http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:07:49 +0100 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/speaker-of-the-year-2009.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Magnus Lindkvist) http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/speaker-of-the-year-2009.html?_c=feed-rss http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/speaker-of-the-year-2009.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:07:49 +0100 Yesterday, it was announced that I was voted Sweden's Speaker of the Year in 2009. I am overwhelmed and overjoyed at Talarforum's announcement. If you voted, thank you. Below is a clip from an interview with me on Swedish TV (unfortunately in Swed... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/speaker-of-the-year-2009.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9718a5d54cd50123f189c4e1860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/months-of-neglect.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Magnus Lindkvist) http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/months-of-neglect.html?_c=feed-rss http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/months-of-neglect.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:20:07 +0100 Dear Blog, Sorry I've been away from you for so long. I really have no reasons (only excuses, which I won't bore you with). Life IRL is great. I just came back from a one-week tour of Dubai and Istanbul and the autumn has been full of fun speaking... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/months-of-neglect.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9718a5d54cd50123ddddc1d1860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/summer-reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Magnus Lindkvist) http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/summer-reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/summer-reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:56:18 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd9718a5d54cd501101802429f860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd9718a5d54cd501101802429f860e-50si" alt="Free: The Future of a Radical Price" /></a> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd9718a5d54cd501101686d160860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd9718a5d54cd501101686d160860c-50si" alt="God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World" /></a> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd9718a5d54cd50110180243d8860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd9718a5d54cd50110180243d8860e-50si" alt="The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do Ab" /></a> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd9718a5d54cd5011018613830860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd9718a5d54cd5011018613830860f-50si" alt="Everything We Know Is Wrong: The Invisible Trends That Shape Business, Society and Life" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Is it any wonder, some people ask, that Sweden's productivity stats are so poor given that the entire country shuts down for over a month every summer? Well, I'll reply, given that there's nothing to do but work from October to April (when Califor... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/summer-reading-list.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9718a5d54cd5011018613834860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/pre-order-my-book.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Magnus Lindkvist) http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/pre-order-my-book.html?_c=feed-rss http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/pre-order-my-book.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:18:23 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd9718a5d54cd5011016a35226860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd9718a5d54cd5011016a35226860d-50si" alt="Tentative cover...tweaks being made as we speak" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Everything We Know Is Wrong - The Trendspotter's Handbook is released on September 15th. Pre-order your copy here. From the backcover: Why do grownups believe that the world is just like when they were growing up and that everything happening... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/pre-order-my-book.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9718a5d54cd501101623a5dd860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/inside-account-of-tesla-motors.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Magnus Lindkvist) http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/inside-account-of-tesla-motors.html?_c=feed-rss http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/inside-account-of-tesla-motors.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:02:19 +0200 The problem with following business biographies is that they tend to be written many years after events occured. Electric Car company Tesla Motors is an exception, however. Read a wonderful, scary account of what's been going down behind the scene... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/inside-account-of-tesla-motors.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9718a5d54cd5011016a21022860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/how-trends-get-started.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Magnus Lindkvist) http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/how-trends-get-started.html?_c=feed-rss http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/how-trends-get-started.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:29:41 +0200 Call it the Heinz effect... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/how-trends-get-started.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9718a5d54cd50110165e0922860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/how-china-commemorates-the-tiananmen-square-incident.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Magnus Lindkvist) http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/how-china-commemorates-the-tiananmen-square-incident.html?_c=feed-rss http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/how-china-commemorates-the-tiananmen-square-incident.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:52:29 +0200 With Umbrellas! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/how-china-commemorates-the-tiananmen-square-incident.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9718a5d54cd501101656bf41860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/three-citylinks.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Magnus Lindkvist) http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/three-citylinks.html?_c=feed-rss http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/three-citylinks.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:00:09 +0200 Getting ready to speak about the future of regions and cities in a few weeks time, I've come across some interesting stuff in the past 24 hours. There's Steven Johnson's TED speech about a city's resilience. There's DesignBoost excellent collecti... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/three-citylinks.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9718a5d54cd50110183097ca860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/until-the-cows-come-home.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Magnus Lindkvist) http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/until-the-cows-come-home.html?_c=feed-rss http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/until-the-cows-come-home.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:07:15 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd9718a5d54cd5011016558db5860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd9718a5d54cd5011016558db5860c-50si" alt="&quot;If you build it, they will come...&quot;" /></a> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd9718a5d54cd5011016558dbc860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd9718a5d54cd5011016558dbc860c-50si" alt="Waiting for Bovine Intervention" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A friend of mine sent me these pictures showing over 3,000 people making a pilgrimage to Dalarö, outside Stockholm, to watch the annual first outside grazing for about 20 cows. Is there a trend in this? W <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/until-the-cows-come-home.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9718a5d54cd5011016906b30860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/choked-by-a-slipped-halo.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Magnus Lindkvist) http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/choked-by-a-slipped-halo.html?_c=feed-rss http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/choked-by-a-slipped-halo.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 29 May 2009 20:32:58 +0200 A couple of years ago, I read Phil Rosenzweig's seminal The Halo Effect about how we idolize certain companies, brands or phenomena to the point of blindness. I can't help thinking of this syndrome as I read yet another article showing the murky, ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://magnuslindkvist.vox.com/library/post/choked-by-a-slipped-halo.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9718a5d54cd50110160e4af0860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>