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I am keenly interested in how to create sustainable strategic capabilities that foster innovation, change acumen, and continuous learning in large-scale systems.

I pursue this interest by publishing, teaching, speaking, advising, orchestrating executive networks and producing customized think tanks.

I  created the European Corporate Learning Forum and serve as a Senior Fellow with the Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg.
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Events
  • Silicon Valley Learning Expedition featuring top executives from 17 global corporations - San Jose, USA, August 29 - September 2, 2011 BlueArrow link
  • 7th Annual ECLF Conference: Strategic Change and Organizational Learning - Stockholm, Sweden, June 29 - July 1, 2011 BlueArrow link
  • Advancing Corporate Learning Leaders (ACLL) - (2 Modules) -
    Stockholm, Sweden, June 27-29, 2011
    Zurich, Switzerland, March 8-11, 2011
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Keynotes and Conferences
  • Opening Keynote at the AITD National Conference - Melbourne, Australia, April 13-14, 2011 BlueArrow link
  • Corporate Universities as Enabler of the Strategy Process - Keynote at the Evolving Corporate Universities Forum, London, U.K., February 10-11, 2011 BlueArrow link
  • The Convergence of Strategy and Learning - Keynote at the Fall 2010 CLO Symposium, Laguna Niguel, California, September 27-29, 2010 ? BlueArrow link
  • Some Remarks on the Value Chain Dynamics of Corporate Learning - Keynote at the 6th annual ECLF conference, Paris/France, June 28-30, 2010
  • Designing the Smart Organization:
    Learning Architectures for the 21st Century
    - Keynote Address for the Innsbruck University Alumni Association, Innsbruck/Austria, March 24, 2010
  • Web 2.0 Adoption Patterns and Trends in Large International Corporations
    - Keynote at Symposium "Inter-Organizational Learning and Competence Development: Web 2.0 Experiences and Trends", INSEAD, Fontainebleau/France, December 10-11, 2009
  • Moving beyond the crisis powered by knowledge and learning solutions - what is the NEXT practice
    - Keynote at ELIG Workshop at the Online EDUCA Berlin/Germany Dec 2, 2009
  • Strategic Challenges of the Learning Industry
    - Keynote at 2009 Master Conference, Berlin /Germany, November 5. 2009
  • Videogames as Tool for Leadership Learning - Current Trends and Practices
    - ECLF Consortium Workshop, Paris/France, October 16, 2009
  • The Social Infrastructure of Learning
    - Keynote at the 5th annual ECLF conference, Munich/Germany, June 29 July 1, 2009
  • Leadership in the Context of Strategy, Organization, and People
    - Arcandor Academy Executive Summit, Stockholm/Sweden, June 18, 2008
  • A Marriage Made in Hell: Universities and the Learning Challenges of Complex Organizations
    - Conference "Continuous Education in the Ivory Tower", Berlin/Germany, January 14-15, 2008
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Recent and upcoming webcasts
  • The E-learning Guild
    Thought Leader's Webinar Series June 15, 2010, 10:30 -11:30 a.m. PST
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  • Executive Networks
    Monthly webcast
    April 15 2010, 12:00 - 01:00 p.m. PST
  • General Electric
    Learning Leaders EMEA Webcast
    February 18, 2010
  • Learntec 2010
    Karlsruhe/Germany
    Virtual Keynote, Feb 2, 2010
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Books, Articles, White Papers
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  • Refocusing Corporate Learning In: Training and Development in Australia, February 2011, pg 8 - 10
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  • Creative Leadership In: Leadership Excellence, Vol. 28 | 1, January 2011, page 18
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  • Designing the Smart Organization: How Breakthrough Corporate Learning Initiatives Drive Strategic Change and Innovation - San Francisco 2009, Jossey Bass /Wiley
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  • Talent Management in the Creative Age - In: Borensztejn, H. (Ed.): Growing Talent: A Corporate Duty, U.K. 2010, Marshall Cavendish
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  • Using Videogames for Leadership Learning - ECLF White Paper, October 2009
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  • The Future of Media in the Digital Age - White Paper, March 2009
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  • A Marriage Made in Hell: The University Approach to Education and the Learning Challenges of Complex Corporations - In: Hanft, A. & Knust, M. (Ed.): Weiterbildung im Elfenbeinturm, 2008, Waxmann (in German)
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  • The Future of Leadership Learning: Results from the 2008 ECLF Survey White paper, July 2008
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  • Integrating Informal Learning Processes: Learning in Complex Systems - Master Magazin, Nov 2009
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  • Innovation and Corporate Learning 2007 ECLF Conference Documentation
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  • Structuring Learning and Development in Complex Organizations - White paper July 2006
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Article on Creative Leadership (pg 18)
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Industry study on the use of videogames for leadership learning
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2009 ECLF Survey about Web 2.0 and the Social Infrastructure of Learning
Video Game Conference
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