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Posted in culture on Aug 24th, 2010
New and shiny buildings are the ones that attract most of the attention in Hong Kong. But older buildings are also remarkable. The new towns in the Hong Kong New Territories (such as Fo Tan and Sha Tin) and some residential lots in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon are worthwhile a visit. They are usually from [...]
Posted in art on Jun 3rd, 2010
This post is the first one of a series about my visit to the Shanghai World Expo 2010. I will start with a description of the crowd present at the Expo, more than 300.000 people per day! The pavilions and their exhibitions are only one aspect of the Expo; it is also a meeting place, [...]
Posted in strategy on Jan 31st, 2010
I attended few weeks ago a seminar organised by the Philosophy and Management association in Brussels. It was all about talent, and how the way artists work and manage their career can be a source of inspiration for talent management within business organisations. Pierre-Michel Menger, French philosopher and research director for the CNRS, presented some [...]
Posted in philosophy, strategy on Nov 16th, 2009
In recent researches I have made about Ethnography, I read that it is important to “recognize the human capacity to spin, twist, turn, invent, tangle, tear and live by, through, and between symbolic meanings” [Doing Anthropology in Consumer Research by Patricia L. Sunderland and Rita M. Denny]. Cultural symbols and signs used in things such [...]
Posted in philosophy on May 6th, 2009
In his book “Vinyl Leaves, Walt Disney World and America”, Stephen M. Fjellman analyses Disney World and how it incarnates a postmodern society based on consumerism. Here is a summary of his thoughts. In the introduction, Mr. Fjellman makes a reference to the book “Brave New World” from Aldous Huxley. The book describes an utopian [...]
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