Timo Kiuru: Business Magnetism – Let’s Think nurin kurin, mullin mallin!

Timo Kiuru talked about “’Business Magnetism – Let’s Think nurin kurin, mullin mallin!” at the Speaker Contest Helsinki qualifier on 14 March 2019. Key messages: Branding is bullshit! Promise is the soul of an organization. Beauty is the highest form of hope – beautiful symbols prime customers to know what to expect prior purchasing. Experience is everything. […]
Mika D. Rubanovitsch: The Future of Sales Leadership

Mika D. Rubanovitsch talked about “’The Future of Sales Leadership” at the Speaker Contest Helsinki qualifier on 14 March 2019. Key messages: • Sales Leadership is so important because one size does not fit all! • Leaders need to learn how to apply sales leadership and adopt various methods to the skill level of the coachee. • […]
Priyanka Banerjee: Cultural Diversity: A Catalyst of Innovation

Priyanka Banerjee talked about “’Cultural Diversity: A Catalyst of Innovation” at the Speaker Contest Helsinki qualifier on 14 March 2019. Key messages: The Nordics are facing a huge challenge: the skill gap. To overcome this challenge in the region, companies need to hire multicultural workforces. The multicultural team brings innovation to the team but also introduces many […]
Camilla Tuominen: Emotion Leadership – Do You Know How to Lead Emotions?

Camilla Tuominen talked about “’Emotion Leadership – Do You Know How to Lead Emotions?” at the Speaker Contest Helsinki qualifier on 14 March 2019. Key messages: Too many corporations aren’t actively leading emotions. We need to think of understanding emotions like any other skill we want to learn. It’s about getting curious and starting from ABC. People […]
Antti Niittyviita: Revenue is a Byproduct of Quality – How to Create Awesome Products?

Antti Niittyviita talked about “’Revenue is a Byproduct of Quality – How to Create Awesome Products?” at the Speaker Contest Helsinki qualifier on 14 March 2019. Key messages: The modern state of the internet exposes who you and your business really are. No amount of marketing or advertising can cover up the pain of a bad product. […]
Anna Jois: How to Stand Out and Be Remembered

Anna Jois talked about “’How to Stand Out and Be Remembered” at the Speaker Contest Stockholm qualifier on 13 March 2019. Key messages: Fear is the biggest blocker of our business today. Trick your mind and become unstoppable Authenticity is crucial to make your brand stand out in a saturated market It’s not about you, it’s about […]
Gustaf Tadaa: Digital Self-Leadership

Gustaf Tadaa talked about “’Digital Self-Leadership” at the Speaker Contest Stockholm qualifier on 13 March 2019. Key messages: • Personal development and digital development are no longer mutually exclusive concepts. • We’re living in a transformation age – one in which we spend more time changing what we do than actually doing it. • We have the […]
Ritu Mehrish: Leader’s Block: How Great Leaders Recover After They Stumble

Ritu Mehrish talked about “’Leader’s Block: How Great Leaders Recover After They Stumble” at the Speaker Contest Stockholm qualifier on 13 March 2019. Key messages: Leader’s block is like writer’s block – it’s a creative slow-down. It’s a phase when the leader is uninspired, demotivated, and is unable to perform to the best of his or her […]
Johan Åberg: How to Grow Your Personal Brand If You’re Not George Clooney

Johan Åberg talked about “’How to Grow Your Personal Brand If You’re Not George Clooney” at the Speaker Contest Stockholm qualifier on 13 March 2019. Key messages: • Growing your personal brand will feel scary, but you need to push through the fear. • The text on your LinkedIn page shouldn’t be about your qualifications, it should […]
Sesil Pir: Reconnecting Business to its Purpose: Building Cultures of Trust and Wellbeing One Human at a Time

Sesil Pir talked about “’Reconnecting Business to its Purpose: Building Cultures of Trust and Wellbeing One Human at a Time” at the Speaker Contest Stockholm qualifier on 13 March 2019. Key messages: Leaders sit in all chairs but lead self-first. Leaders connect head, heart, and hands. 8 core human attributes that serve leaders in the development of […]
Antoni Lacinai: The 5 Secrets of Communication That All Leaders Should Know

Antoni Lacinai talked about “’The 5 Secrets of Communication That All Leaders Should Know” at the Speaker Contest Stockholm qualifier on 13 March 2019. Key messages: The three secret superpowers are Energy, Empathy and Clarity The three secret principles are: You cannot NOT communicate, You cannot say what you mean, and that emotions are contagious; ie Everyone […]
Claus Raasted: “A thousand heroes with a thousand faces” – How Participatory Fiction is the Future

Claus Raasted talked about “’A thousand heroes with a thousand faces’ – How Participatory Fiction is the Future” at the Speaker Contest Oslo qualifier on 12 March 2019. Key messages: Passive consumption is dying a slow death. Participation is the future. We don’t want to watch and listen. We want to co-create. We have 3 basic needs: […]