Join the world premier of TEDx Kids@Brussels taking place on June 1, 2011 at St John's International School in Waterloo, Belgium!
2 events in 148 kids, all of them born in 2000, are going to get their hands dirty, soldering, tinkering, hacking and composing. A series of hands-on workshops will introduce the kids to a range of skills and methods. At the same time 400 adults will be treated to an all day program of leading thinkers, experts and makers. They'll get regular updates on the workshops from some leading child psychologists throughout the day.
Maker Kids?The future aims of primary education could be a rich mix of learning by doing, hacking the physical world and taking direct control of the technologies around us. Kids could use this knowledge to be more connected to each other and the wider world. We want to give them the tools to directly influence the physical and social ecosphere in the hope that this creates freedom and empowerment for the future.
More info:
www.tedxkids.be
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Think Media nv (noted on Euronext Stockexchange) is looking for a CFO
Functieomschrijving:
Als CFO heeft u de - eindverantwoordelijkheid over het financieel beleid van de organisatie. U brengt de belangrijkste processen (rapportering,
budgettering, controlling, …) in kaart - en streeft actief naar een verdere optimalisatie. Ook heeft u oog voor domeinen zoals kostenbeheersing,
optimalisatie werkkapitaal, cash planning, schuld/cash beheer, … en neemt u daarvoor gerichte initiatieven. Dit alles dient te leiden tot de implementatie
van een strategie die er op gericht is om op duurzame wijze maximalisatie van de aandeelhouderswaarde te bekomen.
Daarnaast houdt u zich bezig met de verplichte communicatie opgelegd door de CBFA.
U rapporteert deels aan de CEO en deels aan de raad van bestuur.
U onderhoudt uitstekende relaties met banken en andere stakeholders.
U maakt deel uit van het managementteam en u leidt een team dat instaat voor finance en accounting.
Profiel:
Voor deze sleutelfunctie kan u een leidinggevende ervaring in financiën en boekhouding voorleggen.
U heeft een sterke affiniteit met de media.
U behaalde een masterniveau of u bent gelijkwaardig door ervaring.
Kennis van IFRS wetgeving is een pluspunt.
U profileert zich als een gedreven, communicatieve en analytisch ingestelde manager.
U bent meertalig (NL/E/F).
Wij bieden:
• Een boeiende job binnen een sterk groeiend mediabedrijf;
• Een aantrekkelijk salarispakket aangevuld met een bonussysteem;
• Gsm, bedrijfswagen, laptop, …
Stuur je CV en motivatiebrief naar cjacobs@thinkmedia.be
Think Media Magazines
Oude Leeuwenrui 8/12, 2000 Antwerpen - Tel. 03/20 20 188
Als CFO heeft u de - eindverantwoordelijkheid over het financieel beleid van de organisatie. U brengt de belangrijkste processen (rapportering,
budgettering, controlling, …) in kaart - en streeft actief naar een verdere optimalisatie. Ook heeft u oog voor domeinen zoals kostenbeheersing,
optimalisatie werkkapitaal, cash planning, schuld/cash beheer, … en neemt u daarvoor gerichte initiatieven. Dit alles dient te leiden tot de implementatie
van een strategie die er op gericht is om op duurzame wijze maximalisatie van de aandeelhouderswaarde te bekomen.
Daarnaast houdt u zich bezig met de verplichte communicatie opgelegd door de CBFA.
U rapporteert deels aan de CEO en deels aan de raad van bestuur.
U onderhoudt uitstekende relaties met banken en andere stakeholders.
U maakt deel uit van het managementteam en u leidt een team dat instaat voor finance en accounting.
Profiel:
Voor deze sleutelfunctie kan u een leidinggevende ervaring in financiën en boekhouding voorleggen.
U heeft een sterke affiniteit met de media.
U behaalde een masterniveau of u bent gelijkwaardig door ervaring.
Kennis van IFRS wetgeving is een pluspunt.
U profileert zich als een gedreven, communicatieve en analytisch ingestelde manager.
U bent meertalig (NL/E/F).
Wij bieden:
• Een boeiende job binnen een sterk groeiend mediabedrijf;
• Een aantrekkelijk salarispakket aangevuld met een bonussysteem;
• Gsm, bedrijfswagen, laptop, …
Stuur je CV en motivatiebrief naar cjacobs@thinkmedia.be
Think Media Magazines
Oude Leeuwenrui 8/12, 2000 Antwerpen - Tel. 03/20 20 188
Thursday, April 14, 2011
OLPC in Kigali, Rwanda
Take a look at this CNN video on the development (including OLPC) in Kigali, Rwanda.
This is the second part of the most recent episode of Future Cities from Richard Quest. (minute 2.35) It was screened on CNN international.
This is the second part of the most recent episode of Future Cities from Richard Quest. (minute 2.35) It was screened on CNN international.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
New contactdetails Gert Van Mol
gertvanmol (at) hotmail.com
gert.vanmol (at) groepg.eu
+32 478 882 506
Please do not use gert.vanmol@dowjones.com anymore
gert.vanmol (at) groepg.eu
+32 478 882 506
Please do not use gert.vanmol@dowjones.com anymore
Interesting technique to enhance footage on your blog
Interesting technique to enhance footage on your blog:
http://mauricedevelder.blogspot.com/2011/03/youtube-buys-green-parrot.html
http://mauricedevelder.blogspot.com/2011/03/youtube-buys-green-parrot.html
Monday, March 14, 2011
Austria
Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough.... I now realize that the small hills you see on ski slopes are formed around the bodies of forty-seven-year-olds who tried to learn snowboarding. ~Dave Barry
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Belgian Army identifies lost helicopter 45 years after missing in action in Congo
More than 45 years ago the military helicopter of Robert 'Bob' Jacobs and 2 colleagues disappeared during a rescue operation in Congo. It took the Belgian Army almost 45 years to find back the helicopter. It was only in 2010, under the leadership of Defense Minister De Crem, that an expedition was organised to investigate what was believed to be the crash site. They found the crash site in the middle of the jungle. Research showed that the remains of the helicopter were part of the lost helicopter of Bob and his comrades. Unfortunately nature destroyed all possible human remains. "Bob" was the brother of my wife's mother. We named our second son after him. We had always told our children we would organise a symbolic expedition to find the helicopter in Africa when they would be around 21 years of age.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Africa
Several students related to the Future Leadership Institute are in Egypt, Tunesia and Libia, doing unimaginable things....
Friday, February 18, 2011
The Belgian Rowing Championships
After organising several "The Business of Rowing Seminars at the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race" I have been asked to join the organising committee of Belgian Rowing Championships, 23 and 24 April 2011. First official sponsorship agreement signed with Office Shop. People interested to help out during the Championships, do not hesitate to contact me.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Gert Van Mol Advising OLPC
As of this week Gert Van Mol will be advising OLPC Europe, One Laptop Per Child Europe, as a Non-Executive Director EU Policies. OLPC Europe is a public ultility foundation, part of OLPC, a project originally developed at MIT by Nicholas Negroponte.
Here are the 5 principles of OLPC:
1. Child Ownership
OLPC has created the XO laptop to be low cost, robust and powerful, beautiful and friendly. It was designed for elementary school children, the first of its kind.
A laptop can be transformed into a mobile school: a portable learning and teaching environment. A connected laptop is more than a tool. It is a new human environment of a digital kind. An essential aspect of OLPC is the free use of the laptop at home, where the child and the family together can greatly increase the practice time normally available at a school lab or library.
The ownership of the XO is a basic right, coupled with new duties and responsibilities: including protecting, caring for, and sharing this creative environment.
2. Low Ages
The XO is designed for the use of children ages 6 to 12 — covering the years of elementary school — but nothing precludes its use earlier or later in life. Children do not need to know how to write or read to enjoy and learn with an XO. Playing is the basis of human learning, and the digital activities on an XO help with acquisition of reading and writing.
Every year a new class of students will be incorporated into the program. The assessment of the OLPC program should be intrinsic to each class, and every student will have an individual portfolio or journal with the history of his or her learning paths in the many disciplines at school. Small children with learning, motor or sensory disabilities may use the computer as a prosthesis to read, write, calculate, and communicate.
3. Saturation
OLPC is committed to elementary education in developing countries. To attain this objective we aim to reach “digital saturation” in a given population. The key point is to choose the best scale in each circumstance. It can be a country, a region, a municipality or a village, in which every child and teacher will own a connected laptop.
As with vaccinations, digital saturation implies a commitment to maintaining these tools as part of primary education over time. With it, the whole community becomes responsible for this focus on shared education, and the children receive support from the many institutions, individuals and groups around them. Universal connectivity helps these different communities grow together and expand in many directions, in both time and space. Over time, the education network becomes solid and robust, without a digital divide.
4. Connection
The XO has been designed to provide an engaging wireless network. The laptops are connected to others nearby automatically. Children in the neighborhood are permanently connected to chat, sharing information on the local network or web, making music together, editing texts, or using collaborative games.
The laptop can be charged by solar or mechanical power, or through special bulk-chargers at school. The unique XO display allows the use of the laptop under a bright sun. All of this makes it easy for children in a community to connect to one another almost anywhere.
This connectivity will be as ubiquitous as a formal or informal learning environment permits. We propose a new kind of school, an “expanded school” which grows beyond the walls of the classroom. Last but not least, this connectivity ensures a dialogue among generations, nations and cultures. The OLPC network will speak every language.
5. Free and Open Source
All children are learners and teachers, and this spirit of collaboration is amplified by free and open source tools.
A child with an XO is not a passive consumer of knowledge, but an active participant in a learning community. As children grow and pursue new ideas, their software, content, resources, and tools should be able to grow with them. The global nature of OLPC requires locally-driven growth, driven in part by the children themselves. Each child with an XO can leverage the learning of other children. They can teach each other, share ideas, and support each other's growth.
There is no inherent external dependency in being able to localize software into their language, fix the software to remove bugs, and repurpose the software to fit their needs. Nor is there any restriction in regard to redistribution; OLPC cannot know and should not control how the tools we create will be re-purposed in the future.
OLPC's goals require a world of great software and content, both open and proprietary. Children need the chance to choose from all of it. In the context of learning, knowledge should be free. Further, every child has something to contribute; we need a free and open framework that supports the human need to express and share.
Here are the 5 principles of OLPC:
1. Child Ownership
OLPC has created the XO laptop to be low cost, robust and powerful, beautiful and friendly. It was designed for elementary school children, the first of its kind.
A laptop can be transformed into a mobile school: a portable learning and teaching environment. A connected laptop is more than a tool. It is a new human environment of a digital kind. An essential aspect of OLPC is the free use of the laptop at home, where the child and the family together can greatly increase the practice time normally available at a school lab or library.
The ownership of the XO is a basic right, coupled with new duties and responsibilities: including protecting, caring for, and sharing this creative environment.
2. Low Ages
The XO is designed for the use of children ages 6 to 12 — covering the years of elementary school — but nothing precludes its use earlier or later in life. Children do not need to know how to write or read to enjoy and learn with an XO. Playing is the basis of human learning, and the digital activities on an XO help with acquisition of reading and writing.
Every year a new class of students will be incorporated into the program. The assessment of the OLPC program should be intrinsic to each class, and every student will have an individual portfolio or journal with the history of his or her learning paths in the many disciplines at school. Small children with learning, motor or sensory disabilities may use the computer as a prosthesis to read, write, calculate, and communicate.
3. Saturation
OLPC is committed to elementary education in developing countries. To attain this objective we aim to reach “digital saturation” in a given population. The key point is to choose the best scale in each circumstance. It can be a country, a region, a municipality or a village, in which every child and teacher will own a connected laptop.
As with vaccinations, digital saturation implies a commitment to maintaining these tools as part of primary education over time. With it, the whole community becomes responsible for this focus on shared education, and the children receive support from the many institutions, individuals and groups around them. Universal connectivity helps these different communities grow together and expand in many directions, in both time and space. Over time, the education network becomes solid and robust, without a digital divide.
4. Connection
The XO has been designed to provide an engaging wireless network. The laptops are connected to others nearby automatically. Children in the neighborhood are permanently connected to chat, sharing information on the local network or web, making music together, editing texts, or using collaborative games.
The laptop can be charged by solar or mechanical power, or through special bulk-chargers at school. The unique XO display allows the use of the laptop under a bright sun. All of this makes it easy for children in a community to connect to one another almost anywhere.
This connectivity will be as ubiquitous as a formal or informal learning environment permits. We propose a new kind of school, an “expanded school” which grows beyond the walls of the classroom. Last but not least, this connectivity ensures a dialogue among generations, nations and cultures. The OLPC network will speak every language.
5. Free and Open Source
All children are learners and teachers, and this spirit of collaboration is amplified by free and open source tools.
A child with an XO is not a passive consumer of knowledge, but an active participant in a learning community. As children grow and pursue new ideas, their software, content, resources, and tools should be able to grow with them. The global nature of OLPC requires locally-driven growth, driven in part by the children themselves. Each child with an XO can leverage the learning of other children. They can teach each other, share ideas, and support each other's growth.
There is no inherent external dependency in being able to localize software into their language, fix the software to remove bugs, and repurpose the software to fit their needs. Nor is there any restriction in regard to redistribution; OLPC cannot know and should not control how the tools we create will be re-purposed in the future.
OLPC's goals require a world of great software and content, both open and proprietary. Children need the chance to choose from all of it. In the context of learning, knowledge should be free. Further, every child has something to contribute; we need a free and open framework that supports the human need to express and share.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Gert Van Mol Joins Maurice De Velder's Think Media
Gert Van Mol, former VIP Program Manager The Wall Street Journal Europe, accepted an advisory role at Belgium's fastest growing digital publishing house Think Media nv. CEO Think Media Maurice De Velder founded Think Media nv, formerly known as Fabrieken der Gebroeders de Beukelaar, in 1991. Think Media publishes brands such as P-Magazine, Che Magazine, MotorWereld, Motoren & Toerisme, Moto & Loisirs, Spoorweg Journaal, Modelspoor Magazine, Clint portal, 4Gamers portal, Menzo Magazine, Chief Magazine and Official PlayStation Magazine. Think Media is also involved in Life!Tv, Outdoor billboarding and radio. Clint.be is currently the largest infotainment portal in Flanders.
Monday, November 08, 2010
Bratislava: In Form Conference
I will be speaking at the In Form Slowakia Web Conference 10 November 2010.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
INVITATION Unique CEO Seminar with Vineet Nayar, CEO HCL Technologies
I am privileged again to have the opportunity to reach out to you on behalf of The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute and HCL Technologies. HCL is a $5bn corporation comprising 64,000 professionals operating in 26 countries and is a global market leader in the field of Information Technology. The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute is a platform designed to bridge the gap between universities and industry. The institute reaches out to potentially 40,000 students in 165 universities and business schools across Europe.
Mr. Vineet Nayar, CEO – HCL Technologies, has a revolutionary management philosophy “Employees First, Customers Second” which has been widely acclaimed by savants like Professor Gary Hamel and Mr. Tom Peters, also believes that “One small idea can ignite a revolution just as a single matchstick can start a fire. One such idea of putting employees first and customers second, sparked a revolution at HCL Technologies.” We believe that eminent luminaries of the world, like you, would have unique experiences, ideas and points of view to share on this global and contemporary management philosophy.
I would like to invite you as a guest to attend the CEO Debate with Mr. Nayar on 30-Sep-10 (1700 hours) at Grosvenor House Hotel, London. As with all our seminars, the seminar is by invitation only, there is no entrance fee involved. You may confirm your participation by replying to this email, but it would help us if you register through the following event page.
I would be truly delighted to meet you at the session, and have the opportunity to hear your thoughts on the same. If there is any additional information that I can furnish to help you clarify your interest in this initiative, please do let me know and I will respond at the earliest.Look forward to receiving an encouraging response from you.
Mr. Vineet Nayar, CEO – HCL Technologies, has a revolutionary management philosophy “Employees First, Customers Second” which has been widely acclaimed by savants like Professor Gary Hamel and Mr. Tom Peters, also believes that “One small idea can ignite a revolution just as a single matchstick can start a fire. One such idea of putting employees first and customers second, sparked a revolution at HCL Technologies.” We believe that eminent luminaries of the world, like you, would have unique experiences, ideas and points of view to share on this global and contemporary management philosophy.
I would like to invite you as a guest to attend the CEO Debate with Mr. Nayar on 30-Sep-10 (1700 hours) at Grosvenor House Hotel, London. As with all our seminars, the seminar is by invitation only, there is no entrance fee involved. You may confirm your participation by replying to this email, but it would help us if you register through the following event page.
I would be truly delighted to meet you at the session, and have the opportunity to hear your thoughts on the same. If there is any additional information that I can furnish to help you clarify your interest in this initiative, please do let me know and I will respond at the earliest.Look forward to receiving an encouraging response from you.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
BREE/SCHILDE SUMMIT
I will be organizing the first ever Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Summit or BREE/SCHILDE SUMMIT beginning November 2010.
Core of the Summit is the inauguration and first procedures of the WSJE International Student Senate. The International Student Senate is a collection of elected student leaders from top universities and business schools in Europe. We will bring these student leaders together at the BREE/SCHILDE SUMMIT to be confronted with a group of international thought leaders, such as CEO's, academics and high level politicians.
Goal is to create a platform where student leaders can come together to exchange views and ideas and learn from the best and the brightest in the world of economy, science and politics.
I started with the Student Senate when I was at University myself in Leuven, Belgium more than 25 years ago now. I brought together most of the student leaders back then, during a wine and cheese evening in our student cafe, situated in the WINK, at the Damiaan plein, literally 50 meters from the grave of Father Damian. Most of these student leaders have now become key players in their respective fields.
While working for The Wall Street Journal Europe I always tried to build programs reaching out to Future Readers as they will be Future Leaders, and vice versa, Future Leaders will be Future Readers (if they read The Wall Street Journal Europe that is :-)
Why did I choose BREE and SCHILDE, two small Belgian towns ?
1. I copied the success formula of a two-town music festival called Torhout/Werchter
2. Both mayors have given me all their support to organize this event
3. It is easier to start something in 2 small, but key municipalities, where you get all the local support you can find, compared to start something new in Brussels or London.
Why BREE ?
Because of:
1. its mayor Jaak Gabriels, Minister of State and his interest in supporting a group of international student leaders
2. the geographical significance: BREE is situated near the border of 3 countries: Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. When dealing with Europe out of Brussels you don't often see how Europe 'works'. In a border town as BREE you can actually see how Europe works.
3. the historical significance: BREE became a 'city' in 1386
d. BREE is nowadays the center of a technological triangle in the Eastern part of Belgium
4. Pieter Breughel the Elder and Kim Clijsters were born in Bree
Why SCHILDE ?
Because of:
1. its mayor Yolande Avontroodt, also member of Belgian Parliament, and her interest in supporting a group of international student leaders
2. SCHILDE was officially elected to be the best town to live in Belgium (SCHILDE has one of the highest per capita income levels in Flanders, Belgium)
3. I grew up in Schilde/'s Gravenwezel (part of Schilde)
Program BREE/SCHILDE SUMMIT
3-11: Start with evening diner in BREE
4-11: City hall BREE
5-11: SCHILDE
More information: http://www.wsje-flp.com/events.php/295/bree-schilde-summit
Core of the Summit is the inauguration and first procedures of the WSJE International Student Senate. The International Student Senate is a collection of elected student leaders from top universities and business schools in Europe. We will bring these student leaders together at the BREE/SCHILDE SUMMIT to be confronted with a group of international thought leaders, such as CEO's, academics and high level politicians.
Goal is to create a platform where student leaders can come together to exchange views and ideas and learn from the best and the brightest in the world of economy, science and politics.
I started with the Student Senate when I was at University myself in Leuven, Belgium more than 25 years ago now. I brought together most of the student leaders back then, during a wine and cheese evening in our student cafe, situated in the WINK, at the Damiaan plein, literally 50 meters from the grave of Father Damian. Most of these student leaders have now become key players in their respective fields.
While working for The Wall Street Journal Europe I always tried to build programs reaching out to Future Readers as they will be Future Leaders, and vice versa, Future Leaders will be Future Readers (if they read The Wall Street Journal Europe that is :-)
Why did I choose BREE and SCHILDE, two small Belgian towns ?
1. I copied the success formula of a two-town music festival called Torhout/Werchter
2. Both mayors have given me all their support to organize this event
3. It is easier to start something in 2 small, but key municipalities, where you get all the local support you can find, compared to start something new in Brussels or London.
Why BREE ?
Because of:
1. its mayor Jaak Gabriels, Minister of State and his interest in supporting a group of international student leaders
2. the geographical significance: BREE is situated near the border of 3 countries: Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. When dealing with Europe out of Brussels you don't often see how Europe 'works'. In a border town as BREE you can actually see how Europe works.
3. the historical significance: BREE became a 'city' in 1386
d. BREE is nowadays the center of a technological triangle in the Eastern part of Belgium
4. Pieter Breughel the Elder and Kim Clijsters were born in Bree
Why SCHILDE ?
Because of:
1. its mayor Yolande Avontroodt, also member of Belgian Parliament, and her interest in supporting a group of international student leaders
2. SCHILDE was officially elected to be the best town to live in Belgium (SCHILDE has one of the highest per capita income levels in Flanders, Belgium)
3. I grew up in Schilde/'s Gravenwezel (part of Schilde)
Program BREE/SCHILDE SUMMIT
3-11: Start with evening diner in BREE
4-11: City hall BREE
5-11: SCHILDE
More information: http://www.wsje-flp.com/events.php/295/bree-schilde-summit
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
In Memoriam Marie-Rose Vrijens
The creation of The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute has given me the opportunity to meet some remarkable people over the past 3 years. It was with shock and disbelief I received an email today about the death of Marie-Rose Vrijens, the Director Corporate Communication & PR of UAMS, University Antwerp Management School. I have seldom met a more joyous and vibrant woman, promoting 'her' business school, in the European education field. We met for the first time in 2007 over an ... invoice problem. When I told her about the idea of creating the WSJE Future Leadership Institute she immediately embraced the concept and proposed to collaborate with the Institute as soon as it was operational. As of 2008 the Institute organized a yearly leadership seminar at UAMS. This is a sad day for UAMS, for Antwerp and for Education in general.
For those who knew her: there is a church service at Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Lochtenberg, Eikenlei, Sint-job-in’ t Goor, Belgium: Thursday 17 June 2010 at 10.30 am.
For those who knew her: there is a church service at Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Lochtenberg, Eikenlei, Sint-job-in’ t Goor, Belgium: Thursday 17 June 2010 at 10.30 am.
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
UK Book Launch and WSJE Leadership Seminar: The India Way
Two years ago I met a student at Cambridge, Pratik Dalmia. He was the President of the Cambridge University Investment Club. The student turned out to be a master organizer of all sorts of events. We started to collaborate at Cambridge. I supported several of his student events through The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leardership Institute. Today the student is an analyst at a prestigious London Bank. Not too long ago he suggested me to connect to the authors of a new leadership book researching Indian vs Amercian leadership styles. This resulted in the WSJE Future Leadership Institute actually hosting the launch of the book in London, 25 June 2010.
If you are interested in leadership research or Indian Leadership, feel free to join us the 25th in London.
Date
25 June 2010
Topic
How Indian Business Leaders are Revolutionizing Management
25 June, 2010 from 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM (GMT)
How to attend ?
The seminar is free, but by invitation only. Seating is limited to approximately 60 people. If interested to attend send us your full details via the "Book Now' button below + explain why you want to attend or why we should invite you. The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute will then select the audience for this unique seminar.
Description
An evening with Wharton Professors of Management Michael Useem and Harbir Singh and Vindi Banga – former President Unilever, Global Foods, Home and Personal Care
Details
The Wall Street Journal Europe's Future Leadership Institute will host the UK launch of ‘The India Way: How Indian Business Leaders are Revolutionizing Management’, a book authored by Peter Cappelli, Harbir Singh, Jitendra Singh and Michael Useem, professors from The Wharton School.
Please join us for the book launch, panel discussion and networking session. Canapés and drinks will follow. All participants will have the opportunity of getting a complimentary copy of the book courtesy the Future Leadership Institute. Since the liberalization of the Indian economy in 1991, Indian firms have shown substantial growth and innovation. After the initial success of the information services firms was noted the world over, innovation in other industries began to receive attention as well. Harbir Singh and Michael Useem will discuss how they, through interviews with more than 100 of India's most visible business leaders, have identified a unique combination of features of modern Indian management that they call "The India Way." Mr. Vindi Banga, former President Unilever, Global Foods, Home and Personal Care, will join Dr. Harbir Singh to provide his perspective on the book’s themes.
Learn what insights the authors gathered from the leaders of companies such as Wipro Limited, Tata Consultancy, Hindustan-Unilever and Infosys. Come. Be part of the conversation.
Agenda
17.00: Registration and Welcome Address
17.15: Introduction to the Book: Professor Harbir Singh and Professor Michael Useem
17.30: Panel Discussion
18.00: Q&A
18.20: Networking over canapés & drinks
About the speakers
Harbir Singh is the William and Phyllis Mack Professor of Management and co-director of the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton School. Dr. Singh is also Vice-Dean for Global Initiatives at the Wharton School. He has been Chair of the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management, and was Chair of Wharton’s Management Department. He holds a bachelor’s degree in technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a PhD from the University of Michigan. He is widely published in the areas of strategy, governance, acquisitions, joint ventures, and restructuring and is the coeditor of Innovations in International and Cross-Cultural Management. In 2010 he was named one of top ten thought leaders in India.
Michael Useem is the William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management and Director fo the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the Wharton School. He holds a PhD from Harvard University, and his research had focused on leadership, decision making, governance, and corporate change. He has presented leadership development programs in India, China and elsewhere and with Harbir Singh and Jitendra Singh has offered an annual program on corporate governance in Mumbai. He is the author of several books on leadership, including The Inner Circle, Investor Capitalism and The Leadership Moment.
Vindi Banga joined Unilever in India and has since worked in a number of roles around the world. In 2000 he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) which is Unilever’s operating company in India. HUL is India’s largest consumer products company; one of the country’s most respected companies and one of the most valuable companies on the Indian stock exchange. He led the creation of a One Unilever Global Foods, Home & Personal Care Global Category Organisation which is now responsible for innovation and marketing mix development for all brands. Unilever has 270 brands in 13 categories of which 11 are above €1bn each; these brands are marketed in 200 countries. He was also responsible for the sustainability agenda for Unilever. In 2004 he was appointed to serve on the Prime Minister of India’s Council of Trade & Industry. In December 2009, Vindi was named India’s Global Achiever at a CNBC-sponsored awards ceremony in New Delhi. In 2010 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civilian awards.
Book via the "Book Now" button at following site:
http://www.wsje-flp.com/events.php/286/uk-book-launch-and-wsje-leadership-seminar-the-india-way
If you are interested in leadership research or Indian Leadership, feel free to join us the 25th in London.
Date
25 June 2010
Topic
How Indian Business Leaders are Revolutionizing Management
Organizing committee
- The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute: Gert Van Mol
- Sok Be - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Gutenberg Communications
- Pratik A Dalmia
Venue
May Fair Hotel (The Danziger Suite)Stratton Street W1J 8LT LondonUnited Kingdom
25 June, 2010 from 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM (GMT)
How to attend ?
The seminar is free, but by invitation only. Seating is limited to approximately 60 people. If interested to attend send us your full details via the "Book Now' button below + explain why you want to attend or why we should invite you. The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute will then select the audience for this unique seminar.
Description
An evening with Wharton Professors of Management Michael Useem and Harbir Singh and Vindi Banga – former President Unilever, Global Foods, Home and Personal Care
Details
The Wall Street Journal Europe's Future Leadership Institute will host the UK launch of ‘The India Way: How Indian Business Leaders are Revolutionizing Management’, a book authored by Peter Cappelli, Harbir Singh, Jitendra Singh and Michael Useem, professors from The Wharton School.
Please join us for the book launch, panel discussion and networking session. Canapés and drinks will follow. All participants will have the opportunity of getting a complimentary copy of the book courtesy the Future Leadership Institute. Since the liberalization of the Indian economy in 1991, Indian firms have shown substantial growth and innovation. After the initial success of the information services firms was noted the world over, innovation in other industries began to receive attention as well. Harbir Singh and Michael Useem will discuss how they, through interviews with more than 100 of India's most visible business leaders, have identified a unique combination of features of modern Indian management that they call "The India Way." Mr. Vindi Banga, former President Unilever, Global Foods, Home and Personal Care, will join Dr. Harbir Singh to provide his perspective on the book’s themes.
Learn what insights the authors gathered from the leaders of companies such as Wipro Limited, Tata Consultancy, Hindustan-Unilever and Infosys. Come. Be part of the conversation.
Agenda
17.00: Registration and Welcome Address
17.15: Introduction to the Book: Professor Harbir Singh and Professor Michael Useem
17.30: Panel Discussion
18.00: Q&A
18.20: Networking over canapés & drinks
About the speakers
Harbir Singh is the William and Phyllis Mack Professor of Management and co-director of the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton School. Dr. Singh is also Vice-Dean for Global Initiatives at the Wharton School. He has been Chair of the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management, and was Chair of Wharton’s Management Department. He holds a bachelor’s degree in technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a PhD from the University of Michigan. He is widely published in the areas of strategy, governance, acquisitions, joint ventures, and restructuring and is the coeditor of Innovations in International and Cross-Cultural Management. In 2010 he was named one of top ten thought leaders in India.
Michael Useem is the William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management and Director fo the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the Wharton School. He holds a PhD from Harvard University, and his research had focused on leadership, decision making, governance, and corporate change. He has presented leadership development programs in India, China and elsewhere and with Harbir Singh and Jitendra Singh has offered an annual program on corporate governance in Mumbai. He is the author of several books on leadership, including The Inner Circle, Investor Capitalism and The Leadership Moment.
Vindi Banga joined Unilever in India and has since worked in a number of roles around the world. In 2000 he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) which is Unilever’s operating company in India. HUL is India’s largest consumer products company; one of the country’s most respected companies and one of the most valuable companies on the Indian stock exchange. He led the creation of a One Unilever Global Foods, Home & Personal Care Global Category Organisation which is now responsible for innovation and marketing mix development for all brands. Unilever has 270 brands in 13 categories of which 11 are above €1bn each; these brands are marketed in 200 countries. He was also responsible for the sustainability agenda for Unilever. In 2004 he was appointed to serve on the Prime Minister of India’s Council of Trade & Industry. In December 2009, Vindi was named India’s Global Achiever at a CNBC-sponsored awards ceremony in New Delhi. In 2010 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civilian awards.
Book via the "Book Now" button at following site:
http://www.wsje-flp.com/events.php/286/uk-book-launch-and-wsje-leadership-seminar-the-india-way
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Students La Salle Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, visit WSJE Brussels
Last year undergraduate students from the La Salle Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, visit the offices of The Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels as a result of a collaboration between La Salle Professor Brian McGarry and The WSJE Future Leadership Institute.John Miller, a Wall Street Journal journalist, spoke to the group explaining about the WSJE policy towards journalism, Europe, politics and the consequences of a Belgian train crash.
I am in contac with students every day now, and I strongly believe in a complete review of the product lifecycle of a business newspaper such as ours. Instead of marketing from the past to the present (heavily bombarding the 50 year old CEO/CFO/COO, lightly or not at all touching the 22 year old student), it would be interesting to do the complete reverse and start from the young to the old. From the digital natives, the twenty somethings, to the digital immigrants, the forty somethings.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute is seeking Innovation Board Members
Goal of The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute is to create programs bringing the world of university and industry together, supporting and driving knowledge exchange between both worlds. Today the Institute features 3 kind of programs:
1. Seminars
2. Joint-Seminars
3. Networking Tables
The programs are both physical and on-line (not all aspects are digital yet).
To support the above The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute will create an "Innovation Board". The Innovation Board will be an advisory board. Goal of the board is to support, re-think, organize, re-organize the Institute in such a way that it becomes a world renowned knowledge exchange agent. Selected members will not be paid, but will have the opportunity to enter the highly profiled WSJE Future Leadership Institute environment both in print as well as online.
For more info on The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute, go to www.wsje-flp.com
If you are interested to become member of the "Innovation Board" send your cv as well as your initial thoughts about the above to gert.vanmol@dowjones.com
1. Seminars
2. Joint-Seminars
3. Networking Tables
The programs are both physical and on-line (not all aspects are digital yet).
To support the above The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute will create an "Innovation Board". The Innovation Board will be an advisory board. Goal of the board is to support, re-think, organize, re-organize the Institute in such a way that it becomes a world renowned knowledge exchange agent. Selected members will not be paid, but will have the opportunity to enter the highly profiled WSJE Future Leadership Institute environment both in print as well as online.
For more info on The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute, go to www.wsje-flp.com
If you are interested to become member of the "Innovation Board" send your cv as well as your initial thoughts about the above to gert.vanmol@dowjones.com
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