Bloc Thinking

One of the best ways to improve your business is to research your customers and prospects. Research can be a huge time suck, complicated, and sometimes expensive.  Research is rocket-fuel, not a phase, according to, Kasia Gawlik a seasoned strategist, experience design leader, and guest on this week’s Creative Coffee Break.   Kasia shares her tips on how you can do research with even a small investment, and if you make it wisely it can lead to some really great results.

You can find me, Werner Puchert, on LinkedIn and Twitter. Catch my design tool reviews on YouTube and keep up with my latest live streams at the Creative Coffee Break.

Are you interested in building a more sustainable business? Join us this week for a discussion with Dennis Geelen, author of the 'The Zero In Formula' and Customer Experience & Innovation Consultant. We discussed what it takes to build a more effective and sustainable business, along with some practical principles from Dennis to guide the discussion.  You will leave this session with a better understanding of how you can apply the Zero In Formula in your own business and create an experience that is truly disruptive!

You can find me, Werner Puchert, on LinkedIn and Twitter. Catch my design tool reviews on YouTube and keep up with my latest live streams at the Creative Coffee Break.

Can you find fulfilment in your career? What does the word "career" mean to an entrepreneur? Or, if you're getting a little grey like me, how can I go about looking for new challenges after so many years in the market? What's even worse. We only start thinking about these things when we're looking to make a change - leaving us frustrated and overwhelmed.  I know someone with the answers and some guidance! Executive and Career Coach Tammy Gooler Loeb is on a quest to inspire you to engage in fulfilling, meaningful, and satisfying work. Sounds good, right?    Tammy is the host of the weekly podcast Work From The Inside Out. She is also the author of "Work From The Inside Out: Break Through The Obstacles and Define a Career That Fulfills You", due for publication in soon.

You can find me, Werner Puchert, on LinkedIn and Twitter. Catch my design tool reviews on YouTube and keep up with my latest live streams at the Creative Coffee Break.

Have you booked that meeting recently? Two or more people on the invite? Guess what, you are an event owner. However, event design is more than agendas and aesthetics – they need to drive meaningful change and deliver measurable results.   

Anthony Vade, North America Director of the Event Design Collective, sharing thoughts on how to design events that drive meaningful change.  Design your event: How to make your meetings matter ft. Antony Vade.  

#eventdesign #experiencedesign #eventprofs #virtualevents #eventstrategy

You can find me, Werner Puchert, on LinkedIn and Twitter. Catch my design tool reviews on YouTube and keep up with my latest live streams at the Creative Coffee Break.

My guest is on a mission to help 1 Million people to innovate. It’s brave. It’s bold. It’s Jens Heitland!  Jens is a former global head of Innovation at IKEA, has taken on this ambitious goal as a consultant, coach and entrepreneur. I’ll be twisting his arm this Friday at 1 PM CET to teach me a few innovation tricks and how he aims to reach the audacious goal by the end of the year.  

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#innovation #innovationcoach #strategy #businessinnovation #designthinking

You can find me, Werner Puchert, on LinkedIn and Twitter. Catch my design tool reviews on YouTube and keep up with my latest live streams at the Creative Coffee Break.

Have you noticed how we have become so used to equating walls of sticky notes with innovation and design-related activities? Tamara and Shawna say it's time to burn those walls of sticky notes and focus on outcomes by unlocking your team's creative potential.   Shawna and Tamara Eberle are Partners at Traction Strategy as well as co-founders of the Traction Toolbox.

You can find me, Werner Puchert, on LinkedIn and Twitter. Catch my design tool reviews on YouTube and keep up with my latest live streams at the Creative Coffee Break.

According to Jeff Parks, we should remove our associations and experiences with certain "objects" to consider other possibilities.   Jeff Parks is a User Experience and Product Design Leader and one of the OG's of Information Architecture and User Experience Design.   We explore what it means to move your "Thinking Beyond the Factory"  #creativecoffeebreak #design #designleadership #innovation

You can find me, Werner Puchert, on LinkedIn and Twitter. Catch my design tool reviews on YouTube and keep up with my latest live streams at the Creative Coffee Break.

This is a shared episode from the Jens Heitland Podcast. The "Innovation breakfast" format, where Jens meets with previous guests to explore specific topics related to entrepreneurship and innovation.  

Today's topic is leading cultural transitions

Jens Heitland: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jens-heitland-2b309a44/

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This is a shared episode from the Jens Heitland Podcast. The "Innovation breakfast" format, where Jens meets with previous guests to explore specific topics related to entrepreneurship and innovation.

We're catching up with a quick update as we navigate the pandemic. A lot has changed, but just as many things have changed, some even for the better.

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