AI this and AI that: AI in Economic Development and Design Thinking
You can’t escape this topic at the moment, new tools, new use cases are everywhere. AI has arrived in economic development and...
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Sirpa Tsimal
Jan 142 min read
5 Insights about Harnessing Design Thinking for Economic Development in 2024
In the ever-evolving landscape of economic development in a competitive global arena, one approach that has gained momentum and proven to...
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Sirpa Tsimal
Nov 5, 20233 min read
Orchestrating success: Collaborating with the private sector in investment promotion
"No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it." Drawing inspiration from the analogy of playing a symphony with a...
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Sirpa Tsimal
Apr 3, 20221 min read
Video: Chat with the Ambassador
Michelle Abboud, the North American representative for Lucerne, Switzerland, sat down with Swiss Commercial Ambassador Markus Boerlin...
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Sirpa Tsimal
Sep 15, 20215 min read
Article: The power of innovation
21 April 2021 This interview appeared in The Place Brand Observer Sirpa, innovation in the context of IPAs is one of the topics you are...
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Michelle Abboud
Nov 8, 20205 min read
A location case study
At The Location Lab we take a human-centered approach in our work with EDOs. We need to understand our investor and imagine ourselves in...
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Sirpa Tsimal
Nov 8, 20204 min read
Article: Is investment promotion a digital or a people business?
This article appeared first on CityNationPlace September 3rd 2020 https://www.citynationplace.com/investment-promotion-digital-or-human-s...
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Sirpa Tsimal
Apr 13, 20206 min read
Interview: Investment Promotion in the aftermath of COVID-19
This interview appeared first on City Nation Place: https://www.citynationplace.com/investment-promotion-aftermath-covid-19 March 25th...
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Sirpa Tsimal
May 19, 20192 min read
Article: An Investor-Centered Approach. Design Thinking for Economic Development
Finding impactful solutions for Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) to improve their communications with foreign investors was the...
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Sirpa Tsimal
Jun 21, 20181 min read
Workshop: Design Thinking in (Pro) Motion
Michelle and Sirpa facilitated a workshop using design thinking to a group of economic developers at the annual SelectUSA Summit.
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Sirpa Tsimal
Sep 9, 20162 min read
Article: You cannot not communicate -or why communications is the foundation of economic development
I studied communications. I spent five years at the University of Zurich in my home country of Switzerland studying all aspects of...
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