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		<title>Not everyday a human quantum leap achievement takes place!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 21:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago, I read and watched about Craig Venter and his team and their quest to create synthetic life.
Now they made it! Synthetic Life is here - Not everyday a human quantum leap achievement takes place.
It&#8217;s a truly amazing world we are living in&#8230; last two days I spent on a conference on Social [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some time ago, I read and watched about Craig Venter and his team and their quest to create synthetic life.<br />
Now they made it! Synthetic Life is here - Not everyday a human quantum leap achievement takes place.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a truly amazing world we are living in&#8230; last two days I spent on a conference on Social Media where the connected infrastructure that is exploding today will profoundly change on how companies work and are being managed - but it will not only stop with companies and organizations - I think it will have much bigger impact than that on our human society as well, but more on that in another post. At some level the whole social media hype seems like a light ripple on the ocean compared to the milestone of taking the first step in creating synthetic life.</p>
<p>Craig Venter in his video below quotes the great Richard Feynman, who say&#8217;s What I cannot create, I do not understand. Sure it&#8217;s some major ethical issues around such a achievement that the Venter team did. But hey did man just now took the first step in truly acting as God?!</p>
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		<title>Webbstrategi 2010 och Vad ligger bakom kreativitet</title>
		<link>http://www.vanriesen.com/2010/05/19/webbstrategi-2010-och-vad-ligger-bakom-kreativitet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 20:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reflektioner från första dagen av två dagars konferensen - Webbstrategi 2010 samt några få tankar kring ESBRI arrangerade föreläsning om ämnet kreativitet. Där två professorer från akademikervärlden pratade om kreativitet.
Först ut dock kort summering av Webbstrategi 2010 konferensen
Svårt att tala på en sån här dag och inte sparka in en hel del öppna dörrar så [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reflektioner från första dagen av två dagars konferensen - Webbstrategi 2010 samt några få tankar kring ESBRI arrangerade föreläsning om ämnet kreativitet. Där två professorer från akademikervärlden pratade om kreativitet.</p>
<p>Först ut dock kort summering av <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2w2bhgo ">Webbstrategi 2010 konferensen</a><br />
Svårt att tala på en sån här dag och inte sparka in en hel del öppna dörrar så klart - dock finns det alltid nya perspektiv och nyanseringar att ta in&#8230;</p>
<p>Flera intressanta talare fyllde första dagen;<br />
Först ut var - Daniel Kjellsson, Innehållsansvarig Aller Internet (Allers Förlag). Pratade om Världens mest framgångsrika satsningar på sociala medier. Behållningen och lärdomen är glasklar - alla tekniska verktyg finns redan där ute. Frågan är mera hur du fyller din dialog med innehåll, hur du skapar engagemang, hur du sticker ut från mängden osv. när tröskeln att sätta upp en egen publicerings avdelning är = 0.</p>
<p>Som andra talare hörde jag - LG Wallmark, Project manager PR, Group communications TeliaSonera<br />
LG har det övergripande ansvaret för koncernens PR och ansvar för sociala medier. LG pratade om Sociala medier – från trendbegrepp till en självklar kommunikationskanal. LG tog upp bra exempel på hur en stor organisation som TeliaSonera hanterar Sociala Medier. LG har en vision om att vilja skapa en total transparens (metaforen här var Gladpack!) mellan omvärlden och TeliaSonera så långt det går. Jag kommer följa upp hur det lyckas - då jag tycker det är en bra vision och målsättning. Där alla stora organisationer liknande TeliaSonera står inför en del stora utmaningar, tror jag, gällande morgondagens management och organisation - kopplat vad som nu händer med möjligheterna och riskerna inom Sociala Media. Se vidare reflektioner längre ner på sidan&#8230;</p>
<p>Efter en välbehövlig fika så var det dags för dagens tredje talare -  Åsa Broberg, Ecommerce manager Thomas Cook Northern Europe (Ving) som talade om - Så bygger du upp en fungerande webborganisation internt för att få ut maximal nytta av din webbplats. Åsa gav tydliga exempel på hur Ving jobbar internt med Sociala Media, vilka lärdomar de har tagit och bra råd. Här menade Åsa är det nog bara en tidsfråga innan vi kan köpa biljetter och resor från Ving inne i Facebook. Själv såg jag framför mig crowd- eller swarm-shopping, Dell körde ju sånt att ju fler som åker desto billigare blir det. Blir bra när jag kan skapa ett event - vilka vill till destination X och gå ihop med några vänner och köpa resan tillsammans. Intressant var det exemplet med krishantering hur det fungerar när Eyjafjallajokull lamslog flyget över Europa och hur Ving använde Sociala Media för att nå ut med information.</p>
<p>Time for Lunch</p>
<p>Nu börjar det hända saker - efter lunch så gick Ulrika Ingemarsdotter och Mattias Östmar ut på Scenen.</p>
<p>Ulrika är ansvarig för sociala medier Centerpartiet, Mattias är Webbansvarig på Centerpartiet. De pratade om - &#8220;Hur drar ett politiskt parti nytta av sociala medier för att nå ut till sina väljare och sprida sitt budskap?&#8221;<br />
Min absoluta behållning av denna dragning var den tydlighet och öppenhet som Mattias och Ulrika gick ut o pratade om det totala motsatsförhållande som råder mellan Hierarki och Social Media. Mattias visade en tydlig bild hur det ser ut inom ett parti (den klassiska pyramiden, och som det ser ut på &#8220;alla&#8221; stora företag, se tidigare min reflektion om Telia Sonera) samt hur det ser ut på ex. Facebook med bilden Circle of friends. Där allt bara är platt och avsaknaden av Hierarki total. Lärdomar som att - Vad gör man när en person som bloggar eller yttrar sig längst ner i en organisation och får mer uppmärksamhet än någon som är högre upp i värde kedjan?! Hur hanterar vi det? </p>
<p><strong>Min Reflektion: </strong>För några veckor sedan var jag och föreläste på Hyper Island om Morgondagens Management - där bland annat Gary Hamel och några andra förespråkar att vi måste hitta ett nytt sätt att organisera och managera morgondagens företag. Mattias förstärker denna bild med 110%.</p>
<p><strong>Tanke:</strong> Vad händer om alla medarbetare internt börjar Twittra och det visar sig att Calle på lagret får fler followers på ex. Twitter eller Facebook än VD&#8217;n på bolaget - hur hanteras det? (Jag föresätter här att ex. Calle skriver om sådant som berör och är relevant för företaget och inte bara massa blaj så klart). Varför jag kommer följa GladPack&#8217;s visionen från LG är att i stora organisationer hur platta och transparenta de än försöker verka vara så är det inte alla som når fram. </p>
<p>W.L. Gore har ju haft en organisationsform i flera år som visat sig synnerligen framgångsrik men företag som granskat den har inte kopierat den pga. att det troligen gör för ont att implementera den i den egna organisationen.  Här pratar vi om att samtalen som förs internt i organisationer eller röster som vill prata utåt - ska vi reglera dessa eller är det så att vi behöver skapa starka kulturvärden som gör att vi känner oss trygga i att alla, verkligen alla i en organisation kan prata för och om organisationen. </p>
<p>Men här finns utmaningar! Som jag berättade om på min föreläsning om Morgondagens Management så har <a href="http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/showdctmdoc.jsp?url=HR_Services/United_States/Press_Releases/2007/20071022/2007_10_22.htm&amp;country=global">Tower Perrin </a> gjort en <a href="http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/showdctmdoc.jsp?url=HR_Services/United_States/Press_Releases/2007/20071022/2007_10_22.htm&amp;country=global">undersökning</a> att bara 21% av alla medarbetare på ett företag är verkligen engagerade i bolaget de jobbar för. Så jag vidhåller med en allt mer övertygande beslutsamhet att utmaningar som vi står inför kring Sociala Medier är inte teknik, Daniel började ju prata om detta, tekniken är gratis eller nästan gratis. Men hur hanterar vi när alla kan prata med alla. Hur hanterar företag situationen när alla blir publicister? Locket-på, kontroll som den hierarkiska (gamla världen) eller något nytt - där vi befinner oss i gryningen av ett experimenterande och testande vad som funkar och inte funkar&#8230; en spännande värld som kommer inom de närmaste 10 åren. Jag tror att morgondagens organisationer behöver bli 100% transparenta eller så gott som 100% transparenta där tekniken nu kommer framtvinga detta och kärnfrågorna blir mera hur organiserar vi ett företag (ska hålla fast vid den gamla hierarkin uppfunnen på romartiden eller på något nytt modernt sätt&#8230;) och frågor som kulturen inom organisationen osv. blir mer viktiga&#8230; </p>
<p>Efter föredraget från Centerpartiet så blev det kloningsdags&#8230; eller inte&#8230; Jag valde att missa de två sista föreläsarna, ska försöka få en up-date från de som var kvar. Hastade iväg till ESBRI&#8217;s föreläsning om Kreativitet.<br />
Ska inte berätta så mycket om den har laddat upp mina slides på Slideshare i ett nytt format som jag kallar RAW, se nedan. Dock kanske inte så informativt eller förståeligt ännu i detta RAW format för en utomstående.</p>
<p>Den stora behållningen att hoppa till denna föreläsning förutom att lyssna till två bra akademiker och talare var när professor emeritus Gunnar Törnqvist talade om att Hierarkier är Kreativitetens absoluta ökenområde&#8230; med tanke på mina reflektioner från förmiddagensintryck. </p>
<div style="width:425px" id="__ss_4159567"><strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/vanriesen/noteringar-kreativitet" title="Noteringar kreativitet">Noteringar kreativitet</a></strong><object id="__sse4159567" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=noteringarkreativitet-100519152845-phpapp01&#038;stripped_title=noteringar-kreativitet" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed name="__sse4159567" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=noteringarkreativitet-100519152845-phpapp01&#038;stripped_title=noteringar-kreativitet" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
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		<title>Accounting and ERP for SME 2.0 - Beta Post</title>
		<link>http://www.vanriesen.com/2010/02/27/accounting-and-erp-for-sme-20-beta-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot moving in this area now&#8230; wanted to write this post long ago but there it is as a Beta Post, I will continuously up-date this post as I&#8217;m getting more and more resources around this. 
Here in Sweden we have web-based SaaS players like Fortnox,
24SevenOffice, E-conomic, Specter among others&#8230; A good [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a lot moving in this area now&#8230; wanted to write this post long ago but there it is as a Beta Post, I will continuously up-date this post as I&#8217;m getting more and more resources around this. </p>
<p>Here in Sweden we have web-based SaaS players like <a href="http://www.fortnox.se">Fortnox</a>,<br />
<a href="http://www.24sevenoffice.se">24SevenOffice</a>, <a href="http://www.e-conomic.se">E-conomic</a>, <a href="http://www.specter.se">Specter</a> among others&#8230; A good list of the SaaS actors, you can find here <a href="http://www.accmanpro.com/2010/03/01/whos-winning-in-the-saas-accounting-stakes">Who is the winner in Saas Accounting</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m still amazed though that not so many accounting companies has started to really change and shift how their work is being done based on these new web-based systems. Instead a lot of these old accounting companies is still doing their work as they always have done it! The old paper way and is not providing their clients with proactive advice and systems.</p>
<p>Yesterday I stumbled up-on some interesting services for SME in the areas of agreements and accounting. First a brilliant application for signing agreements on-line. <a href="http://www.rightsignature.com">RightSignature</a>, who provides digital signatures between parties on-line, no more printing and sending documents back and forth. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.expensebay.com/pages/tour">ExpenseBay</a>, is one of several brilliant companies (see other alternatives further down) that makes receipts handling easy, Iphone app. to take photos of your expenses, send it of to ExpenseBay who then matches it with your credit card bill. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m wondering how many accounting companies in Sweden who is pro-actively suggesting this service to their customers, think a few if any, since it will drive their business volume down e.g. less work for the traditional accounting firm!</p>
<p>Watch how it works, example from ExpenseBay. But go to the companies webpage that I&#8217;ve listed below to get more information on how each of them are doing this:<br />
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<p>I got a great comment from the Founder of <a href="http://www.expensify.com">Expensify</a>. David Barret, see comment below, that I should add Expensify to the list of no-more-paper hassle when submitting recipes and reports, they have integrated with ERP vendors as well. Thanks for the comment David, sorry for missing your company in the list.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m now going to see what local initiatives we have here in Europe / Sweden if any&#8230; will post and up-date this<br />
blog with this information over the next couple of days.</p>
<p>Another player that does exactly what ExpenseBay and Expensify does is <a href="https://www.shoeboxed.com">Shoeboxed</a>. And another one is <a href="http://www.webexpenses.com">Webexpenses</a>.</p>
<p>Interesting here is that ExpenseBay and Expensify has partnered with <a href="http://www.freshbooks.com">Freshbooks</a>, to get these expenses of your directly in to your invoices to your customers and then of course directly integration to your ERP-system like <a href="http://www.netsuite.com">Netsuite</a>, for accounting and bookkeeping, or Quickbooks (Expensify) All this is happening at a rapid speed, small intelligent systems that works with open API&#8217;s with each other, creating intelligent work-flow and minimizing the manual work.</p>
<p>A small SaaS company that caught my attention is <a href="http://www.xero.com">XERO</a>, that does a small accounting software based out-of New Zealand and their partner list of third party applications. Freshbooks also provides quite an impressive list of integration partners <a href="http://community.freshbooks.com/addons/">Freshbooks add-ons</a>.</p>
<p>One thing is for sure - the accountants are up for some new ways of work and need to sooner or later make a major shift and change in how they work and how they are billing the end customers. And the makers of SaaS web based software will soon hit the time of shaking out the winners from loosers, since all of them need economy of scale to survive (e.g. a lot of users).</p>
<p>When time is of essence and what you spend it on then use the neat application by <a href="http://www.slifelabs.com/">SlifeLabs</a>, that keeps track on what you spend your time on from websites to documents etc.</p>
<p>What is your view on this? Please comment!</p>
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		<title>Turn things up-side down</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just watched a speech on YouTube where Derek Sivers is making a great point about how we look at things.

To look for new perspectives, ideas etc. we sometimes need to take off our
glasses on how we look on the world and put on completely new ones.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just watched a speech on YouTube where Derek Sivers is making a great point about how we look at things.</p>
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<p>To look for new perspectives, ideas etc. we sometimes need to take off our<br />
glasses on how we look on the world and put on completely new ones.</p>
<p>Found and borrowed this image on Flourish.org that illustrates this. The world up-side down.<br />
At a first glance it&#8217;s like looking on another planet.</p>
<p><a href="http://flourish.org/upsidedownmap/diversophy-large.jpg"><img src="http://www.vanriesen.com/wp-content/upLoads/diversophy-large-300x193.jpg" alt="diversophy-large" title="diversophy-large" width="300" height="193" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-231" /></a></p>
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		<title>Summer Reflections</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Time for reading, time for relaxing and maybe most of all time for reflection.
My summer reading among other books has been; If They Give You Lined Paper - Write Sidways by Daniel Quinn and Fångad av Hakkorset* by Bruno Manz. *A Mind in Prison The Memoir of a Son and Soldier of the Third [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Summer time!</h2>
<p>Time for reading, time for relaxing and maybe most of all time for reflection.</p>
<p>My summer reading among other books has been; If They Give You Lined Paper - Write Sidways by Daniel Quinn and Fångad av Hakkorset* by Bruno Manz. *A Mind in Prison The Memoir of a Son and Soldier of the Third Reich.</p>
<p>Daniel teaches the reader in his book, the methods behind is own thought process and ultimately empowering the reader to view the world of themselves in new revolutionary ways. A big theme for Daniel is: &#8220;In the next two or three decades; the people of our culture will learn to live sustainably - or not. Either way, it will be extraordinary.&#8221; Bruno on the other hand share his experience in growing up and participating in the Third Reich and reflects on how it became to be that he was a blind follower of the Third Reich.</p>
<p>Now after reading these books, I spent some time, the other day, laying on the beach watching a bird, skillfully hovering over the surface and swiftly and fast changing from hovering mode to dive mode where it plunged into the sea, trying to catch a fish. Now of course the bird wasn&#8217;t successful every time, I watched the bird do this repeated hovering and dive mode 15-20 times before catching a fish. As Daniel would have put it &#8220;a lucky moment for the bird and not so lucky moment for that fish that got caught&#8221;.</p>
<p>Now however reflecting on us humans, how do we do fishing? Well once up-on a time we did just what the bird did, we went out and fished and sometimes we got lucky and sometimes not. Now what would happen if we equipped the bird with scanner, radar, depth readers etc. Then the bird would be lucky 10 times out of 10. On the other hand then if the bird by it self didn&#8217;t maintain a balance of how much fish it caught, why would it? It would fish and eat all it could, I think, Now isn&#8217;t humans now doing the same? We have equipped our fishing fleet with all the technology to ensure that it can vacuum-clean the oceans for fish.</p>
<p>My scary insight is now that if we are doing this aren&#8217;t we at the same time doing a mass-murder on animals/species, hey who cares! Do you know a fish? Do you know for sure that there is fish left so it can reproduce? Have you ever sat down and reflect on the fish like a worthy spices with as much right as you have to live and populate this world? (don&#8217;t take me wrong I&#8217;m not a vegetarian just as little as the bird is).</p>
<p>Much like the mass murders that was committed of the Third Reich on other humans, and while most people will argue it&#8217;s not the same, I want to use this analogy to give the insight that Bruno gave me in his book about his own reflections in participating in the world of the Third Reich. The question that started ringing in my head is;<br />
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<p><em>&#8220;What if we humans are now having A Mind in Prison by Consumer Capitalism, driven by more, more more?&#8221;<br />
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<p>And when we wake-up like Bruno did after the WWII ended and found out a different truths and perspectives, what will we then think and write about it. Will there be books or texts published by people that participated in the Consumer Capitalism World. Exterminating in a very processed and industrialized way other species and being very regretful and resentful about it!</p>
<p>Maybe we should learn from the Bird and say we take 1 out of 10 not because it&#8217;s easy but because we can.</p>
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