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A True Mash Up of Industries, Companies, People, Ideas and Experiences
The PICNIC Innovation Mash Up lived up to its name: an active learning event focused on “how”: how businesses in other sectors can successfully apply top innovation and creativity processes used by Dutch and international creative industry professionals to launch new products and services, connect 

The PICNIC Innovation Mash Up will be a one-day, active learning event focused on “how”: how businesses in other sectors can successfully apply top innovation and creativity processes used by Dutch and international creative industry professionals to launch new products and services, connect with 
Robert A. Heinlein

On 18th June, the Microsoft Innovation Center is organizing its annual conference about Innovation. This year, the central topic is technology and education. I will give a talk there on reinventing education. Microsoft Innovation Center Belgium is a public-private partnership between the government( Walloon 

In the innovation program of Kennisnet, the relevance, feasibility and applicability of new ICT technologies for education is investigated. To do that, 42 people from the community have been brought together to together shape the innovation agenda of Kennisnet.

Een van mijn favoriete (niet omdat ik zijn boeken lees maar omdat Hans gewoon kont schopt) schrijvers en Vlaamse reus, Ivo Victoria, heeft een prachtig filmpje gemaakt van het gevecht om te komen tot zijn nieuwe boek. 

So what exactly happened when HEINEKEN asked industrial designer and pioneer of rapid prototyping Janne Kytannen to take on a 48-Hour Innovation Challenge?
Well, a lot of interesting ideas concerning reuse, recycling and new materials. Had the pleasure 

Dutch writer Susan Smit wrote a new book Zoals jij bemint published by Lebowski. Susan featured in the video we did for Johan’s Why don’t we. She then asked if there would ever be an occasion to make a video, if we would be willing to do so. But 

A nice short interview with Christian Long (@christianlong), educator, designer, school planner and futurist, talking about the questions that transcend technology, architecture, or resource decisions. He asks us what does it mean to think and learn in the future? Do we have something extraordinary 
Bruce Springsteen
From Simon Sinec’s friend Ken
Douglas Coupland
Henry Ford
Looking forward to next Monday, when a delegation of Auchan is in Amsterdam to learn from PICNIC. Auchan is a major multinational retailer with a core business of hypermarkets and supermarkets with other operations in the banking, e-commerce and real estate sectors. Groupe Auchan is a part of the Mulliez family of brands that also 
In the past few months the participants of the Leaders for Economic Change Programme of Amsterdam Bright City have been learning more about economic change by reading articles, participating in trainings and attending lectures. Their greatest learning experience however lies within the numerous discussions and interactive sessions where they exchanged views on sustainable growth, economic 

Had fun doing a WTF at Knowmads today. Talking what’s in a world that is shifting towards why’s and purposes. Thanks!

Yesterday we tried out something new. We in this case is me and Michael from ONLY. We did this at an event organized by Conclusion about Investing in the future. And that is not about using energy saving light bulbs. But about the world as a village where we all can sustain in 

Watch. Act. Global social ass kicking.
KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.
HOW TO HELP:
Visit: kony2012.com
Donate to 
Nigel Marsh

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunities.
But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of 

The latest PICNIC Creative Business Club event took place in one of our most posh venues yet: Amsterdam’s private Industrieele Groote Club.
Photo’s by Maurice Mikkers.
The topic of the evening was “Customer engagement and the trust economy” and the event featured three inspiring, yet very different presentations by speakers from Edelman, the Dutch 

The fun part of being a speaker at an event like LIFT is that you have a speakers dinner. Which means that you indeed dine with all the other speakers, that speaks for itself. What’s in a name. Last year, I had a wonderful conversation with Alexandre from Transplant. Will never 