Valerie Devanthery, Program Manager, idiap research institute, Martigny answered to the question in French: “What percentage of ideas are actually carried out in your company?”.

She says, as she only carries out – most of the time – her own ideas or ideas she has chosen, the percentage is 99 to 100%.

For the ideas of others, she has several criteria: her personal motivation and acceptance, ideas she considers interesting, ideas she feels is possible to implement, or ideas that are within her power.

Anyway, when she has chosen an idea to carry out, she puts all her energy into it.

Interview made at a First conference (rezonance) on Networking (réseautage) at the Centre Patronal in Paudex/Lausanne, March 4.

If you carry out an idea of others, the success depends on your free choice, personal motivation and power, and on the feasibility and fascination of that idea. Ideas done? by Valerie Devanthery, idiap research institute, Martigny is a post from: CSID

Michael E. Parmly, Counselor for Public Affairs, United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, answered to the question: “What percentage of ideas are actually carried out in your institution?”.

He said it would be around 60 to 75%. But you are careful what ideas to put forward because nobody likes failure.

An unused idea, he recycles it later as another idea and hopes it gets through at that point. Or he changes his own mind and decides it wasn’t such a good idea after all.

(Interview made at the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva after the roundtable discussion with Dr. Michael Stephens on “Current Developments in Social Media: Trends and Technology”, organized by Wendy Lubetkin, Senior Advisor on Media and Public Affairs.)

Implementation of ideas is either a question of timing or of changing your own mind. Ideas done? by Michael E. Parmly, United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva is a post from: CSID

Sven Reiss, CEO of sven reiss it-beratung gmbh in Bremgarten/Bern (CH) and Stade (DE) answered to the question in German: “What percentage of ideas are actually carried out in your company?”.

His answer: “80%”. Without ifs and buts.

Without ifs and buts. Ideas done? by Sven Reiss, IT consulting, Bremgarten/Bern (CH) and Stade (DE) is a post from: CSID

Which quote or statement do you prefer? Or do you agree with both?

1. “A surplus of ideas is as dangerous as a drought.”
   Scott Belsky in his book “Make Ideas Happen”
   View article (Twitter via @the99percent) Site: 99 Percent
2. “The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.”
   Linus Pauling
   View tweet (Twitter via @sharedideas) Site: fydea

Dennis McCorkle twittered another quote:
“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.”
Alfred Bernhard Nobel (via @TweetRightBrain)

A surplus of ideas is as dangerous as a drought. The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. Do you agree with A or B? (2) is a post from: CSID

Pictogram experiments for Wabi and for Camper in general that could be used in various contexts.

Four examples how Wabi and the pictograms could be used: Wild appropriations of existing publicity images with just a black marker.

Visual communication projects for the shoe Wabi of Camper, Mallorca/Spain is a post from: CSID

Which quote or statement do you prefer? Or do you agree with both?

1. “Don’t Listen to the Expert”
   Click article (Twitter via @ideas2gold) Site: Turning ideas into gold
2. “The stupidity of crowds”
   Click article (Twitter via @Digitaltonto) Site: Digital Tonto

Don’t Listen to the Expert. The stupidity of crowds. Do you agree with A or B? (1) is a post from: CSID

Today the organization, as described in our project, has changed, but the complexity remains the same.

Objectives

1. Mapping of all the software tools, work processes and stakeholders of Publica Data and in general of the whole context of official Swiss media research.
2. Prepare the fundamental mappings for a future digital knowledge data base.
3. Introduce step-by-step new employees into the company’s work and context.

Client
Publica Data AG belongs to Mediapulse Foundation for Media Research. The main goal of the company is to market the data of the media and audience research of Mediapulse Foundation for Media Research. This data consists mainly from continuous, quantitative research of the TV & Radio consumption and Internet media in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Publica Data AG has offices in Berne and Zollikon (Zurich).

Mapping project -in German- with multiple objectives for Publica Data AG, Bern/Zurich is a post from: CSID

The psychological principles of Gestalt are often used in art. Other similar principles, too, like the gallery space itself (a 3D Gestalt?) or the stereotype of a table, help the visitor’s perception to focus on what is significant, to recognize a form, and to create meaning.

The following images are from various exhibitions in Zurich.

Here are some working principles based on the idea of Gestalt:

1. Deform the stereotype of a table (a principle used in arts and crafts, too).
   
2. Different materials and objects are optically unified by a coherent form, e.g. a cylinder / a human body / geometric forms / a line / a rectangle, the frame.
   
3. Arbitrarily (?) assembled materials are unified by one color (gold).
   
4. Perception is guided by types of “bases”, e.g. put everything on a pedestal / on a carpet on the floor (red) / on a shelf / a base on another base (little objects on a book on a shelf).
   
5. The room, the declared exhibition space is a guiding principle. See the image with the boxes: this is on left of the entrance to a gallery and on the right is a coat-rack with umbrellas, but this won’t affect the visitor’s perception of the exhibition. Use any part of a room, e.g. put things on the floor (the neon lights) / pin papers on the wall / put something in a transparent box and hang it to the wall. (Other parts that are not shown here: the ceiling, the windows, the lights and so on.)

Check out the CSID showroom Medamothi, too. It is an open space for all types of visualizations. From business facts and charts to analytical art. Because there is more to visualization than just PowerPoint.

Ways of doing things (9) Gestalt and other perceptive guides is a post from: CSID

Here are some working principles we detected:

1. Multiply one part, e.g. the spout.
2. Change one part, e.g. the handle: make it ergonomic / use one ore more different materials / make it figurative (a dragon) / make it geometric or more stylize.
3. Change the form of the whole teapot, e.g. use several teacups to create a teapot (principle of contiguity or proximity).
4. Print something on the saucer, e.g. a surprising or unusual element like the map of the restaurant or the underside of the saucer.

Check out our showroom, too. The CSID showroom Medamothi is an open space for all types of visualizations. From business facts and charts to analytical art. Because there is more to visualization than just PowerPoint.

Ways of doing things (8) Teapots and saucers is a post from: CSID

Adrian Roth, CEO of CLS Consulting in Biel/Bienne, answered to the question in Swiss German: “What percentage of ideas are actually carried out in your company?”.

He wanted to carry out one third of all his ideas. He carried out less. But his business is successful.

How many ideas do you want to carry out? What matters to you when you carry out an idea? Number of ideas? Fun? Challenge? Dream? Collaboration? What kind of reward?

You can’t carry out every idea. What matters to you? Ideas done? by Adrian Roth, CLS Consulting, Biel/Bienne is a post from: CSID