by Clint | Apr 3, 2009 | Conferences, ICT4D, Innovation, Web 2.0
I’m attending an event (the Ultimate Business Mastery Summit) which has really stretched my mind and made me think bigger. So much more engaging than the all too frequent boring academic presentations tied to dim lights and PowerPoint – which I’m...
by Clint | Mar 14, 2009 | Cross-cultural perspectives, ICT4D, Innovation, International business, Key Lessons
Intro Thoughts If you are concerned about the current state of the economy at all, here are some thoughts that might help… So I was invited a couple months ago, by the turn-around expert Tony Robbins, to join a small international Business Mastermind Group led...
by Clint | Feb 6, 2009 | Global virtual teams, ICT4D, Innovation, Technologies for Intercultural Communication, Web 2.0
Below are some details for a unique course I will soon be teaching on ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Development). The Masters and Ph.D. students taking this course will be from and located in different places around the world (Africa, Asia,...
by Clint | Jan 14, 2009 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Global virtual teams, ICT4D, Innovation, Intercultural communication
Just finishing up a 10-day workshop in Tanzania as part of the ICT4D Consortium of African and European Universities. We had people from 8 different institutions and 11 different countries – a very international and interdisciplinary group. It has been fun to...
by Clint | Sep 30, 2008 | Conferences, Innovation, Key Lessons, Key Questions
One of my friends, Kyle Matthews, recently pointed me in the direction of one of Seth Godin’s blog entries where he talked about Thinking Bigger. I have just been in Florida for the last 4 days, where I saw how powerful this principle is. My brother, Gerald...
by Clint | Sep 21, 2008 | ICT4D, Innovation, Key Questions, Technologies for Intercultural Communication
I am back in Finland again. (Have I ever mention how much I like this place? – If you have never been to Finland before, you need to reconsider your life goals) 🙂 Part of why I like the University of Joensuu is because of their strong international programs, and...