Ralf Beuker
Design Thinker who is trying to make sense of the iterative aspects in life!
What the heck! Iteration?
Sure! D(d)esign is thinking in iterations!
iteration: "... a means of obtaining successively closer approximations to the solution of a problem."
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- Dean of the Design Faculty at University of Applied Sciences MuensterDesign | Dortmund Area, Germany, DESummaryAs a Strategy Coach I am addressing the creative industries & design oriented companies with my consultancy services.
My main goal is to support clients in fulfilling their roles in organisations in a more strategic fashion. I've named this approach: "Designing Strategy" which applies methodologies from design in order to solve strategic issues in a designerly way. I do this with my partners from zilverinnovation.com
A particular focus of my recent work is focused on the impact of Social Technologies on Brands & Consumers.
Some impressions of my recent work can be found here: http://bit.ly/designing_strategySpecialties: Strategic Management, Design Management, Innovation Management, Brand Management, Social Technologies (aka. Web 2.0)Experience- Jan 2010 - PresentDean of the Design Faculty / University of Applied Sciences Muenster
- Nov 2008 - PresentPartner / designest.nl
- 2008 - PresentModule Lecturer / University of Applied Sciences Lucerne
- Mar 2007 - PresentProfessor for Design Management / University of Applied Sciences Münster
- Oct 2005 - PresentModule Lecturer / EURIB
- Jan 2000 - PresentPrincipal / Strategy Coaching
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Honors:Design Management Research Fellow 1998-2000
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- Analog still rulz. #dmilucerne students pitching with 20th century media 21 century ideas (cc @roscamabbing): http://t.co/W9eW5uEZ
- #dmilucerne students pitching a fine tuned strategy for Cirque du Soleil: http://t.co/xRcaEYoR
- #DMILucerne Students are doing a strategic analysis of their own #designmgt curriculum http://t.co/OIXzNp9v
- So the show begins: Student presentations at BA Design Management Lucerne #dmilucerne http://t.co/fydUJzve
- @roscamabbing in the light of his ideas projected to the wall #contingency #rulz http://t.co/2Z9EWMEI
- @DesignThinkers Thanks, trying hard being spontaneous ;)) cc @roscamabbing
- @business_design Oh we have indeed ... talking a lot abt. your celeb status ... and the canvas ;) #bmgen Just showed the #dtnb movie!
- I'm on my way 2 Lucerne/CH joining @roscamabbing 4 a great workshop on Strategic Design & Brand Driven Innov. ... incl. @DthenewB screening
- Ture! RT @MrStickdorn: You cant design experiences, but create the environment to deliver them - which includes empathy, value, culture,..
- Look what a belated, belated, belated Santa brought 2day! Thnx 2 @roscamabbing http://t.co/5msz2uGz
- Want to feel more powerful? Do a Barry White impression http://t.co/gQJbKQu0
- Glad to have re-discovered @RachelFDCooper her on twitter after #CADMC1 conference meetup last September! Happy New Year & congrats!
- @AndreeaHirica I'm definitively late on this, but: Thank You ... the same to U! cc @DesignThinkers @roscamabbing @start_UP_lab @DT_Network
- @roscamabbing Wait! ... us there a pattern? :D
- Is that a new tweme to follow? ;)) cc @wimrampen RT @roscamabbing: ik ben er trots op de eerste follower te zijn van @katheleenpoels :-)
- @AndreeaHirica Thanks! Same goes to you from Austria! @DesignThinkers cc @roscamabbing @start_UP_lab @DT_Network
- @jpvandyke Thanks Joel! I've been surprised as well about my seriousness ;) Seems they've needed a grumpy German ;) #dtnb cc @roscamabbing
- @EcoFavourites Graag gedaan! ;)
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