New book project: “Lean is fun” and the future of business

So, the day has come where I decided to start working on my idea to write a new book.

Since publishing “Leth and kedsomheden” in 2007, I’ve left literature and journalism behind to focus on communication, marketing and business in general. Continue reading “New book project: “Lean is fun” and the future of business”

Jonathan Wichmann to join World Economic Forum’s Expert Network

I’m very pleased to announce that I’ve been nominated and accepted to join the World Economic Forum‘s Expert Network.

Here, I will join 5,500 world-leading experts from academia, business, government, international organizations, civil society, the arts, and the media committed to improving the state of the world by helping to shape the global agenda. Continue reading “Jonathan Wichmann to join World Economic Forum’s Expert Network”

A miracle or a disaster? I just made this short documentary from my recent trip to Dubai.

It’s been a while since I last posted something here myself.

Last weekend I went to Dubai to speak at a conference, the GITEX Future Stars. Instead of writing a blog post about it, I decided to do something quite different… a video documentary. Or whatever the genre is. Continue reading “A miracle or a disaster? I just made this short documentary from my recent trip to Dubai.”

The problem of asylum camp life and how businesses can benefit.

Guest post by Hursh Joshi.

Morten Goll, Director of Trampoline House, talks to me (Hursh Joshi) about a new project to match businesses with appropriately skilled asylum seekers in Denmark.

Listen here:

For more information on the project contact: info@trampolinehouse.dk

 

 

Let me explain my day.

Guest post by Hursh Joshi.

Let me explain my day.

I wake up. For a moment I think I am in my parents’ home. I look around and everything seems easy. I turn around and I doze.

Just a little while later, I wake up again. A little confused. I was sure I was at home, my parents’ home that is. But something is different. The walls, I recognise them. So I must be at home. But they are not the walls from my parents’ home. Gradually I wake up; I look around and everything seems familiar but different.

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I am at a loss for what to do. So, I sit and play solitaire.

Guest post by Hursh Joshi.

I am at a loss for what to do. So, I sit and play solitaire. Mindlessly. Some outcome of the universe banking on every game. Sometimes it becomes very serious – like I am the police monitoring my own moves. Other times it is careless. When it gets too tedious I switch to see if anyone has emailed me, messaged me, sought me out in some other way. Hardly ever is it a message I want. Then I go wandering into my past. Remembering things that people said. My friend Takahide once said to me, “We act first, and make explanations later.”

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A blogging experiment: Join the league of bored people.

We’re now launching something mildly exciting here on jonathanwichmann.com.

I’ve realised that I’m quite boring. So, I’ve found someone marginally less boring to come and do a blog experiment here.

We are testing just how boring you can be and still get a following.

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How I Made Social Media Marketing Work And Earned $1.5M In 4 Weeks

Some background first. I’ve been working with digital strategy and communication for more than 10 years. Among other things, I was the person behind Maersk’s success story on social media back in 2011-13.

I have always believed – and have been quoted saying – that you should not use social to sell, but to communicate. You can sell your products elsewhere, via platforms where it’s what people actually want from you. Via your newsletter, for example.

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