3 Key Lessons from Our Leadership and Innovation Bootcamp

On 22 April, together with Oslo Business Forum, we organized an online bootcamp focusing on the topics of leadership and innovation in changing times. We had the privilege to dive deep with four top experts: Gary Hamel, Paul Polman, Lisa Bodell, and Seth Godin. Here we briefly summarize a few key insights that these coaches […]
Changes in the NBForum Helsinki 2021 Lineup

Petter Stordalen, Chatri Sityodtong, and Jitske Kramer are confirmed for the Nordic Business Forum Helsinki lineup, while Indra Nooyi is unable to join the event. We are excited to announce that new speakers have been confirmed for our Helsinki event on 29-30 September. Petter Stordalen, entrepreneur, investor, and owner at Strawberry, Chatri Sityodtong, founder and […]
Changes in Nordic Business Forum’s Board of Directors

Nordic Business Forum receives new wisdom into its board for its next growth phase as Mika Mäkeläinen, Jenny Wolfram, Saku Tuominen, and Hans Janssen enter the board. On 9 April 2021, we acquired the majority of shares at DenkProducties, which became a new key part of Nordic Business Forum as a group. Now, we are […]
Nordic Business Forum Expands to the Netherlands

We are proud to announce to have acquired the majority of shares of DenkProducties, a leadership seminar organizer in the Netherlands. By joining forces, we aim to increase our international presence and contribute to the development of DenkProducties. The first plan to join forces was drafted already back in 2018 but it was temporarily put […]
The Map by Jim Collins

On 23-24 March, we were privileged to host a virtual masterclass with Jim Collins, a world-renowned researcher, author, and speaker. Over the course of the 2 half-days, 126 leaders from 13 different countries were challenged by Jim to find the roadmap to greatness. One of the most intriguing things that Jim shared with us was […]
Suzy Welch – Making Better Decisions with the 10-10-10 Technique

Suzy Welch, a best-selling author and business journalist gave an interesting keynote on self-leadership at Nordic Business Forum in 2013. We felt that the technique she introduced could be helpful to so many especially today, which is why we wanted to go back to her presentation. Here, you can find the basics of her idea: […]
Alex Osterwalder – 7 Things to Understand about Innovation (Clubhouse Discussion Notes)

On 18 March, we hosted a Clubhouse discussion with Alex Osterwalder, one of the world’s leading innovation experts and co-founder of Strategyzer. Osterwalder shared several important points related to innovation and he also shared a few specific insights on business model innovation. Here, we list 7 key points we picked up from the conversation. “If […]
How to Make a Difference through Diversity & Inclusion by Rana el Kaliouby (Webinar Summary)

On 16 March, together with Accenture, we hosted a webinar with Affectiva co-founder and CEO, Rana el Kaliouby. During the session, el Kaliouby offered her insights on emotion AI — the technology that analyzes human expressions and reactions in context. She also recounted her personal story as a female entrepreneur inventing this new field in […]
Lisa Bodell – How to Simplify Innovation? (Clubhouse discussion notes)

On 11 March, we had an intriguing discussion about simplifying work with Lisa Bodell on Clubhouse. Bodell gave us so much food for thought that we wanted to share a few pieces of advice here too. Why is simplicity so powerful? “Complexity is the enemy of meaningful work, whereas simplicity allows us to focus on […]
New: Engaging Leadership and Innovation Discussions on Clubhouse

We warmly invite you to discuss the topics of innovation and leadership on Clubhouse! During the upcoming weeks, Lisa Bodell, Alex Osterwalder, and Paul Polman will share their insights on these topics on the buzzing social media app. But what is Clubhouse? Clubhouse is a fairly new social networking app that allows people to host […]
Randi Zuckerberg – What Are the Best Ways One Can Reinvent and Adapt to Crisis?

Randi Zuckerberg is an entrepreneur, investor, bestselling author, and Emmy-nominated tech media personality. She is the founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media, but also an early employee of Facebook. At the online event, her key message was to inspire us to see this crisis as an opportunity. To convince us to go along with this […]
Presenting Our New Podcast: Nordic Business Forum Audio

We are happy to launch our new podcast: Nordic Business Forum Audio. As we all know, the popularity of audio content has been on the rise for quite some time. We have also received our fair share of requests for insights from our events in audio format. Now, we are excited to answer these wishes […]