Applications Open to Speaker Contest 2020
Nordic Business Forum is once again on the lookout for a game changer with the third edition of its annual Speaker Contest. Our Speaker Contest is on for the third time and bigger! This year we organize the contest together with Oslo Business Forum and have qualifying rounds in five locations including Helsinki, Tallinn, Stockholm, […]
How the Power of Story Can Grow Your Business with Donald Miller
Donald Miller, the CEO of StoryBrand, believes in the power of storytelling, but not in the way that you might be expecting. A lot of companies will hire people like Donald to up their marketing, only to find disappointment in the lack of customer engagement. Many may wonder, what has gone wrong? We spent millions […]
10 Years of Building Leaders Who Change the World
Nordic Business Forum celebrates its 10th year in business! For already 10 years, we have guided and inspired leaders to make the world a better place through better business. Our founders Hans-Peter Siefen and Jyri Lindén have grown our events from small evening seminars in central Finland to international world-class conferences. This year our annual […]
A conversation on storytelling, branding and legacy with George Clooney
George Clooney’s fireside chat with journalist Francine Lacqua, showed the audience that Clooney has many different roles outside of his work as an actor and entertainer. Lacqua asked what he considered to be the impact of his life, but Clooney was at first reluctant to define or decide what that could even be. When asked […]
Nordic Business Forum 2020 – Official Launch video – English subtitles
Dot Complicated: What I Learned on the Front Lines of Social Media with Randi Zuckerberg
Randi Zuckerberg, the former Director of Marketing Development at Facebook, graced the stage of the Nordic Business Forum with huge amounts of energy and excitement. After leaving Facebook, Zuckerberg began working on numerous projects, such as a musical and a television show. She shared some of her ideas about her entrepreneurial journey. Also, she provided […]
The Invincible Company: Closing the Innovation Culture Gap with Alex Osterwalder
Alex Osterwalder, the inventor behind the Business Model Canvas and Co-founder of Strategyzer, is an expert at helping people and companies push their innovative thinking and expand their business prowess. However, this process is not something that can be done intrinsically–it has to come from the upper management in a strategic way. To begin to […]
Why Experimentation is the Future of Growth with Anssi Rantanen
Anssi Rantanen came on stage of the Nordic Business Forum with a mission: to show companies how they can become innovative marketing testers within five minutes. Anssi is the Finland CEO of Growth Tribe Academy and a growth marketing expert. He is extremely interested in how a business can grow quickly and easily, with few […]
How to find your idea for growth? with Sara Blakely
Sara Blakely, the CEO of Spanx, began her entrepreneurial success story through many accidents. Blakely graduated from Yale University, unsure of where she wanted to go with her career. She described feeling stuck–she worked a short stint at Disney Land and sold fax machines door to door. “One day, I pulled off the side of […]
A Conversation on Creativity, Innovation and Technology with Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak’s laid back, friendly interview at the Nordic Business Forum set him apart from many of our other speakers this year. Besides his affable appearance and tone, Wozniak presented himself in a humble manner–even though his achievements are anything but. Throughout his interview, Wozniak shared many stories from his youth and stories about Apple’s […]
NBForum 2020 Seats Filling up – 70% of the Seats in Helsinki Already Booked
Already over 5,200 leaders are joining our annual Nordic Business Forum held in Helsinki on 23-24 September 2020. We are on a journey to build leaders who change the world and we are excited to see that already over 5,200 leaders have confirmed that they will join us next year for our annual main Nordic […]
Understanding Asia: Opportunities in the future of business with Parag Khanna
What does the world of business opportunities look like in Asia? How can you make money in this market? These are some of the questions that Parag Khanna pondered in his talk. Khanna, a geopolitical expert and bestselling author on studies on Asian business markets, brought new ideas and thoughts about what has been going […]