This article published in the Basque Country's media (El Diario Vasco and Euskomedia) reflects on the social context where innovation seems to be the solution for economic growth and social cohesion. The article underlines the complex and wide nature of the concept, bringing it to...
On 7th June 2007, Andoni Aduriz (Mugaritz), Joxean Muñoz (TBK), Imanol Agote (DFG) and myself, presented the DVD Creative Society 2006 as the result of the 2006 Summer School about Creative Capital. At this event, we presented the new edition for 2007 that will be...
Orkestra, the Basque Institute of Competitiveness, was founded by the Deusto Foundation in 2006. I attended the public presentation of the Institute in St. Sebastian in 2007. Their projection was interesting when it referred to comparative regional policy analysis....
On the 25th anniversary of the the Basque Public Radio and Television, I attended an event that took place in Bilbao....
Tabakalera, as the Center for the Creation of Contemporary Culture, is a cultural institution managed by the three main Basque institutions: Basque Regional Government, Gipuzkoa Province Council and St. Sebastian City Council. ...
Gastronomy can be considered as the study of food and culture. In the Basque case, it is not very easy to separate it from the daily social life and ordinary culture. At this event, I gave a talk about Creativity and how we can apply...
Being curious about the so-called Crowd-funding term, I have been following-up the relational meaning of it in contrast with other concepts such as outsourcing. What it makes me mistrust is these new trendy concepts that are not solid and sometimes remain unclear and blurred. However,...
As a result of a research project that aims to analyze the different creative dynamics into different organizations, this book was launched in 2007. To sum up, the main relevant concept in the book is the so-called Communities of Practice. The book focuses on the...
I wrote a methodological chapter in the book ERALAN putting together the organizational factors when it refers to the usage of the language in a certain context. I reflected on the Change Management approaches in order to dig into the sociolinguistic micro-environments. The project was...
