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About Me

My mother is from Croatia. My father is from Bosnia-Herzegovina. I was born and educated in Germany and later completed my Masters Degree in France. Since 2005 I live in Mexico and have a chance to share my expertise in building innovation teams, designing and implementing innovation processes in corporations, government institutions and startups (www.danielpandza.com). My passion is to share my expertise in strategic business model design with inspiring personalities whos goal it is to serve a specific purpose and turn their passion into profits.. (http://passionbusiness.net). Moreover, I work on building a community of change agents in my community. Together we work hard on identifying the stories of the people who are plating the seeds for a brighter future of Mexico.

Location:
Mexico, Guadalajara, Jalisco
Current organization:
The PassionBusiness Project
Past organizations:
PARADIGNAMIX, PassionBusiness Project, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), W.L. Gore & Associates (Germany)
Current role:
Educator in BusinessDesign & Innovation
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Business Model Innovation, Diffusion of Innovations, Strategic Innovation, Services marketing + management, Positive Psychology, Empathy, mindfulness at work
I am:
Business mentor, Change Agent, Concerned citizen, Connector, Educator/Teacher, Explorer, Idea generator, Life mentor, Marketer, Project manager
Associations:
Nueva Acropolis Guadalajara (Mexico), ITESM Innovation Center , TEDxZapopan (Mexico), TEDActive 2013
Languages:
German, Croatian, English, Spanish
My website links:
The PassionBusiness Project, TEDxZapopan, Daniel Pandza
Universities:
ESC Rennes - International School of Business (France), FH Bochum - University of Applied Sciences (Germany), ITESM Campus Guadalajara
TED conferences attended:
TEDActive 2013
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I'm passionate about

Thinking about thinking, Designing our future, Designing competitive business models, Help people turn their passion into profitable businesses, connecting the dots "looking forward".

An idea worth spreading

The current business environment and employment market is the perfect environment for taking the risk and try making a living our of our passion. Instead of making a low salary working in a job that does not fulfill us, we should take the courage to explore the opportunity for turning our passion into a business. On the other hand, there is also a significant number of people who are working in a job that does not fulfill them, but they stay in business in order to please 3rd party players (family, friends, fellows) or because they are driven by money that they are making in their current jobs. For both scenarios we need to be aware of the fact that the globalized internet world in which we are living enables us start with relatively low start-up costs. Everybody can find or make the time in order to work in a field that he/she is passionate about.

Talk to me about

Design-Thinking, Systems-Thinking, Experience Design, Business Model Design, Strategy under uncertainty. Philosophy, PassionBusiness, How did your find your passion?

People don't know that I'm good at

Thinking positive in any situation. Connecting the dots and anticipating the consequences of decisions. Connect the unconnected.

My TED Story

I have to admit, I am TEDoholic. I need every day a "fix" of inspiration of remarkable people. I feel that TED makes me a better person and makes me reflect on a regular basis "what could I contribute in order to make the world a better place". Two TEDTalks (Richard St. John´s Eight factors for Success and Seth Godin´s talk on "Sliced bread") have inspired me to launch The PassionBusiness Project and produce two TEDx events here in Mexico where I share the stories of people who have mastered their way from transforming their Passion into a income generating profession. These experience have enabled me to travel around Latin America and inspire more people to think big and start working.

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  • A reply on Talk: Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions

    Mar 28 2013: I agree... check out this talk from a 9 year old boy who gave a talk at TEDxZapopan (Mexico) http://youtu.be/JlhojSA3JEY After more than 40 operations he is still fighting for the prevention of the accidents that he suffered.... Amazing and inspiring...
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    A comment on Talk: Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions

    Mar 28 2013: Kids do have the power to drive change in their community...
    Here is a case from Mexico, where a little 9 year old boy started an NGO to prevent accidents that arise from household chemicals... A case from TEDxZapopan (Mexico) http://youtu.be/JlhojSA3JEY
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    A comment on Talk: Jason Clay: How big brands can help save biodiversity

    Aug 16 2010: I am in the design stage of a similar project for the hotel and industrial laundry industry in Mexico. Our goal is to reduce water consumption for 1 average hotel by 1,000,000 Liters / month. Interestingly, we have considered a similar approach as Dr. Clay. Might be worth collaborating.

  • A comment on Talk: Janine Benyus: The promise of biomimicry

    Dec 2 2008: Despite the "foreplay" part at the beginning I have to admit that this is a very interesting talk that should be shared with entrepreneurship students. The purpose is not to tell them that they have to invest in primary research or switch disciplines. More, I think that it should inspire and motivate them to pursue the interaction with people and experts from other disciplines. It will enable them to discover meaningful and sustainable business ideas.

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