This summer, 28-30 August, the ISMICK conference takes place in South Africa (Stellenbosch). This year's conference theme is knowledge productivity. We (my colleagues Marloes van Rooij, Joseph Kessels and me) will be there and give a workshop in which we will work actively with the design principles. We start with the performance of five monologues in which people who participate in an innovation practice tell their story. Then we will work with the design principles that can be found in this monologue. Finally we’ll look for interventions to promote knowledge productivity. More information about the conference can be found on the ISMICK-website.