Research
2008
Research for Storytelling Handbook, organizational stories for managers, trainers and researchers.
Pushlished Boom Publishers, Amsterdam 2008.
2007
Research for the title
Ph.d. Culture, Organization and Management at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Free University Amsterdam NL. Organizational Storytelling theory and practice. Working title thesis: How do people make sense through story.
2006-2007
Organizational storytelling: Funded research for the Dutch Tax Authorities.
The role of storytelling in communication, training and knowledge management.
2006
Organizational storytelling in times of radical organizational change.
Paper presentation during the conference: Organizational Discourse, Identity, Ideology and Idiosyncrasy, July 2006. [download document]
Time Tensions in Radical Organizational Change - Created Momentum
Research at a non profit organisation and a services company before and during strategical organizational changes. Action research shows creating momentum can cause acceleration in change processes. Presentation paper during conference: Social Time Retroscapes and Futurescapes ’Äì Temporal Tensions in Organizations, June 2006. [download document]
Safety at schools
Funded research for ROC/ASA into the role of communication (issue management, reputation management) in introducing security measures at schools. Research is conducted amongst teaching and other staff members, students and their parents.
2004-2006
Symbol based storytelling
Action research in eight organisations at the early stages leading up to an organizational change.
Organizational identity
Researching development and formation of a perceived organizational identity and an organizational deformation with several teams.
2005
"The story of a KISS" Timely communication in organizational change
Thesis for Master of Corporate Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam NL. [download document]
Homozappiens; Time in consumer behaviour
Research on the ’Äúzapping’Äù behaviour of consumers in times of over-signalling, multi tasking and burn outs. [download document]
2001
Time waits for no one
Time and temporalities in the internet era. A research into the phenomena of "internet time".
1998
Theatre marketing, a time mismatch
Three years research funded by the Dutch Ministry of Culture, into new methods of marketing the arts. This resulted in the publication of the book Theatre marketing and an advice report.
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