Sebastian Kernbach

Professor, HSG/St. Gallen, Stanford, LifeDesignLab.ch

Zurich, Switzerland

About

Hi, I'm with the University of St. Gallen researching, consulting and teaching in the areas of Knowledge Visualization, Design Thinking, Knowledge Communication, Visual Thinking, Visual Storytelling, Visual Literacy for Management, Dynagrams, Creativity, Canvas Development, Visual Coaching, and Meeting Productivity. Feel free to drop me a line. Sebastian

Experience

  • University of St.Gallen (13 yrs 2 mos)
    • Professor
      Aug 2020 - Present · 6 yrs

      Focusing on creativity and design in the School of Management, with a particular focus on knowledge visualization, using nudging for better meetings as well as design thinking and positive psychology for life design.

    • Project Manager & Lecturer & Management Consultant
      Jun 2013 - Aug 2020 · 7 yrs 3 mos

      Providing individuals, teams and organizations with consulting, teaching and research in the fields of knowledge visualization, visual storytelling and creativity.

  • Visiting Fellow at Stanford University
    Jun 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 2 mos

    I work and teach on the topic of "Research as Design (RAD)" and "Creativity in Research Scholars (CiRS)" at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford, also called d.school. Our book is called "Creativity in Research" and is published with Cambridge University Press: www.CreativityInResearch.org.

  • Guest Professor at Stellenbosch University
    Jan 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 7 mos

    I teach regularly at the African Doctoral Academy at Stellenbosch University. Some of the topics are "The Productive PhD - Clarity, insight and progress for more creativity, productive and confidence" and "Design Your (Academic) Future - Using design thinking, positive psychology and behavioral economics" and "The value of visual thinking - for creating Einstein moments".

  • Organizing Committee at International Symposium on Knowledge Visualization and Visual Thinking
    Oct 2014 - Present · 11 yrs 10 mos

    Organizing the 9th International Symposium on Knowledge Visualization and Visual Thinking as part of the 19th International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV2015), 21-24 July 2015, Barcelona, Spain. More information on the Call for Paper: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2015/KV.htm. Offering a one-day workshop prior to the conference on "Visual Thinking for Researcher": http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2015/VisualThinking_PhDresearchers_IV15.pdf.

  • Brand Consulting & Research at Interbrand
    Jan 2012 - Dec 2016 · 5 yrs

    Member of the brand consulting team to create, manage, and evaluate brands – PhD candidate on "Visualization in Brand Management"