From Chaos to Growth
By Esa Matikainen For the last few years Finland has been desperately searching for “a new Nokia”. We have already seen some successes, for which the companies Rovio and Supercell are the most prominent examples. With the right skills, timing, hard work, and in most cases with trial-and-error as well, these companies have grown from […]
Speed of Change Accelerates, Business Principles Remain
by Jukka Niemelä Mr. Tom Peters, a best-selling author of many business books, says most of the principles in his first masterpiece In Search of Excellence (1982) have held up “pretty well.” Most certainly they have. University students and young business professionals in their late 20’s, read that book, take the doctrines and adapt them […]
Persona in Canalibus
by Petri Parvinen Contemporary research on the efficiency and effectiveness of sales hovers above two key questions: adaptive interaction and value added. Researchers and managers alike have noticed that the match between the customer’s and the salesperson’s personalities and interaction styles is more important than the salesperson’s personality or skills. “Lika bra leka bäst” (Swedish […]
Nordic Thinkers 20 – the Greatest Business Thinkers of the Nordics
Similarly to 2012, Nordic Business Report continues to follow the example set by its American counterparts and to produce various interesting ranking lists of the people in the business sphere. These rankings tend to be the most popular sections of the business magazines in the U.S. Last year, we listed the 20 greatest thinkers in […]
Nordic Business Report Will Be Published on August 16th
Nordic Business Report’s 2013 issue will be published on August 16th with brilliant content. The cover stories are Nordic Thinkers 20 list and a special interview with Jack Welch on leadership. Nordic Thinkers 20 list sums up twenty greatest Nordic business minds. The list was formed by a Nordic jury, which consists of for example Microsoft, PwC, Nordic Chambers of Commerce and TBWA Nordic. […]
MTV MEDIA Will Be the Official Media Partner of Nordic Business Forum 2013
We are happy to announce that MTV MEDIA will be the official media partner of Nordic Business Forum 2013. MTV MEDIA operates ten TV channels, MTV3 being the biggest channel. Also part of MTV MEDIA is mtv3.fi, one of Finland’s most popular online media, and Finland’s most-listened commercial radio station, Radio Nova. Lexus, Sefe, Lataamo […]
Doing Good Is Good Business Sense
When I started as an entrepreneur in 2003, all I saw was an interesting opportunity and a means to make money. I had never thought of business as a way of doing good or changing the world into a better place. Actually I didn’t know anything about business. I had never thought of becoming an […]
470 Seats Sold During the First Month for Brian Tracy’s Training in Tallinn
During the first month, 470 seats were sold for Nordic Business Forum’s Sales Mastery Day 2013 in Tallinn. Half of the registrations so far are from Finland and half of them are from Estonia. We have received some registrations also from Latvia, Sweden, United Kingdom and Belgium. Due to the demand the event needed to be re-located to […]
Tailored Flight Connections to Nordic Business Forum 2013
The flight schedule between Helsinki and Jyväskylä has been re-arranged due to the Nordic Business Forum event. There are now flights available, which perfectly fit the timetable of the seminar both on September 25th for the VIPs, and for the biggest group of guests on 26th. Seats are limited on these flights, so we encourage […]
Successful Goal-Setting: Realism in Short Term, Dare in Long Term!
Executive coach Jarmo Manner wrote a blog post: Goal Excitement Destroys Success. The text was interesting, and it had a point. Yet I want to clarify a few things, which I think were misleading. In his article, Jarmo points out the claim that goals bring results is a fairy tale. Jarmo is wrong. There are, of course, different kinds […]
Onnistuneet tavoitteet: Realismi lyhyellä aikavälillä, rohkeus pitkällä aikavälillä!
Johtoryhmäkehittäjä Jarmo Manner kirjoitti hiljattain suositun blogitekstin: Tavoitekiima tuhoaa onnistumiset. Kirjoitus oli mielenkiintoinen ja siinä oli hyviä ajatuksia. Haluan kuitenkin pureutua pariin ajatukseen, jotka mielestäni olivat vaarallisia. Blogissa Jarmo toteaa, että väite tavoitteiden merkityksen suuresta voimasta lepää täysin ilmassa. Jarmo on väärässä. On tietysti olemassa monenlaisia tutkimustuloksia (ja jopa olemattomia legendoja), mutta tässä muutama fakta: Marylandin yliopiston professori Edwin A. Locke on […]
The Finnish Soccer Player Jari Litmanen Teaches Us Time Management
I watched a documentary movie about the most successful Finnish soccer player of all times, ‘The King Jari Litmanen’. His passion in soccer really inspired me. I have always been a great fan of Jari. Now I’m even more of that. There is a point in the movie where another great soccer player Danny Blind says with a great amount of […]