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Niall Ferguson Joins the NBForum Helsinki 2021 Lineup

Niall Ferguson joins NBForum 2021

We are excited to announce that Niall Ferguson, a historian and provocative commentator on global politics and economics will join the Nordic Business Forum Helsinki speaker lineup. At the event, Niall will provide his insights on what lies ahead for the global financial system. Niall Ferguson is one of the most influential commentators on geopolitics […]

Lloyd Blankfein Unable to Attend NBForum 2021

We are sorry to announce that Lloyd Blankfein, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, is unable to join the Nordic Business Forum Helsinki on 29-30 September due to personal reasons. We apologize for the inconvenience while wishing all the best to Blankfein and his family. To see the full lineup of Nordic Business Forum Helsinki […]

Meet the Nordic Business Forum Helsinki 2021 Speakers

After the long wait, it now looks like we can finally get together face to face for our main event in September. To help you get ready for the event, we wanted to briefly introduce the speaker lineup of Nordic Business Forum Helsinki. So, without further ado, we proudly present: Yuval Noah Harari – a […]

In 100 Days It’s Time for Nordic Business Forum Helsinki

May the countdown begin! After a long wait due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are looking forward to getting together for our main event in Helsinki on 29-30 September. In exactly 100 days we are getting together for our annual Nordic Business Forum at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Center with an amazing speaker lineup […]

Nassim Taleb Joins the NBForum Helsinki 2021 Lineup

Nassim Taleb, the author of Black Swan and Skin in the Game, will join the Nordic Business Forum 2021 event organized in Helsinki on 29-30 September. At the event, Taleb will share his insights on how to deal with uncertainty. Dr. Nassim Nicholas Taleb spent 21 years as a risk taker (quantitative trader) before becoming […]

Brian Halligan Unable to Attend NBForum 2021

We regret to inform you that Brian Halligan is unable to attend our main event in Helsinki in September 2021. In March, HubSpot CEO, Brian Halligan was injured in a snowmobile accident and will need to take some time off to fully recover from his injuries. Due to this unfortunate event, Halligan has canceled his […]

Amy Edmondson – The Science of Intelligent Failure

On 1 June, our friends at DenkProducties organized a virtual masterclass with Harvard professor Amy Edmondson. The half-day course focused on providing insights on how to enhance psychological safety in organizations. A crucial part of creating psychological safety is failing and accepting failure. What Amy however highlighted was the fact that not all failure is […]

Brian Halligan – What Will the New Normal Look Like?

“You want to make your culture into a magnet that pulls great employees in and retains them over time as the competition for those great employees is going to go through the roof.” At our online event in September 2020, Brian Halligan is the co-founder and CEO of HubSpot, engaged in a conversation with Paulina […]

Nordic Business Forum Speaker Contest Returns in 2022

Due to continuing global uncertainty, Nordic Business Forum Speaker Contest will not be organized in 2021. The contest is planned to return in 2022. Last year when the Nordic Business Forum Helsinki event was rescheduled to 2021, the decision on the 2021 Speaker Contest was left open. We wanted to see how the COVID-19 situation […]

The Art of Impossible by Steven Kotler (Webinar Summary)

On 20 May, we had the pleasure to learn from Steven Kotler, a bestselling author and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. Together with Oslo Business Forum and Amesto, we got together with Steven to discuss the art of human performance and how one can achieve the impossible. Here, we summarize the key […]

Now Recruiting: Marketing & Communications Assistant

We at Nordic Business Forum are expanding our marketing and communications team at our headquarters in Jyväskylä! We are best known for our annual conferences that bring world-class leaders and speakers such as President Barack Obama, Sir Richard Branson, and Brené Brown to the Nordics and provide a customer experience like no other. Over the […]