Generating novel and sustainable business model ideas is a crucial yet challenging innovation task. A growing body of literature shows that artefacts, such as visual templates, objects sketches, can enhance team collaboration creativity in activities. Drawing on from diverse fields we propose aims to explain how artefacts affect the processes developing new ideas, positing they have an impact collaboration. We report results illustrative experimental study comparing managers working Teams...

Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to shed light on the specificity of branding approaches for young companies reason that is a crucial activity survival and success newly established firm as it facilitates finding maintain customers. Design/methodology/approach Adopting case study methodology, mainly through in‐depth interviews with CEOs communication managers, 15 largest most successful start‐up Switzerland were analyzed. Findings The establishes an overview current practices rational...

A large body of research has addressed the benefits visualization, whereas analysis pitfalls not received systematic attention. We aim to provide an overview common and potential disadvantages visual representations based on a multidisciplinary literature review. Subsequently, we develop theoretically grounded classification cognitive, emotional, social risks visualization populate it with comprehensive list pitfalls. The this is diminish but rather improve literacy by structuring our...

A great corpus of studies reports empirical evidence how information visualization supports comprehension and analysis data. The benefits for synchronous group knowledge work, however, have not been addressed extensively. Anecdotal use cases illustrate the collaborative visualization, but very few rigorously examined impact on work. We consequently designed conducted an experiment in which we analyzed sharing situated work groups. Our experimental study consists evaluating performance 131...

An experiment was conducted to gather empirical evidence regarding whether the use of visualization is better than text in communication a business strategy. A total 76 managers saw presentation strategy financial services branch an international car manufacturer. The visual representation chosen as independent variable, and effects on audience were measured. Three types support conditions: bulleted list, metaphor, temporal diagram. Each subject one format only. Subjects who exposed graphic...

PowerPoint is a dominant communication tool in business and education. It allows for creating professional-looking presentations easily, but without understanding its constraining qualities it can be used inappropriately. Therefore we conducted systematic literature review structuring the on three chronological phases ( Early Criticism, Heated Debate, Scientific Take-Off) identifying 18 classified into categories: cognitive, emotional, social. This article provides implications educators’...

Research in STEAM education continues to develop, and yet the literature this area is often theoretically ‘light’. Given importance of theory provide explanatory power, aim paper offer a theoretical classification system be used as tool for researchers practitioners area. Derived from searches on within open science/schooling, secondary/tertiary intersection global challenges, 26 frameworks were identified academic sources refined based their coherence strong heritage. A relational ontology...

Facilitating collaborative knowledge work is a crucial issue in management: key corporate asset, but it typically spread across various people different organizational functions. In this paper we explore how conceptual visualizations (such as diagrams, visual metaphors, charts, sketches) can be constructed and used cognitive artefacts that support work. order to facilitate tasks such the creation sharing of teams, propose dimensions framework tool for understanding collaboration...

This paper collates eight expert opinions about Knowledge Visualization, what it is and should be. An average of 581 words long, topics span from representation, storytelling criticizing the lack theory, to communication, analytics for masses reasoning, trendy Visual Thinking creativity beyond PowerPoint. These individual views provide a picture present future discipline that could not be more timely, aiming common understanding visualization knowledge.

In this article, we propose an innovative mixed methods research (MMR) technique and discuss its theory applications. The visual replay methodology (VRM) is a new graphic way to investigate the discourse patterns during software-aided small group discussions. A visually supported conversation recorded through screen capturing replayed reconstruct how discussion has unfolded. VRM responds “integration challenge” that MMR community facing—by employing power of visualization, data integration...

Social Innovation (SI) is considered a key lever for supporting climate action and decarbonization. In addition to the adoption of technological innovations, novel social practices can lead reconfiguration socio-technical systems toward more democratic energy transitions heightened civic participation action. Several frameworks cases innovation neutrality are described in academic literature; however, this rich body knowledge scattered across different fields actual relevance rarely...

The use of visuals as collaboration catalysts has recently gained attention in research on group work, knowledge management, sense making, and general. A special feature such visualizations (i.e., sketches, diagrams, visual metaphors, etc.) is their ambiguity or quality to be open multiple interpretations. While ambiguities may cause misunderstandings lead loosing valuable time, they also offer the potential reveal new insights, facilitate ad-hoc discoveries, reframe issues, increase...

The disruptive potential of social media in generating participation and networking has been readily exploited by marketers politicians. power these digital networks can be used individuals groups for good causes, to have a positive impact on the society at large. Social platforms are starting citizens promoting creating community engagement answer societal needs. Yet, precisely because viral effect, they pose completely new challenges: (1) emerging from crowded environment, (2)...

In this paper we provide a guiding framework for understanding and selecting visual representations in the knowledge management (KM) practice. We build on an interdisciplinary analogy between two connotations of notion “scaffolding”: physical scaffolding from architectural-engineering perspective “everyday knowing practice” KM perspective. classify structures communication teams into four types scaffolds: grounded (corresponding e.g., to perspectives diagrams or dynamic facilitation...

Growing evidence in the scientific literature and organizations shows positive impact of employing conceptual visual representation for individual reasoning, communicating facilitating meetings organizations. 116 managers responded a questionnaire on usefulness 12 common business visualizations typical knowledge tasks The resulting ranking provides an overview comparative suitability generating ideas, sharing knowledge, evaluating options planning. findings can be used by templates as...

Climate neutrality is an urgent and complex challenge that cannot be solved with technological solutions alone but requires a systemic approach. Social innovation key lever of change in socio-technical transformations: promoting social at urban level can empower communities shaping sustainable behaviour collective action to tackle climate change. To promote scale for reaching neutrality, politicians policymakers need aware effective practices implemented match city's readiness level. With...

Cities are taking action to respond climate change by designing and implementing sustainable solutions which provide benefits challenges citizens. Measuring the progress effects of such actions at urban level, beyond mere greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions quantification, is still an emerging research area. Based on data from 40 European cities belonging 20 pilot city programmes within EU-funded NetZeroCities (NZC) project, cities’ selections preferences for indicators assessing their analysed...