remotely using only his

iPhone.

This one shows production quality of boards - online, realtime.

Great stuff!

IMG_5694.JPG

I use Dropbox.com in both my computers and my iPhone. Evernote.com is another great

app.

What apps do you use at work?

Jambalaya

2009-11-29T00:32:00.001+01:00

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Saltå Kvarn nominerad till European Excellence Award

2009-11-15T12:45:00.000+01:00

Ett av de svenska företag som tidigt steg fram och visade mod
att prova det vi kallat "sociala medier" - men nu kanske mer "internet"
och möjligen "webb 2.0" var Saltå Kvarn.

Med sin i sammanhanget ringa storlek borde de ha mycket att vinna.
Men det sker inte gratis - det kräver en modig ledning. En ledning som

* VILL förstå sina kunder
* VILL ha en DIALOG - som innebär att kunden är företagets jämlike
* har en VD som är beredd att stå sårbar - som vi blir när vi öppnar oss

VD Johan Ununger utstrålar mycket av det vi gillar hos en ledare:
* förmåga att skapa ett bärkraftigt företag
* förmåga att lyssna och lära av omgivningen
* mod att styra - och ta konsekvenserna när inte alla tycker lika

Nomineringen är i mitt tycke MYCKET befogad:

http://saltakvarn.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/inte-vilken-blogg-som-helst/#comment-2008

vad tycker du?

Video från vår workshop om Webb 2.0/Sociala Medier på Briggen 28 september 2009

2009-11-15T11:30:00.001+01:00

En härlig dag med många diskussioner om vad sociala medier/webb 2.0
eller som
vi ofta numera pratar om "internet i arbetet" eller "samarbetsverktyg"
kan innebära
i arbetet!

Mer på dessa mycket välproducerade videor!

http://www.briggentrekronor.se/content/view/370/155/

Hör gärna av dig om det är intressant även för din organisation!

Johan

Om Webb 2.0 - Ledarskap och Marknadsföring 2.0

2009-10-26T09:05:00.001+01:00

Nu är videoinslagen från vår dag på Briggen Tre Kronor av Stockholm
klara.

Här är ett - Pernillas och mitt föredrag i nedkortad version:
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Du kan även se längre versioner - info kommer här inom kort.

Några personer med djup kunskap inom området var också med under dagen,
Björn Falkevik, som förmodligen är en av de mest kompetenta
onlinevideoskaparna
just nu. Mer om Björn här:

Mattias Östmar är en klurig herre som för närvarande arbetar för
Centern. Intervju
med Mattias ombord på Briggen här: {youtube}urGE-
k9Zk5w&feature=player_embedded#{/youtube}
Mer om Mattias här: www.mattiasostmar.com

(i denna bloggpost provar jag några videovarianter, så om det ser
konstigt ut är det inte fel
på din webbläsare)

Kommentarer?

Never underestimate a good story! - From story telling to story co-creating

2009-10-22T10:30:00.001+02:00

Storytelling is no doubt a very powerful tool! It seems our brain is well suited

- or even created? - to handle short stories. Check out this story and I think you

agree there is power in a good story!

Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msAZ6eon7aE

Now, at the "Really Realtime" conference in Stockholm October 22 this year,

xxx spoke on the subject - claiming "it's not about the story telling anymore -

it's about story creation with your customer"

Conference: http://www.disruptivemedia.se/dmc5

You may want to add "crowd sourcing" to the creating process.

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_sourcing

What do you think?

Om detta med synkronicitet

2009-10-10T09:14:00.001+02:00

Teorin om synkronicitet (Jung m fl) är intressant men i mitt tycke
bygger den på några missuppfattningar om vår hjärna. Några av dessa är
perceptionsfilter, myten om tiden och illusionen om vår rationalitet.

1. Perceptionsfilter: vi upplever världen utanför oss genom starkt
selektiva filter. Man kan förenkla det och säga att "vi upplever det
vi förväntar oss att uppleva"

2. Myten om tiden: vi upplever att vi rationellt kan tala om när saker
sker - och vad som skett först och i vilken ordning ytterligare
händelser skett. Forskning visar att även detta är en illusion. Vi tar
ofta fel!

3. Illusionen om vår rationalitet: vi tror att vi är rationella
varelser som resonerar oss fram till hur saker och ting ligger till. I
själva verket kommer rationaliteten nästan alltid sist. Martin Ingvar,
hjärnforskare och neurolog på Karolinska Institutet uttryckte det så
här i det utmärkta programmet "Filosofiska rummet" i P1 för något år
sedan: Först ansamlar hjärnan kemikalier, därefter utlöses ett
fyrverkeri av känslor och signaler, först sent i processen når
signalerna hjärnbarken - där den rationella delen av vår hjärna skapar
en SANNOLIK förklaring till vad som skett. Märk väl - inte sann - utan
SANNOLIK. Det går att påvisa med rätt enkla experiment.

Så, vad blir kvar med bara dessa tre faktorer? Ja, det finns fler som
ställer till det för oss, men med dessa tre kan många upplevelser av
magisk, paranormal och religiösa mått förklaras.

Hur ser du på detta?

Långa svansen finns på många ställen - vad gör DU av den?

2009-10-08T16:44:00.001+02:00

Nu har "långa svansen" nått även rättskipandet.

Preskriptionstiden för mord avskaffas förmodligen. Internet,
datalagring, DNA-teknik mm -
samtliga fungerar mycket väl ihop med den "långa svansen" som bl a
beskrivits av
Chris Anderson - chefred på tidningen Wired - mycket läsvärd! www.wired.com

Svenska Dagbladet skriver om detta: http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/artikel_3619551.svd

Långt ut i svansen finns det Stort engagemang & låg kostnad - här
hjälper gärna dina kunder till!
I den korta delen av svansen finns lågt engagemang & hög kostnad - här
agerar media ofta!

Hur kan DU nyttja den "långa svansen"

Twitter-stress eller acceptera flödet?

2009-08-24T10:32:00.001+02:00

Det talas ibland om stress som skulle uppkomma för att jag följer
så många trevliga och intressanta personer att det borde skapa
stress. Jag kan ju inte rimligtvis hinna med att läsa alla poster.

Helt klart - men dels är det ett beteende vi är väldigt bra på som
människor - vår filterfunktion är mycket avancerad. Dels kommer
det från i höst dyka upp snygga verktyg som sållar i realtidsflöden.

På Sweden Socialmedia WebCamp (#sswc) presenterades under
lördagen 22 augusti det som gått under projektnamnet #shinobi
men i dagligt tal nog kommer benämnas Twingly-feed eller något
liknande.

Åter till den första funktionen: du väljer dagligen bort det mesta du
utsätts för. "Det är inte viktigt" säger din hjärna och du slipper.
Titta
in i Pressbyrån du kanske passerar på vägen till jobbet. Många
tidningar,
eller hur? Blir du stressad över att du inte hinner läsa dem?

Jag har nu insett att tidningshögen hemma med "måste läsa"-artiklar
tillhör samma kategori. Filtrera, släng, må bättre!

Ytterligare ett perspektiv: Det finns 1069 skäl att oroa sig. Det är
stenblock
på upp till ett par kilometers storlek, alla på en bana som gör dem till
potentiella hot mot jorden. Över tusen skäl att oroa sig, alltså.
Någon som
vill ha en kopp kaffe till? ;-)
DN: http://www.dn.se/nyheter/vetenskap/rymdsten-passerar-utanfor-manen-1.936857

just back from #SSWC - meetings are meetings!

2009-08-24T10:13:00.001+02:00

This past weekend over 280 individuals in social media and/or related
issues
gathered on the small island of TJÄRÖ (TJARO). Open meetings over 8
tracks
and 7 one-hour sessions covers a lot and of course - no chance to see
it all...

No matter the power of tools, services and other internet and mobile
stuff - the
personal meeting always beet them all. Most tools rather this weekend
became
tools of sharing with people not able to attend.

Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/langecom/sets/72157622121602486/

search for more info: #sswc

Ibland räcker det med cut-and-replace för att se det komiska

2009-08-11T11:49:00.001+02:00

Jag som alla andra som bloggar får ofta frågan "Varför gör du det?"
och "Hur HINNER du?" Ett lackmustest som vi alla kan göra på
nya företeelser är att göra "ersätt" på ett nytt begrepp.

Det kan röra sig om hur onödiga och icke-påverkande bloggarna är.
Välj "hitta och ersätt" - sätt in "blogg" och ersättningsord t ex
läsare,
bok eller annat känt och etablerat ord.

Så finns det ju enkla svar på "hur man får tid" - sätt mål, skippa
slöläsning i tidningar
du ändå mår dåligt av. Lyssna inte på alla skrämmande nyheter - och
lämna TV:n av
ett par dagar. Du kommer sakna den mindre och mindre...

I ett avsnitt av det MYCKET lyssningsvärda programmet "Filosofiska
rummet" svarade
Kerstin Ekman på frågan "varför vi skriver": "För att förstå"

Mer om bloggande och varför vi gör det finns här:
http://blog.opportunitycloud.com/2009/08/11/varfor-bloggar-folk-gratis-for-mindpark/

Vad tycker du?

Unavoidable as businesses interleave - development sometimes calls for separations

2009-08-03T15:35:00.001+02:00

We've seen it several times - as business develops, sometimes
interests interleave to the level we
have to change strategy, ownership or partners. Now, as Google's
Android is out and more is to come,
he steps down from the Apple Board of Directors.

A wise and - when the time came - an inevitable move.

More:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-ceo-resigns-from-apple-board-2009-08-03?siteid=bnbh

what's your view on this?

Happiness at work?

2009-07-30T10:54:00.001+02:00

Ever noticed how kids just love to sing and dance? At a cafe this
morning it struck me what joy the share - in this case a girl of 4
makes up her own song about the birds clearing the ground of
leftovers.

What happens then? Most of us go to school. We learn what suits
and what doesn't. Isn't it time for us to stop worrying what others
MIGHT think - and just try? After all - a lot of that worry goes waaaay
back into evolution - where we just HAD to perform in certain ways
to keep the clan together.

Here's a man who works in a company that supports personalities:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivjybzdXVmI

What's your view on this?

Bye for now!
Johan - having another coffee

Twitter is like a hot line to Sokrates or Kepler

2009-07-11T14:08:00.001+02:00

There´s a lot of talk about Twitter these days...
I agree twittering should be well in synch with your strategies.

For my personal knowledge - Twitter is like if someone living in the
16th century had access to the thinking of Shakespeare, or the old
hunters up here North had access to the thinkings of Sokrates and
Pythagoras. How would that have developed their thinking? And to
have it every day?

I skipped newspapers long ago. Twitter is the first thing I turn to,
then a few blogs, online magazines and so on. Meanwhile, radio from
time to time adds on.
Feeding me with thinkings of politicians, Jeff Jarvis, Seth Godin,
Clay Shirky, Chris Heuer and Brian Solis (and a lot more) means a
great deal in MY business and life.

Isn't this just GREAT, sharing thoughts and ideas?

I love it!

What's your opinion?

Slow starter: my impressions from Almedalen

2009-07-11T12:17:00.002+02:00

Rose "Peace" and the old citywall_DSC7604
Originally uploaded by Johan Lange

I use to type words. Not a LOT of words. But often, too short of good pictures. So, I'll start off this time in the other order: pictures first!

Click the link below the picture...

Text to be added later - please feel free to interact with the pictures meantime!

Johan

second round of pitches #ArcticEvening in Copenhagen now

2009-06-24T20:15:00.001+02:00

Twingly: services on top of search engine for social media
Break-even this year
Unify everything
Open for interviews, investors, excellent developers

Currently based on widgets

//trustworthy!

Admedius: use the content graph as base
aggregated content –

Work and interact with content

//sounds like power of visualisation, simplicity and relationships

Wordy: taking your english text into something beautiful

Publish near perfect English – by

//seems like work-consuming – and risk: Google Wave on-the-fly translator, but may of course be better…//

Husets Kreative fixes HTML –

Structured data base

Freemium model

Myfi.net fixed operator + mobile broadband operator

Customer signs up +Market research –> send them a router –> the customer opens for other users -> an algorithm chooses what to install.

Installed in Möllan, Malmö

About 89 SEK/Month ADSL

Mentory.com connect and help each other –

Some experience to pay forward

Provide a community where we can meet and

Open mass mentory –

Closed mentory –

Enter question -> answers

Broadcast and collect

Vision: go global – share knowledge over borders

Basic – free

Enterprise – "costs"

Focus 2: entrerpreneurs…

Social Square consultants

Supporting companies to help/understand/use social media

Demand for participation increases

8 people working full time

Ida – idea: Know when to get pregnant – and not

Measure hormones in the saliva

Problem: big ugly machine

Solution: small device,

Need: SW developer, mech guys, biz angel

Bloglovin' making to RSS what Skype did

Most women – following fashion blogs

First round of pitches at Arctiv Evening in CPH

2009-06-24T19:43:00.001+02:00

these are my strictly personal reactions.... (don't sue me, please!) ;-)

ARCTIC EVENING 090624

PITCHES:

Nosco:

idea markets for companies

Employees can spend on other colleagues ideas – increases the value of the ideas.

Customers: Danske Bank

Piipl:

comfort: tool – addressing feedback from customers

Understand more about what end users experience

Experience – tag cloud –

//problem: folk SÄGER en sak – och GÖR en annan!

www.piipl.net

YouCalc:

analytical library /gallery
visualising of data… add to Salesforce, embed on internet, mobiles

Hoist:

handling work flows in companies
Set up a space – app store – share applications – everyone

Virtuell Meida:

several sites – niched

Building on Google Wave – hemmaharmoni – releasad redan

Bringing the company to more countries

//this guy have experience in large user bases!

Aptocore

social comm tool for iPhone games

Collect data from plays – present games they will like! 50,000 apps on AppStore

4-5% per game sold.

Expono:

"Flickr killer"

6 million NOK raised

protect the users content, portable privacy,

//snygg sajt!

*** end of part one ***

internet trumps all other media.... how does this affect your strategies?

2009-06-20T08:28:00.001+02:00

Just so you won't say "we didn't know this!!!":

http://gesterling.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/internet-trumps-all-other-news-sources/

Advertising in disruptive times

2009-06-07T11:24:00.001+02:00

There's a lot of talk now in all media saying "What should we charge
for?"
to "How can papers and magazines survive?"

Jeff Jarvis has (of course - lots of great thoughts are compiled and
created
by this great guy!) given this several thoughts and blogs... Like this
one:

http://www.buzzmachine.com/2009/06/06/decencyad/

One sentence got me started: "Advertising is failure". Well, you don't
necessarily
have to agree - but with a society of less megaphones and more dialog
oriented
communication, that MAY be true! How to steer in this new landscape is
not easy
to say, as your basic strategy plays an even bigger role than before!

You can be sure we will cover more of this here!

What's your view on this? I always appreciate your thoughts!

Johan

Avoid brand erosion! You just MUST understand the social dimension of the web!

2009-06-06T10:58:00.001+02:00

Brand erosion will happen quickly!

Some say Twitter is nothing - some say it's "all"
Some say Facebook is for youngsters - I say not. Or at least both.
I do most of my business contacts on Facebook. More than cold-calling
that I used to do. Guess what is more fun?

No doubt - some companies will erode their brand in rocket speed - by
not getting the social dimension of the web!

More to follow!

What's your opinion?

#branderosion
#social
#socialweb
#twitter

What would Google® do - or rather - what are they up to? Check this Wave®!

2009-06-01T11:58:00.001+02:00

This is a great presentation!
Not only for the content - Google is up to something great!
....but also for the first 2 minutes - not a Power Point, not a
picture -
all is conveyed from one man.

What is Google up to?
Well, in my view, they are answering Jeff Jarvis' question in the book
"What would Google do?"
In this case "What would Google do if they were to develop email today?"

Watch it - and enjoy!

The group behind the Wave also developed Google Maps;-)

What would you use Wave for?

Social Media in the Middle Ages

2009-05-30T11:57:00.002+02:00

Sometimes we understand the present by looking at the past.

This struck me yesterday while I was strolling to the meeting

with the local Rotary club downtown Stockholm, Sweden.

"What would be the Middle Age version of twitter, blogs

and web sites?" this is my picture:

Twitter: the Joker running from the edge of the village to the

city center "he's coming!!! the king's man is on his way!!!"

Blog: the messenger arrives, rolls out the and reads the King's wills

Web site: the laws and other important stuff in this Kingdom

Conclusions:

The strategy and language in the different channels may differ - but

all aim for the same message - and effect.

What's your view?

Why networking can be wrong – wrong – wrong!!!

2009-05-21T16:55:00.001+02:00

Seen any old-time friends recently showing up on Facebook? Suddenly very interested in networking? Yeah, crisis call for new actions – but some networkers will not be long in the network…

Me-me-me syndrome

When networking is about "me-me-me" and "I-I-I" or "need-need-need" networks normally close. This is why networks close more rapid than the latte goes cold in a cafe.

How to do it?

Try and switch off your reptile brain – what skills do you possess?

What resourses are needed in times of crisis?

Then go into networking:

· Start by giving –ask what you can do for your fellow networker

· Get interested in what other do

· Think "me in that network"

Be grateful for ALL new inputs

Why is this bad?

· your friend will lose friends in the action

· networking gets a bad name

web 2.0 will get yet another opponent

Are you ready to go that extra mile for your customer?

2009-05-17T11:53:00.004+02:00

Today in a cafe a thought became just SOO clear to me: Are we as suppliers ready to that extra little thing for our customer? What inspired me?

I ordered the big menu, in fact the most expensive one. When pouring my coffee I stretched for the milk can. Empty. Turned to the staff – two girls talking. Nothing wrong in this. "Would you please fill up this can?" of course! While one of the girls went for the milk I started up my mobile office – power, Mac and sat down 1.5 meters away from the coffee pot. Pretty ordinary, you may say. She filled up the milk can. Period. And returned to talk to her colleague. You may say "yes but she's so young!" and you're right! But I see this happening in so many cases in companies: Not being aware of the "extra mile effect"

Now – what could be different with an "extra mile café"?

First of all – keeping track of all cans – not always possible – but if you work on your perception, soon you will react to behaviours of "almost no milk in the can"

Second – when I ask for you to fill it up – meet me with gratitude "thanks for telling me!" (your customer is helping you)

Third – ask me if I would like some of the new milk (I probaly dooo – since I checked for it"

Fourth – add a napkin – we mostly need it!

What would an "extra mile company" do?

What would that "extra mile company" do? I will start looking for that TEMCs (The Extra Mile Company) in my surroundings – and I certainly apprciate if you find them – feel free to add them here! I've gathered a few inspiring links:

Companies - Consultants:

This seems to be an Australian consultancy that got it. (And yes - there are more!)

http://www.extramilecompany.com/

Companies - role models:

this site gathers TEMC companies in Scotland

http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/

Books:

There are of course books on this subject:

Going the Extra Mile Engage Your Workforce to Grow Profit by

Paul Stalker, The Extra Mile Company (out of print)

What's your view on this subject?

How to change a winning team - YES you should!!!

2009-05-14T09:54:00.004+02:00

Ever heard the saying "Never change a winning team"? I've heard it soooo many times! Or "If it ain't broken - don't fix it!". Well, I don't agree! The problem with sayings of these kinds is the tend to direct us all - often more than we'd like to agree...

What's my point?
* Meaning
* Preparing for worse days
* Finding our strenghts!

So what should we do? - We will ask ourselves a few simple questions:

* How are we doing? Good/Bad? Who tells - and how?
* If we are "a winning team", if "nothing is broken" and "we are great" - HOW COME we are great and doing well?
* What is it we are doing to make things happen?
* What is in our control - and what is not?
* What are our skills and culture that makes it possible to us to be this great?

Work in your management team, your performing group - even your family!
Put it all on paper - words, mindmaps, drawings even pictures

You are now prepared for more success - and... if things turn bad: how to handle a tougher situation!

what do others say?

In favor of my sake:
http://www.amazon.com/Always-Change-Winning-Team-Prerequisites/dp/095428299X

opposing my sake:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=312001

What do you think?

All inclusive - convenient - but is it modern imperialism?

2009-05-06T20:52:00.002+02:00

When travelling to the Cabo Verde Islands in October last year I spent quite some time on the beach. Coming from a country in the North - it's a great time for sun, swimming - and I discovered kite surfing. More seriously, I met some locals and we discussed the issue of "all inclusive". They claimed although it attracts travellers and tourists, a very tiny part of the money stays on the island...

My thoughts were awakened today when commercials claimed "you can leave your wallet at home". Now, of course you can do that. It's convenient. But is it responsible? Or is it new imperialism? I prefer to stay in a small, less convenient hotel, with local owners, spending local money in local bars and restaurants. What do you think?

Visibility - clarity - democracy

2009-05-03T10:36:00.004+02:00

How can democracy work if we don't understand the communication?

Sunlight foundation seems to do a great job I'd like to see in Sweden as well:
Making state decisions and statistics understandable with reasonable work applied.

Read more here: http://sunlightfoundation.com/
More on Fora.tv (btw - a great channel!): http://fora.tv/2009/04/02/How_Sunlight_Foundation_Achieves_Government_Transparency

The aim reminds me of the speech by Hans Rosling of Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden - check his very inspiring speech on Ted.com (another GREAT channel. If I hade to choose between Fora&Ted and my ordinary "fat TV" - I'd scrap my old TV set). This stuff is SOOO good - not only for the content - but for the way they deliver it!

Read about him: http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/hans_rosling.html
/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html
Check the presentation: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks

Thanks, Viking Line (ferry from Sweden to Åland Island between Finland and Sweden) for the free internet access - great at sea!
Johan

Happy Friday - communication that makes you happy!

2009-04-24T07:49:00.001+02:00

Just recently a video was posted to me. OK, it's a commercial - but I have to admit - it catches me. Why? Is it for the joy? Is it the music? The spreading of the activity? Or the thrill of the feeling "it might happen here too"? Watching it for the fifth time - I realize it's all of them - and in addition to these: I am trilled people can actually spend time planning such an event. Now, you may say - "for what reason"? "Why not spend time with people who REALLY need attention?" And I can agree to that too... Or - may it be so that people exposed to a video or other material that REALLY touches them - really make a difference afterwards?

Worth thinking: what planning, management, pleasures et cetera were needed for this video?
Any parallels to your normal working day?

What do YOU think?
And, yeah: here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM

more info:
dictionary style: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Street_station
explantion: http://www.adrants.com/2009/01/tmobile-flashmobs-liverpool-street.php
trend views: http://cyanatrendland.com/2009/01/17/t-mobile-ad-liverpool-street-station/
the company: http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/dance/

Earth day - what does it mean to you?

2009-04-22T18:19:00.000+02:00

"Sometimes - when I'm awf'lly low" - that's how one of the songs I used to sing with my first barbershop quartet "Four Others" goes... A famous song from the 40's I believe. Now feeling "low" may be interpreted in many ways - sometimes when I'm soooo busy with all the "important" issues of life and business... I fall to my knees and forward down. At this time of year, life that has been slumbering for a couple of months, restarts again. The grass gets green and lot of small flowers start attracting our winter worn eyes. As the philosophers say - "connect with Mother Nature!"

And TODAY is a good time for it! It's EARTH day! How can you connect today? Hug a tree, enjoy what is around you. Or check this: http://globalmindshift.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-earth-day-question-what-gives-your-life-meaning/

Be greatful for what is around you - tomorrow is a new day. Time to appreciate our nature - and save it for another generation?

Taking charge - opening your own network

2009-04-22T08:08:00.000+02:00

Some years ago, expectations on FON were great. It's still there - and I am one of the greatful users. However, when travelling here in Sweden - and elsewhere - I very seldomly find any FON spots.
But internet is full of initiatives - here's one that lets you join a group that opens their personal wlan network to other users in the group: http://ipredia.se/wiki/Huvudsida

Too hard sentence closes dialogue

2009-04-19T11:05:00.000+02:00

Dialogue always beats quietness and undercover

The sentence to Pirate Bay – 1 year in prison and a total of 30 Million SEK (approx 5 M USD) is exactly what the prosecutor asked for – admitting no place for other views. I believe this will have a very serious long-time effect. Some of them including:

A – most likely reaction from the music industry/old media

• the music industry is happy – ”what they did was wrong”
• some of our parents and old media will be happy – ”anarchy is not the solution”
• the pressure for change is lifted – leaving old media even more fat and happy – and left behind
• legislation in the area will be haltered – a milder sentence would keep that pressure going
• a new push to try to reverse from Web 2.0 to 1.0

A.2 – most likely reaction from the gaming industry

• happy – but gets the warning
• builds value around the relationship with their customers
• ”you may copy a product – but not a relationship!”
• this will lead to involvement of the consumer in the games in a way that makes it harder to file share without funding
• funding competitions become more regular

B – most likely reactions from youngsters(young at mind, not necessarily in age)
• file sharing will continue
• TPB sites will be cloned and duplicated
• Users will go anonymous/hidden IP
• some may think ”this is my right!” – and will continue downloading
• some may be scared and stop – or limit their sharing to trusted networks

C – other options for consumers
• borrow CDs at your local library – it’s free to copy for individual needs in most countries and states
• borrow your friends CDs
• email mp3s to friends – same as C1
* invite musicians and artists to your corporate events
D – other options for artists
• sell your material on sites like
• get an agreement with Spotify and alike services
• join and idependent company
• sell USB sticks at your next concert
• got no concert? Create music clusters and perform together
• jamming sessions are rare – and extremely popular with your audience
• most restaurants are empty at the start of the evening – great spot for jamming or performing
• open a subscribtion service – check out Marit Bergman – Swedish Artist in NY
• and finally – accepting that there’s no market for your material. It has been true, is true and will be true for some, whatever you do. Get it – reshape and do something else!

What are your views on this?

Recommending Bob Lefsetz - ex music inhabitant

2009-04-18T18:45:00.000+02:00

He really gets it all - and comprise it all to a few sentences.

* yes - if you produce something - you should get something
* you need to produce something that is needed by customers
* technology develops - so should you
* laws are always - and SHOULD be! - behind

out of the latest posts:

"I get it, it's the legal theory/precedent. But wasn't that the rationale behind the Napster suits? Establishing the law? So now we've established the law in Sweden. Where next, Afghanistan? Cuba? North Korea? You can put a server anywhere. And the Pirate Bay is appealing and shows no willingness to shut down.

No, the only solution is new services that people want. But this requires a change in headspace."

Indeed.
And CHANGE like OBAMA thoughts, start in the management. When did the music industry invent ANYTHING the latest 30 years???

ref: www.lefsetz.com (he used to be in that game to - hence, he knows the level of business development....)

Seminarium - Tekniskt Institut - 27 maj 2009

2009-04-18T16:10:00.000+02:00

Vi är glada att dela med oss - här är information om Workshopen vi arrangerar på uppdrag av Tekniskt Institut 27 maj i år:

"Fördjupningsdag till konferensen "Marknadsföringsdagen 2009"

09:00-16:00 Hur hantera och integrera sociala medier i marknadsföringen
-Ledarskap och marknadsföring i en digital värld
Vill du bryta igenom dagens enorma reklambrus med nytänkande marknadsföring som bygger på dialog och engagemang? Internet har revolutionerat all slags kommunikation. Detta har i sin tur förändrat hela vårt samhälle. Envägskommunikationen förvandlas till flervägs- kommunikation och företagen måste anpassa sig till den nya nätverkande medborgaren samt lära sig att föra en dialog med denna."

Mer: http://www.teknologiskinstitut.se/25905

Nätverkande - artikel från Ny Teknik

2009-04-18T16:04:00.000+02:00

Ingenjörsyrket ger många chanser till kul jobb. Gå på KTH även om du vill bli programledare! Jag kör många utvecklingsprogram med både projektledare och chefer - och jag blandar in såväl show som standup och coachande ledarskap. Mer i denna artikel:

http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/karriarartiklar/article480120.ece

The KTH engineers role in future society-Thoughts from the Reactor Think Tank

2009-04-18T15:12:00.000+02:00

We live in disruptive times. The ongoing financial crisis opened unexpected opportunities for politicians to get back into the loop. The ongoing trial on The Pirate Bay shows in a similar way that there's space for the engineer to get back in the media loop of our societies.

During today's tour of the first nuclear plant in Sweden - the R1 at KTH was a good reminder of the time when the engineer was the society's hero. The strong belief in technical solutions as the future saviour of the society. The presentation of the R1 (in Swedish, still - a lot to pick up by all)
Pictures: http://gallery.stacken.kth.se/2004-reaktor-R1/lowres_reaktor_R1_a4dn898_3286_web

It's all too evident how easy all debates fall into the trap of becoming black and white - in the case of file sharing: is it ok to steal or not? freedom or not? - when we all KNOW the debate involves more issues than that. I believe the KTH engineers have a role to play here! Not only do they have a role - the have a challenge - and a duty to pay back to the society the scientific measures to make obvious the debate is more complicated than some players want to make it.
One such voice is the professor Roger Wallis http://researchprojects.kth.se/index.php/kb_1/pb_2245/pb.html

This is a call to engineers - firstly my fellow engineers of KTH (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan - The Royal Institute of Technology) in Stockholm. Let's debate the often too-simple-angle that mainstream media presents. We'll start this - not as a revolution - but as a disruptive and continuum - something that goes on and on and on...

Our means are the human's best tools: through dialogue, blogs, by talking to neighbors, colleagues, even strangers on the subway. Let's make issues more complicated - and human. The engineer way. Let's start right now. Right here. I'm at KTH today - where are you? What can your engineering spirit help develop today?

More on this (probably mostly in Swedish...):
Judith: "50 meter under jord - KTH"http://www.judithwolst.se/kth/
"Ingenjörer inblandade..." http://disruptive.nu/2009/04/18/ingen-gor-saker-som-ingenjorer/
Rudolf about the creativity of this small country: (Swe): http://disruptive.nu/2009/04/18/kth/
Björn Falkevik on the presentation - incl video: http://bjornfalkevik.blogspot.com/2009/04/blogglordag-i-reaktorhallen.html
http://getinvolvedblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/kth-ingenjorens-roll-i-web-20/

2 driving forces (at least!) for cloud services

2009-04-06T09:54:00.000+02:00

Cloud services (xxx as a service aka "asp" in the old days...) will gain speed rapidly. There are several forces that will drive this business:

Short term:
1. cost savings in the financial crisis: Most corporations have to reduce cost rapidly. Starting with some cloud services will offer that opportunity

2. the service level from it department to the management level will be challenged by decision panels in the cloud

Long term:
1. Cost savings once the financial crisis is over will increase. Good it staff will be costly, not covering for the surplus cost of local servers

2. security issues will not be handled in the shell model (similar to customs at the border of a country) but rather internally "in the stream" of the information

The next big group to be shortcut by techy development are resellers of servers. What will you add on your services - or adjust to the market situation?

Jag manar till besinning i IPred-tillämpningen

2009-04-02T12:10:00.001+02:00

Jag anser att lagstiftningen kring iPred TILL VISS DEL gör skada för upphovsrättsmännen.
Jag anser vidare att EN DEL - inte ALL - fildelning är marknadsföring - men i en annan form. Sålunda riskerar vi att få en situation där många, många artister som SJÄLVA blivit STORA pga fildelningen (det gäller även spelföretag, CAD-mjukvaruföretag m fl) faktiskt stämmer sina välgörare/kunder.
DET är anledningen att jag är emot den lag som nu ligger.
Den bevarar en gammal maktstruktur som om den hårddras kommer STRYPA kreativiteten - inte gynna skaparna.
Jag är FÖR utveckling - och iPred riskerar att skapa ett modernt digitalt varvsstöd. Och det tror jag inte artister och skribenter egentligen vill. De vill också utveckling - men nu går de i andra riktningen. Makten vill adrig ge upp frivilligt. Nu gör tekniken det oundvikligt.

Frigolit i nybyggen - hur har ni nu tänkt?

2009-02-24T10:42:00.000+01:00

Sorry - this one is in Swedish - about using highly flammable plastic as isolation in housing.

Har ni sett hur många nybyggen som isoleras med frigolit? När väl betongväggarna är på plats och (någorlunda) torkade - då lägger man på frigolitskivor som fästs med smarta skruvar med stora plattor på. Enkelt, bra isolering - men hallåååå? Är inte frigolit extremt brandfarligt? Nu kan vän av ordning säga "ja men detta är ju på UTSIDAN av huset". Ja, men vid t ex en elbrand kan branden starta just där.

I dialog med experter har jag fått mig berättat att brandinspektörer kommit till platser där polisen misstänkt att branden var anlagd med brännbar vätska. Det är så många plaster uppför sig när de brinner. Hur gaserna från frigolit påverkar oss behöver vi nog inte ens tänka på...

Ingen expert jag talat med inom el- och brandinspektion tycker att frigolit i byggnader är en bra idé...
Vad tycker du?

Time to set a time limit for the CD?

2008-12-17T17:00:00.000+01:00

When the state of California decided to ban cars with leaded fuel - the industry reacted.
Now, we are in the digital age where transportation is possible to solve via internet. Manufacturing and distributing CDs consume a lot of our limited resources - primarily petroleum-based products. What state will be first to ban the CD?

Time for some cheering!!! We managed the ozon holes!

2008-12-11T13:20:00.000+01:00

Easy to forget - worth mentioning!
Some 15 years ago, the ozon layers were a great concern.
With prompt actions, we did it!
The scientific evidences were very clear - are they as clear today?
I am not denying the problems we foresee - but are we totally clear
on the causes? Now, one may say "better safe than sorry" - but some
actions will be costly - often on the behalf of poor people and countries.

What's your opinion?

Journalism - are journalists themselves opening for bloggers?

2008-12-11T13:00:00.000+01:00

There are many signs of journalism developing in different directions: One is digging down, eeper - getting more radical, with journalists covering issues like war, criminal economy et cetera. The other one is floating on the surface, covering simple areas that are obvious to anyone - like TV programs et cetera. What about the gap between these two? IS there a gap? If so, that gap won't exist for ever. I believe this is THE place for bloggers.

A journalist once explained what it is to "be a journalist"... "You see - our task is to create a picture of the everyday as beeing very exciting!" Of course - in a well-organised society like many countries today - news are often of the negative kind.

What bloggers can do is to share their view of the everyday, because unlike the journalist view - the everyday doesn't really need to be flashed up. It only needs to be told.

I also believe mainstream media - be it print or TV - are digging their own grave by "giving the audience what they want". With the choice of other channels - only a little few will stay with the TV set. Most others will search for a niche that tells them "you are important to us - come and see!"

What do you think?
Johan - at a cafe in Lilla Essingen, Stockholm, Sweden on a rainy
Thursday lunch

Research on black holes - and the truth about computers and time

2008-11-19T09:56:00.000+01:00

Heard of CERN and their huge accelerator? The aim is to explore what really happened at time zero - the time of the Big Bang. Sadly, the accelerator didn't work for long: Luckily, the solution to the black hole theory is much closer than we ever expected. In fact, you are probably close to one as you read this! It's only human to establish huge and complex machines - instead of just examining your closest environment.

Ever had a considerable amount of time - and nothing to do? If you switched on your computer, suddenly you feel how time accelerates. What really happens inside your computer is a big vortex starts moving, and as it moves and accelerates, a miniature black hole is being created. Small enough you won't be (thanks!) drawn into it. But your time and schedule will!!!

Remember where you read it first!

Yours truly, off to find out more truths....
;-Johan

Aktuella tankar/Currently on my mind

2005-02-06T22:26:00.000+01:00

Pardon - this is in Swedish. Email me if the subjects are of interest to you!
johan@langecom.com

Att tänka på i vardagen
Det finns naturligtvis en mängd tankar som dyker upp hos en konsult och personlig coach. Dagliga uttalanden och kommentarer ger ju indikatorer av hur det är ställt inom olika företag och organisationer.

Här är några av de som dykt upp den senaste tiden - och vad man kan fundera över...

Bråttom - eller Viktigt?
Bakgrund: På många företag sker idag en mängd verksamheter där "brandsläckning" är det enklaste sättet att beskriva åtgärderna. Självklart måste vi släcka bränder som uppstår, men kan vi förebygga dem genom litet mer långsiktigt beteende?

Exempel: På ett företag tvingas man ideligen påtala för personalen hur viktigt det är att hålla ordning, plocka undan disk efter sig, lämna mötesrum i det skick man själv vill ha det - ja du känner nog igen det.
Detta är bara ETT exempel på vad som sker.

Framtidsutsikter:
Om inget görs - vad händer då? Risken är stor att kulturen havererar. Tankar som "om ingen annan röjer upp efter sig så struntar jag också i det" slår mycket snabbt rot - det kallar nämligen på ett beteende i vår "beteendestack": minsta motståndets lag.

Åtgärd:
Ifrågasätt då och då - är detta Viktigt eller Bråttom?
I detta fall - vilket är viktigast? Att arbeta med attityden - eller tjata på städning? Men vi vet hur det brukar bli - "arbeta med kulturen - det hinner vi inte nu". Så det blir lätt Bråttom-kulturen som vinner. Men det långsiktiga priset kan bli högt.

Till sist:
Tänk på att kulturen styr dig mycket mer än du styr den!

Målstyrd eller Händelsestyrd?
Bakgrund: text

Exempel: text

Framtidsutsikter: text

Åtgärd: Ifrågasätt då och då - Händelsestyrd eller Målstyrd?

Till sist:
Tänk på att kulturen styr dig mycket mer än du styr den!
Prata med dina kollegor om hur ni lever er kultur och värderingar.

Onödiga möten?

Bakgrund: text

Exempel: text

Framtidsutsikter: text

Åtgärd: Ifrågasätt då och då - behöver jag verkligen gå på det här mötet? Kan jag delegera - och kanske finna någon av mina medarbetare som är både bättre lämpad och motiveras av mötet? Finns kanske t o m alternativ till mötet? Alla bör ha rätt i en organisation att ifrågasätta möten. De tar så mycket av vår tid och engagemang att vi har rätt att yttra oss - och agera.

Delegera - eller göra själv?
Bakgrund:
Hur många av oss som är eller har varit chefer kan känna att vi delegerat tillräckligt? Ändå vet vi att det finns oerhört många faktorer som talar för att vi ska delegera mer.

Exempel:
Hur många tekniker som befordras till chefer lyckas fasa ut sin grundkunskap allteftersom chefsrollen och administration ökar i volym?
Det är säkert inte isolerat till tekniker, många av oss har svårt att släppa kontrollen.

Framtidsutsikter:
Tyvärr väldigt dyster! Klarar vi inte av att delegera tillräckligt kommer vi själva sitta med för mycket på bordet. Det är illa i sig, men det stannar inte med det - dina medarbetare får inte blomma ut, känner sig inte sedda tillräckligt mm mm. Listan kan göras lång.

Åtgärd:
Låt oss erkänna - vi skyller på

tiden... "Det går fortare om jag gör det"
kompetensen... "Jag vet hur det ska göras"
komplexiteten... "Jag orkar inte delegera just nu, det är för krångligt att sätta in någon annan"
löptiden... "Vi har redan kommit så långt, inte värt att delegera nu"

Kommentar:
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Den korrigerande - eller Varande polisen
Bakgrund:
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Framtidsutsikter:
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Åtgärd:
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Kommentarer:
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Mycket eller litet tid
mer kommer!

List of some Management litterature and inspiration/Litteraturlista och inspiration - Ledarskap

2005-02-05T16:46:00.000+01:00

During several training courses, seminars and other events where I've had the honor to be speaking one question always comes up: "What management books do you recommend?"

I have to answer honestly, "I don't really read that much" - I tend to live according to the model created by Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the organisation and author of "Scouting for Boys" in 1895. The method is just as obvious today as then - "Learning by doing".

However, no rule without exceptions... A few that I have found useful hints in - and sometimes used the book as such as tools in education and change are listed here. Some may be available in Swedish only. Mail me if in doubt.

General Management litterature:
* "In search of Excellence" - Michael Porter's bestseller of the 80's. Still worth reading

Thougthful on attitudes, personal responsibility and my self appreciation:
* "Who moved my cheese?" by Spencer Johnson. ISBN:
* "Vem snodde osten?" av Spencer Johnson (Swedish) ISBN:
Excellent to use as a starter for projects in change, re-engineering, fusions and alike.

On building organisations, management, and corporate social responsibitity:
* "Seven levels of corporate consciousness" by Richard Barrett.
A great description of how it all can come down to one model - business planning, corporate culture, quality, balanced scorecards, CSR, CRM, ERP - and self development. A great comprehension of several subjects.

Does Art have a place in Business Life?

2005-01-24T10:10:00.000+01:00

Welcome to the Blog of "LEK Verksamhetsutveckling".
My company has been around since 2001 and I just realized blogging may be the addition to a Web Site that creates the actuality... Or just an addition? Time will show.

Since the beginning of this year (2005) I have been involved in a project which is probably best described as "Regeneration". The term I understand describes the re-charging of business life throug activities originating in Art life.
The project can be seen on www.drivermig.se ("Driver Mig" in Swedish translates to "My driving force"). It incorporates 23 persons with a wide variety in Arts.
We are now summarizing the project that has been running for 8 Months. It's been funded by local authorities and the European Social Fund (ESF).
Our findings will be re-used for understanding and hopefully supporting other creative processes in both border-crossing cooperations and research in traditional businesses.

To summarize today:
The former chairman of Allied Steel and Wire, Sir Alan Cox, told an audience in 1997: "If you want to grow your business without ensuring the growth of individual people within the company, they you are deluding yourselves. The world class companies that I've seen actually manage to become world class because they are growing their people faster than they are growing their company... the arts can show us what we are, they give us a vision of what we can be and how we do it."