20Feb2020
Let’s cut the chase. If you are a leader or a business owner, your participation in Nordic Business Forum Helsinki, is a direct investment in you, your team, and your company. The event experience will help you connect with a […]
In this episode of Business as Unusual, Pep talks with Sahar Hashemi, a solicitor turned entrepreneur and author. Sahar shares her insights on starting, growing and selling a business using her first company, Coffee Republic, as an example. In addition, […]
6Feb2020
How to Win the Speaker Contest
Submissions for our Speaker Contest close next week. Have you applied yet? Our Speaker Contest is a fantastic opportunity for aspiring keynote speakers like you to speak at Nordic Business Forum in Helsinki and Oslo Business Forum in Oslo to […]
With a bit over a week left to apply to our 2020 Speaker Contest, we wanted to help those of you who still want to improve their speech. We understand that it can be very scary to even think about […]
What will the next generation of global leaders have in common? Carla Harris, the Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, talked about the changing nature of what makes a powerful, impactful, and influential leader. Talking without any visual presentation, Harris made […]
9Jan2020
Dare to Lead with Brené Brown
What emotions define our experiences and what can we do to encourage certain behaviours over others? These are some of the questions that Professor Brené Brown from the University of Houston asks on a daily basis. Her newest research, found […]
Are you working on the next big thing? Do you think you have what it takes to speak onstage at Nordic Business Forum in Helsinki and Oslo Business Forum in Oslo this September? Our Speaker Contest is an open call […]
Apply for the Speaker Contest We’re bringing back our Speaker Contest for its third year and applications are open until 14 February. This time the contest is bigger with altogether five qualifiers! We are also hosting the contest this year […]
3Jan2020
What Makes a Winning Speech?
Our Speaker Contest is on for the third time and the applications are open to anyone, anywhere in the world until 14 February 2020! Now that we are on the lookout for a new game-changer and speaker, I wanted to […]
George Clooney’s fireside chat with journalist Francine Lacqua, showed the audience that Clooney has many different roles outside of his work as an actor and entertainer. Lacqua asked what he considered to be the impact of his life, but Clooney […]
Anssi Rantanen came on stage of the Nordic Business Forum with a mission: to show companies how they can become innovative marketing testers within five minutes. Anssi is the Finland CEO of Growth Tribe Academy and a growth marketing expert. […]
Sara Blakely, the CEO of Spanx, began her entrepreneurial success story through many accidents. Blakely graduated from Yale University, unsure of where she wanted to go with her career. She described feeling stuck–she worked a short stint at Disney Land […]