President Obama to Speak at Nordic Business Forum in Helsinki
Nordic Business Forum will bring President Obama to Helsinki to speak to business executives and owners. President Obama will be traveling to Europe for the Nordic Business Forum, which takes place in Helsinki from the 26-27th of September 2018. President Obama will be speaking to an audience of 7,500 business executives and business owners from […]
Everything You Missed @ Stockholm Qualifier
On June 4th, we hosted our second qualifying round of our Speaker Sourcing Contest in Stockholm. As with the previous round, 8 contestants competed for two spots in our Stockholm final in August. The speeches spanned the three themes of our Nordic Business Forum 2018 event: Strategy, Peak Performance, and Artificial Intelligence. You can rewatch […]
Raymond Hofmann & Gopal RajGuru Progress to the Speaker Sourcing Contest Final Round
The third and final Speaker Sourcing Contest qualifying round was held Tuesday 5 June in Oslo at Radisson Blu Plaza Oslo. Out of the 170+ applicants for the contest, 8 individuals were chosen to present at the qualifier. Their topics covered the themes of Artificial Intelligence, Peak Performance, and Strategy. Two audience favorites with the […]
Changes in the NBForum’s Board of Directors
Ari-Pekka Salovaara and Susanne Najafi to join the Nordic Business Forum’s board of directors. With the new board members, Nordic Business Forum aims to level up the experience with mergers and acquisitions and internationalization. Nordic Business Forum’s general annual meeting decided on Friday last week on some exciting updates on our board of directors. Ari-Pekka […]
James Hewitt & Mika Poutala Progress to the Speaker Sourcing Contest Final Round
The second Speaker Sourcing Contest qualifying round was held today Monday 4 June in Stockholm at Coor Konferens. Out of the 170+ applicants for the contest, 8 individuals were chosen to present at the qualifier. Their topics covered the themes of Artificial Intelligence, Peak Performance, and Strategy. Two audience favorites with the highest average scores […]
NBFSweden 2019 Speakers Announced
Simon Sinek, Ryan Holiday, Isabella Löwengrip, and Sahar Hashemi will be speaking at the third Nordic Business Forum conference in Stockholm on 7 May 2019 at Cirkus. We are thrilled to announce the speakers of our next Nordic Business Forum Sweden conference. The event will provide leadership and marketing lessons from some of the best […]
Simon Sinek – Leadership Is a Choice
Are some just born to be leaders and some are not? Well, if you asked Simon Sinek, a renowned leadership expert and New York Times bestselling author, he would argue that leadership is a practicable skill. Sinek expounded on his views and research on leadership and the characteristics of great leaders during his last visit […]
Isabella Löwengrip – The Next Estée Lauder
Swedish-born Isabella Löwengrip is the youngest and most influential social media star in the sphere of empowering female entrepreneurs and supporting women’s work life balance. In March 2018, she was named the “Most powerful businesswoman of the year” by Swedish business magazine Veckans Affärer. Löwengrip opened to SAS about her thoughts on the award and […]
Ryan Holiday – Growth Hacking 101
In the absence of big budgets, startups have learned how to hack the system to build their companies. The so-called ‘growth hackers’ – hybrids of a marketer and a coder – have disrupted marketing teams. Growth hacking rethinks marketing from the ground up, starting from what Ryan Holiday calls “product-market fit” or PMF. Ryan Holiday, […]
Sahar Hashemi – Getting Switched on in a Large Company
Remember the excitement you felt when you started in a new company or a new position? Imagine you could keep up that same energy and excitement every day. Sahar Hashemi, an entrepreneur, best-selling author and a former solicitor, emphasizes the importance of adopting entrepreneurial habits at every level of the organization. Back in 2010, Sahar […]
Simon Sinek – Lessons on Leadership
Few people have inspired modern-day leaders to change their leadership habits and style like Simon Sinek. Sinek is a trained ethnographer, renowned leadership expert, and New York Times bestselling author. Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect,” Sinek teaches leaders and organizations how to inspire people. His talks and interviews are very popular […]
Isabella Löwengrip – Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking
Sweaty Palms? Dry Throat? Sleepless Nights? This might sound like an advert for a new pharmaceutical product, but the reality is that these are common reactions to that work-related illness we all catch at one point in our lives: giving a presentation! To ease your anxieties, Isabella Löwengrip will give her own advice for overcoming […]