Thinking week

Yesterday, Torben Vestergaard, director of Cathrinesminde Brickfield Museum, http://www.museum-sonderjylland.dk/ told me about the industrial history of Sønderjylland - exiting, and so much (in the small scale) like the industrial history of Silicon Valley - food for thought, when we think about 'the soil of innovation'. Thinking should be this week's headline, since the Feedback II report draft MUST be completed, and preparation for two presentations next week MUST be done. I should think about the pattern which connects the items of innovation - that was the subject of Elisabeth Vestergaard, head of institute for border region studies here at University of Southern Denmark, Torben Vestergaard and my conversation last night: Why does some regions flourish at a certain point? Is it when manifacturing, education and some sort of spiritual Geist come in sync? We talked about Bateson, of course, about anthropology, and about the importance of emphasizing the comparative aspect - comparison as a precondition for telling the difference, which makes a difference.