Culture at Work: A Collabyrinth

At work, in whatever form or organizing, collaboration is a salient topic. The arena of an organization is like a maze of different (national, organizational, and professional) cultures combined with the employees’ distinctive perspectives on their part of the work process. An organization can bee seen as a complex network of interaction, where working together…

TEDxPuntaPaitilla

On May28th I had the opportunity to present at TEDxPuntaPailtilla in Panama. This might sound as if this was another presentation in the line, but it’s not. Speaking at TEDx is truly a different experience. First of all, it’s this well-known event where people can share there ideas. Hence their slogan “Ideas worth spreading”. Second, in…

INFRA SPARK AWARD

The kind funder of my Ph.D. research, Next Generation Infrastructures, is hosting a competition for the best Ph.D. study of the year. As you might guess, I want my study on cross-cultural collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program to win.In a 60sec. video I explain why this study deserves the INFRA SPARK AWARD. Check…

Cultural change program Escuela Superior de Administración Publica – Colombia

Last week I had the opportunity to work with the Management Team and Regional Directors of ESAP, the school for Public Administration in Colombia. The entire project, titled V-ESAP (Virtualization ESAP), is dedicated to enhance the academic program with virtual education. Besides the academic component, the project also contains a management component. And as part…