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Diane Nijs (1962, Belgium) is Associate Professor Imagineering at BUas since 2003 and Director of Imagineering Academy, a research centre focussing on value creation and value innovation experience perspective. She has been working at BUas since 1986 in different management and senior lecture positions in both master and executive education.
She has a doctoral degree of the University of Groningen in Business Management (The Netherlands), a master’s degree in Kynesiology of the University of Louvain (Belgium), a master’s degree in Leisure Agogics from the University of Brussels and a degree in Marketing-Management from EHSAL Brussels.
Diane Nijs is an experienced and qualified organization development consultant with more than 25 years’ experience as a consultant and creative catalyst in both the private and public sectors. Previously she worked as a strategic advisor with organizations such as the Flemish public broadcast channel VRT/KETNET, the Flemish newspaper Concentra/Gazet van Antwerpen, the city of Antwerp (Belgium), ANWB, KLM, TUI and several retail-chains such as Veritas. At the moment she works with cities in the province of Brabant on public innovation and with Surplus on corporate innovation in health care.
Diane is a respected speaker and presenter and has appeared at as well professional as academic conferences in The Netherlands and abroad. She is a published author with two acclaimed books on imagineering, one very practical which was published in 2002 by Boom Amsterdam and one based on her PhD-study which is published in 2014 by Eleven International Publishing. The second book builds the academic argument underlying imagineering as 'Designing for Organizational Emergence' or else: 'Transformation by Inspiration'. Her research focuses on designing for experience innovation.
Subjects
Imagineering, design, complexity, emergence, experience innovation, experience design
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Research Output
Advanced Imagineering : designing innovation as collective creation
Nijs, DELW. (ed.), 2019, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. 190 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book editing › Scientific › peer-review
Introduction : towards a new design discipline
Nijs, DELW., 2019, Advanced imagineering : designing innovation as collective creation . Nijs, D. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
LANDSCAPE : a big shift in society - growing complexity and the innovation opportunity
Nijs, DELW., 2019, Advanced imagineering : designing innovation as collective creation . Nijs, D. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, p. 22-40 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
LENS : a big shift in society - seeing change and innovation as a matter of emerge
Nijs, DELW., 2019, Advanced imagineering : designing innovation as collective creation . Nijs, D. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, p. 41-59 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
LOGIC : a big shift in society - Imagineering, beyond convential Design Thinking
Nijs, DELW., 2019, Advanced imagineering : designing innovation as collective creation . Nijs, D. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, p. 60-85 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Activities
Masterclass Bestuurstafel De Baronie
Diane Nijs (Speaker)18 Apr 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures/talks/presentations (not at a conference)
Eventmanagers klaar voor de complexe toekomst?
Diane Nijs (Speaker)13 May 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures/talks/presentations (not at a conference)
Leiderschap in complexiteit
Diane Nijs (Speaker)21 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures/talks/presentations (not at a conference)
Op zoek naar de wolf: Over radicale vernieuwing en experience innovatie
DELW Nijs (Speaker)13 Sep 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures/talks/presentations (not at a conference)
Imagineering in de sport: ontdek de nieuwe spelregels
DELW Nijs (Keynote speaker)26 Sep 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures/talks/presentations (not at a conference)
Press / Media
Nieuwe economie creeren door de eyeballs van de wereld vast te houden (interview in Recreatie & Toerisme)
8/08/19
1 Media contribution
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Imagineering in de sport, nieuwe regels voor een complexer wordend spel (Interview in: Sport & Gemeenten)
1/09/18
1 Media contribution
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Actieplan tegen leegstand in tien Limburgse gemeenten
27/10/17
1 Media contribution
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NHTV-lector Diane Nijs: ‘Verenig in Breda het beste van twee werelden’
22/07/16
1 Media contribution
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Naar een ander, inspirerend perspectief op verandermanagement
1/04/14
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