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CURIOSITY!

SURPRISE!

Oct 31st

Posted by Tatu in Uncategorized

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Don´t do,

if you don´t do with full heart

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Don´t even start.

-Jama Jamas father-

 

 

 

How could we get people – to behave differently?

How could we get people in flames?

How could we get more people to focus in impossible?

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Heikki Toivanen & The Marketers Way

Visitors from France, Canada and Jyväskylän Maalaiskunta at the Yellow Office

Feb 13th

Posted by Ville in Meeting with cool people

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I am excited about coming week as we are getting local and international visitors at our home nest, the Yellow Office. I think this week culminates some of Monkey Business vision of being a global microbrand. I believe in Peter Senge‘s words that the “what is most systemic is most local”. But that we need to connect globally as well if we want to be more creative. I really agree on what Esko Kilpi once told me: “We need to organize places and space where people can meet and something new can emerge.” I think it perfectly resonates with the video below by Steven Johnson on Where the Good Ideas Come From:

About next week: First, we have the board of Maalaiskunnan Yrittäjät meeting at our office on Tuesday evening. Chairman of the board is our neighbour and friend Jouko aka Musti from Seripiste. Little birds are saying we may get a seat on the board, too. Also, a little after that there’ll be a group of people interested in Organizational Development coming all way from France and Canada to see where we dwell. In fact, the visit to our place is part of their learning expedition to Team Academy organized by SoL France. I heard from my friend that one of the participants have a blog called La nature d’une nouvelle entreprise. It seems to be all in French but Pascal said it’s good and I believe him so if you understand, check it out!

Heikki Toivanen & The Marketers Way

This past week our office has been occupied by people from Team Academy taking intense course of marketing coached by Heikki Toivanen. See the picture above. We are very happy to have people at our place, for a meeting in a creative environment or to experience the sauna.

Furthermore, Samuli Karjalainen dropped by for the first time in our office few weeks ago, and with him we explored the idea of a business sauna. It would be an event for local people interested in learning and meeting new people. First start with a short story or a presentation by someone followed by dialogue and sauna. Who is in for that?

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Catherwood

Key Points for Superheroes Travel Agency

Aug 2nd

Posted by Ville in Friends of Monkey Business

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Thanks to our partners CoMind and Catherwood Travels, we are working on the philosophy for the Superheroes’ Travel Agency. This is based on our shared experiences, but our crystallization. Also, this is work in progress and a process.

Key points right now are:

  1. Learning Process (Time & Leadership)
  2. Customer Intimacy (Before, During, After the event)
  3. Cultural Experience e.g. Finnish
  4. People-to-People Approach
  5. Philosophy of Co-Creation (Dialogue, Access, Risks, Transparency ref. C.K. Prahalad)
  6. Shared understanding about what we are doing and why (x5)
  7. Main theme and Purpose
  8. Serious Fun.
  9. Systems Intelligence
  10. More Action. More Chaos. More Mistakes. More Learning.

Does this make sense? What do you think?

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The Bungalow I stayed at

10 Thesis of Traveling by Monkey Ville

Jan 9th

Posted by Ville in Cool and Important

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It was a family business. Also Grandma was involved.

Monkeys travel around the world. It’s the final “grande finale” part of our journey at Team Academy. The journey is the goal. Hanne took her trip early in 2007. Leena’s turn was late 2007. Ville went early 2008. Now in January 20th Henna, Hugo, Johanna, Tatu and Ville will travel with their teams Groovit and Cameo for about 8 weeks. Because of that Ville opened his notebook and read through the 10 thesis he wrote after 7 weeks of traveling while relaxing in a hammock in a small island of Koh Phayam East of Thailand.

The Bungalow I stayed at

So here they are, 10 thesis of traveling (if reference known mentioned in brackets):

  1. You have to go afar in order to see close.
  2. It’s good to hear stories from outside your circles (abroad) in order to get distance to your own story that may sometimes be depressing. (P.Senge in Presence)
  3. When you are traveling it is good think what traveling really is and why you are traveling.
  4. Where are you from? Where are you now? Where are you going?
  5. Traveling is good practice for giving up/away as you have to let go many things.
  6. Less is more.
    1. The less you pack the more you will get. (John P. Milton via Presence)
    2. The less you plan the more you get. (Madventures)
  7. Trust the process and that the story will carry you (Tatu Tuohimetsä). Being scared is hardly ever useful. Although don’t wrap the money belt around your head and jump around in dark side of the city.
  8. Think about the right an good questions. When talking with others try to get beyond the “traveler” cliches.
  9. Listen and look around. Wonder. Be surprised. Smile.
  10. Slow down. When traveling you have to have plenty of time. Take it slower (Asa). Your soul must be able to follow you (Madventures).

Gilles and Phatsara’s place

That’s the sign for the place where I stayed in Thailand.

Written by Monkey Ville.

Edit: May 24 2010: Three more for the road!

11. If we enjoy the journey we are not in hurry.
12. If I get one idea to take home with me and I put it in action, I consider the trip to be a succesful.
13. Trust the process. The journey will change you. (Johannes Partanen & Paulo Coelho)

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