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Comment on: Serendipity Management

Bigthink — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:35:16 +0100

I have never heard about this company, thanks for letting me know. I have today also contacted Paul directly in order to find out if we have some common interests.

I have been busy in building my business basis creating a global network of Oasises %u2013an interconnected network of collaborative working, learning and development environments. Our slogan and leading principle is %u201CRespect Serendipity%u201D. We have since 2002 worked hard to develop our ideas and officially we launched this new management paradigm %u201CSerendipity Management%u201D in IASP (International Association of Science and Technology Parks) XXII World Conference in Peking 2005 in my speech and paper:

Kakko, Ilkka & Inkinen, Sam (2005). The %u201COasis Way%u201D. How to Improve the Productivity of a Knowledge Worker? In XXII IASP World Conference on Science and Technology Parks. Conference Proceedings (Beijing, September 2005), 215-240. IASP International Association of Science Parks.

and we went further to explain the basics of it in IASP XXIV World Conference in Barcelona 2007 in my speech and paper:

Kakko Ilkka & Inkinen Sam. (2007) "Homo Creativus. Aspects of Creativity and Serendipity Management", Proceedings of XXIV IASP World Conference in Barcelona in July, 2007. IASP International Association of Science Parks

I have also created almost a year ago a group %u201CSerendipity Management in Facebook%u201D with 46 global members. You can find those discussions in http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6655331989, please join our discussions.

Comment on: Serendipity Management

Bigthink — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:17:20 +0100

Let me get this straight. You advocate management by trusting to luck? That strikes me a abdication of the management function.

Comment on: Serendipity Management

Bigthink — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:44:20 +0100

Is this the same firm:
Company Overview
Serendipity Management was founded in 2002 to provide business strategy and project consultancy services to multinational businesses operating in the Asia Pacific region to help companies address their most challenging strategic opportunities. The firm was started in Singapore and owned/operated by Paul Kitamura.

The functional areas Serendipity has been most heavily involved in are: product/service positioning, brand strategy & communication, sales & marketing planning and project support. The majority of work to date has been conducted in the hospitality industry for clients such as Inter Continental Hotels Group - a leading multi-brand owner/operator of InterContinental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn hotels and resorts throughout the region, Raffles International and Hotel Dynamics Asia- one of the leading dining loyalty marketing companies headquartered out of Singapore.

New business areas for Serendipity include advisory work and strategic minority investment in small business ventures with strong management teams, high potential for growth and an emerging track record of positive cash flows.

Founder profile
Paul Kitamura

Paul Kitamura is a 18 year veteran of the hospitality industry based in Tokyo and having worked in senior level management positions for two of the leading hotel companies in the region including Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Hawaii.

His core expertise includes hotel operations leadership, new hotel development, product line brand management, development of marketing strategy, corporate marketing services, business development, corporate communications and marketing/delivery system implementation.

Serendipity Management was founded in order to provide tailored solutions to multinational companies in the region on a short term retainer or project basis over a defined time period.

Paul completed his undergraduate education at Cornell University and holds a Master of Business Administration from University of Chicago%u2019s Graduate School of Business.

Contact Serendipity Management

Paul Kitamura, Founder & Managing onsultant

Email: pkitamur@gsb.uchicago.edu

Phone: ( 81) 90 2760 1615

Comment on: Serendipity Management

Bigthink — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:10:28 +0100

Thanks for reply, if you use Facebook, check our group there called Serendipity Management http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6655331989

There we have some links and interesting discussions around the topic , feel free to join.

Comment on: Serendipity Management

Bigthink — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:38:56 +0100

go ahead, enlighten me.