Seminaarin valmistautuminen
Osallistuin ensimmäiseen business-valmennukseeni toukokuussa 2003, juuri kun aloittelin yrittäjänä. Päivän aikana käsiteltiin lähinnä myyntiä ja tavoitteiden asettamista. Kokemus oli minulle täysin uusi. En ollut koskaan aiemmin kuullut minkäänlaista luentoa myynnistä tai tavoitteiden asettamisesta. Nämä molemmat ovat asioita, joita ei opeteta koulussa. Kokemukseni oli niin inspiroiva, että hyvin pian seminaarin jälkeen aloin haaveilla jonkinlaisesta valmennusliiketoiminnasta. En tiennyt kuinka se tapahtuisi, mutta kirjoitin unelmani paperille. […]
Nordic Business Forum iPhone and iPad App
You can now find a lot of valuable information on Nordic Business Forum 2013 also on your iPhone or iPad. From the app you can: Check the daily schedule and info about the seminar and its location Tweet & share your thoughts about the speakers & seminar directly from the app See the #NBForum2013 Twitter […]
Live Stream from Nordic Business Forum’s Press Room
This year, we will be live streaming the seminar’s press conferences online at www.nbforum.com/livestream. All the speakers of the seminar will be meeting the press in the press room. Those who cannot participate in the seminar, can use this broadcast to see all of the speakers live online. The live stream will be hosted by […]
Spotify’s Founder Daniel Ek Is the Greatest Business Thinker in the Nordics – Björn Wahlroos Third
Today, Nordic Business Report has published a list of 20 greatest business thinkers in the Nordics. The list has been formed from the opinions of a Nordic-wide jury consisting of altogether 23 people from different Nordic organizations. Spotify’s Daniel Ek took the first place and Niklas Zennström, co-founder of Skype, became second. The jury consisted of […]
Selling Is Purposeful Work
As we know, people commonly avoid sales. Sadly, the entrepreneurs themselves are the best ones to avoid it. It is easy to hire someone else to do the “dirty work”, even though selling, especially in the beginning, is the most important task of an entrepreneur. Selling is purposeful work in many ways. It is vital […]
We Have Got the Talent, Let’s Sell It!
Last year, foreign trade accounted for 40 % of Finland’s GDP. We are a small country with an open economy. We have benefitted greatly from the opening of world trade. Three factors speak in favour of that trend continuing further. One, Finland is stable. We are the only AAA-rated Eurozone country with a stable outlook […]
She Decided to Prove Them Wrong
by Jukka Niemelä Mrs. Soulaima Gourani is one of the two female business thinkers who made it in Nordic Thinkers 20 list. It is hard to believe her math teacher told her she will not get very far in her life. Tough words for a Moroccan-origin 13-year old girl. After only two years from hearing […]
The Great Communicator: Teaching People How to Succeed
By Gina-Marie Cheeseman We live in a time when information is readily at our fingertips. We can easily find out about any subject that interests us. That makes it tricky for a writer to grab the attention of readers. It certainly is not an easy task, and lesser writers will not succeed. Enter bestselling author […]
Love to Speak, Dare to Fail!
By Juhana Torkki A guest at Nordic Business Forum 2012 told me why he came to Jyväskylä for two days. “There are so many top speakers. I also give a lot of speeches – I hope to get new ideas I can use!” I am sure he did. I am also glad that NBF strongly […]
The Internet’s Virtual Tour De Force
By Gina-Marie Cheeseman Wikipedia is a virtual tour de force on the internet. Jimmy Donal Wales, the man who created it in 2001, definitely created magic. On June 10th, 2013 we had a chance to have a discussion with this rainmaker. At the very top of Wikipedia’s home page, it is proudly proclaimed that it […]
“Just Call Me Jack” – the Surprising Softer Side of Jack Welch
by Jukka Niemelä Mr. Hans-Peter Siefen and I had the unique opportunity of interviewing Jack Welch. Expecting to interview a cold-blooded businessman, we were disarmed by his warm laughter and a request: “Just call me Jack, ok.” What Makes a Good CEO? Straight to the point. Jack does not nominate any TOP CEOs. There are […]
Be Cool and Heat Things Up
by Kristal Davidson While the world is engaged in heated discussions on climate change, a kind of a business and management geologist Lynda Gratton propagates a rise in temperature: hot spots are her area of expertise. Iceland, the Galápagos Islands and Yellowstone National Park – three examples for what beauty hot spots can create. Not […]