10 (+5) Book Recommendations from the Nordic Business Forum Team
Our team believes that even in the era of social media, blogs, and podcasts, books still are an excellent way to find new ideas. Now, that many people around the world tune into holiday mode, we wanted to compile a list of our team’s favorite books related to business and self-development. Hopefully, you’ll find at […]
10 Empowering Quotes to Level Up Your Leadership
Earlier we listed 10 powerful innovation quotes from our past speakers, and now we do the same for the topic of leadership. Sometimes it’s these simple sentences that can inspire and empower you to get to the next level. Jim Collins: Leadership Is about People “Great vision, great strategy, or great opportunity without great people […]
Patrick Lencioni – Leading for the Right Reasons in the Post-Pandemic Era
In May 2020, Patrick Lencioni, a bestselling author and a thought leader, gave a passionate talk at our online event on leadership. He emphasized the importance of having the right reason—the right why—to be a leader and challenged us to think about their motives especially now when employees need their leaders more than ever. What’s […]
Organizing Your Company for Continuous Disruption – Costas Markides (Webinar Summary)
On 11 November, we joined forces with Oslo Business Forum and Devoteam Fornebu Consulting, to host a free webinar with Costas Markides, the Professor of Strategic Leadership at London Business School. Over the course of the session, he explored a few ways in which an organization can prepare for continuous disruptions. Here, we give you […]
10 Powerful Quotes to Boost Your Innovation
You know it: you need to innovate to keep your organization alive. Over the years, we’ve had the pleasure to host the world’s top experts on innovation. Many of them argue that leaders and companies still have a lot of work to do to get better at it. This is why we gathered 10 powerful […]
Carla Harris – Leadership Beyond the Crisis
Carla Harris, is the Vice Chairman, Managing Director, and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley, and the author of Strategize to Win and Expect to Win. At our online event in September 2020, she listed 8 things that should be on top of every leader’s mind today. Harris also highlighted a few additional issues all […]
The World Economy and Trends in 2022 – Richard Quest (Webinar Summary)
On 4 November, we joined forces with Oslo Business Forum and 24SevenOffice to tackle the topic of World Economy and Trends in 2022. We were joined by CNN’s foremost international business correspondent, Richard Quest, who shared his angle on the foreseeable economic situation and the trends that business leaders should be aware of. If you […]
Future of Work with Jitske Kramer & Magnus Kuchler
After the Oslo Business Forum 2021 main stage program, corporate anthropologist, Jitske Kramer, and Country Managing Partner of EY Sweden, Magnus Kuchler, sat down to discuss the future of work. The two talked about the importance of this moment for the future and how leaders can actually make a change in their organizations. The Importance […]
Rethinking Innovation with Alex Osterwalder, Arild Spandow & Pernille Hertel
At Oslo Business Forum 2021, Pernille Hertel, Director of Customer Advisory from SAS Institute, hosted a discussion on rethinking innovation. The innovation mastermind, Alex Osterwalder, and the CEO of Amesto, Arild Spandow joined her to talk about how to look at innovation today and in the future. Moving from Innovation Theater to Innovation Impact Pernille […]
6 Leadership Learnings from Oslo Business Forum 2021
On 29 September, we joined forces with Oslo Business Forum to organize a hybrid event focusing on rethinking business. Over the course of the day, 6 leading experts provided their insights on the topic. We have also put together a thorough summary of each session, but here, we list one key leadership lesson from each […]