Local - Global at Theater de NWE Vorst 14.10.10

A conference about local - global and what it means to work more international.

One topic sounds very interesting - that the periphery is important for innovation. And a good institution knows his periphery and greats his own.

I always get this image of an octopus. Which is resting on the bottom of the sea and spread his tentacles. Waiting for what is coming along. This is the local octopus.

A octopus which is swimming around and using different levels in the space - is the global one.

But than my imagination have a problem. How is it possible to travel a institution around and at the same time using different levels?