Mar 62 minWho is on Your Gratitude List this Women's Day?On mine are all the people whose curiosity inspired me and whose passion is to learn together
Mar 63 minHow to overcome the surprising things holding you backWhat holds us back are not our gender or even biases but the unhealthy long hours locking all of us in an archaic division of labour
Nov 20, 20199 minHow to build organisations with a growth mindsetThere has been much attention over the years on how the LEGO Group works with its super fans. The growth mindset behind the approach is key.
Nov 17, 20193 minWhy Toxic Masculinity is the EnemyInclusion depends on removing toxic masculinity from society, workplaces and homes. International Men's Day shows what we can do...
Sep 29, 20194 minUnlock your innovation capacity using first principlesPhoto by Nong Vang on Unsplash What makes Elon Musk stand out as an innovator? Is it his audacious goal of going to Mars? Or his determin...
Sep 22, 20194 minWhy creativity is at the heart of successful careersCreativity is how we reinvent ourselves and protect our livelihoods from becoming automated. Back in the age of enlightenment learning wa...
Mar 19, 20182 minWinning by being a responsible business How might brands lead the way and role model responsible business? Richard Straub, founder of the Peter Drucker Society Europe, brings to...
Jan 20, 20186 minAuthenticity: Making purpose matter in businessWhat does it mean to be authentic as a business, when the very fabric of society is becoming ever more polarised? The world agenda has sh...
Oct 18, 20147 minHow to scale value creation by building eco-systemsCan ecosystems be engineered or are they by default out of control of individuals? Can companies be founded on the explicit intent to nur...
Oct 4, 20145 minValue creation in the age of the empowered consumerPower is changing hands. Connectivity is changing how we communicate, the kinds of products we find valuable and the services that we pre...
Mar 30, 20147 minHow to find your calling and make mastery your missionRecently I sat down with a friend who was very excited. She had applied to the MIT Media Lab and couldn’t wait to hear back if she had be...
Apr 22, 20102 minPowerful brands cannot be controlledSomeone asked me a while ago about how we can control the LEGO brand given that it has such a vibrant community? I tried not to laugh, be...
Aug 18, 20091 minDefinition of a successful lifeCouple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to nip back to my native Finland for a good proper ‘Släkt Fest’ – Family Party, as my uncle, now...
Mar 4, 20094 minWhat makes collaboration work?Companies and leaders everywhere is shifting more and more from the traditional command and control way of leading, towards networked col...
Feb 1, 20093 minThe full value of lead-user innovationLast week I had the pleasure to be at the Front End Innovation Europe conference, to give a key note on moving towards an eco-system of v...
May 1, 20083 minThink Eco-Systems not just IssuesTake global warming or government regulation as examples – these are all very complex topics, collections of variables where solving the ...
Feb 13, 20082 minAvoiding the 3 pitfalls of Innovation based on InsightAssuming you have a smooth running innovation machine – and you work from solid consumer insight – how come things can still go wrong? In...
Nov 28, 20073 minEarning the Affinity of Your ConsumersSome years ago I came across an excellent paper by Juan Pablo Valencia and Taryn Westberg at the London Business School, where extensive ...
Jun 13, 20072 minWhy the Desire to Simplify Can Inhibit InnovationA friend recently postulated that having budget constraints can encourage better innovation than those with lots of money to burn as this...
Apr 24, 20073 minThe Rules of Creativity According to Kids Recently I had the pleasure to meet Mitchel Resnick, a professor at the MIT, and listen to his presentation of the Lifelong Kindergarten ...