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SAFER, STRONGER – TOGETHER
Finland – The trusted catalyst and orchestrator of the emerging Northern European ecosystem? Our European values and democratic foundations have been stress-tested: First with the COVID-19 pandemic and, most recently, the most horrible war on European soil in Ukraine. In addition, wicked problems like climate change, aging population, and…
Reimagining Culture: Three perspectives of Culture as complex adaptive system
People are thinkers, doers and learners. Innovative ideas often arise when people interact at the interface between various types of competence, when combining multiperspective thinking. Organisations and people aim to interact continuously with their environment and find new useful ways to learn and operate. From stiff mental blocks into…
Culture Is a Pattern
I was meeting with an executive team last week and realized they felt overwhelmed by an impending culture change effort. They had tired it before, with few results, and none of them was eager to dive in again. On the other hand, culture change was exactly what they needed. The pandemic disrupted supply chains and customer expectations. The “great…
REIMAGINING WORK – LEAD YOUR ORGANISATION INTO A NEW ERA
Working life is changing more rapidly than ever. Finland is a leader in the management of digitalisation, data, human-centric development and multi-location work. New ways of working, data interpretation and conclusions are key success factors for organisations. There is great demand for the transformation of work and its management, and these…
REIMAGINING YOUR BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM
Today’s modern business ecosystems consist of a dynamic group of independent players who get organized through a flexible governance model to jointly realize a specific value proposal. They get their driving energy from a shared purpose and passion, rather than solely a legal contract binding them together. The business ecosystem should be…
REIMAGINING STRATEGY – SEE AND EXPERIENCE STRATEGY IN A NEW WAY
We understand that the operations of your business must become more sustainable – different than before. The world is increasingly dependent on leaders who are not content with merely optimising the current state of things. Instead, they aim to enable a new way of thinking and doing in everyday life. Cooperation that crosses boundaries also…
MANAGEMENT TEAMS FOR A NEW AGE – FROM EGO TO AN ECOSYSTEM
The world is changing. Can people change too? One of the core strengths of humanity is the ego and its driving power. Without our egos, we would not achieve anything. However, the ego is a poor master, given that it does not usually listen to its environment, working instead through the lens of its own truth. And that does not get you far in…
THE BEST WEAPON OF A FUTURE MANAGER? A BIG HEART
Manager, when is the last time you asked: How can I help? There is a lot of talk these days about the change in management, but I’ve heard less talk about how this takes place in practice. It feels as if the change in management is something akin to the enthusiasm for New Year’s resolutions – a change forgotten for the lack of routines and…
SYSTEMIC SELF-MANAGEMENT – THE NEW AGE OF ATTITUDE LEADERSHIP
This age challenges leadership. What we need alongside positional leadership are systemic self-managers who understand their own influence in this world. We talk about “management in a new age”. For me, this mean an attentiveness and the sensitivity to observe the current state of affairs and a strong desire to learn new ways of thinking,…
WHAT DOES THE WELL-BEING OF A MULTI-LOCATION ORGANISATION CONSIST OF?
If the exceptional circumstances caused by the pandemic are prolonged, the initial infatuation felt towards virtual work will fade. Behind the short-term benefits, the age-old challenges faced by a multi-location organisation will emerge: weakening community spirit and innovation, and emotionless focus on performance. At the same time, these…